make Soap Box Racers for the Soap Box Derby
Soap box Derby: August 7th, 2010
Kids: 12 Noon, Adults: 1 pm
17th Street between 5th and 6th Ave, South Slope
Everybody is welcome to participate!
Summer Camp for kids age 7-12
You can always stop by and get some ideas between 9-12am. That is when the Open Source Summer Camp is happening. Children aged 7-12 are learning to construct functional soap box racers out of recycled material. The artists Hubert Dobler and Monika Wuhrer are conducting the workshop following last year’s rave reviews: [Daily News (2-page spread!!!), Popular Mechanics, Park Slope Courier, Brooklyn Paper, among others].
We will introduce the campers to a variety of tools and supervise them closely while they build their contraptions with hammers, nails, handsaws, screws, etc. ALL TOOL USE UNDER STRICT ADULT SUPERVISION. We will encourage the kids to plan on paper, sketch images, make drawings of their invention, and think out of the box. We will also spend time outside, collecting found objects and materials, and testing our designs at each stage. We will also take breaks to play ball and have free play at the park/playground: (the time spent will depend on the different kids and their needs).
We have access to an outdoor space with a slight incline one half block away that we will be using in addition to the Gallery. This will serve as the perfect test track for our soap boxes in their different building stages. The culmination of the camp will be the 2nd annual 17th street soap box derby.
All participants, families, and friends are welcome to be part of the derby on August 7th.
Many thanks to William Duke for the video!
ONE BIG WINDMILL
Open Source’s Windmill Camp’s field trip to Starting Artists
Summer Camp for kids age 10-14
July 6th through July 16th
Keen on the need for green, and inspired by stories like the tale of young William Kamkwamba in “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” (written with Bryan Mealer), Monika Wuhrer and Hubert Dobler will host a quixotic 2-week workshop with the purpose of building one big windmill. The windmill will be constructed out of found material. We will go to local hardware stores to purchase additional material, but we do encourage all campers to look for materials at home and on the streets. Our hope is to generate enough power to run TV’s / radios / small appliances. Who knows, we might even be able to power a simple videogame! We will be using tools like electric drills, saws, hammers etc. All tool use will be under strict adult supervison. Space is very limited, we will only be able to host 6 kids.
Daily 9am -3pm
please email us for more information.
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make Soap Box Racers for the Soap Box Derby
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