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second saturday from break

Today is our second saturday back from break. The projects that we doing on the floor are balloon power car, boats, and fruit band. The thing is that today we couldn't find the table that we usually use for today. So we used the table that the volunteer use.

Keng V – January 20, 2007 – 2:18pm

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Race Exhibit

Today, while half of our team was on the floor making projects, the other half saw the race exhibit. It was a very interesting exhibit about people's assumptions and facts on race. It showed how little people know about each other's races and gave a good understanding of different cultures. I saw a few people I knew in some of the videos and pictures and they told about their experiences with how people view them. It was a good experience and I learned a lot from it.

Cameron O – January 20, 2007 – 2:17pm

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Computer Password Security

Yesterday the Make It team read two articles about internet password safety. Analyzing 20,000 MySpace Passwords looks how secure passwords are on the internet. Make It also read a more technical piece about Password Recovery Software is getting smarter about guessing passwords. For a more humorous take on password security, today's Dilbert comic.

Liz – January 17, 2007 – 8:57pm

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Mai Kou's break and vending machine

WOW! I haven't been in here for a while, and to tell the truth I kinda miss this. Yeap I do. Over the three weeks that we didn't work, I stayed home a lot, doing nothing. I was missing work, and I grew tired just staying home. Before we were of to break, we had our "Secret Santa", where we each drew name and whoever name we got we brought them present. We had a party with pizza and Mike's grandma brownies. It was delicious. Thank you, Mike's grand ma for the brownies. I loved it. It was very good. After I was full, couldn't move at all, we played Jeopard. And my team, Naana, Keng and I won. It was fun, I had a great time. After that we pass out our present to each other. Liz and Rachel made each of us our own picture ornament so that we can hang it on our tree, which I did. And it looked gorgeous on that that tree. Thank you again Liz and Rachel. I loved it. My secret Santa was Nou, so I brought her a clutch. I hope she use it though. Hannah, my secret Santa got me a pair of sock/shoe slipper. Just what I wanted. I love her. And I were it all the time at home. It's really comfy. After that we went home. My three weekend I celebrated Christmas, and got many new things which I eventually love. I went shopping, went to spend 2 days and 3 nights at St. Olaf, since my sister goes there. We, my 3 sister and I went to class with her and we got to experience a day of college life feels like. And the food over there were just so DELICIOUS. We just kept on going for more and more, until we couldn't go no more. I had a lot of fun, staying over there. There's spring break to hang out over there again. Yes! I went ice skating with some of my friends and then went to eat pho. I had a great time and the pho was good. Then school started. And then work.
So for the past weeks now, the team had been working on vending machine, since we are done in June. Since we are leaving, the team agree that we should leave behind our activities in the Science Museum using vending machine.
Each of us work on each thing that had to deal with our activities and vending machine. Hannah, Kia, and I work on the vending machine history: Have vending machines been used like putting activities in before?; What has been sold in these vending machines? and Where are the vending machines located? (Stores, libraries, museums etc.). We founded a lot of informations that were useful. Then we wrote I proposal. And we finish.

Mai Kou – January 17, 2007 – 5:55pm

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Math, Math Math......and more Math!

Today on the make it team we talked more about the proposal we are working on to put a vending machine in the museum to leave our lovely legacy ! After we were done playing some fun games we slit up and worked individually on your parts that we were assigned to make the proposal a good one! I worked on the pricing and what it would take to put the slide together ( or the model virus) into the vending machine. I did tons and tons math because i had to figure the pricing of the materials, the time it would take, and every math thing possible. But other wise it was a good day!

Naana M – January 17, 2007 – 5:54pm

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JUST TODAY....

So.. today we allwere in ltc and we had to do this one activity and it was a little hard.. we had to do this one worksheet where we couldnt use pronouns and i was kind of used to writing like that for english but it was still a little hard... it was fun though... we also played this one game where we had to run across the circle and sya go.. it was all a really big mess... i didnt really get it..but anyway.. we did play another game similar to it and that game i did understand....[im hungry]^that was a little random^ but i thought that the second game was easier to keep up with.. i kid of hurt john and i am sorry[just dont tackle people!!!]yeah.. but today has been fun sofar other than the hunger part and the hurting someone, but i should recover.... yeah.. well anyway i better go... LATER .:*Hannah*:.

Hannah – January 17, 2007 – 5:54pm

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vending machine project

The Make It team is currently working on a vending machine to dispense some of our previous projects. I and a few others are working on gathering up our comic life's and current science stories. We are not displaying all of our comic life's, only the few that we plan to put into our vending machine. I found an old comic life for slide-togethers which looked a little old. My group took it upon ourselves to recreate that comic life. This time, it is more colorful and more detailed. Well I hope that you enjoy the comic life and i hope that we will one day see our vending machine up and running.

Cameron O – January 16, 2007 – 5:46pm

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BACK TO WORK!!

SO. . today is our first full day of work during the week!!! yay!!! i missed all of my buddies! work was just doing research for our proposal...It was okay. we all just sat around on the couches and did research.... so after work tonight i am going to do a dance showcase deal at my mom's work.. it should be super fun and because my mom and my brother are going to be there i shouldn't be too nervous.... i love to dance!!! i have been dancing since i was 1 and a half and i LOVE IT!!! i dance fancy shawl and jingle dress at pow wows. i am making my own jingle dress and i cant wait to finish it!!! i am ojibwe and i am enrolled in a tribe. my dad isnt ojibwe but we still practice ojibwe ways. i love to go to powwows and to wear my regalia(it is called an outfit or regalia NOT a COSTUME). i am so excited.. well i better go... LATER!!!
HANNAH

Hannah – January 16, 2007 – 5:46pm

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Late start

So today I had a late start and well I thought that maybe I would be able to sleep in because I was up all night finishing homework. well eight o'clock rolls around and I am fast asleep when my cell phone rings and I am pretty disgruntled so I pick up the phone and in my raspy tired voice I grumble "hello" well its my best friend Sara and she forgot that it was a late start so she had to come over to my house and wait so I was tired and grumpy the whole day but i did watch king kong with her wich was really fun!!! so that was my late start day!!!!

♥Molly♥

Molly – January 16, 2007 – 5:37pm

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Balloon Powered Cars

One of Make It's newest projects is Balloon Powered Cars. Here are some kids testing out their own cars:

Click here for instructions to make your own balloon powered cars.

Liz – January 3, 2007 – 4:16pm

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