No-Tech Making
No-Tech Making
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KM Makerspaces also have materials for non-digital or unplugged making. Here are some examples:
KM Makerspaces also have materials for non-digital or unplugged making. Here are some examples:
Rigamajig
Rigamajig
Rigamajig is a large-scale building kit for children designed for hands-on free play and learning.
This collection of wooden planks, wheels, pulleys, nuts, bolts and rope allow children to follow their curiosity while playing.
Play Prompts for Getting Started
Play Prompts for Getting Started
Build a Rigamajig that can lift something.
Build a Rigamajig you can get inside.
Build a contraption to take you to the center of the earth.
How many different ways can you join three pieces?
Build a contraption to send a bucket from one place to another.
Create something with four legs and a tail.
Give it a name. Make up a story about where it came from.
Build a structure that would allow you to live on a cloud.
Build a contraption that would allow you to ride a whale.
Tell a friend about your invention.
What is the tallest structure you can make with 5 pieces?
Using 15 pieces make a contraption that can hold a 10 lb. bag of potatoes.
What can you build with 20 pieces?
Tell and write how your contraptions work.
Make a structure that incorporates a balloon in a useful way.
Make a structure that incorporates an empty box.
Make a structure that incorporates a chair.
Use the Rigamajig to make a friend.
Now that you have made a structure...look at your neighbor’s creation and find a way to join your two structures to make a new one. What might it do?
Learning about Simple Machines
Learning about Simple Machines
Cardboard Challenge
Cardboard Challenge
*The Cardboard Challenge is a great way to apply Design Thinking as well as build creativity and engineering skills.
*The Cardboard Challenge is a great way to apply Design Thinking as well as build creativity and engineering skills.
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