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Kinetic Sculpture: Program the Pico Cricket to Make Your Art Light Up or Spin
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  Use a Pico Cricket (micro-controller) to animate your art! You can program a Pico Cricket to make your art spin, light up, or make music.
   
Make Pan Pipes
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  This is a simple activity for learners to create a traditional musical instrument. Pan Pipes have developed all over the world in different cultures, from South America to Greece and China.
   
Social Fireflies: Pico "Firefly" Communication
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  Make two firefly lanterns, then program them to blink to one another and change colors.
   
Overnight Painting Machine: Pico Cricket Activity
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  This activity requires a Pico Cricket (tiny computer).
   
Circuit Bending with Play-Doh
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  Break open that used musical toy and squish some Play-Doh over the circuit boards, and you will hear some weird and distorted sounds the manufacturer never intended!
   
Cup Draw
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  In this activity, learners construct drawing machines using a cup, some markers, and a cricket to control the movement. A programmed LEGO RCX or Cricket is required for this high-tech version.
   
Smart Domino Tricks
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  In this activity, you take regular dominoes, and turn them into conductive switches that can turn on a LEGO RCX block or Pico Cricket (micro controller). LEGO RCX block or Pico Cricket is required.
   
NEWspaper: Make Your Own Paper
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  Learners make their own paper using old newspaper. Learners can make their paper colorful by adding construction paper.
  