From simple circuits, to a table top arcade machine, we had lots of fun Taupaki School Digi-Tech expo sharing our making & learning journey with our community

There is a whole lot of mad science going on in our house tonight #prototyping #experiments

It was a whole lot of messy maker fun in today’s science session making edible, fluffy & thermochromic slime #makerednz

It was a circuit building kinda day: Basic circuits, light dependent circuits, blinking LEDs with 555 timers, light sensors controlling noise volume circuits and memory games built with breadboards & Arduinos #hardfun #makerednz

This circuit uses an IC (555 timer) to create a blinking light. Challenge: change the resistor values and see what happens to the speed of the LED blinks

This circuit reacts to the amount of light input and changes the volume of the noise omitted from the buzzer youtu.be/vNx7mErN-jg #makered

We also built a memory game using a breadboard and Arduino - lots of fun and nice intro into using software and hardware #markerednz youtu.be/yP5fftzxgWY

One of our parents teaching us how to make classic games using HTML, CSS & JS Taupaki School #makerednz

New on the blog: Making in the classroom - purpose and resources ministryofmake.co.nz/single-post/20… #makered

One of our mums who is passionate about food is sharing an experiment she found in Michelle Dickinson PhD’s awesome kitchen science book that explores what Acids & Bases are & how PH indicators work #kapai

Today we had to apply what we have learned about circuits in previous sessions to make Xmas decorations, lightsabers & security boxes #muchfun

Loving the micro:bit - this is a fun activity that teaches people about basic electronics & programming concepts, combined with hands on making & problem solving skills to make their box secure #STEAM #microbit

TK-49600 MrOldSkinny Ministry of Make NZ We finally put a blog post up about it with info on what we used and did :) mosandboo.com/kuracon-2018-t…

#ttrttpt Exploring what shapes give us the most height & stability - who can build the tallest tower? #makerednz

Lots of maker awesomeness today Taupaki School #Makered x.com/makeclub_nz/st…

The mums getting amongst it today learning how to make games with Scratch Team #makerednz

One of our Make Club members taking a session on how to build a website Taupaki School today, with teachers, parents & students all learning alongside each other #Kapai #community

Three challenges: 1. Build your driving base 2. Program it to go forward & back & then in a square shape 3. Add to your build to enable your robot to pick an object up #robotics #MakerEdNZ

Is it a liquid or a solid? #oobleckdebates #messysciencefun