Explore the amazing interplay of lights, shadows, reflections, and refractions with our new capsule entitled #ExploreLightAndShadow. This capsule is a wonderful way to get your students observing and tinkering with the world around them in a playful way. Curriculum Connections: Earth
#StopMotion Activity Page – 2021
YouTube LINK to OCS Live Stream Stop Motion – Film making technique whereby objects are manipulated and photographed in a sequence to create an illusion of movement. #StopMotion is one of those things that can be done in all grade
@ExploringBalance Activity Page • 2020
In this virtual makerspace, the LEARN team is #ExploringBalance with balancing sculptures, mobiles, homo-polar motors, and much more. We will focus our exploration on key concepts of balance, like gravity, mass, center of gravity, and distribution of mass. This capsule
#CardboardConstruction Activity Page – June 2020
Curriculum Connections Science and Technology Systems & Interactions | Techniques & Instruments Technological design process poster Tool List: Cardboard, Cutters, Connectors, Creativity Resources How to make a pinko board Motion Mechanics | From CDP Website Cardboard Fundamentals link to adafruit
#MarbleMaze Activity Page • May 2020
Curriculum Connects Science and Technology Newton’s 1st law – “objects at rest stay at rest, objects in motion stay in motion” Design objects or structures that affect a force on an object Use of measuring instruments Technological Design process
#ExploringSpinning Activity Page • May 2020
Get Inspired from other Makers #ExploringSpinning Curriculum Connections #ExploringSpinning During this Live Stream we will explore some of the key concepts behind two of Newton’s Laws. All the while demonstrating how these laws apply to spinners. Law 1 “a