Coyote STEAM Festival Oct 16th South San Jose - wanna help?
Elise Engelhardt
Coyote STEAM Festival
Event Date: October 16, 2021 11am-5pm then afterparty.
Location: Coyote Grange Hall, 8140 Monterey Road, South San Jose (Coyote)
Room for up to 200 people.
Links:
Eventbrite (currently has placeholder tickets)
https://coyotemakersteamfest.eventbrite.com
Volunteer Signups
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4daea62fa4f49-teach
Email Discussion Group:
https://groups.io/g/CoyoteSTEAMfest/
Maker planned projects:
Damaris Davis- Robot comedy show
Nathan McCully – wood lathe
Mattea Ezgar – 3D printing dice towers
Donji Cullenbine – pool noodle duct taping, soap?
Jim Burnham (Also does Haunt) – Introduction to Coding - Arduino class or a Microbit class
Robotics - Sumo? Vex edge sensing? – Catherine Liu, Eva Carrender,
Program the Robot Choir - Katherine Donaldson (outdoor)
Soldering - Owen Delong (lockpicking?)
Nate Craig - Didgeridoo
Chris Phoenix - Floating bubble shapes? (Bubble helium/air mix through soap solution, extrude bubbles through a stencil - which can be designed by attendees and laser-cut or Cricut) - (Also Chris has ultrasonic welder and injection molding pellets)
Susan Shirley -might be available to demonstrate fiber arts (felting-both wet and needle, and spinning wool from our sheep)
Maze Jam? Jonathan Pappas
Repair Café? LEGO Club?
Grange Planned Project ideas (Elise): Who wants to take ownership?
Senthil/Chuck Huie – Laser Cutter – something cute? Side lit etching acrylic?
UV Resin molding dice - Supplies borrowed from Artisan Builds (pick up in Oakland). Resin?
IR Camera play? - borrow FLIR
Peanut butter jar vacuum forming
Hot glue recyclables projects
Story Spine "Fold a book:" making
Paper Clip machines
Play Dough electronics
Perler bead fusing
mini cement paving stones
Wizard wand making with hot glue
Sewing a glove octopus
Giant bubbles
Mini Drones? Obstacle controlled
Jewelry stamping? Deborah?
Silkscreen/spray stencil? - logo for the event?
Collaborative project: Rube Goldberg device play, Cardboard city, Tapegami? (Something that parents can help kids with without a dedicated volunteer might be best.)
Contests? (LEGO? Hot glue?)
Party After Hours!!! (6pm-12?)
Music, firepit, board games, camping?
Who should be there:
Makers with their own projects (10-20)
Volunteers for Grange supplied “make and take” projects (maybe 10?)
Logistics volunteers – parking, organizers, setup, support
Sponsors – Do we need them? who? (probably not)
Attendees – attendance cap (200?) Timed tickets, free with charge for individual projects.
Divide into morning and afternoon admission? (hourly arrival slots.)
Logistics
Parking – our own lot or offsite? Disability access? (keeping it small, so onsite parking, projects indoors and in garden.)
Design planning of areas needed - Maker locations, crowd flow, Halloween theme? Collaborative project?
COVID Precautions - Masks inside? Require masks, but likely won’t have staff for enforcement?
Supplies needed - Tables (we have 22), Chairs (we have 100), stanchions, portotoilets?, microphone system, waiver, radios(Dean), popup tents (Dean) - large display screen? work on budget
Food options – Just drinks and chips, granola bars, etc
Publicity – Target audience? Makers, Parents with kids, Grange rental community, other Granges, Flyers to schools? Libraries?
Other maker events: Robot Block Party Oct 23, Oakland