Tinker Nest

  In this STEM activity, students will learn about tension as a force and how it acts on structural components through a hands-on group design problem. Through this activity, the students are excepted to learn about force and tension and their balancing. When the ends of the thread are tied to the pencil and the nail, a tension will be created on the string and as a result, the pencil cannot fall on the side opposite to the nail where it is tied. But, still, it can fall on the remaining three sides. So, now if we tie a thread to these remaining three sides, the force or tension created by the threads will be balanced and pencil will be able to stand upright. For their final task students will be instructed to balance a pencil upright with the help of the given materials. Sample video of the final task:  https://youtu.be/IlnkYlTOlb8 Objective : Introducing Class 4 & 5 students to the concept of Tension force. The Tug of War Students will be taken to the field for a three-ro...

Many of us love dice. We love to chuck them on the table, sometimes so hard that it rolls off onto the floor. Dice are the heart of almost all the board games and in this project, I tried it to make even more fun. I'm in grade 6 and as a part of my curriculum, I recently completed the basics of Tinkercad. I made this Dice in  3D Design  as part of my assignment and after that, I tried to push myself by recreating this using  Codeblocks . In this project, I'll walk you through how I created this Noisy Dice using Tinkercad Codeblocks . Things We Need   A Computer Tinkercad account 3D printer(Optional) Creating New Codeblocks Project Log into your Tinkercad account, and select  Codeblocks  from the toolbar on the left. Then select  Create New Codeblock . A new window will pop up. In the new window, select  New Design .  Making Cube Hollow For this Noisy Dice, we will first make a hollow cube. For this: Select the  Box block  from the...

Submarine operates using the Archimedes' principle by manipulating the buoyancy. Let's perform a simple activity to understand its operation. Things We Need Plastic bottle Glue gun Screwdriver Some Weights(You may use steel washers, nuts or castor wheel) Candle and matchbox 2 feet rubber tubing Water tub Activity Preparation Light up a candle and heat up the end of the screwdriver. Push the heated screwdriver through the bottle and poke 3 holes in it. Also, poke a hole through the cap on the bottle. Pass the rubber tubing through the bottle cap and water-tight it using a glue gun. Place the cap back to the bottle. Glue the weights near the holes using a glue gun. The Submarine Science Place the bottle in a water tub. The bottle will float. Now suck through the open end of plastic tubing. The bottle will start sinking slowly. Next, blow air into the bottle. What will happen? The bottle will start coming to the surface just like a submarine. So before dive into behind it, let...