| Hydroponic and Aeroponic Gardens | Alternative Gardening | Make a hydroponic or aeroponic garden with items found at home depot. Grow herbs and vegetables without soil. |
| Apps | Programming | Make iphone and ipad apps with simple tools. |
| Squishy Batteries | Energy, Electricity | Make a battery with conductive and insulator dough, nails and copper wire. Light an LED. |
| Lemon Batteries | Energy, Electricity | Make a battery with a lemon, other fruits and vegetables or Gatorade. See how much voltage you can generate. |
| Corrugated Cars | Energy, Motion | Build a simple car and “motor” from everyday objects. |
| Electric Cars | Energy, Motion | Build a simple electric car. |
| Solar Cars | Energy, Motion | Build a solar car. |
| Code | Programming | Learn scratch programming. Make a game. |
| Composting Bins | Decomposition, Dirt! And Vermiculture | Enrich soil with your own worm farm. Gross out parents and teachers. |
| Hamster Powered Night Light | Engineering, Energy | Make a hamster-powered night light. |
| Light Up Fabrics | Electronics and circuitry | Light up fabrics with circuits and light emitting diodes (LEDs). |
| Popup Cards | Electronics and circuitry | Make cards, popup cards and toys with conductive paint or copper wire |
| DC Motor | Magnetism, energy and motor design | Build a DC motor using a magnet, wire and other household objects. |
| Homopolar Motor | Magnetism, energy and motor design | Build a homopolar motor using a magnet, wire and other household objects that can spin up to 10,000 RPM. |
| Simple Circuits | Electronics and circuitry | Build a simple circuit with a C battery, rubber band, alligator clips and light bulb in holder. Add a 3x5 card switch. |
| Squishy Circuits | Electronics and circuitry | Make play dough that conducts electricity to build a circuit. |
| Robots | Robotics/Engineering | Make a bristlebot from scratch. |
| Robots
| Robotics/Engineering | Make a junkbot from scratch. |
| Toys from Trash | Engineering | Make cool toys from everyday items. |
| Radios | Electronics | Make a crystal radio from scratch. |
It is so cool that a plain can light up a led light.
With eltro paint on it.
Wow.I like the project about the solar car.
I love the toys from the trash. Are you a fashion designer?
I love the site too. It has so many interesting things to make. Fashion design is not my talent. Katie, my daughter, likes it though.
I like the lemon battery project.
What interests you about the lemon batteries, Yesenia? We didn’t make it, did we? I can’t remember because I’ve done the project in some schools, but not others. Did you look at Toys from the Trash and see something you could make at home when you’re done with your robot? If yes, bring in a finished project and show it to me.
What interests me is that a lemon can be turned into a battery. No we did not make it, I saw the video. I will see what i can do with trash. Well as I always say acuna-matata.
Hello Again. Do you know why the lemon can be turned into a battery? Do you rmember me mentioning what substance is in a lemon that can carry electrcity? It’s why I tried the Gatorade to make the Squishy Dough instead of water. Yes. I will be very interested to see what you can do with trash. There are some very simple toys you can make from paper on that site. Try making something with your sister.
My sister loves the potato battery so much. It was funny she says. It even reminds her of Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head. We watched the video.
Hello Yesenia. How does the potato generate energy? Which do you think generates the most voltage? One potato or one lemon and why? Which would you rather use to power a toy car, like the propeller cars we’re building tomorrow? How would you build a toy car that would run on potatoes or lemons?
We did make the lemon battery with the penny and nail in third 3rd grade last year.
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Hello Marine, Our newsfeeds are syndicated from Make Magazine and Science Friday. If you like them you can grab them from their sites. Thanks for the post.
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Hello. I use WordPress and plugins that are compatible with WordPress. If you’re adept with WordPress, it’s worth setting up a site on your own server and trying out different plug-ins that are available. Thank you to all the folk who make their apps available through Creative Commons!
I love this website. Why? Because we are so creative now a days.
Yes, Deshela. You Maker Kids are very creative. I am so impressed by how you all use your imaginations to make many of the things you’ve seen in school (like squishy batteries, brushbots, propeller cars, etc.) even cooler.