A quick video describing some good practices for assembly . Questions for the students is also attached. The video can be shown to a class or each student can watch it individually and answer the questions.

If you like to play music on your cell phone you’ll find lots to love about this wooden phone amplifier. It provides an attractive platform to cradle your phone while playing music, and it boosts the sounds level by 8-10 dB (decibels) while also distributing the sound around the room using a megaphone style sound enhancement.

As an added bonus, the project includes clever cable routing so that the amplifier can also be used as a charging station.

Use this game to learn and improve how you read a standard English ruler (also called an inch ruler, customary ruler, imperial ruler). Check out the option for reading a metric ruler as well.

Great for enhancing carpentry skills or for measurement in math!

Make Stuff Move wants students to use tools and everyday materials to learn and develop hands-on skills in building and being creative while solving problems. STEM/STEAM is great but it is even better when tools are involved!

This Learning Library includes:
*Lesson Plans
*How-to Instructions
*Coding
& More!

(Kits are available for purchase on the site as well)

How to adjust where the start and end position for a servo motor inside a Servo Sock.

Analog meters are all around us!. They are used to visually represent measurements and data. One of the most common analog meters is the fuel needle in a car. This converts a reading of the fuel level in the tank to an empty to full reading on the meter.

In this build, we will use one servo to build an electronically controlled meter. We will first simply use the knob on the control the board to move the needle converting the knob position to movement of the needle. Then, a sound sensor will be connected to convert sound level (ie music) to a meter reading. This will make it what is commonly known as a “VU-meter”

SKILLS + GOALS
Carpentry
- Use of basic tools and hardware
Construction
- Following visual assembly instructions
Code
- Understand math/code behind converting input readings to output readings (meter)
& more!

** Kits are available for purchase at makestuffmove.com **

Welcome to another Make Stuff Move coding lesson. This second lesson is going to show you how to move a servo using the knob on your animate shield.

This build works out to be useful in two ways; flinging stuff and drumming on stuff. The overall concept is to increase the inertia of the moving servo by quickly snapping the cable tie to flick the arm. The mechanics of this build is modeled after a foot pedal used in a drum kit.

The flinging aspect is just fun. Fling coins, buttons and ping-pong balls. When using the animation recording feature of the Animate Shield, beats can be recorded an looped including adjusting the speed.

SKILLS + GOALS
Construction
-Build the project following assembly instructions
Music
-Animate a beat
Carpentry
-Basic carpentry principals and hardware
Coding
-Learn about using delays in code to control movement timing
& More!

** kits available for purchase at makestuffmove.com**

Build a mechanical flower that opens up when there is light. This flower uses a few interesting mechanical movements including a push-pull cable to convert rotational movement into a linear movement for a flexible stem. Then the movement is converted back to rotational pivot points to open and close the pedals. The use of the binder clips also means that you are free to create your own flower petals.

SKILLS + GOALS
Construction
- Build the project following assembly instructions
Carpentry
- Basic carpentry principals and hardware
Art + Design
- Create and design your own flower petals
Coding

Build a mechanical heart that uses a pulse sensor to make the heart beat with yours

SKILLS + GOALS
Construction
- Build the project following assembly instructions
Carpentry
- Basic carpentry principals and hardware
Coding
& More!

** Kits are available for purchase at makestuffmove.com **

Inchworms are so simple in their movement which makes it a fun challenge to build and animate their movement. The inchworm shifts its weight during its "pinching/folding" to push the front and pull the back.

SKILLS + GOALS
Construction
-Build the project following assembly instructions
Carpentry
-Basic carpentry principals and hardware
Animation
-Learn how to animate a single cycle of movement to create continuous movement.
& More!

** Kits are available for purchase at makestuffmove.com **

How to use the features of our SOCK IO + Animate shield combo.

Welcome to Make Stuff Move! The following diagram will get things moving quickly.

Before starting any project, make sure your table saw and miter saw are cutting straight and square with this easy "one-board" test.

"Skills Canada Saskatchewan is a not-for-profit Provincial Organization that promotes skilled trades and technologies to young people in Saskatchewan."

This site has a wealth of information about skills and tech and the trades in SK.

*Skills for success - learn about the skills you need for success - videos
*Skills competitions - find skills competitions
*Skills Profiles - learn about construction, employment, IT, manufacturing & engineering, services and transportation skills
*Programs - trade & tech days, National Skilled Trade and Tech Week