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CCPL will be closed for Staff Development Day on Friday, April 19th. Learn more about our holidays & closings here.
Before the invention of the electric motors, software, and computers there were complex machines made of cranks and gears. Learn about the history of automata and get to make your own.
Before the invention of the electric motors, software, and computers that power today's toys and robots, there was the age of mechanics where motion was driven by cranks and gears, coding was done with cams and followers, and simple machines created surprisingly complex engines mirroring the processes of life. Automaton are any of various mechanical objects that are relatively self-operating after they have been set in motion. Learn about the history of automata and get to make your own.
Participants will need the following supplies if they would like to build their own automata:
Materials:
• Wide clean plastic cup or clear solo cup.
• A straw
• Skewers
• Bottle caps - 2 or more depending on your design
• Foam core/foam board or thick cardboard
• Tape
Tools:
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun (if you do not have a hot glue gun regular glue can be used, you will just have to wait for the pieces to dry until moving on to the next step)
• A large screw
• Phillips screwdriver or pencil
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AGE GROUP: | Teens |
EVENT TYPE: | Workforce Development |
TAGS: | Young Adult | Virtual | Teens | teen | Summer Learning Challenge | stem | science | craft |
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