The winning car below!
Our next challenge for this week is for a student to use a Makey Makey and design a functional keyboard using non-traditional keyboard components. The first students to accomplish this, win free pizza!
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
October Makerspace Challenge Update: Entries for the Lego Car Challenge and Winner
Here are some videos of the rubber band powered Lego cars that my students have made from last week.
Monday, October 5, 2015
October Makerspace Challenges
Starting this month, we are doing weekly and monthly challenges.
The month long challenge will be: using a 16x32 LED board, program a face for a LED Jack-O-Lantern. Students will be able to program this with either their Lenovo or a Raspberry Pi. Students will also carve out a pumpkin, and then place their LED board into the pumpkin and light it up.
October 5th - 9th: rubber band powered Lego car. Students will only use Legos and rubber bands to make their creations go! The car that goes the farthest wins the challenge.
October 12th - 16th: Makey Makey challenge. The first group of students to make the Makey Makey keyboard out of organic materials wins the challenge.
October 19th - 23rd: 3D print a Jack-O-Lantern. The 3D printed pumpkin must have a face! The coolest and most creative design wins! Prints are limited to 4in x 4in x 4in.
October 26th - 30th: candy corn catapult challenge! Using only popsicle sticks, plastic spoons, and rubber bands, the students who can launch the candy corn the farthest wins the challenge!
I am really looking forward to the upcoming month! I think the challenges will really bring out some fantastic creativity in the kids. And, to help incentivize this for the students, the winners of the challenges will earn an off-campus lunch at Cici's Pizza!
The month long challenge will be: using a 16x32 LED board, program a face for a LED Jack-O-Lantern. Students will be able to program this with either their Lenovo or a Raspberry Pi. Students will also carve out a pumpkin, and then place their LED board into the pumpkin and light it up.
October 5th - 9th: rubber band powered Lego car. Students will only use Legos and rubber bands to make their creations go! The car that goes the farthest wins the challenge.
October 12th - 16th: Makey Makey challenge. The first group of students to make the Makey Makey keyboard out of organic materials wins the challenge.
October 19th - 23rd: 3D print a Jack-O-Lantern. The 3D printed pumpkin must have a face! The coolest and most creative design wins! Prints are limited to 4in x 4in x 4in.
October 26th - 30th: candy corn catapult challenge! Using only popsicle sticks, plastic spoons, and rubber bands, the students who can launch the candy corn the farthest wins the challenge!
I am really looking forward to the upcoming month! I think the challenges will really bring out some fantastic creativity in the kids. And, to help incentivize this for the students, the winners of the challenges will earn an off-campus lunch at Cici's Pizza!
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