Three Important Phases of Marble Trax Making
MakerSpaces are about discovery and making useful stuff, but without some guidance and instruction students will probably flounder. Case in point, you wouldn’t hand a student a power tool without some instruction!
When introducing Tinker Trax I have found you should recognize and follow three progressive phases.
Phase One – Build confidence in using the Marble Trax materials.
Phase Two –Challenge students to constructing a track with a defined purpose and an undefined outcome. Here are three “themes” that work very well.
Phase Three – Open-ended, skies-the-limit, Challenges.