'Iolani School is on spring break, but some of our Upper School student/makers are off to Florida. Not to spend time at the beach but to work with NASA on a lunar lander. Check this out...
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Saturday, March 19, 2016
Friday, March 11, 2016
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Individual Circuit Boards Soldered
After designing their own circuit boards with Fritzing and milling them with the Othermill by the Othermachine Co., our afterschool students soldered their battery holder, LED, resistor and button to their board.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
6th Grade Medieval Faire Items Made In The Lab
Today was our annual 6th grade medieval faire. Over the past 4 weeks, students have been working hard to research all about their position in this society. Some of the items were made in the Lab.
The archers made a deer, a knight and 2 chickens to shoot at. With the help of their families, they built stands for the targets, that would fall over when hit. For the deer, they put it on a pulley system and moved it back and forth across the beam.
One of the medieval surgeons made instruments to use for their "operation".
The Alchemists used the Lab to make signs and necklaces
The knights made daggers that they used as a last resort in their sword battle.
Some of the students made medieval games on the laser cutter.
An astrologist made question boards and gifts to give out if anyone could stump his wisdom.
Medieval torture devices were made...a replica of a rack was made on the 3D printer and the heretic fork was created on the laster cutter.
Another great year at the Medieval Faire.
The archers made a deer, a knight and 2 chickens to shoot at. With the help of their families, they built stands for the targets, that would fall over when hit. For the deer, they put it on a pulley system and moved it back and forth across the beam.
One of the medieval surgeons made instruments to use for their "operation".
The Alchemists used the Lab to make signs and necklaces
The Herbalists made signs, describing the plants they had.
The knights made daggers that they used as a last resort in their sword battle.
Some of the students made medieval games on the laser cutter.
An astrologist made question boards and gifts to give out if anyone could stump his wisdom.
Medieval torture devices were made...a replica of a rack was made on the 3D printer and the heretic fork was created on the laster cutter.
Another great year at the Medieval Faire.
Monday, March 7, 2016
Catapults Take Shape and Launch
Following the criteria (no more then 3 rubber bands, must launch material at least 3 meters) our 6th grade students have been making catapults for their science class. So now, after imagining, planning, creating prototypes, improving, creating laser cutter plans, cutting, and glueing, the 6th grade catapults are ready to test.
Then outside they went to test their creations. Using protractors, they launched at a variety of degrees, each time measuring the distance their projectile traveled.
Testing began by weighing out clay catapult balls so that everyone was launching the same mass (Yes, I know, technically, mass and weight are not exactly the same).
Then outside they went to test their creations. Using protractors, they launched at a variety of degrees, each time measuring the distance their projectile traveled.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Afterschool Circuit Class-Soldering and Circuit Boards
One of our after-school Lab classes focuses on electricity and circuits...six 3rd-6th graders come on Tuesdays and love to make stuff. When the class started, we made simple circuits with copper tape, LEDs, and coin cell batteries. They then went on to make interactive game controllers using MakeyMakeys (see previous posts). Now we are starting to learn to solder. Using some wires to old blank circuit boards, the students tried their hand at this new skill.
With the addition of the OtherMachine Co. CNC machine, the Othermill, we can now make our own circuit boards. Next we used Fritzing and each student create a board...battery, LED, switch and resistor.
With the addition of the OtherMachine Co. CNC machine, the Othermill, we can now make our own circuit boards. Next we used Fritzing and each student create a board...battery, LED, switch and resistor.
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