The Makerspace program is designed so students can be creative, solve problems and do some basic work in coding.

Northwestern and Weisenberg elementary schools began introducing students to the program last fall.

Kelly Rissell from the school district information technology department, spearheaded a grant request sent to the state for funds to purchase Makerspace technology for the elementary schools.

When the grant was approved, Northwestern Lehigh Educational Foundation purchased the technology for the schools and distributed it in time for the beginning of the school year.

Students learned how to code using paths of color that their Ozobot robot was to follow from start to finish.

An incorrect path caused Ozobot to falter and freeze, until the student corrected the path.

They also created code using Bee-Bot, a program, if coded correctly, allowed a mechanical bee to follow a yellow path created by cards the students placed on the ground.

Using the LEGO wall, students learned about engineering, pulleys, lights and pumps and structural integrity of the buildings they created.

Some teachers incorporated Makerspace into their classroom instruction.

Art teacher Karly Sacco had her students create Lunar Landers.

After showing the third grade students a video of the phases of the moon landing by Neil Armstrong, she gave her students cups, cotton balls and sticks and asked them to create their own lunar landers, with the caveat the landers must land safely.