The Indiana Connections Career Academy (an online charter school) asked us to be a part of their event at the event center of Grand Park (there were several exhibitors, including a disc golf hole). It was a 4 hour time window where there students could come together from across Indiana to meet up and learn some different things. So we unloaded several activities for their students (maybe 70 k-8). Several teachers from the academy and some HS students helped with the activities.
We had :
pvc construction
battery & bulb (CR2032 & 5 mm LED) and paper circuits
sticker cutting with Cricut Joy
coding & robotics with micro:bit
stomp rockets
general “build something” with craft supplies and cardboard
One interesting thing was that when kids saw the stomp rocket launchers in one spot, and similar pvc materials in another spot, they decided to make their own launchers. There were multiple rocket launchers as well as multiple bottle inputs…unfortunately we ran out of bottles mid way through the time. (I like using 12-20 ounce bottles)
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