I want to encourage everyone to see themselves as makers and build, create and remake the world around them. How can we invite more young people to become makers?
I came home after Maker Faire and the first thing I saw were the cherries with the late day sun upon them. I need to pick them now before the birds get to them.
The real reason to grow citrus is the fragance of the flowers in the spring. The tree produces mostly inedible sour oranges but walking by the tree in the spring makes you stop. Full stop. Breathe deeply before moving on.
Chris Connors’ 10 Dollar Stomp Rocket Launcher looks pretty cool! Stomp rockets are a great way to introduce flight, pneumatics, and energy transfer through hands-on learning. Paper rockets are very easy to make, and use “virtually free” materials. This will help encourage multiple iterations and exploration of rocket design. You […]Read the full article on […]
A couple months back, Cynthia and Flavio were very frustrated. As a matter of fact, they were about ready to give up. A key element of their “Papapa Party Shirt” (a shirt that will blink to the beat of the music) was a light organ kit, but it was incredibly glitchy and the [...]
San Mateo, CA, May 15, 2013— The Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) celebrates its one year anniversary at Maker Faire Bay Area with an event on Thursday, May 16, 2013 from 2-3 pm. Maker Ed was created by Dale Daugherty, CEO of Maker Media and founder of Maker Faire, as the non-profit, educational arm of the maker [...]