{"id":12775,"date":"2020-04-14T14:26:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T18:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/?p=12775"},"modified":"2020-04-14T14:26:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T18:26:30","slug":"meet-a-maker-maker-faire-wayne-county-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/2020\/04\/14\/meet-a-maker-maker-faire-wayne-county-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet a Maker! Maker Faire Wayne County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello everyone,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Maker\nFaire Wayne County<\/a> is a family-friendly showcase\nof invention, creativity and resourcefulness<\/strong> and a\ncelebration of the Maker Movement.  It\u2019s a place where people show what\nthey are making and share what they are learning.  Makers range from tech\nenthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers. They\nare of all ages and backgrounds. The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Daily Record said it best: \u201cDubbed the\n\u2018Greatest Show and Tell on Earth\u2019; over 1,200 people<\/strong> flocked to the third annual faire at the\nUniversity of Akron Wayne College last May.  It was a fresh experience\nwith favorite makers from last year<\/strong> along with new makers and new things to see and do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking\nfor something fun and educational to do with your family while staying at\nhome?  Family Maker Camp<\/strong> (hosted by Make: Community) encourages making and hands-on learning at home.<\/strong>  Making\nis fun and engaging for kids as well as adults.  Camp provides\ninspiration, guidance and an opportunity to share what you do with others\nonline. There are many projects that will help you get started and continue to\ndevelop new skills and a maker mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most\nimportantly, Family Maker Camp will connect you with a community of makers<\/strong> of all ages who have a\nbroad range of interests and skills.  It will introduce you to makers\nonline and have them talk about their projects and their process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click here<\/a>\nto sign up for the maker camp newsletter.  And follow their\nweekly posts<\/a> on YouTube!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are proud to showcase\nOhio makers<\/strong> participating in the Wayne County Mini Maker Faire.  One of these\npeople is Elliott Liggett.<\/strong>  He is aretired engineer of 42 years with\nLockheed Martin, Loral Defense Systems, Goodyear Aerospace and Goodyear\nTire.  Elliott is also a member of the Schantz Maker Group helping to\nteach high school and middle school students how to build and use 3D printers. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During the past few maker faires, Elliott built\nand demonstrated a Peltier cooled cloud chamber for observing subatomic particles.<\/strong>  A cloud\nchamber is a device for visualizing the passage of electrically charged,\nsubatomic particles through a supersaturated cloud of alcohol vapor.\n  The behavior of charged particles such as alpha and beta radiation,\noccurring naturally in the surrounding atmosphere and muons, created within a\ncosmic ray shower, can be observed as tracks through\nthe vapor cloud.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The actual particles are too small to be seen by\neye but their tracks, created by ionization and condensation of the cloud, are readily seen as white traces or tracks.<\/strong>  A strong magnet is placed beneath the cloud chamber as\na means to identify the polarity of very light weight, negative charge\n(electrons) and positive charged (positrons) beta particles by the curved direction of their tracks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Faire attendees viewed subatomic particle\nmovement by looking in the \u201cviewer\u201d on the device or via the large-screen\ntelevision, too.  The cloud chamber is a big hit with faire attendees each\nyear!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another person who participated in the Wayne\nCounty Mini Maker Faire is Susan Corl.<\/strong>  She is an artist and writer who loves to animate.\nSince Susan was very young, she wanted to be an animator. Now, with today’s\ntechnology, it is easier than ever. Susan\u2019s passion is creating her own\ncharacters and using stop-motion animation<\/strong> to bring them to life.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ever wondered how they make those characters in\nmovies like Chicken Run, Coraline, and the Box Trolls?  They use something\ncalled Stop Motion animation.  Many families stopped by the Story Cultivator Studios<\/strong> booth to see\nthis technique and made their own characters!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rounding out our participating makers is the\nTri-County Beekeepers Association Inc.<\/a>,<\/strong> an organization with education at the center of its mission.\n TCBA strives to educate the public as well as fellow beekeepers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the Maker Faire last year, members of TCBA\ndemonstrated the art of beekeeping<\/strong> through\nliterature and an observation hive (a colony of honey bees inside a glass\ncase). The bees were in a sealed box with glass to allow viewing. \nWatching the honey bees work was amazing to say the least!  Want to know\nmore?  Follow them on Facebook<\/a>\nor visit their website<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If\nyou would like to know more about Elliott\u2019s particle cloud chamber, Susan\u2019s\nstop motion creations, or the Tri-County Beekeepers Association, please reply\nto this email!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until next week,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone, The Maker Faire Wayne County is a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness and a celebration of the Maker Movement.  It\u2019s a place where people show what they are making and share what they are learning.  Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers. They are of all ages and backgrounds. The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community. The Daily Record said it best: \u201cDubbed the \u2018Greatest Show and Tell on Earth\u2019; over 1,200 people flocked to the third annual faire at the University of Akron Wayne College lastRead More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1250,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10004],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-tjh1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","post-12775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-articles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12823,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12775\/revisions\/12823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}