Pedagogy
Lesson Plans
Guides
- Tinkering and Prototyping Materials (article)(video)
- Cardboard, the Ultimate Building Material, by John Umekubo
- Praising Process
- Maker Safety - What will happen when
- How to NOT Cut Your Arms Off (video)
- How to Fail Like a Pro (video)
- Create is a Verb (video)
- The Coffee Shop Tinkering Story (video)
Articles
- The Maker Mindset - Dale Dougherty
- What's the big idea; Toward a pedagogy of idea power - Seymour Papert
- Seeing Young Children with New Eyes, Part1
- Seeing Young Children with New Eyes, Part2
- Piaget's Constructivism, Papert's Constructionism: What's the difference? - Edith Ackermann
- What Would We Like Kids to Take Away from Tinkering School, with Respect to Fabrication?
Videos
- Gever Tulley - Life lessons through tinkering
- AnnMarie Thomas - Hands-on science with squishy circuits
- Mitch Resnick - Let's teach kids to code
- Carol Dweck - How to help every child fulfill their potential (whiteboard animation)
Other Sites
Picture Books
- Ada Twist, Scientist, Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
- Balloons Over Broadway, Melissa Sweet
- The Dumpster Diver, Janet Wong and David Roberts
- How Do Bridges Not Fall Down, Jennifer Shand and Srimale Bassani
- How Do Seesaws Go Up and Down, Jennifer Shand and Srimale Bassani
- Human Computer: Mary Jackson, Engineer, Andi Diehn and Katie Mazeika
- If I Built a Car, Chris Van Dusen
- If I Built a House, Chris Van Dusen
- Iggy Peck, Architect, Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
- The Most Magnificent Thing, Ashley Spires
- Papa's Mechanical Fish, Candace Fleming
- Randy Riley's Really Big Hit, Chris Van Dusen
- Rosie Revere, Engineer, Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
- Sofia Valdez, Future Prez, Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
- The Tin Forest, Helen Ward
- Violet the Pilot, Steve Breen
