Activities for the week of December 4th-10th 2016

Here are the materials for the second week of DeSTEMber:

12.04 – Balancing Pencil
12.05 – Edible Plate Tectonics
12.06 – Sound Glove
12.07 – Ozobot™
12.08 – Smart Light
12.09 – Circuit Bugs
12.10 – Museum Scavenger Hunt

12.04 – Balancing Pencil
One ring magnet (can be purchased here)
Plastic cup (12 ounce or larger)
Sharpened pencil
Tape
Three bar magnets (can be purchased here)

12.05 – Edible Plate Tectonics
4 dollops of frosting
Marker
Paper plate
1/2 rice cake
Small dish of water
Spoon
4 graham cracker squares

12.06 – Sound Glove
10 alligator clips 
Aluminum foil
Computer (with Internet access)
Makey Makey kit (http://makeymakey.com/)
Rubber dishwashing glove
Scratch account (it’s really easy to make one if you don’t  have one and it’s FREE: Go to http://scratch.mit.edu, click “Join Scratch” and follow the instructions)
Small ball
Tape
3-4 thimbles

12.07 – Ozobot™
Computer (with Internet access)
Ozobot™ Bit robot (can be purchased here)
Ozobot™ Basic Training (can be downloaded here)

12.08 – Smart Light
1 FLUX LED Smart Light Bulb (http://www.fluxsmartlighting.com/)
1 FLUX power cord
1 Smartphone (iPhone or Android)

12.09 – Circuit Bugs
1 clothespin
1 coin battery (CR2032 3V)
Electrical tape
2 LED lights
4 pieces (6-8″ each) insulated copper magnet wire
5 pipe cleaners
Scissors or wire strippers

12.10 – Museum Scavenger Hunt
Computer (with Internet access)
Google Earth (can be downloaded at https://www.google.com/earth/)