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<\/a><\/p>\nIt was a bit of a nervous thrill when I saw the cover of one of the Crucible’s catalogs<\/p>\n
Extreme Gizmos class<\/p>\n Radical Robots class<\/p>\n <\/a> Extreme Gizmos posing for a photo with our gizmos<\/p>\n <\/a>A Radical Robot, an Arduino, servo and photoresistor open the box when you pass your hand in front of the box<\/p>\n Lee and kids<\/p>\n <\/a> Another Radical Robot, a tripod holds an Arduino and 2 servos to point a mirror or camera in an arbitrary direction<\/p>\n Here’s the full class listing:<\/p>\n Youth Extreme Gizmos KIN14-Y<\/strong><\/p>\n Class size: 8 Learn kinetic techniques to design, engineer, and construct a mechanical sculpture, contraption, or gadget with lights and moving parts. Using new and salvaged components, you will learn how motors, lights, and switches work, how to create mechanical structures, how to create different types of motion, and how to incorporate switches to operate your very own fantastical contraption!<\/p>\n ————————————————– Build a simple remote-controlled robot . From the wheels up, you\u2019ll create your robot\u2019s shape and personality from salvaged components, mechanisms, and electrical components. You\u2019ll also learn soldering, mechanical construction techniques, and how to remove and repurpose these items. Each student will receive a kit of motors, wheels, and a remote control toy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I Taught 2 classes at The Crucible, Extreme Gizmos (8-12 yrs old) and Radical Robots (12-14yrs old). Phew, it was a lot of work to get ready for the classes! And a lot of work and mental energy to run them. But it turned out great. Each class was 3 hrs\/day for 5 days, June […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2943,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2933\/revisions\/2943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMonday – Friday 9-12pm
\nJune Camps: Jun 15-Jun 19
\n5 sessions
\n8-12 year olds
\nCost: $235.00 (Tuition: $180.00, Materials: $55.00), Members: $217.00<\/p>\n
\nYouth Radical Robots KIN15-Y<\/strong>
\nClass size: 8
\nMonday – Friday 1-4pm
\nJune Camps: Jun 15-Jun 19
\n5 sessions
\n12-14 year olds
\nCost: $295.00 (Tuition: $220.00, Materials: $75.00), Members: $273.00<\/p>\n
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