The Maker Movement Is Everywhere, Including in the Current Issue of CSL

Abstract

Everywhere I visit, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) educators are talking about the success of their Makerspace, or how their plans are coming along to install one in the future. Every science museum seems to have a Maker Place, Tinker Tank, Tinker for Tots, Tinkering Space, or some other creative name for a space where visitors design, build, and test contraptions to do everything from fly through the air or make balls roll around a series of ramps. Even the U.S. Congress has a Maker Caucus.

Keywords:

• Informal Education
• Technology

Author Contributions

Dennis Schatz ([email protected]) is the Editor of Connected Science Learning and Senior Advisor at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington.

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Dennis Schatz

Dennis Schatz ([email protected]) is the Editor of Connected Science Learning and Senior Advisor at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington.