P & J remix Drake green style…. as we discuss solving community problems with green energy. I like when my energy is green You use to think there was nothing wrong Late night leaving all the lights on Wasting energy, all day long See I like when my energy is green It can only mean …
Community Ethnography
Today we are going around the community and asking people questions about things that are going around their community and how they feel about it. In our interviews we are telling people about GET City — who we are and what we do. We solve problems using green energy and engineering design. One of the …
It’s about perspective!
MSU beats U Mich! Today we did observations on the Msu vs Michigan game on Saturday October 17th to see how observations are shaped by perspective! We observed that the Michigan fans were upset that they lost the game and we also observed that Msu was really happy that the game went really good and …
Why should we care?
Today in GC we are seeing how much energy we are using and what are carbon emissions are by doing the carbon footprint calculator. But, the computers were not working well so we decided to make up carbon footprint dances. It was fun but really silly. We decided we might be “as big as a …
Making the Case
On August 26th, GET City Making 4 Change youth makers made their case for a community maker space to the Board of Directors at their local BCG. They presented their research findings where they covered their examination of other area maker spaces, interviews with makerspace leaders around mid-Michigan, interviews with peers and adults, measurements of …
Fcience!
As GET City mentors we love that the youth remind US to have fun as we collaboratively engage in Making 4 Change. Thank you! #making4change #Learningwithyouth
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 …
Phantom Jacket Update
Update On Our Invention: We have made progress on our invention. We found out that it is hard work to do our invention! It takes a lot of tasks, thinking and getting the right supplies to do our invention. I learned that we need special supplies to take off all the soldering metal from the …
