Read More
- Maker Ed Resource Library
- A Blueprint: Maker Programs for Youth – NY Hall of Science
- Article: “Transforming a School Library into a Makerspace”
- Article: “Safety in School Makerspaces: Common Rules, Practices”
- Article: “Key Qualities for a School Makerspace”
- Article: “Stocking Up School Makerspaces”
- Article: “ReMaking Education: Designing Classroom Makerspaces for Transformative Learning”
- Article: “6 Strategies for Funding a Makerspace”
- Article: “Make a Makerspace”
- Article: “Some Advice for Maker Education”
- Book: Invent to Learn by Sylvia Libow Martinez & Gary Stager, Ph.D
- Book: Howtoons: Tools of Mass Construction
- Book: How to Build a Hovercraft: Air Cannons, Magnetic Motors, and 25 Other Amazing DIY Science Projects
- Book: Tinkering: Kids Learn by Making Stuff
Supplies & Kit Suggestions
Makerspace Starter Kit
- MaKey MaKey ($50)
- Squishy Circuits ($25)
- Minecraft EDU ($40)
- LEDs ($11)
- LED Batteries ($11)
- Copper Tape ($13)
- PlayDoh ($6)
- Scratch (free)
- General Craft Supplies (paper, felt, yarn, glue, tape, scissors, pipe cleaners, etc.) (Various Costs)
- Aluminum Foil
- Cardboard
- Tackk (free) – Document your maker projects and share with the world. Easy tool to make a one page website on anything
Level-Up Your Makerspace Kit
- Printrbot Simple Metal 3D Printer ($599)
- Arduino Adventures Book ($31)
- Arduino Adventures Parts Kit ($85)
- Raspberry Pi Kit ($65)
- Legos ($25)
- Snap Circuits Kit ($40)
Kit Resources
Project Ideas
Sample Projects
- Caine’s Cardboard Challenge
- 3D Printed Digital Camera
- STEMbot: A Robot That Makes Programming Easy & Fun
- Critter Capture Gram
- LED Color Organ
- Proximity Sensor
- Infrared Trip Wire Sensor
- LED Pop Up Card
- Pi Alarm: Raspberry Pi Alarm System
- DHF Family Make Night program & projects
Inspiration
- Music: Vitamin String Quartet
- We like to play this as background music in our makerspace as it is fun and agreeable (and there are no lyrics!)
- Available on iTunes, Spotify
- Documentary: We Are Makers
- Caine’s Arcade
- What is “Making”?
- TED Talk: We Are Makers – Dale Dougherty, founder of Make:
- The Maker Movement
- Dive into the Maker Movement
- High Tech High School
- What Should a 21st Century School Look Like?