Students learn the basics of STEM through a trailer that will visit eight Portland Public Schools campuses throughout this school year.
PORTLAND, Maine — Elementary schools throughout the Portland Public Schools system will start utilizing more outdoor spaces thanks to a mobile classroom bringing STEM learning tools to kids in the district.
The new mobile classroom is being called the Mobile Makerspace, and Portland Public Schools STEM Coordinator Brooke Teller said the process took many months to come to fruition.
“COVID gave us an opportunity to see outdoor learning as an opportunity … It’s something many of us have been talking about for a long time,” Teller said.
The Mobile Makerspace brings tools…