A motion activated bad Dad joke Father’s day card

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Learn Arduino with this plug and play circuit – no soldering or programming required! What you’ll learn: How to incorporate Arduino circuits into a Father’s day message. Key takeaways: There are two parts to building an Arduino circuit: the wiring and circuit components, and the programming. Looking for an epic …

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Star Wars Motion Sensors: Father’s Day Fun

Create a small Arduino circuit to shock dad on Father’s day What you’ll learn: How to incorporate Arduino circuits into a Father’s day message. Key takeaways: There are two parts to building an Arduino circuit: the wiring and circuit components, and the programming. We have the ultimate Father’s day card …

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How to make ice cream that’s easy and fizzy

how to make ice cream at home - stirring dry ice into your ice cream mix

Create ice cream using dry ice for a fun, science based, experience. What you’ll learn: How to make ice cream that tastes fizzy Key takeaways: We can use many things to make homemade ice cream: an ice cream maker, rock salt and a bag, or very cold elements like liquid …

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How does a water rocket work?

how does a soda bottle water rocket launcher work

Learn the basics of what makes a water rocket fly high. How does a water rocket fly high? If you did our water rocket launcher activity your kids might be wondering how their water rocket launcher flew so high. In this post, we will take a look at the physics …

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Soda bottle water rocket launcher

water rocket launcher with soda bottle rocket and fins

Make a cool summer sprinkler that involves blasting off! What you’ll learn: How rockets fly and engineering principles Key takeaways: Testing can help you determine what design parameters will lead to the best flights. Soda bottle rockets are a fun way to stave off the summer heat. Kids will get …

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DIY Recycled Robot for kids

Use circuit basics to make a simple moving robot from your recycling bin. What you’ll learn: How to wire a simple circuit that includes a DC motor. Key takeaways: ​ Kids LOVE robots. In this project, we want to harness their love and excitement of robots to begin to think …

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Build a Robotic Arm

Turn into an engineer with one of many DIY robotic arm kits. There is no question that robots are a huge part of the future. They are performing jobs that we never thought possible, all thanks to scientists and engineers who have been hard at work in dark labs working, …

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Science Fair Projects with Slime

magnetic slime field lines make a great slime science fair project

Who says slime can’t be used as a tool for scientific inquiry? Having trouble thinking up cool and creative slime science fair projects with your kids?  Science fair projects can easily turn into a massive tug of war with your kids – mainly you tugging them to get something done, …

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