Open MAKE: Tools – Licking Machines, Conductive Ink, and Lost Gold
At Open MAKE: Tools, mechanical wonders, painted circuitry, legendary lost gold, lockpicking for kids, and other fun stuff.
Education
Maker Education is such a valuable role. These stories will bring you the latest information and tales of maker educators who area spreading the maker mindset. Help others learn how to make things or how to think like a maker at makerspaces, schools, universities, and local communities. The importance of maker education can not be understated. We appreciate our educators.
Photos From Open MAKE: Tools at the Exploratorium in SF
You are sorry if you missed Saturday’s Open MAKE at the Exploratorium, which had the theme of “Tools,” because it was totally fun.
How Simple Ideas Lead to Scientific Discoveries
Check out Adam Savage’s TED-ED talk “How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries“: Adam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound scientific discoveries that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed — Eratosthenes’ calculation of the Earth’s circumference around 200 BC and Hippolyte Fizeau’s measurement of the speed of light in 1849.
This Saturday, March 17: Young Makers/Open MAKE at the Exploratorium
Come one, come “awl” to the Exploratorium this weekend as the Tinkering Studio hosts the third of four Open MAKE Saturdays, this month on the theme of TOOLS. Explore your own creativity with makers from around the Bay Area, who will share their art, ingenuity, and techniques for making. The event runs from 10am to 2pm […]
Real Tools for Kids
Recently, while looking online for woodworking tools appropriately sized for my preschool daughter, I came across some construction sets geared toward children. Thinking fondly of the sets I had when I was little, I looked closely to see if I could find one suited for my kids. I was intrigued by one kit that promised […]
App Inventor Now Open to All
Back in January App Inventor made the transition from Google to the MIT Center for Mobile Learning. For those of you that were interested in using the product going forward, take note that the project has launched the MIT App Inventor Open Beta Preview, which opens the service to anyone with a Google account.
Time For Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts 2.0?
I don’t see kids adding skills they’ve earned to their social networking profiles yet, I mostly see check-ins, bands, movies and status updates. While historic groups like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are sometimes associated with camping and selling cookies for many – I think there might be something new ahead. A peer to peer way of sharing and celebrating skills using the internet (think Khan Academy) and I think the scouts will ultimately go this way too, becoming “Scouts 2.0”.
