Hey world! Help us out! In GET City we are investigating social justice. We want to take some action! And we know a lot about Green Energy that can help us. But we need your help! If you are willing and able, can you please complete our surveys. Our issues matter to us because these …
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Project Updates
Hi everyone! Its been busy! This year we have been investigating social justice and oppression. We talked about how lots of different kinds of oppression are related. Across all of us, we are talking about bullying, sexual assault, foster care, water pollution in our cities and much, much more! Last week we had a big …
Presenting at 5 minute Tops
Today I went to the ‘5 minutes tops’ to present the little free library that stephen and i made. I told everyone about why we are making them and who we are making it for. Too bad Stephen couldnt make it to the event but i hope he feels better. This event is for teens …
A social justice business approach to the Little Free Library
On Tuesday, Stephen and I worked on our 5 minute slide show that we are presenting on march 22nd 2017. In our presentation we talk about the little free stem library that we are making and what it is for and how we are planning on doing with it. For example, we used Google Maps …
Investigating Green Energy
Last week we did some investigations on green energy — energy that lets us power things without harming the earth. We learned about solar panels, hand cranks, and piezo pads. We also tried to power small paper circuits with these. We tried to power parallel circuits and series circuits. We figured out that we had …
Making for our families
Today in GET City, we made posters and painted things for our family. We did this to make presents for our family and have a fun party for the end of 2016. Also, we did end-of-year interviews where we talked and the adults learned more about the members of GET City. Some of the things …
The Timmy!
Congratulations to the youth who worked on the Timmy! The “Timmy” is a heated lighted up boot. The boys who made it describe it this way: “This fall, Angie walked in with a cast on and said her toes were cold she really wished that a heated boot/cast existed. At first we thought about doing …
GET City Makerspace Manifesto
GET City Makerspace Manifesto by the GET City Youth (after a 40 hour youth participatory action research investigation into makerspaces, and 2 years of making in a make-shift makerspace) “A place where you can invent, have fun, and make stuff to save the world. You can gather to create and learn using green energy. It …
2015 Showcase! Youth makers share their work!
On May 8th 15 youth makers at the Boys and Girls Club of Lansing show their work to the public! Engineering design prototypes focus on safety and green energy technologies! Come see: Ariele: Umbrella Stephan, Kelih, & DeShawn: Phantom Jacket Kalen: Police Car Jaila & Ahjale: House Alarm Jayla & Ella: Heated Jacket Mikayla: Eye …
House Alarm with Dance Lights
J and her partners are working on a house alarm that also has dance lights if you want them. The house alarm system takes pictures of intruders and also plays music when they walk into the house. I think this is a good idea to invent because people who have an alarm system probably haven’t …
