Children's Association for Nature » DIY http://childrenfornature.com We CAN do anything. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:39:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Cardboard Box Oven http://childrenfornature.com/diy/cardboard-box-oven/ http://childrenfornature.com/diy/cardboard-box-oven/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:48:22 +0000 Mina http://childrenfornature.com/?p=302 A cardboard box won £50,000 (almost $90,000 Canadian) in the Financial Time Climate Change Challenge. It beat many inventions, including ‘a food additive that stops cows from passing wind.’ Of course, it was more than a cardboard box— it was a solar oven. Able, according to Kyoto Energy (the company that made it), to boil water and bake bread by heating up to a maximum of 100°C.  There was a rough description on the site, and following the guidelines I made one myself. So far I have melted a piece of wax in it, but I will try baking cookies or something in it this weekend.

The article on MAKE blog

See my instructions for how to make one yourself

]]> http://childrenfornature.com/diy/cardboard-box-oven/feed/ 1 Scratch http://childrenfornature.com/toolsresources/scratch/ http://childrenfornature.com/toolsresources/scratch/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:16:11 +0000 Mina http://childrenfornature.com/?p=181 Scratch is a programming language— sort of. It has a super user-friendly interface, is designed to be easy for kids as young as six years old and still be fun for adults. All you have to do is snap ‘blocks’ together. You can use it to make 2D games, movies, simulations, and all kinds of other stuff. Then, you can post it on the Scratch website and other users put comments and ‘love-its,’ which are a form of rating system. All of the games can be downloaded and built on by other users, and Scratch automatically gives the original creator credit. As if this isn’t awesome enough, you can embed your games in your website.

If you make an environmental game in Scratch, get the embed code and make a post on this website. Switch your editing mode to ‘HTML’ and paste in the embed code. Then put your post in the Games category, and it will show up on the Games page.

Scratch is FREE. You can download it from the website. There is lots of helpful stuff on the website to help you get started.

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