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On 18 Dec 2003 13:04:08 -0800,
[email protected] said...
Hi
I need some ideas for one session projects with some 6 year olds. I
cant think of much, only those wiggly wire games where you try and get
the loop round the bent wire or it goes bzzz.
Maybe thats the thing to do?
Following the one session one there might be some longer ones too.
Regards, NT
When I was 6, I had a box of Captain Crunch with instructions on
how to use the box to make a microphone.
You cut a square (or close) sound hole the thickness of the box
just below the flap
----------------------
/ / |
--------------------- | <== hole
| | /|
| |/
| |
the flap gets closed with tape
the box lays flat and you attach aluminum foil or some conductive
metal folded into an angle like angle iron and attach wires.
___________________ <== pencil lead
| |
__| |__ <== contacts
---------------------------------------- <== box
nuff said.
Wrap a bunch of insulated wire around a framing nail and connect it
to a lantern battery. I used my Grandfather's ancient dry cells (2)
which were only 1.5V IIRC. My lantern batts (the dry cells died
)
were 6V and didn't have those cool brass nuts to attach the wires.
But I'm older now and still have brass nuts.
Get one of those glass spice bottles with the plastic seal on the
lid/plug. Put some vinegar in it. Add sodium bicarbonate, close,
and shake if you have time.
Weren't you ever a kid
Mike