I have a fun little project for the EV "brain trust". On Nov 13 2010 our
BEST group will have a booth at the Math/Science Fun Fair at the
University of Minnesota, in St. Paul MN. This is an all-day event where
a thousand or so elementary school kids come for "hands on"
demonstrations of various applications of science, math, and physics.
There are arc-n-spark shows, fun with chemistry, Lego contests, battling
robots, bug races, etc.
BEST (Bridging Engineering Science and Teaching www.bestoutreach.com)
teaches kids how to build stuff; specifically their own EVs. They go
from sketches, to small models, to go-kart-size vehicles.
We recruit new students, teachers, and mentors for the program at the
Fun Fair each year. Our booth typically has examples of large cars the
kids built, their small cars (driven by batteries and toy motors),
videos of our annual races, etc. One always-popular item is our "drag
race" track, where they can test the small cars to see which one is
fastest. This is always popular, but lots of these small cars get broken.
My thought for this year is to prepare some kind of kit that the
students can assemble right on the spot and race. This gives them some
hands-on building, and should provide a continuing source of small cars.
We could even sell the small car kits for a donation (money helps us
keep BEST going).
So here's the challenge: Given a baggie with a little toy motor and a
couple AA cells, what would you put in the bag so elementary school kids
can quickly build a little car with few or no tools?
--
Lee A. Hart | Ring the bells that still can ring
814 8th Ave N | Forget the perfect offering
Sartell MN 56377 | There is a crack in everything
leeahart earthlink.net | That's how the light gets in -- Leonard Cohen
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BEST group will have a booth at the Math/Science Fun Fair at the
University of Minnesota, in St. Paul MN. This is an all-day event where
a thousand or so elementary school kids come for "hands on"
demonstrations of various applications of science, math, and physics.
There are arc-n-spark shows, fun with chemistry, Lego contests, battling
robots, bug races, etc.
BEST (Bridging Engineering Science and Teaching www.bestoutreach.com)
teaches kids how to build stuff; specifically their own EVs. They go
from sketches, to small models, to go-kart-size vehicles.
We recruit new students, teachers, and mentors for the program at the
Fun Fair each year. Our booth typically has examples of large cars the
kids built, their small cars (driven by batteries and toy motors),
videos of our annual races, etc. One always-popular item is our "drag
race" track, where they can test the small cars to see which one is
fastest. This is always popular, but lots of these small cars get broken.
My thought for this year is to prepare some kind of kit that the
students can assemble right on the spot and race. This gives them some
hands-on building, and should provide a continuing source of small cars.
We could even sell the small car kits for a donation (money helps us
keep BEST going).
So here's the challenge: Given a baggie with a little toy motor and a
couple AA cells, what would you put in the bag so elementary school kids
can quickly build a little car with few or no tools?
--
Lee A. Hart | Ring the bells that still can ring
814 8th Ave N | Forget the perfect offering
Sartell MN 56377 | There is a crack in everything
leeahart earthlink.net | That's how the light gets in -- Leonard Cohen
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