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Articles and Books on K-12 Maker

Read up on Making in the classroom, project inspiration, Makerspace design, and making a case for Making in your school

From the K-12 Maker Team:

  • Takeaways from 2020 - A Conversation with Maker Educators
  • ​MakerEd Convening 2019: Presentation / Ignite Talk Materials

Books by category:

Making in the Classroom

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Book: Hacking project based learning: 10 easy steps to PBL and inquiry in the classroom
Book: Free to Make: How the maker movement is changing our schools, our jobs, and our minds
Book: Worlds of Making: Best practices for establishing a makerspace for your school
Book: Make: Tinkering: Kids learn by making stuff
Book: Make: Zero to Maker, a beginners guide to the skills, tools, and ideas of the maker movement
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Book: Most likely to succeed: Preparing our kids for the innovation era

Project Inspiration

Book: Make: Paper Inventions, machines that move, drawings that light up, wearables and structures you can cut out, fold and roll.
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Book: The invent to learn guide to fun: classroom technology projects
Book: imagine design create
BOok: Big book of maker space projects
Book: The ELements of pop-up, a pop up book for aspiring paper engineers
Makerspace Layout and Safety
Book: safer makerspaces, fab labs and STEM labs, a collaborative guide
Review and recommendations of best practices for k-12 STEM learning spaces
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Electronics

Book: Getting started in ELectronics, a complete electronics course in 128 pages
Book: Make: Electronics second edition
Book: Sew Electric: a collection of DIY projects that combine fabric, electronics, and programming

Articles for teacher/administrator/community buy-in 

  • Tinkering is Serious Play, Educational Leadership, STEM for All, 2015, Bevan, Petrich, and Wilkinson
  • 7 Things You Should Know About Makerspaces, EDUCAUSE, 2013-04-09
  • ​The Maker Mindset, Dale Dougherty
  • ​Integrating Makerspaces Throughout the Curriculum, STEAM Universe, 2018-09-04
  • ​Makerspaces Help Schools Prepare Students for Emerging Career Paths, EdTech: Focus on K-12, Jan 31, 2020
  • ​Using Makerspaces for English and Humanities Instruction, Edutopia.org, 2019-07-10
  • Maker Movement Reinvents Education, Newsweek 2017-05-23
  • Presidential Proclamation--National Week of Making 2016
  • ​​The Growth of Making in K-12 and the Expectations for Maker Resources at Universities,  Brancazio, Wendell, 2016-11
E-Books on Makerspaces
Meaningful Making- Paolo Blikstein
A Practical Guide to Open Portfolios
Teacher's Guide to Project-Based Learning
ReMake Learning Playbook
Making in the Library Toolkit
Youth Makerspace Playbook

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  • Home
    • Getting Started >
      • What is Making?
      • Types of Makerspaces
      • Goals
    • About Us
    • Contact
  • Teacher PD
    • Webinars
    • Maker Tool Skills Workshops
    • Master Making in the Classroom
    • Maker PD Packages
    • Invention Ed
    • Workshop Materials
  • Create Projects
    • Maker Methodology
    • Idea Gallery
    • K-12 Maker Instructables
    • Maker Skills Starter Projects
    • Virtual Tools and Projects
    • Special Programs >
      • Aprendo Creando >
        • Presentaciones
      • FullSTEAM
  • Run a Makerspace
    • Design Guide
    • Facilities and Storage
    • Maker tools
    • Training and Supervision
    • Staff, Hours and Scheduling
    • Events and Growth
  • Maker Tools
    • Shop Tools and Materials
    • Electronics
    • Physical Computing
    • 2D Design Software
    • Vinyl/Craft Cutters
    • Laser Cutting
    • 3D Design Tools
    • 3D Printing
    • Photo and Video
    • Sewing
  • Articles and Books