Oakwood Creation Lab Opens To Students

LEMONT, IL — District 113A held the ribbon cutting for the Oakwood Creation Lab on Thursday. The lab was created through a $10,000 grant from the Lemont Junior Woman's Club. The District 113A Educational Foundation accepted the grant in March, and now plans have come to fruition.

The lab will provide STEM learning for K-2 students that will encourage natural curiosity, be hands-on and engaging and teach skills that are the foundation for success, the school said. The lab is divided into three catgories: robotics and coding, building and engineering, and creative play.

Materials available for students include: cubelets, Osmo, ozobots, dash and dot, Makey Makey, Squishy circuits, K-Nex, a Lego wall, Strawbees, Rigamajig, kinetic sand, Sugru and weaving looms.

"When the students are in the Creation Lab I see pure joy and enthusiasm," Oakwood Principal Kelly Zimmerman said. "They are fully engaged hands on, minds on. I can’t wait to see how they will grow through these experiences."

The Creation Lab is located in the existing Oakwood School library space.

Photos by Andrea Earnest for Patch.