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Maker Space Build Along: Chain Reactions! (Ages 8-12)

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Jay Mankita, Playful Engineers
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(47)
Gather your household materials, tools, and toys, to learn and practice DIY techniques for building complicated Rube Goldberg Machine-type chain reactions from simple parts you make yourself - hands-on, and very interactive!

Class experience

Learners will be able to make working models of kinetic machine parts using their own toys & other household objects, and will strengthen their ability to identify and explain basic principles of force and motion that are expressed through the use of these objects.

Learners will have the opportunity to connect art and engineering, through hands-on play, and exploration of tools and techniques in the designing, building, and testing of overcomplicated Rube Goldberg Machines made from creating and connecting these simple parts.

Learners will experience and generalize values of: learning through trial and error; addressing problems from different perspectives; and basic systems thinking -e.g., a system is a collection of parts that work together, and complicated systems are made from simpler parts.
Suggested Materials (this is just a starter list, use your imagination!):

Surfaces: table, floor, shelf, counter, flat board...
Toys: Hot Wheels Tracks, Tinker Toys, K’Nex, Legos, dominoes, popsicle sticks, railroad tracks, marble runs, action figures...
Tracks: cardboard, stretched rubber bands, booktops...
Balls: marble, ping pong ball, golf ball, rubber ball, rolled up aluminum foil, baseball, tennis ball...
Bases and Building Blocks: blocks, scrap wood, cans, boxes, bins, chairs, stools...
Tubes: Paper towel rolls, toilet paper rolls...
Fasteners: rubber bands, glue, hot glue, tape, brass fasteners, string, wire (from clothes hangars), clamps, clothespins, twist ties, pipe cleaners, magnets...
Pullers: string, chain (lightweight), ribbon, floss, fishing line, shoelace, tape...
Rollers: balls, plastic containers, toy wheels, toy cars, fruits & vegetables, cans, tubes, dowels, cone shapes, lids, tape rolls, tape roll inserts, nuts & bolts, discs, paper wheels, spools...
Dominoes: dominoes, clothespins, CD cases, cassette tape cases, books, folded playing cards...
Weights: dominoes, stones, blocks, coins...
Spinners: blocks with holes (bushings), rods, pen and marker housings and caps, things that turn freely like swivels (lazy Susans)...

Bring your own materials and your own ideas, but if you're not sure where to start, no worries - I've got plenty of chain reaction ideas for you to try making!
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
from the class description: "There are no tools required for construction, other than a pair of scissors. All builds can be temporary - we'll rely on rubber-bands, rather than glue, screws, staples, or nails, although learners are free to use their tools on their builds with adult permission and supervision as parents see fit. Having said that, I enjoy addressing the safe and proper use of hand tools for making and tinkering when student inquiry leads us in that direction."
I'll be sharing from my own collection of original Rube Goldberg example videos.
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(47)
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I'm Jay Mankita, a lifelong learner, maker, musician, and tinkerer, and the dad in my homeschooling family. I'm also a professional teaching artist with over 30 years of experience, having presented programs in more than 2,500 schools and... 
Group Class

$15

weekly
1x per week
50 min

Completed by 32 learners
Live video meetings
Ages 8-12
3-10 learners per class

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