ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center wrapped up its center-wide MakerSpace Challenge to encourage the use of the lab’s unique ...

In September, Sacred Heart School kicked off its first makerspace challenge. A makerspace is a common place where students share interests, ideas, equipment and knowledge to create, invent, learn and ...

A new Department of Education-sponsored challenge is letting high school students design the makerspace of their dreams — with $200,000 going to as many as 10 winning schools to help turn their plans ...

The difficulty in acquiring affordable and reliable medical technology for developing nations was the driving force behind the competition. Students were tasked with constructing oximeters – devices ...

Everyone is a maker in some way, shape or form. Makers are people who want to create something – from innovators to small business owners, DIYers, artists, hobbyists and everyone in between. At the ...

A pair of third-year University of Ottawa students were named the winners of this year’s Makerspace Challenge earlier this week. The challenge was to build an affordable oximeter – a device that ...

SCHOOL MAKEOVER: The Department of Education has announced the Career Technical Education Makeover Challenge, a contest for high school students to redesign spaces within their schools as makerspaces.

Excitement about school makerspaces has been in the air, but many educators eager to create hands-on learning spaces in their schools still aren’t sure how to get started or why it’s worth the effort.