Young Makers Open Day 2012

Overview

To celebrate the Children's Day (June 1st) we will have an Open House at XCJ on Saturday June 2nd to show kids how to hack and DIY.

Schedule of the day

• 10am: setting up

• 12pm: lunch break

• 1pm: event starts

• 1:30pm at the meeting room
  • XCJ introduction (what is XCJ, what do we do, how to become member...)
    • Responsible: David, Ricky, Min Lin
  • How to be a junior maker - Sharing from Little Edward, Gilbert, David's daughter, Sunny's sun
  • XCJ videos/photos to be played for the rest of the day

• 1pm~3pm
  • Exhibition area (the lobby) : projects show and tell
    • Responsible: Infy and friends
  • XCJ area: Soldering (volunteer responsible needed), Play dough (Freda)
  • Car park: Susan's urban farming?
  • Roof: ?

• 3pm~5pm
  • Spaghetti bridge competition, to be setup in either car park or roof, in case of rain in XCJ area
  • Spaghetti Bridge Notes

Show and Tell

• Makerbot 3D打印机 - Makerbot 3D printer
  • Responsible: Stephany
  • Notes:

• 小马车 - Little carriage
  • Responsible: Sherry
  • Notes:

• 导电面团的制作和使用 - Squish circuits
  • Responsible: Sunny
  • Required materials: 导电面团和不导电面团, LED灯
  • Notes: Sell kits, sign up for next workshop

• 两轮巡线车 - Analog line follower
  • Responsible: Edward
  • Suggested fee:
  • Notes: Sign up for next workshop

• DFRobot 拆弹专家 - Bomb Squad
  • Responsible: Rockets
  • Notes:

• 没有用之盒子 - Ｕseless machine
  • Responsible: Edward
  • Suggested fee: 150rmb per kit
  • Notes: Sign up for next workshop

• 筷子机器人 - Chopstick Junior
  • Responsible: Lutz
  • Required materials: 4xAA batteries
  • Suggested fee: 500rmb per kit
  • Notes: Sign up for next workshop

• 脑电波破解 - Arduino brain wave
  • Responsible: 何琪辰
  • Notes:

• 虫虫机器人 - Insectbot
  • Responsible: Lutz, Min Lin
  • Required materials: 2 servos, 1 ultrasound sensor, Arduino board, coat hanger, battery, wires
  • Suggested fee: 280rmb
  • Notes: Sign up for next workshop

• 焦耳小偷和风车自制 - Joule thief powered windmill
  • Responsible: Sunny, Paul
  • Required materials: recycled batteries, LED, wires
  • Suggested fee:
  • Notes: Sign up for next workshop

• Scratch入门 - Scratch 101
  • Responsible: Sunny, David
  • Required materials: computer
  • Notes:

• Arduino/Ardublock 101
  • Responsible: 何琪辰
  • Required materials: computer, Arduino starter kit
  • Suggested fee: 300rmb for Arduino starter kit
  • Notes:

• 捕鼠器 - Arduino MouseTrap
  • Responsible: Paul
  • Notes: Project description printout

• 电子钢琴 - Arduino Piano
  • Responsible: Little Edward
  • Suggested fee: 120rmb per kit (arduino board not included)
  • Notes: Sign up for next workshop

• 微电影工坊 - Mini Stop-motion Animation demo with SAM
  • Responsible: Sunny
  • Notes: Sign up for next workshop

• 马里奥种蘑菇 - Mushroom box with Arduino
  • Responsible: Sunny
  • Required materials: Mushroom box, Arduino
  • Notes: Project description printout

• 低温煮锅 - Sous-vide Eggs
  • Responsible: Rockets
  • Required materials: eggs
  • Suggested fee: 5rmb per egg
  • Notes:

• 自制街机 - Lio's Arcade
  • Responsible: Lio
  • Suggested fee: 1rmb per game
  • Notes: Project description printout

群体机器人 - Swarm robots

• • Responsible: Swarm robot group
  • Notes: Project description printout

Robotgroup's educational robots

• • Responsible: Rudy

Activities

• 电学探秘-导电面团背后的秘密 - Electronic and Electricity-Secrets behind squishy circuit
  • Responsible: Sunny
  • Attendant limit: 15
  • Required materials: 面团, 植物电站材料
  • Suggested fee:
  • Notes: 1) 为什么面团会导电：电子和离子导电和特点 2）电池的结构，为什么会发电 3）LED灯为什么会被腐蚀 4）颜色的秘密----植物颜色（红--苏木 绿--艾草 蓝---板蓝根）

• 焊接工坊 - Soldering workshop (1pm~3pm)
  • Responsible: everyone
  • Required materials: Soldering iron, solder, cutter, LED, XCJ logo pin
  • Suggested fee: 15~20rmb each

• 超轻粘土工坊 (1pm~3pm)
  • Responsible: Freda
  • Required materials: 超轻粘土
  • Suggested fee: 15~20rmb each

• 意大利面搭桥比赛 - Spaghetti bridge competition (3pm~5pm)
  • Responsible: Kevin Chen, Min Lin
  • Attendant limit: 8 teams of 2 to 4 people
  • Required materials: Spaghetti, glue guns, glue sticks
  • Materials cost: 200~300rmb (spaghetti and glue sticks)
  • Suggested fee: Free
  • Notes: 1. Need to purchase bridge hooks (purchase 10-20) (Minlin). 2. Need to purchase spaghetti (one pack per team, estimated 10+) (Minlin). 3. Need to work out explanation of rules (Kevin). 4. Need to work out set up (Kevin / Minlin). Inventory: Glue guns (ok), Glue sticks (ok), Scale (ok), Bucket (ok)

Sponsorship

• DFRobot
• Techyizu
• RobotGroup (Rudy)

Promotion

• Weibo: Min Lin
• Douban: Ziyun
• 旺旺: Sunny
• 小花生: Sunny
• Cityweekend
• CreativeHunt: Min Lin
• 少年报: Min Lin
• 海报/广告/名片/贴纸: Infy, Andi
• 国际学校: David, Liuyan
• 儿童组织
  • Sunny: 小毛驴, 尼德兰童军
  • Min Lin: 之前参加过儿童工作坊的人
  • Lio: Puxi Boy scouts