Become an aircraft designer!
Most paper airplanes are flat, but these paper hoops can really fly!
Make an observatory to see the amazing colors in bubbles!
Build a mirrored tube that lets you see around corners and over walls.
Wind tubes are a playful and inventive way to explore the effect that moving air has on objects.
Find out why people who love birthday parties should move to Mercury.
You can make a light painting with a light source, a darkened room, and a digital camera.
Explore mechanical elements such as cams, levers, and linkages to create your own moving sculpture.
A Marble Machine is a creative ball-run contraption, made from familiar materials, designed to send a rolling marble through tubes and funnels, across tracks and bumpers, and into a catch at the end.
This homemade connector will let you connect salvaged actuators (output devices) such as relays, lights, motors, and other electronic parts that can be powered by 4 to 6 volts.
Scratch Film, also known as Direct Animation, is the process of drawing and scratching designs directly onto film.
A Scribbling Machine is a motorized contraption that moves in unusual ways and leaves a mark to trace it's path.
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