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- 1. , Tailor, Maker, Librarian Laura Antolín Katie LaMantia Janet Piehl #ilakick #tinkergroup
- 2. Technology networking group for library staff who work with children and teens
- 3. Tinker Meeting Topics Raspberry Pi Minecraft 3D Printing Scratch MaKey MaKeys Soldering Arduino Artbots Squishy Circuits More! Librarians and library staff from over 15 area libraries have presented, sharing knowledge and ideas.
- 4. ● 40-60 attendees per meeting ● Members from 65 libraries ● 71% of members used an idea or bought equipment mentioned at a meeting
- 5. Hands-on activities are the key!
- 6. Science and Engineering Take-Apart Night Lego Mindstorms EV3 Roller Coasters Squishy Circuits
- 7. Take-Apart Night Budget: Audience: Difficulty:
- 8. Gather discarded electronic equipment wherever you can get it! ● Library staff ● IT department ● Maintenance department ● Patron donations
- 9. Invite maintenance, IT, and other techy staff members to help at the program. This is a great opportunity for interdepartmental collaboration.
- 10. Let the kids explore on their own! Team up older teens with younger kids!
- 11. Lego Mindstorms Ev3 Budget: Audience: Difficulty:
- 12. What can you do with the robot? • Recognize color, sound, and light • Make the robot move and talk • Touch sensor- hit a wall, reverse!
- 13. The Software ● Drag and drop ● Color categories ● Easily changed ● No coding language
- 15. Roller Coasters STEM buzzwords: Engineering Science - Physics Budget: Audience: Difficulty:
- 16. Build Night Passive Programming
- 17. Partnerships: ● Local amusement park ● Great America o Physics Day ● Jr. High and High Schools Skills Achieved: ● Teamwork ● Cooperation ● Problem Solving
- 19. Final result
- 20. Pattern templates for paper roller coasters are challenging!
- 21. Squishy Circuits Budget: Audience: Difficulty:
- 22. Kids of all ages can learn about basic, series, and parallel circuits, and more using a Squishy Circuits kit and Play-Doh.
- 23. Encourages cooperation and creativity
- 24. Electronics Touchscreen Gloves Light-Up Art LED Greeting Cards
- 25. Touchscreen Gloves Budget: Audience: Difficulty:
- 26. ● Buy one-size-fits-all stretch gloves. ● Paint AnyGlove on the inside of the fingertips. ● Decorate the outside of the gloves with puffy paint. ● Dry carefully!
- 27. LED Greeting Cards Budget: Audience: Difficulty:
- 28. Supplies
- 29. Overview • Create a colorful greeting card • Fashion a simple circuit with the copper tape, battery, and LED • Check connections before gluing or taping!
- 30. Light-Up Art Budget: Audience: Difficulty:
- 31. Art Artbots Light Painting
- 32. Artbots Budget: Audience: Difficulty:
- 33. Pool noodles, electric toothbrush motors, markers, decorations, tape, scissors
- 35. Light Painting Budget: Audience: Difficulty:
- 37. Turn out the lights and capture the designs made by light trails in the dark. Use a camera set to long exposure or an iPad loaded with LongExpo.
- 40. Contact E-mail: tinkerfolks@gmail.com Blog: tinkergroup.wordpress.com Twitter: @tinkerfolks Facebook: facebook.com/tinker.folks Laura Antolín: lantolin@cityofevanston.org Katie LaMantia: klamantia@stdl.org Janet Piehl: jpiehl@wilmettelibrary.info Please download our handout from the ILA website.