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Cricket, PICO Cricket, or RCX
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Motor and cable
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Spinner (see below)
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Cardboard scrap (about 8" square)
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Tape
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Construction or drawing paper
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Paint or markers
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You'll need something that will make your spin art spin. There's an easy-to-build spinner similar to this one on the Motion Module pages. Find the Motion Modules here. |
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When you've builtyour spinner, flip it upside down, and place on a square board. |
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Tape it to the board. |
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Turn rightside up, and you're ready to plug it in to a Cricket or LEGO RCX, and then program the motor to make your turntable spin. |
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Use a garbage bag or newspapers to protect the floor. Tape a piece of paper to the turntable. Experiment with different paints and markers. You can try squeezing tempera paint from a bottle onto the paper as it spins... |
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Or you can put some fingerpaint on your paper, and make patterns with your fingers. |
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Try to make a spiral shape by starting in the center and moving your arm straight towards you (while lightly squeezing the paint bottle). |
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Or try watercolor paint and a brush... |
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Experiment, and display the colorful results! |
