Library MakerSpace Resources
Why Maker Spaces ?
Check out this resource for more information - Connecting Maker Space to Literacy
Learn to code in Javascript using the Grasshopper App - hop right into the basics of Javascript coding - Login with your Google account
Make: - an online maker magazine with skill building tutorials, project ideas, maker news, in-depth interviews and pretty much everything makerspace!
The following online resources have been recommended and reviewed by Commonsense Education.
MakerSpace materials are different in each school library. Use the library catalog to see which materials are available in each school.
Keva planks - 800 piece set which has 2 carry bags, 2 project cards, 16 balls
Keva plank junior sets with project cards
Keva Builders - 2d diagrams
Keva Contraptions set
Squishy Circuits sets - https://squishycircuits.com/
MiP Coder Robots - need Internet - https://wowwee.com/coder-mip
Microbit coder kits - need internet - https://microbit.org/
K'nex building sets, 131 pieces each https://www.knex.com/knex-imagine
Cubelets kit - modular robotics - https://www.modrobotics.com/
Code and GO Mouse - https://www.generationrobots.com/blog/en/tutorial-robot-mouse-colby/
Teknikio Activating Origami - Add tech to paper and animate unique paper sculptures. Start simple and add a light or two and then make more complex modular systems with your origami robot sculpture. https://www.teknikio.com/products/activating-origami-set
Sphero - https://www.sphero.com/
Bee Bots set of 12 code-able robots - checked out right now - https://www.terrapinlogo.com/beebot.html
