Thursday, May 31, 2018

TinkerCAD - Day 4 (Midkids)

It's a bittersweet day today... Not only is it the last day of spring PNG, but it's also the last day of TinkerCAD! We've been working very hard on our designs and today was the day we sent them off. We added the finishing touches, made them into .stl files, and got them printing!. Everyone now just has to wait to pick them up...

Negative Space Art - Day 2

It's cuttin' time! We wrapped up our designs and sent them out to print. We decided to make them stickers, so contact paper was a must. Once we prepped them with paper, they were ready to be stuck on anything!

PNG Summer 2018


Technology Classes - Tuesdays & Thursdays at 2pm


Robot Club (teens 6th & up)
Interested in robotics?  Join our monthly robot club to learn how to use our VEX Robotics kit and form our very own Library Robotics Team!




Hour of Code
Not only is coding massively important to the fabric of our digital world, but it can also be pretty fun!  Sign up for this quick introduction to activities on Code.org and play fun games while learning the fundamentals of basic coding then try your hand on some of our programmable robots!

  

June

MovieMaking (4-part) 6/12 - 6/21 (4-part class)
Lights, Camera, Action!  Let's write a script, shoot some footage and edit it into a movie.

LiveAction Comic Book (2-part) 6/26 - 6/28 (2-part class)
Convert digital photos of real people and objects into cartoons, add captions and create your own comic.

July

TinkerCAD (4-part) 7/10 - 7/19 (4-part class)
Learn to create 3D models and print them out on the Makerbot Replicator!  This class will teach you the basics of 3D design and how to use Tinkercad.com to create 3D objects that can be printed on any 3D printer.

PhotoshopPoster Design (3-part) 7/24 - 7/31 (3-part class)
Learn how to use Adobe Photoshop to create and print and poster of your very own design.

August
Learn about how to operate a Windows computer and how to be a safe and courteous Internet Citizen.

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

TinkerCAD - Day 3 (Midkids)

We're past the halfway point! we kept at our designs today and even started some new ones. Slowly but surely, we are getting more and more comfortable with our CAD software!

Negative Space Art - Day 1 (teens)

It's officially the last week of PNG spring! We're finishing it off with some awesome vinyl art. This is a two-part class so today we used Silhouette Studios to get our design ready for cutting!

Thursday we'll cut our sticker out and out it on a canvas.

Thursday, May 24, 2018

TinkerCAD - Day 2 (MidKids)

We continued our work today, attacking our designs with precision. Some of us are making castles, some are making houses. Nevertheless, they're going to look awesome!

Robot Club (teens)

We are nearing an end for the spring session, and what better way to end it that with a dual Robot Club/ Soldering class?! Our previous soldering class didn't quite finish on Tuesday so we figured that we could spill into today's Robot Club class.

Our Soldering class is almost done. One more class should do it for us!

We got crazy with Robot Club though... We started a new robot inspired by a YouTube video we saw! We have the base done and in two weeks, we'll add wheels!

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

TinkerCAD - Day 1 (Midkids)

Another season, another TinkerCAD class... We had some newcomers this time around so we taught them the basics and they were off! This is a four-parter so today we just got our chops warmed up and did some brainstorming.


Soldering - Day 5 (teens)

We're so close!!! We're on the home stretch and are about to finish. Unfortunately, we ran out of time today so we're going to see when we can get back together to finish this once and for all! (hopefully..)

This was definitely the most ambitious soldering project yet!

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Soldering - Day 4 (teens)

More of the same today. We are just about done with the AM radio. We're onto the FM radio next week! We got to try out our new circuit board clamps, too! Slow and steady wins the race...

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Soldering - Day 3 (teens)

We continued to attack the kits today. They are turning out to be a lot more expansive that we though. We are about a third of the way done so hopefully we pick up the pace!

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Soldering - Day 2 (teens)

We kept attacking our circuit boards today. We hit a couple bumps, but they were no big deal. We have quite a ways to go so we will continue all of next week!

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Soldering- Day 1 (Teens)

Soldering is back! We took it up a notch from last time, when we made an FM radio. This time around, we're making and AM/FM radio that is about four times as large! While daunting, we attacked the kits and made some good progress today! We'll continue on Thursday...

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Bristlebots Obstacle Course (Midkids)

Everyone loves Hexbugs, so why not make your own! Today, we used a toothbrush and a motor to make moving DIY Hexbugs. From there, we reused old paper towel rolls to make pipes for the bots to travel through! Or at least, we tried to....

Bristlebots Obstacle Course

Everyone loves Hexbugs, so why not make your own! Today, we used a toothbrush and a motor to make moving DIY Hexbugs. From there, we reused old paper towel rolls to make pipes for the bots to travel through!

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Robot Club

Today we were continuing our robot by tinkering with it's hardware! We added new wheels and attempted to add a new motor. We'll keep trying in two weeks!