by og | May 14, 2015 | Mater Christi Makerspace
Mrs. Coulter’s third grade class is learning about force and motion in science. In the new makerspace, students built cars powered by mousetraps to understand how unbalanced forces result in motion. They used a variety of materials, including large wire guides...
by og | May 1, 2015 | Mater Christi Makerspace, News
The Mater Christi Makerspace located on the second floor of the MCS elementary building is home to a new community of makers. It was formed to provide space and materials for students and teachers to explore, make and share. Thanks to a lot of hard work on the part of...
by og | Apr 9, 2015 | Mater Christi Makerspace
Mrs. Rogers’ Kindergarten students visited the Mater Christi School Makerspace to extend their study of light. Students added a color changing LED to the end of their magic reading wands, used a white LED on a coin battery to explore transparent, translucent,...
by og | Mar 30, 2015 | Mater Christi Makerspace
The eighth grade entered the Google “Town History in 3D” SketchUp competition. The students broke up into groups to bring different areas of the project to completion including signage, files, 3D printing, documenting and media. Part of the signage work is using a...
by og | Mar 28, 2015 | News, Mater Christi Makerspace
In November 2014, The Preservation Trust of Vermont, Google, Hartford High School and the State of Vermont partnered to put on the first “Town History in 3D” competition. Over the past couple of months, Mater Christi School middle school Religion teacher,...
by og | Mar 26, 2015 | Teacher Talk, Mater Christi Makerspace
LEGO Robotics is fun, hands-on, and allows students to work together with a partner exploring as young scientists and engineers in the Mater Christi Makerspace. Students investigate and work on understanding the operation of simple and compound machines found in...
