PALMYRA, Mo. — Tubs of “clean junk” in the mini maker space provided award-winning inspiration for fifth-graders Laney Weaver, Lydia Steffen and Emma Thornburg.
In the space better known as Nichole Gard’s classroom at Palmyra Middle School, items like cardboard and lids from plastic containers help students build science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, skills.