Mechanical Garden Overview:

Here’s the deal … collect a compost pile of Popsicle sticks, bottle caps, plastic spoons, ribbons and other good junk.  Then grow a garden full of colorful, soulful, wild species … exotic plants and animals never before seen.  Make them move.  Program them to interact.

The Problem:

Our good earth is getting fouled up ’cause too many people are throwing away their  junk.

The Mission:

We need to recycle our trash!  The Build-It-Yourself crew is on an important mission to turn trash into treasure.

Super Powers You Will Acquire:

• Power Point Guru
• Problem Solver
• Master of Presentations
• Creative, Modular Builder
• Silver Thumb

You’ll Need:

• Introduction (PPT)
  
• Lesson Plan (XLS)
  
• Software & Supplies (XLS)
• Order Supplies

Hall of Fame:

Click to watch the butterfly flap

Click to watch the frogs leap

Hall of Fame:

Click to watch the cuckoo bird fly

Hall of Fame:

Click to watch the mosquitoes circling

Hall of Fame:

Click to watch the spider climb.

Click to watch the snake spring

Click to watch the love bird.

Click to watch day turn to night

Hall of Fame:

Click to watch the petals open

Click to watch grass sway in the wind

Click to watch the flower dance

Click to watch the daisy grow