I went to Linton-Stockton High School this week to see their NearSpace Education balloon launch (& help if they needed). They did recover the payloads somewhere around Salem, in a tree of course. I will be back there soon to see the data that they gathered. It will be interesting to see if this is… Read more »
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JigsawPuzzle
You can make your own jigsaw puzzles with a laser cutter. I found a couple of websites that allow you to customize pieces a little : https://puzzle.telegnom.org/ https://draradech.github.io/jigsaw/index.html The second one adds rounded corners to the first one, as well as an option for a hexagonal/circular pieces (with hex shaped pieces). And of course cuttle… Read more »
MCCSC-STEAMnight
We were part of the MCCSC STEAM night at the Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship on October 3rd. About 200 people attended the event and 25-30 that stop by our tables We did stomp rockets and the young family members were excited to build, launch and sometimes chase… Read more »
PedenFarms
The annual “Children’s Farm Festival at Peden Farms” was September 28 & 29. Over 1200 k,1,2 kids plus adult chaperones (and some younger siblings) each day roam the area, checking out animals , games, demonstrations and activities of all kinds, or a hayride. We had a 3D printer going, printing some pumpkin charms. Many people… Read more »
CraftStickRuler
I just thought I would laser a ruler onto a 6″/15 cm craft stick… I used https://cuttle.xyz/dashboard to do the design. I made a box the size of the stick (1.8 cm x 15 cm) I positioned it so the left corner is at the origin I put a line/tick mark at 0.5 cm (&… Read more »
Tinkerfest
The Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites in Indianapolis held a Tinkerfest o n September 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. https://www.indianamuseum.org/programs/tinkerfest/ A day when visitors could fiddle with various technologies, materials, maker stuff from the 25 exhibitors.. There were about 500 attendees, mostly young kids. For our booth… Read more »
CraftStickCatapults
Get yourself some 6″ craft sticks (you could use 4″ popsicle sticks, but the short length changes things..like how easy to assemble and flexibility) and some rubber bands (not long ones, but sturdy ones – 2.25″-3″). You also need a plastic bottle top or small paper/plastic cup. And of course some projectiles. Catapult 1… Read more »
HandCrank
We are looking at an Energy Education grant and part of an idea might be those hand crank generators. We have some DC motors lying around doing nothing, so I wanted to turn one into this. So I used tinkercad to design a wheel that could connect to the motor spindle. The spindle is 2… Read more »
Catapult
punkin chunkin time will soon be upon us, so we thought about building a catapult. Then we thought about building a table top version for STEM for Elementary Teachers and to take to schools/events. I am working with 1/2″ PVC, and made one from scraps. We are thinking to NOT glue it so some things… Read more »
BalloonCar
A colleague was creating some 3D printed balloon cars to show his students an example of something you could use a 3D printer for in STEM/Physics classes. The car is a demonstration of Newtons 3rd Law of Motion. I had the thought that those would be good for me to have in the maker van… Read more »