Day: January 8, 2007

Estes educator – Free resources for model rocketry

Estes educator – Free resources for model rocketry

Estes has a great model rocket resource center with tons of downloads and lesson plans for teachers… “Teaches science, math, industrial technology and other subjects. This site offers a HUGE RESOURCE CENTER for teachers and youth group leaders including free publication downloads, special quantity bulk pricing for educators, extensive curriculum support materials and learning software. […]

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Boil an egg… with the sun

Boil an egg… with the sun

Can you boil an egg with the power of the sun? Sure – Link. Related: HOW TO – Make a homemade solar water heater – Link. Mystery solar powered-mobile – Link. Solar Death ray – Link. Floating solar crocodile – Link. Solar Powered Jack-O-lantern – Link. DIY Solar cycle – Link. Solar MOE’s (Made on […]

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HOW TO – Wooden candle holder

HOW TO – Wooden candle holder

Sam writes – “A handmade tea light holder, crafted from a log. I shaped a log from our firewood pile into a slab, and drilled holes for the tea lights. Its pretty simple really- but the most important part is picking an attractive piece of wood, and paying attention to nice finishing.” – Link. Related: […]

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Water cooling computers with a swimming pool

Water cooling computers with a swimming pool

Eric shows that you can cool computers with pool water, and heat the pool at the same time! “Cooler, quieter computers and [possibly] warmer pool water with very little extra cost and added energy savings. All of the materials; PVC, ABS, other hard plastics, stainless steel on the pump housing, copper on the manifold and […]

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