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October 12-13, 2024
Scratch Making: Make Home-Made Fidget Spinners
Presented By Monica & Tyler Aiello, EUREKUS
What is Scratch Making? Think about “scratch-cooking” ~ creating with basic ingredients from the ground up to fuel authentic and creative learning. Explore how inventing with everyday materials can activate imaginations, skill-building and innovation ~ from the classroom to the kitchen table. Whether you’re a student or educator, you can use the resources below to join us and invent custom Fidget Spinners.
Saturday, October 12, 12:15-1:00pm (Eastern Time US)
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Make With Eurekus At GIFT!
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Ages: For All Ages (Students & Educators)
Times: 45 Min Session (Plus resources to continue the fun)
Topics: Engineering, Design, Simple Machines, Physical Science, Prototyping & More
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Fidget Spinners use just basic items. Collect the materials below to invent with us.
Bamboo skewers or other thin wooden sticks
Paper or plastic straws that fit onto your skewers or sticks
Beads that fit onto your skewers
Cardstock or thick paper
Hot glue
Hole punch or a thumb tack and pencil
Scissor and/or something to cut wood and small parts
Small spare parts of your choice – cut popsicle sticks, scrap cardboard, bottle caps, beads, pompoms, small recycled plastic or wooden items, really anything small and rigid
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Optional: If you want you can also download and print the following resources.
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You can join us at GIFT via YouTube. We've also added additional video tutorials below.
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Enjoy the additional tools & resources to expand your ideas and discovery.
Video Tutorials
Follow these tutorials to make a custom Fidget Spinner using basic and scrap parts. Watch Video 1 to engineer your wheel and axle system. Then watch Videos 2 to add you own creative designs.
1) Engineer A Wheel & Axle
2) Add Custom Creations