Maker Lab: |
"Spinning off of the popularity of maker spaces and capitalizing on the call for STEM-based products, this title offers a plethora of engaging projects that will capture the attention and curiosity of students from lower elementary (with guidance) through high school." - Sarah Knutson |
My Thoughts
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- The Great Outdoors
Along with interesting individual or solo readers, Maker Lab could also be a great resource for library programmers as well. More and more libraries are offering patrons and communities with "maker spaces." This book, along with many others, could be helpful in gathering ideas for and in encouraging this new initiative.
Read-A-Likes
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Works Cited
- Challoner, Jack, and Jack Andraka. Maker Lab: 28 Super Cool Projects: Build, Invent, Create, Discover. New York: DK, 2016. Print.
- Knutson, Sarah. "Maker Lab: 28 Super Cool Projects: Build. Invent. Create. Discover." School Library Journal 62.8 (2016): 120. Library & Information Science Source. Web.
Out of many of the blog posts amongst our classmates, I really enjoyed your post! I thought you chose a nonfiction title that is very timely with today's culture. Like you mentioned, the maker culture is taking over the library and schools by storm and this book would definitely be something to add to the "idea creating" portion of makerspaces. The only thing that I could suggest in your post is to possibly include links for the read alikes, even if they are just amazon links. If the links are included that would be one less thing your readers would have to try to find. Great job!
I really like the book choice for this blog. I am a strong believer in the importance of STEM subjects in school and library program. I am working on some STEM/Maker programming and based on your review I believe that this book would make a great addition to our collection.
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