Photo by Shaun Flynn.
MBE STEM
MBE teachers Jennifer Jinnette, Shannon Millhouse and Bill Andrews are pictured at the Emmet O’Neal Library with the same 3-D printer that MBE will use in its STEM room. Items created with the 3-D technology at the library range from iPhone cases to chess pieces to the Eiffel Tower.
Students at Mountain Brook Elementary will plan, think analytically, collaborate, communicate and innovate in a new Makerspace this school year. MBE’s Makerspace Team, which includes Shannon Millhouse, Jennifer Jinnette and Bill Andrews, received a grant to develop a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) room that will provide students access to modeling software, 3-D pens, 3-D scanners and 3-D printers.
MBE students will apply curriculum concepts to challenging and engaging real-life tasks and problems across all subject areas. They will dream, visualize, create and see their creations become realities.
As MBE continues to invest in this space, future STEM projects could expand to circuitry, coding, robotics, animation and other areas of the maker movement. In the MBE Makerspace, students will have opportunities to use powerful technological tools that are becoming integral parts of most college majors and career choices.
-Submitted by Shannon Millhouse
