Some Tinkering Resources

The Art of Tinkering: a book
https://transaction.exploratorium.edu/store/art-tinkering

If you bought one book on tinkering, this should be it. It is filled with inspiring ideas and potential projects with wonderful examples from arts, designers, engineers and scientists from around the world. Truly wonderful.

Understanding Tinkering & Making: a tool kit
http://alpha.projectmash.org/groups/tinkering-making

This toolkit designed by The Exploratory in Los Angeles is a great place to learn more about how tinkering and making can be brought into the classroom.

Design|Make|Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators: a book
Available on Amazon

Margaret Honey and David E. Kanter collected articles and chapters written by some of the most forward-thinking minds in the maker movement. These articles plot a roadmap of how to merge the maker movement with education.

Some other influencers and resources

Invent to Learn by Sylvia Libow Martinez
The Big Book Of Makerspace Projects
The Art of Cardboard by Lori Zimmer
Cardboard Book by Naralle Yabuka
The Third Teacher (more about thinking about space)
Make Space (another book about space and thinking about using space)
MakerEd

Here are two published articles that we have written.
MakerEd article about Automata by Rob
Huffington Post article by Blake