Maker Space

Cardboard Projects to Make at Home

Building with cardboard is a great way to teach your kids problem solving and thanks to the Instructables web site there are some easy to reproduce at home projects that you can make with common household materials. Create games and puzzles, make fun...

Michael MinoJun 08Comments Disabled

HomeSchool STEAM: Art Projects

Maker Space, Remote Learning, Resources, Uncategorized

Maker Space, Remote Learning, Resources, Uncategorized

HomeSchool STEAM: Art Projects

Keep kids engaged AND learning with this collection of fun art and music projects at the Instructables web site. Every project uses materials commonly found at home, so they’re great for remote learning. Try making a rubber band harmonica, learn...

Michael MinoApr 27Comments Disabled

Homeschool STEAM: Engineering Projects

Homeschool STEAM: Engineering Projects

Build it, launch it, balance it, race it and more with this collection of kid-friendly engineering projects on The Instructables web site. Instructables is a community site that features over one hundred thousand projects. Instructables started as the...

Michael MinoApr 20Comments Disabled

LGA Makerspace Featured in Hampshire Gazette

Michael MinoNov 08No Comments

LGA Makerspace Featured in Hampshire Gazette

The LGA Makerspace is making news in Hampshire County. An article titled “A Space to Create: Lander-Grinspoon Academy opens new makerspace for students” was published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette and featured pictures and a description of...

LGA Maker Space Construction Underway!

Initiatives, Lander-Grinspoon, Maker Space

Green Screen, Lander-Grinspoon, Maker Space

Initiatives, Lander-Grinspoon, Maker Space

LGA Maker Space Construction Underway!

The end of the 2018-19 school marked the beginning of something new at the Lander-Grinspoon Academy in Northampton, Massachusetts. Thanks to funding from the David Lear Sulman Fund construction has begun on the new Maker/Art Space at LGA! Construction...

Michael MinoJul 05Comments Disabled

LGA Cardboard Sled Design Challenge!

Green Screen, Lander-Grinspoon, Maker Space

LGA Cardboard Sled Design Challenge!

When the winter weather doesn’t cooperate, do what they do in Hollywood, Go with the Green Screen! That’s what a group of Kindergarten and 6th Grade students at the Lander-Grinspoon Academy did this past week. After completing a “Cardboard...

Michael MinoJan 28Comments Disabled

LGA Student Robotics

Lander-Grinspoon, Maker Space, Robotics

Michael MinoDec 05No Comments

Lander-Grinspoon, Maker Space, Robotics

LGA Student Robotics

Fourth grade students at the Lander-Grinspoon Academy have embarked on a semester-long Robotics Challenge Project in the school’s Maker Space. Teacher Kerry Mikalchus selected the Arduino based “SpinBot” as the platform for integrating...

LGA Maker Space Renovation

LGA Maker Space Renovation

Summer is here but that doesn’t mean that work on the David Lear Sulman Fund initiatives is at a standstill. Each of the participating schools are engaged in ongoing work on both the curriculum and facilities aspects of their projects. At Lander-Grinspoon...

Michael MinoAug 13Comments Disabled

Maimo Science Lab Makeover

Maimonides, Maker Space