Shop – AHS Makerspace

(We are located in Brisbane, Australia, so have some preference for buying nearer home. These are sellers we have used or are considering. Please comment if you find other good sources.)

3D printer Makerbot Replicator 2 http://www.makerbot3d.com.au/3d/blog/products/replicator-mini/

Badge maker http://alond.com.au/

Bits and pieces http://www.reversegarbage.com.au/ Sign up for newsletter at http://www.reversegarbageqld.com.au/news/not-junk-mail-salon-issue

Board games http://www.goodgames.com.au/stores/qld/brisbane.html

Circuits, Batteries, LED lights http://core-electronics.com.au/

http://www.jaycar.com.au/Active-Components/Optoelectronics/Standard-LEDs/Assorted-LED-Pack—Pack-of-100/p/ZD1694 100 assorted 3 and 5mm and colours
LEDs 50 http://core-electronics.com.au/5mm-led-pack-50-pcs.html 5mm assorted colours
LEDs 50 http://core-electronics.com.au/3mm-led-pack-50-pcs.html 3mmm assorted colours
LED various numbers https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9590

Craft supplies http://www.spotlightstores.com/

Drone https://www.rio.com.au/product/parrot-mini-drone-rolling-spider-inc-free-delivery- $99

Electronics https://www.sparkfun.com/ or http://www.jaycar.com.au/ (have not used) or https://www.adafruit.com/ and http://littlebirdelectronics.com.au

(in NY, JC uses this) or http://www.bareconductive.com/ (in UK, JC uses this)

Christmas Shapes for making LED circuit shapes from “Riot.” They come in a pack with other decorating things, e.g. Diamante’s, little shapes . Unfortunately you cannot buy from Riot online even though they have a website.

Google cardboard http://www.dx.com/p/neje-zb01-diy-google-cardboard-virtual-reality-3d-glasses-brown-331938#.VcxVKPmqpBc

Green screen and lights http://www.edtechs.com.au/Green_Screen_Standard_Kit_p/ets-tv-basic.htm

Hummingbird (make your own robots from cardboard) http://www.edtechs.com.au/product_p/duoclskit.htm

Lego Wedo http://www.teaching.com.au/home (also called Modern Teaching Aids. Will make up kits to suit your requirements) We also get Lego Mindstorms from them.

Littlebits – http://www.edtechs.com.au/default.asp or http://cdsoft.com.au/ or http://littlebits.cc/ but if over $1000, you may need to pay customs duty, as I did

Magnetic poetry http://www.bookdepository.com/publishers/Magnetic-Poetry

Makey makey http://www.edtechs.com.au/default.asp http://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/search?type=product&q=makey Joylabz do not deliver to Australia

Myndplay Neurosky headset https://www.mindstore.com.au/

Riot http://riotstores.com.au/ foam sticky flowers for bookmark

Self adhesive Felt Flower for crafts, felt bookmark blanks http://stores.ebay.com.au/yellowmoonltd2/Home.html

Sphero Available singly from apple stores in Australia. Just available from Harvey Norman. They say they also sell Education Pack and in USA http://store.gosphero.com/pages/education

Sticker circuits http://core-electronics.com.au/chibitronics-circuit-stickers-starter-kit.html

Squishy circuits: bought kits from http://squishycircuitsstore.com/kits.html

Stop motion http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/stop-motion-animation-kit

Vibrating motors from Adafruit https://www.adafruit.com/search?q=vibrating+motors&b=1

Considering

Arduino

Arduino starter kit http://www.edtechs.com.au/product_p/ets-ard-start.htm arduino uno starter

Sparkfun inventor’s kit http://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/ and https://www.sparkfun.com/ and

http://www.australianrobotics.com.au/catalog/arduino

Arduino experimeters kit http://www.jaycar.com.au/p/XC4262 BCE one

http://www.makershed.com/products/getting-started-with-arduino-kit-v3-0 and http://www.makershed.com/products/ultimate-arduino-microcontroller-pack

Raspberry pi http://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi and http://openlab.com.au/ and http://australia.rs-online.com/web/ and https://www.sparkfun.com/