Challenges and rewards of incorporating a Makerspace into your classroom

Many institutions have a Makerspace, but integrating them into our classrooms can be a challenge, even for physics teachers. A Makerspace takes a lot of care and feeding. This talk will focus on the examples of Maker-based projects that have worked and those that haven’t and, importantly, the contexts for each. Scaffolding and strong connections to the classroom have been important for our success.