It's Boys Week In The Lab...The First Two Days

11 boys from around the world (we have 3 from China and 1 from Japan...the other 7 are from right here on Oahu) are spending 6 and a half hours everyday this week making in the Lab. In the first two days we introduced them to the design process, simple circuits, Scratch, MakeyMakeys, and laser cutting.

The Paper Chain Challenge got them thinking about the design process

Scratch is always a big hit

Adding the MakeyMakeys to Scratch kept these guys busy for hours

Designing laser cutting projects with Inkscape

Watching your creation take form on the laser cutter

Next up, the guys will learn how to design for the 3D printer and then they are off to make whatever their minds can imagine.