{"id":8989,"date":"2021-01-18T22:27:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T22:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/?page_id=8989"},"modified":"2025-10-23T19:53:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T19:53:27","slug":"maker-kits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/?page_id=8989","title":{"rendered":"Children: STEM Kits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Introducing our Maker Kits!<\/strong> Provided by MackinMaker, our selection of STEM-related maker kits contains a maker tool for a specific science or skill, along with flashcards and a related book to enhance a child’s learning experience! Subjects include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Animation<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Looking to hone your animation skills? Check out our Animation Kit, featuring a Buddha Board!<\/strong> This fun activity allows you to paint shapes and pictures using just a brush and water! The kit also includes the book Paper Son,<\/strong> about Chinese-American animator Tyrus Wong who was famous for his work with Disney. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Want to build something cool? Check out our Architecture Maker Kit! This kit comes complete with three Mini-Materials<\/strong> construction kits; you can use 1:12 scale cinder blocks, pine pallets and red bricks to design your own scale models, limited only by your imagination. The kit also comes with a book, “Women of Steel and Stone,” <\/strong>which celebrates the achievements of women in architecture and design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coding<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Check out our Coding Maker Kit! This kit includes a Makey Makey Starter Kit, <\/strong>which allows you to control your computer using every day objects! It also comes with a book, “Diane Stanley: Poet of Science”<\/strong> and flashcards with suggested activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design Thinking<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n
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This Maker Kit celebrates Design Thinking! This kit comes with a Strawbees Maker Kit <\/strong>that allows kids to build and design projects using straws, along with flashcards and a book, “Just Like Rube Goldberg” <\/strong>by Sarah Aronson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Check out our Electricity Maker Kit! This comes with a Snap Circuits Basic Electricity Kit<\/strong>, which offers fun, easy and safe electrical projects for kids to try! The kit also comes with flashcards, AA batteries and a graphic horror Frankenstein <\/strong>storybook. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Introducing our Engineering Maker Kit! This kit includes a K’Nex Education kit,<\/strong> Introduction to Structures: Bridges which will show young STEM students how to construct different kinds of bridges. The kit also comes with flash cards and a book, Rachel Dougherty’s “Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Machines<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Create something new with our Machines Maker Kit! This kit comes with a K’Nex Classic Constructions Kit, <\/strong>allowing you to build dozens of flexible, movable models limited only by your imagination. The kit also comes with activity flashcards and a storybook, “Marvelous Mattie,” <\/strong>by Emily Arnold McCully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Math<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n
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See if you can solve our Math Maker Kit! This kit comes with a MAGFORMERS <\/strong>construction set, along with The Boy Who Loved Math<\/strong> by Deborah Heiligmann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Space<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Introducing our Space Maker kit! This kit gives kids a unique way to explore outer space and astronomy-related concepts using a Merge Cube<\/strong>. The Merge Cube creates three-dimensional VR holograms which allow students to explore planets, galaxies and other science concepts at home. The kit also comes with challenge cards and a “Journey By Starlight” <\/strong>by Ian Flittcroft and Britt Spencer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Upcycling involves the reuse of old products to create something new. The kit includes a MakeDo construction tool kit designed for upcycling cardboard boxes, along with flashcards and the book “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind”<\/strong> by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Penworthy STEAM Kits<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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We’ve also recently added STEAM to Go<\/strong> activity kits from Penworthy!<\/strong> Available kits focus on Dinosaurs, Castles and Dragons<\/strong>, Math and Numbers <\/strong>and On the Farm<\/strong> for a fun and engaging learning experience, whether at home or at the library!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of our kits are available for patrons to check out for FREE with a library card in the children’s library!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Introducing our Maker Kits! Provided by MackinMaker, our selection of STEM-related maker kits contains a maker tool for a specific science or skill, along with flashcards and a related book to enhance a child’s learning experience! Subjects include: Animation: Looking to hone your animation skills? Check out our Animation Kit, featuring a Buddha Board! This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8989","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8989"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14301,"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8989\/revisions\/14301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}