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First, take a deep breath! Second, can you elaborate on the standards you are required to follow? Common Core, NGSS, state specific? You can contact me directly if you wish, I would love to help! rebeccaschnekser@capehenry.org
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Be careful with creating challenges. They are a great place to start, but can sometimes box kids in. They then start saying is this right. Instead of problem solving and working through the problem. Here is a blog post from a friend of mine Laura Fleming http://worlds-of-learning.com/2016/09/16/next-gen-science-standards-makerspaces/
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The power in the tools in the makespace are when they are started to be integrated into the curriculum. I helped roll out our makespace in our Middle School and in the first year it was about exploration. The next year I started to integrate it into the curriculum. This year teachers are using the space almost everyday to enhance what they are alreading doing. Would gladly set up time to help you with this. Reach out via email to travis.lape@k12.sd.us
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Have you considered starting with the learning outcomes when planning MakerEd lessons? When working with teachers on my campus, we have found that it helps to focus on what skills or ideas students will take away and then create an experience that we think will result in that. This allows us to both trace this back to the standards as well as select the best tool for the job (sometimes it’s low-tech – like duct tape, sometimes it’s Ozobots, etc). Many times, when using this approach – especially when planning with a team/grade level – we end up “double dipping” meaning that with one activity, the students will be exposed standards across the content areas. For example, a 3rd grade Language Arts teacher and I used Ozobots to recreate scenes from Charlotte’s Web (setting, character development) and with input from the Math and Science teachers, incorporated material that they were covering (experimentation/observation, problem-solving strategies).
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Focus on 3 to 5 standards and see if you can find some commonality among the uses of your resources. These will serve as your “go-to” standards. Master their application in your makerspace and then introduce new standards as you progress. Many of the ISTE standards can apply to most challenges.
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