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Don't have a motionKit?
go from momentix machine like this
to no-mentix machine
Make your own
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Gather these items or similar
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golf ball
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rubber band + cork + metal spoon
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wooden spoon
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sign + tape
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stackable things like cards, lotion, legos
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roll of tape + cup + skewer + playdough + post it notes
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legos + string
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a book
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blocks
Step 1. make your see-saw lever
Step 2. make your weights on a string
Step 3. make your low lever
Step 4. start building at the end!
Tape your sign to the edge of a table
Flip it up and use your spoon lever to weigh it down.
Slide something into the fold of your sign. It should be heavy enough to flip it over, but light enough that your spoon lever can hold it
Step 5. add the book ramp
Use two different sized objects to prop up your book and make it a ramp
Add a ball to your ramp and block it with your homemade weights on a string
Step 6. add in the starting pieces
Use two different sized objects to prop up your book and make it a ramp
Add a ball to your ramp and block it with your homemade weights on a string
Step 7. add lever and dominoes
Set up your playdough lever
so that it will bump the roll of tape into the legos, and knock them off the table
Add the dominoes on the other side of the lever
Voila! A no-mentix machine
Why we made this guide
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chain reaction machines teach important science skills
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everyone should be able to access that, with or without our kit
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the goal of the motionKit is to make this process easier + faster
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so that the focus is less on construction challenges and more on science reasoning and invention
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