ICS LIBRARY & MAKERSPACE
The Makerspace at ICS is a place where students explore their own interests, utilize a variety of tools and materials, and develop authentic projects. Learning in the Makerspace offers students an opportunity to collaborate, communicate, think critically, and express themselves in a creative way. A Makerspace is about turning knowledge and skills into action!
Our Makerspace encourages a growth mindset, continuous learning, and independent thinking. It is about teaching and learning that is focused on student-centered inquiry and the Design Thinking process. This is not the project done at the end of a unit of learning, but the actual process and purpose of the learning. At ICS, our Makerspace provides an authentic connection between grade-level content, the Our Ways Teaching and Learning Framework™, library/media, inquiry-based learning and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math).
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ICS middle school students utilized their electives class in Makerspace to build a prosthetic leg that they could walk on. For people with limb loss, prosthetic devices improve quality of life by providing movement and independence.
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If you have questions about the Library or Makerspace, please contact our Library Media Specialist, Amy Zembroski, at azembroski@ics-edu.org or 414-525-6100.