The contents of the makerspace kit were designed to give teachers everything that they need to create a well-rounded STEM curriculum, including materials to give students hands-on designing, handcrafting and constructing learning experiences. Sweepstakes prizes will include a da Vinci Jr. 1.0 3D printer from leading 3D printer manufacturer XYZprinting, an Ozobot Classroom Kit, a Raspberry Pi Kit, a littleBits Deluxe Kit and Electronic Snap Circuits from ELENCO. The prize will also include a copy of Extraordinaires Design Studio PRO creative thinking game, which is a product that is exclusive to Barnes & Noble.
“During our Mini Maker Faire this past November, partnerships with schools across the country helped make it a tremendous success and allowed us to introduce the Maker Movement & tech literacy to our customers. We want to help a teacher to get their own MakerSpace established in their school so students can be inspired daily to ideate, invent and create,” explained Barnes & Noble’s Vice President of Business Development Sarah DiFrancesco.
The winner will also receive a huge collection of educational books that will help them teach their students how to use technology and offer lessons in project collaboration, cooperative learning and teamwork. The book prize package will include titles like Making Makers by AnnMarie Thomas, The Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 2 by Charles Platt, Teach Your Kids to Code by Bryson Payne, and Design for 3D Printing by Samuel N. Bernier.
As with every Educator Appreciation Days event, any public, private or homeschool educators can shop at their local Barnes & Noble store or go online to receive all sorts of special discounts and prizes. Discounts will include 25% discount on personal and classroom books as well as other products like toys, games, music and movies. Barnes & Noble will also offer 10% off the list price for any tech tools that will be used to help bring technology and STEM education into classrooms. Additionally, teachers can receive 10% off the list price on all eReaders and NOOK tablets as well as 10% off of all in-store Café purchases.