Meiwo 7 Pocket Hanging Vertical Garden Wall Planter ($10.99)

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4 Cool Science Tricks!

1. Build a solar cooker. Use an old pizza/cardboard box to build a cooker that bakes cookies, reheats food, etc. Try out different recipes!

2. Demonstrate capillary action. Use food dye to see how plants get the water and nutrients they need through tiny capillary tubes.

3. Make oobleck. Crazy things happen when you mix cornstarch with water. 

4. Grow crystals. Use evaporation to create intricate crystals on sugar, salt, or ice. Diamonds take thousands of years, but these can grow much faster.

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5 Introductory Tools to Programming

Have you been toying with the idea of learning how to program but don’t know how to get started?  Check out these introductory tools to help you begin to think like a programmer.  Figure out how a computer works, instruct computers to performs tasks, create your first game, and more. 

Scratch: One of the easiest ways to get started with programming is to remix someone else’s already existing program. Remix a project using this free programming language called Scratch. You can build games, animations, music videos, and more.

Minecraft: Use blocks to build just about anything you can imagine in a virtual world. Discover engineering concepts, architecture, mathematics, as well as critical thinking skills and teamwork.

Develop a Game: Get started on building out the code, artwork, and music for a video game. These tools will help you build an interactive experience.

Remix a Website: Never seen the insides of a website? Use Hackasaurus to hack your favorite website to have it look and do whatever you want.

Run a Node.js Server: With Node.js, you can mimic the back and forth request/response your browser sends to servers when you visit a website. Set up your first development environment.

New Skill: Chiller

Chillers are well-practiced in the techniques of relaxation. Being a true Chiller is knowing how to take time out from making to recharge your body and mind. Check out these 10 challenges:

Meditate

Practice Body Movement

Watch an 80’s Movie

Read a Book

Enjoy Food

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Leppla made this GIF to explain how to transform an old t-shirt into a bag. This is a good project for the Innovator life-hack challenge.

DIY Nightmare Before Christmas Wrapping Paper 

I’ve posted a lot of Halloween DIYs from DIY NBC Props - especially Nightmare Before Christmas tutorials. 

Find the Nightmare Before Christmas Wrapping Paper as seen at DIY NBC Props here. 

You can download the Nightmare Before Christmas Wrapping Papers from Tim Baker’s DeviantArt page here. 

As always, if you see a printable that you like, download it ASAP. It may be deleted at any time.

Closeups of the paper:

The ribbons:

Kristie also made a black and white version of this paper:

Tortoise Gets Wheelchair Made From LEGO Bricks, Skates Around Like A Pro

“LEGO bricks are making life a lot easier for this critter.

Last year, Iris Peste of Germany began noticing something peculiar about her tortoise, Blade, Ruptly TV reported.

“I noted for the first time that Blade wasn’t so active and fit as the other two turtles [I own],” Peste said, according to the video’s description.

When she brought Blade to veterinarian Dr. Carsten Plischke, it was discovered that he had a metabolic bone disease and couldn’t support the weight of his shell. That’s when Plischke had an idea.”

See the full video from Ruptly TV at the huffingtonpost.