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Dinosaurs and Lasers!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text animate=”none” delay=”0″]What could be better than dinosaurs? Dinosaurs made with lasers, of course! We’ve been working on a project with our friend Ryan North, author of Dinosaur Comics to bring you just that! This is now one of the options in our Kickstarter for the $125 Limited Edition Laser Cut Mosaic Artwork. Our Kickstarter […]
Check out our model power station at the TIFF DigiPlaySpace
Remember that incredible model power station we built with a group of sixth graders a few weeks ago? If you don’t, you can see it on the left or read more about our power grid–or you can wait until the weekend and let our amazing group of sixth graders explain it for you! That’s right, this […]
STEAMLabs on Mars!
It’s been a phenomenal four days for STEAMLabs since our Kickstarter began last week. Our amazing supporters have already pledged almost $3600, not to mention spreading the word about us across different social media networks. So THANK YOU to our 24 amazing backers who are helping us make our dream of a truly accessible, community makerspace […]
NASA Youth Space Challenge
STEAMLabs is proud to announce that we will once again be participating in the second annual NASA Youth Space Challenge, part of the Space Apps Toronto event. Come check out our table and learn to program a robot for space exploration! STEAMLabs will be bringing 6 Mimetics Jade Robots that you will use to complete […]
STEAMLabs Needs Your Help!
Here at STEAMLabs we want to change the world by inspiring the next generation of makers and inventors, and it starts by building the most amazing Makerspace ever created within Toronto’s downtown core. We’ve already secured the perfect space–the entire ground floor of the Centre for Social Innovation‘s newest space at Spadina and King–and begun […]
Re-Imagine Learning: Ashoka Pioneers Hangout
STEAMLabs co-founder Andy Forest was selected to become a LEGO Pioneer earlier this year and invited to participate in a series of talks called “Re-Imagine Learning Challenges: Pioneers Hangout Series”. These talks focused on how we can create structured opportunities for play for children all over the world. The last of these talks happened yesterday […]
STEAMLabs Builds Programming into the Ontario School Curriculum
** UPDATE: The kids’ project was selected to be on display at the TIFF Digiplayspace on April 18th! STEAMLabs, a Toronto-based non-profit dedicated to teaching people of all ages how to work with high tech equipment, has completed its first successful project using the Internet of Things teaching kit they developed with funding from CIRA, […]
TalkMedTech Interviews STEAMLabs Co-Founder Andy Forest
STEAMLabs co-founder Andy Forest had the amazing opportunity to speak with TalkMedTech yesterday about how STEAMLabs came to be and how we–as individuals and as a society, not just within the framework of STEAMLabs–can empower the world’s makers. Discover the STEAMLabs story with Andy below:
STEAMLabs Releases the Internet of Things Teaching Kit
STEAMLabs, a non-profit dedicated to teaching children how to create things using technology, is proud to release the Internet of Things Teaching Kit. This open-source kit is available for free to educators and anyone wanting to use Arduino programming to create projects with Internet brains. Most kids start out interested in programming, but lose that […]
How do you visualize Ontario’s power generation in real time? Ask a grade 6 student!
** UPDATE: Sign up for the STEAMLabs email list to be notified when the free classroom activity guide showing YOU how to run Internet of Things teaching activities is ready! Many people blame technology for the lack of engagement in schools. After all, why would children want to learn when they can play iPhone games? Here’s the […]
What You’ll Need
- Plastic Spoon
- Cardboard (corrugated)
- 46cm x 7.5 x 13mm Piece of Wood
- Plastic Spoon
- Cardboard (corrugated)
- 46cm x 7.5 x 13mm Piece of Wood
STEP 1
Cut out the Hoop
Draw a box template onto cardboard. It can be any size you want! Just, make sure it is large enough to catch your projectiles, but small enough to be supported by the dowel. We made one that is 5cm x 5cm x 7.5cm
STEP 2
Cut out the Hoop
Draw a box template onto cardboard. It can be any size you want! Just, make sure it is large enough to catch your projectiles, but small enough to be supported by the dowel. We made one that is 5cm x 5cm x 7.5cm
STEP 3
Cut out the Hoop
Draw a box template onto cardboard. It can be any size you want! Just, make sure it is large enough to catch your projectiles, but small enough to be supported by the dowel. We made one that is 5cm x 5cm x 7.5cm