The Oak Bluffs School has created a MakerSpace dedicated to students designing solutions to problems through the application of science and math and by using the engineering & design process. This is the first MakerSpace on the island and is part of the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) initiative that the school has begun this year. The name MakerSpace is part of a bigger movement across the country and worldwide to create spaces in libraries and schools to allow students to design and create their own inventions. The curriculum is designed to foster collaboration between peers and teach strategies that help in communication and group problem solving. More information about what a MakerSpace is can be found at the following link:https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli7095.pdf


Some parents have requested ways that they can help the program. Like any new program it takes an investment of materials to get things going. If you have the following items and would like to recycle them we would be thankful to have them. We appreciate any support that our school community can provide.

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Building Materials
Legos
K-Nex
Erector Sets
Marble Sets


Electronics/Parts
- Small electronics to take apart such as DVD players, speakers, old gaming units, etc  (no tvs, monitors or digital phone/cameras)
- RC 4wheel drive toy cars
- Toys that move
- Speaker wire
- CAT 5E or CAT 6 Ethernet wire
- CDs or DVDs
- Flashlights
-  Old Rotary phones
- watches or clocks with gears


Tools
- Philips head screwdrivers
- needle nosed pliers
- Pinking Shears
- Heavy Duty Hole punch (like ones for scrapbooking)


Plastics
- Funnels (to fit small marble or larger)
- Plastic Expanding tubes (make noise when spun)
- Strawberry plastic pint baskets
- Zip Ties


Tubes
Mailing Tubes with caps
PVC Pipe (smaller sizes and widths)
Thick carboard tubes (wrapping paper, paper towels, etc)


Craft Materials
- Ribbon
- String
- Beads
- Buttons
- Thread
- needles
- felt or material
- bells


​Miscellaneous
- Ball Bearings
- New Batteries (all sizes)
- Marbles
- Dominoes
- Flat & thin styrofoam (like unused meat trays)
- Duct Tape
- Electrical Tape
- Springs
- wheels from toys with axle
- click pens (ones that screw open and have a spring inside)
- Silica packs from packages
- Fishing line