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ONE Science Whiz Kid Ah is there anything better than a new robot I said happily It was Friday Exploration Day in the Makerspace It was my favorite day in my favorite place I was at the robotics table programming a four-wheel rover to move through a maze of obstacles Rana was at the sewing machines constructing something out of colorful fabric strips Louie worked at the mixed medium table building an old-fashioned volcano out of Play-Doh and a soda bottle A few kids used laptops to design pieces of furniture while others waited for their results at the 3-D printers Two years ago an anonymous family donated the Makerspace technology and all to Cape 4
Elementary for its STEAM program STEAM stands for science technology engineering art and math STEAM subjects are my favorites Doc our eighth-grade science teacher happens to be my favorite teacher too As we worked Doc circled around the room handing back lab reports His eyes looked buggy behind the magnified lenses of his safety goggles Remember to take notes as you work he reminded us The Makerspace only had three rules 1 Safety first 2 Try try again 3 Always take notes He slid the lab report on my table The red scribbly handwriting called my name from the corner of the page I couldn’t resist taking a peek 98 Well done as always Small deduction for mislabeling Carbon C not CO 5
