HOW TO – Recycle Crayons
Got a bucket of broken crayons? Transform them into usable shapes using this tutorial by instructables user SomArtMama.
Kids & Family
SwashBot? Meet ShrimpFu
Pardon a little indulgence on our part, but our maker-pal I-Wei Huang (aka CrabFu) sent us this proud papa video of his new son, er… ShrimpFu seeing one of dad’s bots for the first time. You never forget your first robot baby-terrorizing. I don’t know which one is cuter. Okay… the human offspring is somewhat […]
S.W.A.R.M. sculpture
Here’s an interesting acoustic sculpture by Jim Lee – he says it produces a “kind of choral moan reminiscent of a beehive”. Make sure you listen to the audio (links on his site), it’s a really cool sound.
iPhone/iTouch as classroom tool
Joyce is a teacher and librarian. She recently got an iPhone, and has fallen in love. Consider the portability of texts, the potential for blogging or taking notes and pictures in the field, the use of GPS for science and geography, the possibilities for organizing learning, the options for the music classroom, the opportunities to […]
Panda Party
Heather Mann recently threw a panda-themed birthday party for her son Evander. The lucky guests feasted on cute treats like panda rice balls and panda cakes. What a cool mom!
Biggest full moon of the year, again
If you missed December’s biggest full moon of 2008, tonight will be the biggest full moon of 2009. NASA has a nice article about it. Johannes Kepler explained the phenomenon 400 years ago. The Moon’s orbit around Earth is not a circle; it is an ellipse, with one side 50,000 km closer to Earth than […]
Rocket cars
Designing CO2 cars is a project for many middle school technology and science classes. The projects gives an opportunity for students to get hands on experience with the Design Process, working with tools and materials, and design and build for aerodynamics and manufacture a vehicle that can go very fast if even for a short […]