Join us for a Fireside Chat with Dale Dougherty and Kathy Ceceri, author and educator, as she shares the story behind the updated and revised edition of a Make: classic, Paper Inventions. This new edition ignites imagination with hours of hands-on STEAM activities for young inventors and busy adults.
In this Fireside Chat, Kathy will talk about her creative process behind the more than 30 fun projects and variations in this book, from traditional decorative pastimes, amazing math oddities, and daring feats of construction to light-up, motorized, and programmable paper circuits. She’ll also be bringing several of her favorite paper inventions, demonstrating how they fold, pop, spin, glow and even compute!
Kathy Ceceri is the author of over a dozen books for kids featuring hands-on STEAM activities, including Making Simple Robots 2nd Edition, Edible Inventions, Musical Inventions, Fabric and Fiber Inventions, and BOTS! An award-winning writer, educator, and maker, Kathy teaches enrichment classes and professional development and parenting workshops at schools, museums, libraries, and after-school programs in person and online. She has also developed learning materials for organizations including Chibitronics, KidWind, Maker Shed, and Adafruit Industries and created robotics badges for Girl Scouts of the USA. Kathy lives in Upstate New York and loves biking and kayaking, watching movies, and going to Maker Faires. Find out more at kathyceceri.com.
Today's special guests will also include Jie Qi, co-founder and CEO of Chibitronics, and Angii De La Cruz, lead Instructor at the Thinqubator (the children's makerspace at the Tech Valley Center of Gravity in Troy, NY.
Grab your copy of Make: Paper Inventions, 2nd Edition today in the Maker Shed.
Make: Paper Inventions (PRINT)