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Wet wet people

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:30:37 -0500

Last Saturday Make It brought some of our projects to the Flint Hills International Children's Festival. We made Pin Hole Cameras (page 2 of the instructions here) and Straw Rockets.

About the time we got out straw rockets severe weather was spotted in the area and the park had to be evacuated. We left the festival tent with our supplies in hand and tried to reach the Science Museum. Three of four steps into our journey, the rain started. And it rained hard. John and Cameron luckily were almost back to the Science Museum so they didn't get too wet. Molly and Hannah and I on the other hand.... Well, check out these photos to see for yourself.

THE RAIN!!

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:33:42 -0500

so today i got like super wet... molly and i went to start at our booth... we were the last people to go.... after the super looooooong day with absolutely no visitors we left... we were walking and molly looks to me and says, "i bet once we get there it is going to start raining and then we will have to leave right away." sure enough we got there started helping kids out and sure enough it starts to sprinkle... then a lady comes and said that there was a severe weather warning and everyone had to take shelter....we all packed up and left running down the street... it was really bad... i got a new shirt though! it says carbon dating... hehe its funnie! yeah.. but thats my super wet day... i hate the rain... .:*HANNAH*:.

wet. . . . . .

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:26:20 -0500

so today was an interesting day well in the beginning nothing happened on the floor no one was there. well then we went to rice park to help out at the carnival there and while we were there there just happened to be a severe thunder storm warning so we had to run back to Smm in the pouring rain with cardboard box's full of stuff. so that was my very interesting day!!!!!!

~Molly~

Revised Instructions

Tue, 29 May 2007 15:35:13 -0500

Make It just undertook a large project to revise instructions for several of our most popular projects. Check out the new instructions below:
Balloon Powered Cars:

Caustics:

Fart Machines:

Flashlights:

Infrared Scopes:

Kaleidoscopes:

Rubber Band Powered Boats

Straw Rockets:

Thaumatropes:

Great Video About Infrared Light

Wed, 16 May 2007 17:02:26 -0500

Make It has been making Infrared Scopes for some time now. Travis learned a way to make infrared goggles. We were able to find less expensive materials and make tons of one eyed scopes with museum visitors. The scopes we make block out all but the lowest light visible to our eyes.

The other day I found a great video that explains infrared radiation. The goggles and cameras in this video are different because they take radiation lower than our eyes can see and change it into a display that is visible. Check it out.

ANOTHER SATURDAY...

Sat, 12 May 2007 15:07:26 -0500

SO TODAY IT IS SATURDAY.............OKAY IM DONE....... well i guess im not... so just kidding...anyways today was super slow on the floor... i am like super tired and just want to go to sleep....i had to babysit my neighbor kids yesterday and i had to stay over until like 2 in the morning... we are making this super huge thaumatrope so i have to go and work on that... well... see ya...... .:*HANNAH*:.

Saturday . . . . .

Sat, 12 May 2007 15:07:11 -0500

so today is saturday and I had to get up really early to come into work so yeah that was so . . . . .FUN!!! we only had two ppl this morning so we went up on the floor and did pinhole cameras and telescopes and the guy from the voulenteer bench came over and helped us make every thing better it was great!!!

Cinco de Mayo: A fiesta of celebration,How track is going & Breezy Point

Sat, 05 May 2007 15:55:49 -0500

Today we were at the Cinco de Mayo festival on the west side of St.Paul. The first group of us (Molly, Cameron, Hannah, Naana and I) were there the longest. The projects that we did there were infrared goggles, pin-hole cameras and later thaumatropes. The goggles and cameras would have worked better if it wasn't so cloudy. At about 12 the rest of the group showed up and so Molly, Hannah, Naana and I were able to go on break. We walked down one way and I saw some friends from school. After that we went down the other way and Hannah was hungry so she got some corn and then we got some cookies to share between the 4 of us. We went back to the tent and after about a hour it started to rain so we packed up and left. Track has been real fun so far for me. This past Thursday we had a three way meet between us, Highland and Central. We beat Highland but we lost to Central by only 9 points. I throw the shot-put and the discus. My best record for the shot-put is 31 feet 6 inches and my best for discus is 84 feet 5 inches. Last weekend at Breezy Point we had a pretty good outcome. We came home with trophies for: 2nd place shooting as a team, 4th place domestics, 1st place white collar crime as well as a couple of individual trophies. I had a good time up there for it being my last year since I'm going into the military. Last but not least I was promoted sergeant at least until I leave. Until next time this is Big B signing out.

Cinco De Mayo Day!!! N Spiderman 3!! Yaaahh!!! >.<

Sat, 05 May 2007 15:51:09 -0500

The team went out to do an outreach today for Cinco De Mayo day at South Robert Street. It was fun seeing the kids getting excited about what was going on. The weather didn't work to our liking because it was cloudy and gray this morning that later on around 1:30 it started to sprinkle and after that it poured for a little while, so the team left early around 2. Instead of staying until 4 like it was planned. But on the up side the we did worked with some of the kids that were interested in learning about what projects we were doing, these projects were: thaumtropes, infrared goggles, and pinhole cameras.

The team also played a fun game involving balloons being tied to your ankles. The objectives of this game is the step on the other peoples' balloon while at the same time avoid getting your balloon stepped on. Sounds easy enough to play, but its super hard! Especially when everyone is so competitive. So yeah my balloon popped in like the first 5 seconds after Rachel yelled start. It very sad...but it was fun!!!

Oh i can't wait to go watch Spiderman 3 today!! But the downside to it that everyone that I know had seen it and they said that its not good. So I guess I'll find out for myself wrether I like it or not. >.< I'm just hoping that it wouldn't be a waste of $5 watching it tonight.

cinco de mayo

Sat, 05 May 2007 15:46:52 -0500

Today we went to cinco de mayo . . . . . . yeah thats about it. . . . .lol jk wow no we went to cinco de mayo and did some projects with the people there. At first it was really slow and we had like three people come up but then I broke out my mad people skills and people just kept pouring in it was awesome!! then it started to rain and we had to leave it was sad but we all had a lot of fun!!!

♥Molly♥

The team

Sat, 05 May 2007 15:46:41 -0500

The biggest surprise this week for me was, that Dallas lost to Golden State. This is about the NBA. The first seed against the 8th seed. The 8th is of course Golden State. They beat the Mav in a 7 game series. They won four game and the Mav won only 2 game. The two team only played six game all together, but it was out of a 7 game series like I said. It only happen only about 5 time in the NBA history that a 8th seed beat a first seed. That was a big surprise.

Cinco De Mayo!

Sat, 05 May 2007 15:46:07 -0500

Today the Make it crew had an outreach at the Cinco De Mayo festival in West St. Paul, it was really fun. We made inferred goggles, pinhole camera's, and thaumatropes. The projects seemed to be a really big hit with the kids because they seemed really fascinated in what we were doing. It was really cooling seeing the Hispanic culture first hand. Like there traditional attire, food, and also hearing the language all over the place. After we got back to the YSC we discussed or schedules for the summer, and also talked about our over night at the aquarium. I really excited hopefully everything comes together so we can all spend 1 more great time together before the make it team says goodbye :-(. After was were done with that we played this awesome game with balloons. The object was to try and pop the other persons balloon while it was tied around their ankle. I split while playing and popped my own balloon! How lame. O well we all had a really fun time playing it. I see that games many times in our future.

SO ITS SATURDAY! CINCO! DE! MAYO!

Sat, 05 May 2007 15:46:02 -0500

SO today is Saturday! We went to an outreach on the west side... it was super rainy and windy...:( i saw my uncle at cinco though....it was pretty fun.... i wish me and Naana could show Mai Kou company though... you know what i am talking about Naana..... yeah... but today was super cool and i had some fun...we played some games when we got back.... we played a game where we tie balloons to our ancles and we try to pop each others balloons.... it was fun.....*_*

(>'')>WALKA+TICKOU=Cinco De Mayo

Sat, 05 May 2007 15:46:02 -0500

OMG..... so today me and the whole make-it crew went down to the west side of st. paul and went to the big 5th of may celebration........ there was an over abundance of activities to do.... and im glad that the make-it crew was able to be part of it.. what we did there is we showed kids how to make Thaumatropes, inferred goggles, and pin hole camera's...... The whole day was going quite well... excepted that it was kinda windy.... but we handled that by putting rocks that we brought on everything..... but then to make matters worse it started to rain..... so we had to pack up and head back to the museum... but oh well the time we had there was tons of fun..... hope to do it next year!!!!!!!!

KURBY MASTER===========(>'')>-----{*#*} out!!!!

Cinco de Mayo

Sat, 05 May 2007 15:43:29 -0500

Today, the Make It team went to Cinco de Mayo in West St. Paul and worked in the kid area. We first came and set up and then went to the petting zoo area. There were cute animals there like lambs, and rabbits, and even a piglet. Then, we started a cold and long day of work. We made pinhole cameras, infra-red goggles, and thaumotropes with visitors. Later, on break, i bought some expensive mini donuts and later found out that i could have gotten some for less... :} But, they were satisfying none-the-less. Afterwards, we left the festivities before it started to rain and headed back to the museum. Then, to end the day, we played a game where we all had balloons tied to our legs and we tried to pop everyone else's balloons while trying to save your own. It was overall a very enjoyable day and i hope that we could do something like this again.