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- Interactive Digital Experiences
Digital Interactive Projects
Explore browser-based creations, coding challenges, playful simulations, puzzles, and projects designed for active participation.
Explore Digital Projects → - Digital Fabrication
Lithophane Design
Turn a photograph into a layered 3D print that reveals the image when light shines through it.
Open Lithophane Maker → - Creative Arts
Cube Mosaic Resources
Explore color, pattern, planning, and collaboration through a large-scale mosaic build.
Open Teaching Resources → - Computing & Electronics
micro:bit Wire Challenge
Build a steady-hand wire challenge, connect it to a micro:bit, and customize its behavior with sample code.
Open Sample Code → - Computing & Electronics
Coded Embroidery
Create geometric stitch patterns by combining visual programming with a digital embroidery workflow.
Visit TurtleStitch → - Science Exploration
Electronics Teardown
Study how everyday devices are assembled by identifying components, connections, and design choices.
Project guide coming soon - Engineering & Motion
Pedal-Powered Holiday Lights
See a bicycle-powered display combine energy, electronics, movement, and a memorable public installation.
Watch on YouTube → - Creative Arts
Statue of Liberty Domino Mosaic
See careful planning and pattern construction come together in a large-scale collaborative mosaic.
Watch on YouTube → - Science Exploration
Salt Dough Fossil Art
Press natural objects into salt dough to create durable fossil-inspired relief art while exploring texture, evidence, and earth science.
Open Project Guide → - Paper & Print
Carving Stamps
Design a simple reusable stamp and explore how positive and negative space create repeating printed patterns.
Open Project Guide → - Light, Media & Animation
Paper Luminaries
Build a glowing paper luminary and investigate how cutouts, translucent materials, and patterns change light and shadow.
Open Project Guide → - Engineering & Motion
Magnetic Wall Chain-Reaction Challenge
Arrange magnetic ramps and connectors on a vertical surface to guide a moving object from a clear start to a successful finish.
Open Project Guide → - Light, Media & Animation
Phenakistoscope Spin Animation
Draw a sequence of small changes on a spinning disk to make a short animation appear through persistence of vision.
Open Project Guide → - Paper & Print
Creative Valentine Printmaking
Combine handmade stamps, LEGO press textures, and drawing to create layered cards built from color, repetition, and playful design.
Open Project Guide → - Light, Media & Animation
Pepper’s Ghost Illusion
Use a clear angled surface and a bright image to create the appearance of a floating figure while investigating reflection and light.
Open Project Guide → - Computing & Electronics
Circuits with Lights and Fans
Build complete electrical circuits that light an LED and power a small fan while learning about polarity, conductivity, and troubleshooting.
Open Project Guide → - Creative Arts
Sock Puppet Characters
Transform a sock and craft materials into an expressive character ready for storytelling, conversation, and performance.
Open Project Guide → - Paper & Print
Handmade Recycled Paper
Recycle paper pulp into new textured sheets while exploring fibers, material transformation, water, and sustainable design.
Open Project Guide → - Computing & Electronics
Binary Bead Messages
Encode initials or a short message with two bead colors and turn binary patterns into wearable designs.
Open Project Guide → - Science Exploration
Borax Crystal Making
Grow crystals on a shaped pipe-cleaner form and observe how a supersaturated solution changes as it cools.
Open Project Guide → - Creative Arts
Vintage Friendship Bracelets
Practice classic knotting techniques to create a colorful woven bracelet inspired by familiar 1990s patterns.
Open Project Guide → - Engineering & Motion
Cardboard Marionettes
Construct a jointed string puppet and investigate how balance, pivots, and control points produce expressive movement.
Open Project Guide → - Engineering & Motion
Straw Structures
Build a freestanding structure from straws and connectors, then improve its height, strength, and stability through testing.
Open Project Guide → - Computing & Electronics
Cipher Wheels
Assemble a rotating cipher wheel and use an agreed shift to encode and decode secret messages.
Open Project Guide → - Paper & Print
Pop-Up Cards
Engineer a card with moving paper elements and use folds, tabs, and layers to create depth and surprise.
Open Project Guide → - Paper & Print
Paper Quilling
Roll, pinch, and arrange narrow paper strips into decorative shapes while developing precision and pattern-making skills.
Open Project Guide → - Engineering & Motion
Rubber Band Race Cars
Build a small vehicle powered by a twisted rubber band and tune the wheel, axle, and body design for reliable motion.
Open Project Guide → - Engineering & Motion
Gummi Bear Catapult Building
Construct a small craft-stick launcher and investigate how angle, force, and structure change the path of a soft candy projectile.
Open Project Guide → - Science Exploration
Sundials
Create a simple sundial and use a moving shadow to connect the Sun’s apparent path with time, direction, and observation.
Open Project Guide → - Science Exploration
Cookie Moon Phases
Model the changing visible portion of the Moon by shaping cookie filling into a sequence of familiar lunar phases.
Open Project Guide → - Engineering & Motion
Straw Rockets
Design and launch a lightweight paper rocket with air from a straw, then revise its shape for distance, accuracy, or stable flight.
Open Project Guide → - Creative Arts
Tissue Paper Painting
Layer wet tissue paper on heavy paper to transfer and blend color into a vibrant abstract or representational composition.
Open Project Guide → - Creative Arts
Zentangle-Inspired & Mandala Pattern Art
Create repeating line patterns and mandala-inspired radial designs while exploring symmetry, contrast, and careful observation.
Open Project Guide → - Paper Engineering
Paper Automata
Build a hand-cranked paper machine and explore how cams, followers, cranks, levers, sliders, and linkages create movement.
Open Project Guide →