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Do It Yourself – Mărțișoare
What is a Mărțișor? Only a Romanian would be able go give you an answer. Mărțișor is a small gift/talisman attached with a red and white string given to women on 1st of March....
Science Project Recorded as Time-lapse with Raspberry Pi
One science project we had for school was to observe the influence of light warmness over growth of plants. The scientific method has six basic steps: State the problem Gather information about the problem...
How to convert an optical microscope into a digital microscope.
Classical Optical Microscopes are cheap and good. The digital ones are more expensive. We have a standard optical microscope that we use in our science research projects. It is difficult to use the optical...
The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Age 12+ (advanced readers) Complexity 4/5 Moral Values 4/5 Time to read aloud 20-40 hours Our Rating 4/5 The Silmarillion, short info Tolkien’s worlds Our love for Tolkien’s fantastic worlds started by reading The...
Water Rocket with Raspberry Pi – V2
You can see the first version of the rocket here: Water Rocket with Raspberry Pi – V1 As explained in V1, the parts needed for water rocket are: Bottle, Nozzle, Fins, Release mechanism, Head...
Water Rocket with Raspberry Pi – V1
We have started to learn about rockets. Not only theoretical learning, but also practical. We have build a type of rocket that can theoretically reach (based on current records) close to 1 km altitude....
Smart Clock
We have smart phones, smart watches … how about a Smart Clock? What do you need: old wall clock raspberry pi stepper motor 28-BYJ-48 wires hotglue plywood – optional
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Microscopic World of Mold
Laziness … a horrible thing, especially during self isolation. Dad did not clean the french coffee press for a while and guess what happened? MOLD!!!
Drawing: Limbourg Brothers Style
Again, from the book Discovering Great Artists by MaryAnn F. Kohl, Kim Solga, we have a new project for you. The Limbourg Brothers are most known for their calendar-book with a list of holy days,...
A Microscopic Look at a Bee
WARNING: this article contains extremely close-up images of a dead bee, so if you are afraid or disgusted of dead insects, then this article is not for you. At last, the arrival of spring,...