Be Internet Awesome - December 2019

Thanks for coming to Be Internet Awesome today at PNG.  I hope you learned a little bit about computers and staying safe online.

3D Printed Snowflakes - Day 2

Today was the second day of 3D printed snowflakes!  Happy Holidays from Project Next Generation and Elmwood Park Public Library!

3D Printed Snowflakes - Day 1

Happy Holidays!  To celebrate the season we are making snowflakes using the popular 3D design software TinkerCAD and printing them on our Makerbot 3D Printer!

Hour of Code - December 2019

Once again it's Hour of Code at Elmwood Park Public Library.  Lots of choices for coding exercises today!  Ozobots, Code.org, Kano kits and we even dusted off our old Finchbots!

Trinity HS Visit

 

PNG was on the move today at nearby Trinity High School.  We visited Ms. Smith's Digital Art class and took the students through a quick TinkerCAD tutorial.  The students at Trinity already have access to 2 Makerbot Replicators and with the help of Ms. Smith were already familiar with TinkerCAD, so they took to designing quickly and were very impressive!

Robot Club - December 2019

Winter is here and so is another Robot Club!  We dusted off the VEX Robotics kits and tried to remember where we left off assembling one of our clawbots and trying troubleshoot the other.

Paper Signals - Day 4

Well, Paper Signals was a bust.

We created our Paper Signals, programmed our Arduino boards and did everything right, but when we synced our Paper Signal with Google Assistant nothing happened.  Bogus.

So instead, we made more papercraft: paper airplanes and snowflakes.

Happy Thanksgiving!

PNG Winter 2019

Robot Club: Tuesdays 4pm

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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: Thursdays 4pm

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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!

 

December

3D Printed Snowflakes (2-part class) - 12/10 - 12/12

Learn to use the computer to create 3D models of snowflakes and then print them out on the Makerbot Replicator!  This 2-part class will teach you some basics of 3D design and how to use Tinkercad.com to create 3D objects that can be printed on any 3D printer.

Be Internet Awesome - 12/17

Learn the basics about computers, how to stay safe online and be Internet awesome!

Electric Origami - 12/19

Learn to fold an origami cube and make your creation glow with an embedded LED.

January

Song Maker (3-part class) - 1/14 - 1/21

Learn how to use the digital audio software Mixcraft and make your own song!

Rover Race (3-part class) - 1/23 - 1/30

Design 3D printed parts and build electric toy Rovers that run on monorail tracks.

 

February

3D Printer Valentine (2-part class) 2/11 - 2/13

Learn to use the computer to create 3D models of hearts or Valentines and then print them out on the Makerbot Replicator!  This 2-part class will teach you some basics of 3D design and how to use Tinkercad.com to create 3D objects that can be printed on any 3D printer.

Hand Drawn Vinyl Clings (2-part class) 2/18 - 2/25

Draw a picture, bubble letters or a cool design.  Scan it.  Cut it out on the vinyl cutter.  Stick to a window or a wall!

Paper Signals w/ Google - Day 3

After stalling out on Tuesday, getting mired down with adding API keys to our Arduino controller we are back on track, folding, gluing and coding!

Paper Signals w/ Google - Day 2

Day two of Paper Signals!  We're still building!

Paper Signals w/ Google - Day 1

Today we tried our hand at Paper Signals!  This is a cool looking project that we've never done before.  Here's hoping it turns out!

3D Design & Printing - Day 4

It's the last day of TinkerCAD!  Remember now that you're a pro at designing objects in 3D you can submit designs to printed by the library any time you want!  Visit our website for more information or just talk to Ahren or one of the librarians!  https://www.elmwoodparklibrary.org/how-do-i/technology/3d-printing

3D Printing and Design - Day 3

After a pause for Halloween, we are back to finish up our 3D projects and print them out on the Makerbot Replicator!

Create-A-Ghost!

ZOINKS!! It's a g-g-g-ghost!!!

3D Design & Printing - Day 2

Today is day 2 of our 4-part TinkerCAD class!  Students learned (or had a refresher) on the basics of using TinkerCAD to design objects in 3D last time around and now it's time to start working on a big project to be printed out on the last day of class!

3D Printing & Design - Day 1

First day of TinkerCAD!  The sky's the limit, let's see what we can create!

Soldering - Day 3

Today was the last day of class and the students must have set a record for fastest assembly, since we missed a day and they still managed to finish on time!  Impressive!

Soldering - Day 2

Second day of soldering.  We're making great progress.  In the first class we placed all of the resistors and capacitors.  Today we'll start focusing on harder components like switches and IC1 sockets.

Soldering - Day 1

Today was the first day of soldering!  We went through some safety basics and then got down to it.  Roll up your sleeves and put on your goggles (you don't actually need goggles, but they look cool) and let's get started!

Hour of Code - October 2019

Today was Hour of Code! Flowlab is becoming a big Hour of Code hit, but don't forget about www.code.org, Ozobots, Kano Kits and more.  If there's code involved you can hang out and do it at PNG's monthly Hour of Code session!