CONCEPTS:

 Gears

• • Gear train for learning about ratios 

• • Gear template generator program

• • Woodgears.ca (Great Link)

• • Involute Gear Generator: LINK

• More about Gear: LINK

Geometry:

• • Polyhedras jmantonFABLAB

• Fractals: fablab@school

Boxes

• • BoxMaker Website

• • Free Paper Box Shapes: http://www.ideogram.nl/boxmaker/

•  MakerCase (LINK)

TECHNIQUES:

• CNC Panel Joinery: Make Notebook
• Printed Circuit Boards: Marc Boon 2008
• Laser Engraving Sample board: Ponoko

Tools: Measurement Conversion Chart

Fab Lab Friends

• • Amsterdam: Wagg Society

• • Cleveland: MC2 STEM Mobile Fablab Blog

• • Barcelona FabLab

• LCCC (Lorain County, Ohio): FABLAB

PROJECT SITES:

FABLABs

• Wagg FABLAB: http://fablab.waag.org/projects
• Instructables: http://www.instructables.com/
• Fablab@School http://fablabatschool.org/page/projects-1
• DIY.org: Home, Projects
• Educade: Beta site
• Future Makers: kidsmakethingsbetter.com
• Castilleja School: Born Idea Lab
• curiositymachine.org

from K12 Digital Fabrication Google Group(JaymesDec):

• • http://www.exploratorium.edu/pie/ideas.html

• • http://www.tinkeringschool.com/projects/

• • http://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/activities/

• • http://makezine.com/

• • http://hlt.media.mit.edu/

• • http://openmaterials.org/

• • www.makeprojects.com

• • http://howtosmile.org/

• • http://zombie-cat.org/

• http://www.thingiverse.com/

EQUIPMENT:

• Techniques: Wagg FabLab
• Equipment Comparison Table (Shopbot)

MATERIALS:

• CNC Modeling board:
  • Renshape Board website, Video
• Milling Bits:
  • Bam Carbide Bits
• Wearable Technology: http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/
• Soft circuits: http://web.media.mit.edu/~emme/guide.pdf
• Vinyl Cutter: http://www.cutterpros.com/

• • Projectsproject Ideas and link

• ResourcesResources and weblink

WEBSITES

• FAB LAB Network (MIT Fab Central)
• Center for Bits and Atoms
• Fab Charter
• Current Lab List
• Frequently Asked Questions
• FAB LAB Logos
• Papers and Theses
• Fab Academy Classes, 2013,
• Robives.com – great paper folding mechanisms
• Interactive Websites by Jefferson County Schools – Used as a source to locate educational websites.
• Wanderings in the Labyrinth: Seventeen Things: Toward a Maker Curriculum (For Teachers)
• Technologystudent.com – Love this site for detailed explanation and animated graphics (V. Ryan © 2002-2012)

Why Makers Rule in EDU (SXSWedu)

PRINTED SOURCES

Books:

• • Gershenfeld, Neil A. Fab: The coming revolution on your desktop–from personal computers to personal fabrication. New York: Basic Books, 2005.

• • Martinez, Sylvia Libow., and Gary Stager. Invent to learn: Making, tinkering, and engineering in the classroom. Torrance, CA: Constructing Modern Knowledge P, 2013.

• • Makers: The New Industrial Revolution, by Chris Anderson

• Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators [Paperback] Margaret Honey (Editor), David E. Kanter (Editor)

ARTICLES:

Wanderings in the Labyrinth: Seventeen Things: Toward a Maker Curriculum (For Teachers) Fab Labs unshackle imaginations, By Mark Jewell, Associated Press, USA TODAY 11/6/2005 Fabrication labs let student and adult inventors create products, solve problems, Cleveland Plain Dealer article and video from June 9 Is it a Hackerspace, Makerspace, TechShop, or FabLab? Makezine.com