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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:
Liz – May 29, 2007 – 2:35pmLiz's blog – login to post comments
How to Make an Infrared Scope
Learn how to make an infrared scope!
Nou X – March 20, 2007 – 4:46pmNou X's blog – login to post comments
Rubber Band Boats
Rubber band powered boats are a new project the Make It team is working on. So far they're really popular. We ran out of supplies both times we made them on the floor!
Click on the thumbnails below for instructions to make your own boats.
Liz – February 14, 2007 – 5:19pmLiz's blog – login to post comments
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 – 5:46pmCameron O's blog – login to post comments
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 – 4:16pmLiz's blog – login to post comments
Straw Rockets
This is how you make a Straw Rocket.
Have fun making and playing with your Straw Rocket!
Kia V – December 13, 2006 – 5:49pmKia V's blog – login to post comments
Fart Machines
This is how you make a fart machine!
Isabelle – December 13, 2006 – 5:27pmIsabelle's blog – login to post comments
Fingerprints
This is how you Lift Fingerprints!
Mai Kou – December 13, 2006 – 5:05pmMai Kou's blog – login to post comments
Caustics
The Make It team is teaching visitors to make designs with light. These light designs are called caustics. Caustics are very common. The light reflected on the bottom of the pool is a caustic. Caustics are made when light is refracted through crystals or diamonds. The Make It team used mylar or mirror paper to make caustics.
Use these instructions to make your own design with light. Does bending the mylar in a different direction produce a new pattern? Does using a different color flashlight or a different brightness of light effect the design?
Liz – November 14, 2006 – 6:30pmLiz's blog – login to post comments
Thaumotrope Comic Life
Check out how to make your own thaumotrope.
lil_John – June 1, 2006 – 11:44amlil_John's blog – login to post comments
