[TheMathLeague] FW: Athens Makers - Summer 2017 - Starting up Thursday June 8

[Klein, Bob]

Math Leaguers:
Our friends at the AthensMakers group have some cool stuff coming up! Consider getting involved!
Bob

On 5/25/17, 4:47 PM, "Lucas, Mark" <lucasm at ohio.edu> wrote:

    (If you wish to be removed from these mailings, please let me know. Every year brings change to the Makers as students get older and people move away. I don’t always do a good job trimming the list. Also feel free to pass this information along to anyone you think might be interested!)
    
    Getting Started Thursday June 8!
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    As summer ramps up, we are looking to start AthensMakers activities on Thursday June 8 from 6-8PM in Clippinger 036 on the Athens Campus of Ohio University. As a reminder this is available for youth from 6th grade (rising 6th graders) on up through high school and parents are encouraged to hang out and join in as well. Our plan is to meet at least every Thursday through early August. We've got a great group of volunteers helping with ideas, and we will be collaborating for a number of evenings with the Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery as we explore some of the Discovery Pack workshops being developed through a grant from the State Farm Youth Advisory Board.
    
    We are looking to start this summer with an introduction to the new "Maker Cart" purchased by the Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery through the State Farm grant. The cart is on loan to the Makers through the summer as we all (adults included!) explore a wide range of possible projects. If you want a sneak preview, you can head to https://teachergeek.com and check out the cart and project ideas. We will start by trying out the air cars, powered and unpowered, as a way of getting used to the tools and supplies.
    
    This will be a learning experience for all of us as we try to figure out how to best handle the use of the carts for future sessions. While we are looking into some way of letting participants purchase their creations for roughly the cost of materials, we need to presume that at this point projects will stay in the lab and be recycled for parts for future projects.
    
    We are looking to do some work with electronics, video production, 3D and 2D printing as well as a number of other projects, both low and high tech. If you have ideas you’d like to pass along to me, let me know. If we can’t make it happen this summer, I can keep them in mind for the future.
    
    Hope to see you around!
    Mark Lucas
    
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    Mark Lucas 								email: lucasm at ohiou.edu
    252D Clippinger Lab						phone: (740)597-2984
    Department of Physics and Astronomy			fax: (740)593-0433
    Ohio University
    Athens, OH 45701