What's the first step to becoming an amazing scientist, inventor, or engineer?  

The Bakken's Lego Robotics class!  

We have groups for younger students to learn the basics of building and programming a Lego robot as well as more advanced Robolympics classes for older students.  This opportunity to build valuable STEM skills is not one to be missed!

Parental Guidance Advised: 

Although The Bakken has taken reasonable precautions to ensure this activity is safe, The Bakken cannot accept responsibility for any injury or damage arising from the experiment included in this email. Please review and exercise caution and parental guidance for younger scientists.

Floating Magnetic Ghost

Materials

              1 - rubber band

              2 - magnets

              1 - fishing line - 4 inches

              2  - card board rectangle (roughly 3 by 4 inches)

              1 cardboard triangle with a hole punched in the center

Tissue paper

straw

decoration

Equipment

Colored masking tape

Scissors

Markers

Part 1 - Construction

 1)  Tape squares together to form walls
       (like a book)

2)   Make ghost

• Put either magnet into center of tissue paper (North or South doesn't matter)
• Fasten in place by twisting rubber band around to form head
• Fluff tissue paper at bottom to look ghost like
• Tape fishing line to ghost's head

3)   Make wand

• Tape the remaining magnet to one end of the straw
• Decorate

4)   Make roof

• Put triangle piece of cardboard onto top of wall
• Tape into place to hold walls together

5)   Tape ghost's string onto roof so that ghost            swings in front of the "stage"

• If desired, decorate the stage

Part 2 - Experimentation

1)      Wave wand around ghost and get ghost to move

2)      Try to wave wand over top or behind cardboard

3)      Move wand so magnets repel instead of attract

What are your observations?