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Read MoreSquishy Circuits Projects Creation Gallery
Explore the official Squishy Circuits Projects Creation Gallery for simple projects with step-by-step directions with pictures and videos to ensure successful completion of the project.
Read MoreSquishy Circuits
This collection has resources, tools, and tips for making squishy circuits.
Read MorePaper Circuits
This collection has resources, tools, and tips for making paper circuits.
Read MoreTik Tiki Toy from Trash
A modified version of the Tik Tiki from Arvind Gupta’s Toys from Trash – we replaced the button with a wooden bead. The crown cap can be replaced with a plastic lid or metal cap of any kind. Lots of variations to test! Find directions for assembly here: https://www.arvindguptatoys.com/toys/crowncap.html
Read MoreFlying Butterfly
Materials Butterfly Templates (found below) Tape (transparent or masking) Double Stick Tape or Glue Bakers Twine or similar string Large Craft Sticks (also known as tongue depressors) Plastic Drinking Straws Markers or Crayons or Colored Pencils Pushpins Scissors Key Question How do friction and gravity help the Flying Butterfly toy work? Learning Objectives Young scientists…
Read MoreIdentity Safe Classrooms
Identity safe classrooms are created by an infinite number of teaching strategies. No one strategy is sufficient to create an identity safe classroom, but a constellation of strategies, working together, can. Teachers need to start somewhere. At the end of each chapter in their books (Identity Safe Classrooms Grades K-5: Places to Belong and Learn…
Read MorePrototyping with Cardboard (Part 1 of 3)
Choosing, Cutting, and Shaping Cardboard (find links to parts 2 & 3 at end of this first post).
Read More11 Ways to Cut and Connect Cardboard
Images and video about 11 different ways you can manipulate cardboard.
Read MorePro Tips with Cardboard
Learn the best ways to cut, glue, reinforce, paint, and do more with cardboard.
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