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June 2020
Mario the Magician LIVE
Mario the Maker Magician is back with his weekly magic party and special guest Elias Arbuckle! For the trick, all you'll need is a pencil! <!--Materials: Coming Soon -->Tune in for all this plus a dance party - get your silly song topics ready!! Watch and comment LIVE on the Family Maker Camp Facebook page or watch on the Kids Make: Youtube channel. Learn more about Mario at https://www.mariothemagician.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mariothemagician Follow their adventures on YouTube! #itsafamilybusiness!
Find out more »Mix a bit with micro:bit with CodeJoy
Join Kelsey Derringer to learn to code and make robots! lora’s robotic dance party is off the chain! The toughest part of being a DJ is coming up new beats to keep her crowd dancing. Luckily, the MakeCode programming language has a music feature! Help Flora the robot write some new tunes while learning programming basics. No special hardware is needed for you to interact with our in-studio robots. We’ll be coding songs, learning basic music principles, and exploring robotics.…
Find out more »Scrappy Circuits – The Five Blocks
The teaching and learning of invention literacy is often locked behind many pre-requisite skills and expensive STEM toys. Scrappy Circuits breaks down these barriers to learning to invent through using a modular system of bricks build by the learner and sourced for commonly found objects. During our session we will make the 5 Core Bricks. Watch and make LIVE on the Family Maker Camp FB page or on the Make: Kids Youtube channel. Materials list: LED tea lights (ones you…
Find out more »Superheroes, Villains and their Kickbutt Powers with MakerED
Superheroes, Villains and their Kickbutt Powers! Ever think about yourself as a superhero with powers? What about your parents, family or friends? Well anything is possible through storytelling. Everyone has stories to tell and through stories we can combat stereotypes and radically change the world! In this activity, we will engage in some imaginative world making -- where we will create fantastic characters and settings that expand our imagination of what is possible. Watch and make LIVE on the Family…
Find out more »Robot build with Canon Reeves of MORE Technologies
Join Canon to learn how to assemble the MoreBOT robot. Using the 3D printed part from last week and the MOREbot Starter Kit. WATCH and comment LIVE on the Family Maker Camp Facebook page or on the Make: Youtube channel. Canon Reeves is a maker, roboticist, and entrepreneur. He first starting building robots when he was 14 and hasn't stopped since. He has a passion for the intersection of robotics and education and is the CEO and Co-founder of MORE Technologies,…
Find out more »Upcycled Leather Crafting with Sandy Roberts
Make a great Father's Day gift or something for yourself as we forage around the house to make leather stamped keychains, bracelets, belts, and more. This is a fun and crafty way to work out some summer energy and get loud! Watch and make LIVE on the Family Maker Camp FB page or on the Make: Kids Youtube channel. Materials list: Old leather belt keyring hammer or rubber mallet craft knife assorted screwdrivers a nail or screw a pushpin rubber…
Find out more »Mario the Magician LIVE
Mario the Maker Magician is back with his weekly magic party! This Friday we are learning how to juggle with special guest Paris the Hip Hop Juggler! Materials: three plastic grocery bags Tune in for all this plus a dance party - get your silly song topics ready!! Watch and comment LIVE on the Family Maker Camp Facebook page or watch on the Kids Make: Youtube channel. Learn more about Mario at https://www.mariothemagician.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mariothemagician Follow their adventures on YouTube!…
Find out more »The Buzz with Adam & Harv
Have you heard The Buzz? Join Adam Lazarus, bug expert and enthusiast, and Harv the animated stick bug to learn about bugs! Blending some of the latest concepts in TV entertainment and DIY research, The Buzz is a science show where we explore current trends across the STEM fields and work together on at-home experiments, all within the story and plot of every episode. Hosted by science teacher and PBS host Adam Lazarus and animated Lord Howe Island stick insect…
Find out more »CodeJoy Presents: Robot Dance Party
Join Kelsey Derringer to learn to code and make robots! Phineas, Colin, Arvid, and Bash is an acapella group that wants to become a boy band, but there’s just one problem - they don’t know how to dance! Help them learn to dance by programming the accelerometer of the micro:bit. No special hardware is needed for you to interact with our in-studio robots. We’ll be coding movements, learning basic CS principles, and exploring robotics. MATERIALS: Laptop or Chromebook to program…
Find out more »TP-D2 Recycled Robots with Miga Made!
Make a TP-D2 recycled robot with Miga Made! Miga Made creates fun art-venture videos filled with robots, holograms, portals, & puppets, all made from cardboard & recyclables! Materials list: Toilet paper tube (or paper towel tube cut down) Super glue+ hot glue Markers Plastic Easter egg (or anything small that fits on top of the cardboard tube) Small pieces of metal or plastic found around the house (nuts, bolts, buttons, small gears, washers, beads, keyboard keys, anything that is interesting)…
Find out more »Magical Nathaniel Workshop!
Learn simple and fun magic tricks you will be able to perform with everyday objects you can find from around the house! Materials list: Rubber bands - have at least 2 ready (#16 bands are best, see image). Recommended to have more than two and in multiple colors. Pencil (unsharpened is best, two recommended) Dollar bill Two paperclips, larger is best Deck of cards <!--Watch and comment LIVE on the Family Maker Camp Facebook page or watch on the Kids…
Find out more »Superheroes, Villains and their Kickbutt Powers with MakerED: Part 2
Superheroes, Villains and their Kickbutt Powers: Part 2! Ever think about yourself as a superhero with powers? What about your parents, family or friends? Well anything is possible through storytelling. Everyone has stories to tell and through stories we can combat stereotypes and radically change the world! In this activity, we will further engage in some imaginative world making -- where we will create fantastic characters and settings that expand our imagination of what is possible. Watch the first episode…
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