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Carnival Capers References and Resources

Science Links:

The Physics of Fun at the Mother Cabrini Feast, by video journalists Waldo Cabrera and Jennifer Ross. The full video can be found at The Physics of Fun at Mother Cabrini Feast.

the URL link for the above video is www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GFyWFg8DLg

Technology Links:

  • How to use a breadboard when prototyping Arduino circuits  

https://www.losant.com/blog/how-to-use-a-breadboard

  • What is 3D printing and where is it used? 

https://3dprinting.com/what-is-3d-printing

  • Free online CAD program with tutorials

https://www.tinkercad.com

Engineering Ideas:

The engineering design process steps can be found here:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/engineering-design-process/engineering-design-process-steps

  • Party games by Outscord –  This video could give some ideas for possible engineering carnival side show games. The Outscord Facebook page regularly post easy to recreate competitive interactive games that could be applied to a side show game in the engineering task.

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  • Mark Rober (former NASA and JPL engineer) has created some you tube clips that are useful to Carnival Capers. 

Carnival Scam Science – Investigates how side show games are designed to be difficult to win. 

The URL for this video is www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk_ZlWJ3qJI

Arcade Scam Science – Investigates the accuracy of arcade style games. 

The URL for this video is  www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXBfwgwT1nQ

Mathematics Links:

  • Sample Profit/Loss Spreadsheets 
  1. Spreadsheet 1
  2. Spreadsheet 2
  3. Spreadsheet 3
  4. Spreadsheet 4

https://www.excel-easy.com/introduction/formulas-functions.html

https://learn.filtered.com/blog/10-most-useful-microsoft-excel-tips

https://support.office.com/en-us/excel

https://au.pcmag.com/office-suites/24315/20-excel-tips-for-becoming-a-spreadsheet-pro

Carnival Event Guide Ideas 

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