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Gatorspace

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Pokemon Catapult STEM Challenge

Thu, 17 Jul 2025

Our fun Pokemon catapult is a great way for children to learn about the effect of angle and force on how a projectile flies through the air. They are super easy and quick to make with lots of opportun...Read more...

How Often Do Sloths Poo?

Mon, 14 Jul 2025

Slows are famous for being SLOW. They move slowly and sleep a LOT! This general lethargy is reflected in their digestive habits. It takes you just a few hours to digest a meal, but it can take sloths ...Read more...

Summer Science Challenges for Kids

Mon, 07 Jul 2025

Our Summer holidays are about to start, so I thought it would be a good time to spruce up this post full of Summer Science Challenges for kids. All the activities are very simple and use mostly things...Read more...

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A great big Gatormaker

“THANK YOU” to the

Dickinson Education Foundation

for awarding our Gatorspace a $5,000 grant!

We can’t wait to purchase more innovative products for our space!

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is open to all 3rd and 4th graders!

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

7:55-8:25 a.m.

Gatorspace is a Makerspace!

A Makerspace is a place for students to learn, explore, design, create, plan, and construct. These learning environments are designed to prepare 21st Century learners with the skills that future careers will demand. To learn more about Makerspace, please visit this website:

Renovated Learning

Our Gatorspace consists of a Legos station, a Coding with Scratch Jr. station, a Straw Building station, a Take Apart Technology station, an Origami station, a Programming with Dash station, and a Duct Tape Creations station.

Gatormakers begin the day by thinking critically and problem-solving. They work on self-selected projects and leave Gatorspace with a love of learning!

Engineering Design Process

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Look at some of our 4th Grade Gatormakers in action!

Look at how much our students are enjoying

our new resources from our grant!

Discovering conductors of electricity in Makey-Makey!
Bananas for Makey-Makey!
Creating video games with Bloxels!
Legos never go out of style!
Spheros and Dash...Robots galore!
Squishy Circuits are a 4th Grade favorite!
Learning about open and closed circuits with Snap Circuits!
It's a snap!
Building with Keva Planks!
Experimenting with force and motion with the Keva Planks!

Gatorspace Blog & Vlog

Where Gatormakers share projects, products,

how-tos, and more!

Welcome to our Gatorspace Blog and Vlog! Some of our students like to share what they make, so we’ve created a digital space for them. We hope you find their posts informative and enjoyable!

To view more from our blog, click here:

Gatorspace Blog & Vlog

You must login to view our Flipgrids! You may share maker videos here and post POSITIVE :o) comments for your peers!

Help support Gatorspace by encouraging your 3rd and 4th grade students to arrive early and join us!

We are currently collecting used electronics for our "Take Apart Technology" station. We accept old computers, phones, keyboards, printers, recorders, radios, etc.

Please contact Mrs. Brown or Mr. Hopkins to make arrangements!

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Check out these cool websites and links:

EGFI (Engineering Go For It)

Mrs. Bowen

Mrs. Brown

Mr. Hopkins

Librarian

Academic Coach

Teacher

281-229-6700

281-229-6739

281-229-6700

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“Our job is not to prepare students for something. Our job is to help students prepare themselves for anything.”

-A.J. Juliani, author and leading educator in the area of innovation, design thinking, and inquiry-based learning

Hughes Road Elementary School
11901 Hughes Road | Dickinson, Texas 77539

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Vision Statement
Inclusive of all, Dickinson ISD will cultivate excellence, producing confident, collaborative, goal-driven learners who become empowered citizens in a global society.

Mission Statement
Dickinson ISD will equip and empower all learners with skills and experiences to achieve academic excellence and make meaningful contributions to our world.

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