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Re: DD needs a personal project for school HowlerKarma #199995 09/04/14 05:39 AM
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Tigerle Member T Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 602 Europe	Originally Posted by HowlerKarma Maybe one of the Mini-Weapons-of-mass-Destruction books? The mechanics and physics concepts in those are really nifty-- my DD has really enjoyed all of those through the years. Amazing. These went right on my gift list for DH and Ds7 for Christmas.

Re: DD needs a personal project for school HowlerKarma #200008 09/04/14 08:36 AM
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OP blackcat Member B Joined: May 2013 Posts: 2,157	Originally Posted by HowlerKarma There are also about a gazillion tutorials (and patterns) for free on Ravelry-- but don't say that you weren't warned, because if anyone in your household is a knitter or crocheter, this is as addictive as Minecraft and then some. Well, if there is anything that can tear her away from YouTube Minecraft videos, I'm all for it. Knitting is still an option. The library has the book "Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction" as well as one called "Gonzo Gizmos" so I'll check those out and see if she's into them. Otherwise if she's interested in Sketch Up maybe she could figure out how to do a basic house design (assuming the teacher will download that program)...we'll see.

Re: DD needs a personal project for school madeinuk #200017 09/04/14 09:22 AM
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22B Member 2 Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 1,228	Originally Posted by madeinuk Quote She could crochet a hyperbolic plane (google it). Or with minimal effort a M�bius strip. How about a Klein bottle.

Re: DD needs a personal project for school blackcat #200033 09/04/14 10:20 AM
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Zen Scanner Member Z Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,478 NC	I might've been the one mentioned SketchUp. I think she'll get great long term life mileage out of SketchUp skills particularly with the dawn of home 3d printers. Does the project really need a specific tangible outcome? Learning SketchUp to develop enough skill to model things should be its own end. To formalize it, her teacher could help her identify measurable learning objectives. Perhaps an outcome could include teaching classmates some of the basics.

Re: DD needs a personal project for school blackcat #200040 09/04/14 10:49 AM
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OP blackcat Member B Joined: May 2013 Posts: 2,157	I don't know anything about this project other than the 5 sentences or so that DD has said about it, so I'm not sure if there has to be any end goal. She said she asked the teacher if she could practice the piano there and he said sure. How's that going to work, she's going to drag in her keyboard? He said that anything electric has to be "checked in" whatever that means. I think that I would want DD to have a goal in Sketch Up (or knitting, or whatever), so she stays focused (she has ADHD) but it's probably not required.

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