Maker culture - student engagement

Here are some pictures of my Year 9 class creating to show their understanding of the novel Galax-Arena.

 The Galax-Arena - with batteries to make the gymnast 'perform'!
 

 Character posters and visual plot 'understandings'.

 The battery-powered gymnast is at the front.  The student is problem solving because his choice of material (paper) is too light.  Reinforcement needed!

 Boys working on a breakdown of costs for the Galax-Arena.

This was a wonderful mini-project full of self-direction, creativity and 'making'.