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Originally Posted by Littleswimmer14
Any suggestions on how we can help encourage them to sign up?
I just saw some information on how to build those and thought it looked pretty interesting. What was the event and how long was that specific workshop?
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We started a joint program with the local engineering magnet middle and magnet high school. Reaching out to the general public is more difficult and takes way more organization and advertising (I can't stress time in advance to advertise enough). Thus, I am going to suggest reaching out to the local Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Club, 4-H, day care/childcare centers, etc. or just do the workshop within a local teacher's classroom as a guest speaker on career day/teach-in day/science day.
The workshop can take anywhere from 25 to 45 minutes. It really depends on how much you want to talk and how much help the workshop leader has in the room to help the students troubleshoot the batteries/pager motors.
For 170 students (35 students per class with 3-4 adults to help), you will need to order parts for 200 kits. By shopping around on the internet for the parts, the cost should be about $200. The 10-15% parts overage is needed because not all the pager motors/batteries will work or the students will accidentally 'disable' their pager motor by various methods of handling it. The toothbrush handles will need to be cut off in advance. We placed each KOPs in snack-sized ziplock bags.
We take a roll of paper with us to put on the tables to protect them from the hot glue (about 8 to 10 hot glue guns), a couple power strips are a must, and set-up time to let the glue get hot before the first class. We also do the safety briefing that the glue is hot and the students have to be careful not to burn themselves with it. Also, make sure to have a package of glue sticks.