Nick Dragotta
Author of these Magazine Articles
Bottle Submarine
Make your very own rubber-band propelled submarine out of an old soda bottle.
In
Rainy Day
from MAKE:
schoolsout: School's Out page 37
Bending Light
Light travels in straight lines, but you can get it to bounce around a bend with a little science.
In
Weird Science
from MAKE:
schoolsout: School's Out page 84
Rolling Paper Plate
Harness the power of the wind.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
20: For Kids of All Ages page 164
Robots Within Reach
Extend your grasp.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
19: Robots page 149
Energy Independence
Experimental biogas.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
18: ReMake America page 150
Compressed Air Power
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
17: Lost Knowledge page 176
It's Easy Being Green
Make a bird feeder with an old plastic bottle.
In
Crafty Howtoons
from
CRAFT:
09: Crafting Green page 146
Wooden Stilts
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
16: Spy Tech page 190
Sled on a Thread
Howtoons and Play meet with a swooping kite!
In
Crafty Howtoons
from
CRAFT:
08: Weaving page 140
Spinning Top Illusions
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
14: Optics page 168
Express Yourself!
Making your own style!
In
Crafty Howtoons
from
CRAFT:
06: Play page 146
Pen Pal
Celine shares ink- and paper-making secrets with Tucker that you, too, can do at home.
In
Crafty Howtoons
from
CRAFT:
05: Paper page 146
Wheel of Life
Make a Wheel of Life.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
11: Alt Vehicles page 160
Spring-Loaded Chopsticks
Make these quick and easy spring-loaded chopsticks.
From
CRAFT:
04: Costumes page 170
Das Bottle
Make a submarine from an empty plastic bottle.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
10: Home Electronics page 154
Field of Pinwheels
In
Crafty Howtoons
from
CRAFT:
03: Japanese Influence page 144
The Beaufort Scale
Learn to tell the force of the wind by eyeball.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
09: Fringe page 160
Rola Bola
Make this balance trainer and go surfing in your imagination.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
08: Toys and Games page 156
The Bugeye Lens
Water droplet lens with special bottle-cap twist focus.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
07: Backyard Biology page 154
HowToons
Toss your own ice cream.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
06: Robots page 170
Bending Light
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors page 168
Baster Flute
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
04: Music and Kits for the Holidays page 166
The Happy Hippo
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
03: Cars and Halloween page 170
HowToons
Make a marshmallow shooter.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
02: Home Entertainment page 172
Motormouth
Make a simple motor in minutes.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
01: Make Premiere page 172
Photographer for these Magazine Articles
Let's Make a Wobbler
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
27: Robots page 156
Illustrator for these Magazine Articles
Color Racer
Make and play this board game based on the primary colors!
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
32: Design for Makers page 160
Small Step for Man
Make a gas powered rocket out of a film canister, toilet paper, Alka-Seltzer, and water that demonstrates Newton's third law.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
31: Punk Science page 156
Bottle Submarine
Make your very own rubber-band propelled submarine out of an old soda bottle.
In
Rainy Day
from MAKE:
schoolsout: School's Out page 37
Bending Light
Light travels in straight lines, but you can get it to bounce around a bend with a little science.
In
Weird Science
from MAKE:
schoolsout: School's Out page 84
The Measure of a Man
Make a ruler by using some standard thing you know the dimensions of, like a sheet of letter-sized paper.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
30: Smarter Homes page 156
Bubble Trouble
Bubbles are a great way to fight boredom.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
28: Toys and Games page 150
Howtoons
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
26: Karts and Wheels page 154
I made it. I can fix it.
The motto for the next generation of makers!
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
25: Microcontrollers and Arduino page 154
Sun Time
If you know how many hands it takes to measure from east to west, you can figure out how many hours you have left to play today!
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
24: Space page 154
Howtoons: Musée du Dodecahedron
Depicting a subject from multiple viewpoints gives it greater context.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
23: Gadgets page 148
Energy Independence
Experimental biogas.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
18: ReMake America page 150
One-Man March'n Band
Make your own marching band.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
15: Music page 184
Sled on a Thread
Howtoons and Play meet with a swooping kite!
In
Crafty Howtoons
from
CRAFT:
08: Weaving page 140
Express Yourself!
Making your own style!
In
Crafty Howtoons
from
CRAFT:
06: Play page 146
The Magical Mobius Strip
Celine and Tucker perform with a magical mobius strip.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
13: Magic page 178
Howtoons
How to make a trash bag trenchcoat.
In
Howtoons
from MAKE:
12: Upload page 154










