Battery Powered Speaker Amplifier

Make this battery powered amplifier to add your paper plate speaker.

Kite Video Camera Template

Download this template for the Kite Video Camera project.

Mū Tōrere template

Here's a link to the template for making a 5-inch square Mū Tōrere board.

Grime's Dice simulator

Python program for Grime's Dice:

#Grime's Dice Simulator

#Variables to count how many times a particular color wins a 30-rolls game
bluewins = 0
greenwins = 0

#y is how many 30-rolls games you want to play
for y in range(0, 1000):

 #Variables to count how many times a particular color wins in a 30-rolls game
 bluetotal = 0
 greentotal = 0

 #x is how many rolls
 in a game
 for x in range(0, 30):
 
 
  #Blue die has five 3s and one 6
  import random
  roll = random.randint(1,6)
  if roll >  5:
   blue = 6
  else:
   blue = 3
   
   
  #Green die has three 5s and three 2s
  import random
  roll = random.randint(1,6)
  if roll >  3:
   green = 5
  else:
   green = 2
   
 
 
 # import random
 # roll = random.randint(1,6)
 # if roll >  5:
 #  purple = 1
 # else:
 #  purple = 4
   
 
  if blue > green:
   bluetotal = bluetotal + 1
  else:
   greentotal = greentotal + 1
 
 if bluetotal > greentotal:
  bluewins = bluewins + 1
 else:
  greenwins = greenwins + 1
  
print "Blue", bluewins
print "Green", greenwins
  

Chair Template

Download here.

A list of podcasts for kids and family

iTunes has a big list of podcasts that are good for kids and family.

Drawbot Template

Here is a link to the drawbot template.

Longboard Template

Here's a link to a PDF of a longboard cutting template with the truck bolt hole pattern.

Lloyd Kahn (age 76) on skateboarding

I love this video of my friend Lloyd Kahn (founder of Shelter Publications) talking about his joy of skateboarding. He's 76, and started boarding as a wee lad of 65.