Design it, build it, test it, fly it In your classroom, students may be working with concepts like aerodynamics and the Design Process. Many kids use the CO2 dragster as a way of exploring these ideas. In MAKE: Volume 15 and MAKE: Volume 16, we have a couple of projects that can really help students […]
How can you encourage the kids in your life to get creative with engineering and making? One of the ways is to check out the resources of Engineers Week. Lots of schools in North America have this week off, so kids can dedicate some full days to exploring engineering, and teachers can hunt down some […]
Posting in the Make: forums, multiverse asks: I have a small shed that couldn’t be more than 5 years old… I need to move it about 100 feet to a new location. I just bought this house a year ago, and this building was reassembled with nails. So I know I can tear the nails […]
Alessandro Volta’s was born on February 18th, 1775. He is known for several great discoveries, including the Voltaic Pile, which is an early type of battery. In the spirit of experimenting with electricity, I decided to check out the EX-150 by Gakken. I have used a lot of electronic learning kits, and this is by […]
It was a busy week in the Maker Shed. We announced 2 new kits, the Deluxe learn to solder kit and the Arduino controlled servo robot. We had a lot of great builds and reviews too! We started the week with my How-to Tuesday: Arduino 101 blink an LED, which seemed to be very popular […]
Jason Scott is an internet fixture, he’s been around forever and will likely outlast us all. He currently has the most followed cat on twitter and makes retro-tech documentaries.. He gave an excellent presentation at ROFLcon that reminded me of something that I hear from outsiders that look in to the world of makers… “you […]
Here is another new kit available in the Maker Shed today. It’s the perfect way to get started soldering. The new deluxe kit includes the demo board, a soldering iron, and wire cutters. Everything you need to get started. Soldering skills rusty or non-existent? This deluxe version of the Solder Practice kit comes with 30W […]
