Launching The Hub to Promote Maker-Based Learning
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Students are very enthusiastic about being able to use The Hub materials
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use various materials to create structures.
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- Excelsior Teacher
Future workplaces will require people who can problem-solve, adapt and communicate in environments that are increasingly complex.
With $200,000 from our Endowment Fund, the Foundation launched The Hub last year. We provided plugged and unplugged materials to enhance the tonka curricular program and support maker-based learning in all PreK-8 Minnetonka schools.
The Hub materials provided by the Foundation encourage open-ended student-driven learning experiences that encourage creativity, collaboration and teamwork to achieve a goal.
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Students were able to use
problem-solving skills that wouldn't
have been present if the lesson was not hands-on.
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- Excelsior Teacher
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Tidiness factor=low.
Engagement factor=high!"
- Excelsior Teacher
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