Getting Started – Project Ideas Free or nearly free projects  Invention box  Building challenges using whatever you have on hand: cardboard, Lego, craft.

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Getting Started – Project Ideas Free or nearly free projects  Invention box  Building challenges using whatever you have on hand: cardboard, Lego, craft sticks, plastic cups, tape, paper clips. Use your imagination.  Altered books using books you’ve weeded  Marshmallow catapults  Computer-based projects – borrow existing laptops or devices and do Scratch Programming or Mozilla Webmaker

Low Cost Engineering Paper Roller Coasters: Downloadable templates Copy onto your own card stock Pros: Good collaborative project with lots of room for creativity Cons: Time consuming – extra long program or multiple sessions Lots of prep time required

Low Cost Engineering Paper Roller Coasters: Downloadable templates Copy onto your own card stock Pros: Good collaborative project with lots of room for creativity Cons: Time consuming – extra long program or multiple sessions Lots of prep time required

Basic Tech Project Ideas LED Cards:  Copper Foil Tape (6mm x 15m) $ 5.95/roll  Sticker LED lights (24 asst.) $14.95  3V Lithium Coin Batteries (20) $ 7.40  Card Stock  Assorted trim  Glue or glue sticks Supply sources: Adafruit - Amazon (batteries)

Basic Tech Project Ideas Scribbling Machines:  DC hobby motors$2.85 each Carolina Science supply  AA batteries  Non-drying clay, glue sticks  Inexpensive markers/crayons  Strawberry baskets or small plastic containers

Other Tech Programs MakeyMakey  $60 to $70 per kit, but can use in group  Loads of ideas online, including videos  Easier than you think! 3D Doodler  3D printer pen  Free form, no programming or computer required  $100 with starter plastic, plastic strands approx. $.40 Lego Architecture Studio  Not truly tech, but definitely engineering  Approx. $160

Basic Maker and Tech Resources MakerSpacePlaybook: Playbook-Feb-2013.pdf Maker Ed: Make Magazine Tech Girls: Resource page: Scratch Programming: MozillaWebmaker Tools:

Library-specific Resources YALSA Making in the Library Toolkit: ngintheLibraryToolkit2014.pdf A Librarian’s Guide to MakerSpaces: Library As Incubator Project: Make Your Library: MakerSpaces and the Participatory Library Facebook Group

Supply Sources Adafruit: Maker Shed: MakeyMakey: Paper Roller Coasters: Squishy Circuits: