Creative Inventions and Robotics Junk Yard Choose and Use Tricks

Collect premium quality junk and sort it. Find light, colorful, playful materials from - Grocery store. - Hardware store. - Parents’ office. - Around the house. One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. Choose and Use Trick #1

Collect premium quality junk and sort it. Colorful bottle caps Small tin cans Egg carton Straws Ribbons Toy parts Beads & jewelry Paper clips Colorful cloth One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. Choose and Use Trick #1 Plastic spoons and forks Wire Pencils Colorful cardboard Hair pins Balls Wine corks Bells

Collect premium quality junk and sort it. Decorate a junk box. Choose and Use Trick #1

Collect premium quality junk and sort it. Why is organizing materials important? Who will find the needed parts first? Builder #1 Builder #2 Choose and Use Trick #1

Conserve materials. What’s wrong with this picture? NOT!!! Choose and Use Trick #2

Choose and Use Trick #2 Conserve materials. Cut your pieces from the corner of a big sheet and leave rectangles for future needs.

Use pliers not scissors to cut hard materials. Pipe Cleaners, Coffee Stirrer Sticks Wire, Paper Clips Choose and Use Trick #3

Little glue … Lots of pressure. Use a small ‘dab’ of hot glue and press pieces firmly with a stick. Choose and Use Trick #4

Build to modify or fix your designs. When gluing junk to LEGO mechanisms, glue to the smooth part of a small LEGO piece and snap that piece to the LEGO mechanism. These signs can be easily interchanged! Choose and Use Trick #5

#1 Collect premium quality junk and sort it. #2 Conserve materials. #3 Use pliers, not scissors to cut hard stuff. #4 Little glue … Lots of pressure. #5 Build to modify or fix your designs Choose and Use Tricks #5