West Essex Middle School Students Get Creative On Makerspace Mondays

West Essex Middle School students have a whole new outlet for hands on, creative learning. Science Teacher Jean Marie Zuhl and Librarian Catherine Spinella have teamed up to organize Makerspace Monday, a very special lunch study in the West Essex Middle School library.

This new creative workshop will give students a space to problem solve, experiment and have fun. The lunch study will take place once a month and provide an opportunity for students for hands-on creativity, design and experimentation through a variety of fun activities.

In the first Makerspace Monday lunch study, students created masterpieces out of KNEX and Legos, used blocks to create an earthquake-resistant structure which they tested out on an earthquake table, built a boat to transport pennies and used their engineering skills to create a design using marshmallows.

WEMS student, Cristian Cataldo, said he signed up for the lunch study because he “loves building things.”

Who’s Who in the Photo Gallery

1) West Essex Middle School eighth graders Cristian Cataldo and Daniel Lucero, both from North Caldwell, building things out of legos at the first Makerspace Monday in the library at the middle school.

2) WEMS seventh graders Jenna Chan and Hannah Skelton create boats use their engineering skills to create a design using marshmallows.

Photos courtesy of Allison Freeman

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