School in a box/Saturday

Filtered List to buy

• inflatable toys
• solar panels
• funny hats
• replacement parts
• screwdrivers
• ziploc bags
• GPS
• radios
• sensors
• phidgets
• big LCD
• protoboards
• circuit parts
• sundial
• knitting kit
• stickers
• magnifier
• sparklers
• globe
• multimeter
• solder iron
• lab example video
• flags
• candies
• batteries
• temp. tattoos
• maps
• screen wipes
• global swap box
• geiger counter
• magic tricks
• *usb storage
• screen wipes
• gum arabic
• magic tricks
• magic plastic
• duct tape
• speaker wire
• magnets
• triops
• mentor contact
• seeds
• sewing
• cd drive
• flashlight
• speakers
• ext. keyboard/mouse
• painter tape
• surge protector
• notebooks

Brainstorms

Note: The list below will be moved to an appropriate page, as categories become apparent during the day.

Things we think that would be cool to put in the box

groundrules: no stupid ideas, no shooting stuff down - Brainstorm at MNN

• things that are inflatable
• solar panels
• screwdrivers
• replacement parts/XOs
• DOAs to take apart?
• a pony
• GPS, radios
• sensors (from MIT lab?)
• fidgets
• big LCD
• leds
• protoboards
• circuit parts
• swords
• donuts
• magnets
• speaker wire
• duct tape!
• magic plastic (Friendly Plastic)
• Sculpy
• gum arabic
• magic tricks
• USB keys
• rifle barrels
• deer gun
• the philosopher's stone
• mercury
• (no mercury - nlee)
• sun dial
• flags
• knitting supplies
• sticks
• (references to Monty Python)
• hats
• multimeter
• solder iron
• sparklers
• pizza
• candies
• triops
• sea monkeys
• seeds (noninvasive - garden?)
• geiger counter
• rocks
• magnifiers
• calcium
• ph strips
• batteries - AA, AAA, rechargable ones
• temporary tattoos (nlee - culturally sensitive ones!)
• plushie XO
• farmer's almanac
• mentor contacts
• maps - beach ball globe! --> but these can be gotten on the XO
• ziploc bags

What would be cool to be able to learn to do with stuff in this box

• repairs
• connect to net
• get power
• math, language, music - how to make fit local curriculum?
• literacy
• geography
• encryption
• fractals
• photography
• drawing
• astronomy
• weather
• agriculture/botany/animal husbandry
• health/medicine
• romance
• cooking! (note: transcriber likes food :D)
• paleontology/archaeology
• sociology
• magic
• Open source propoganda
• alchemy
• religion
• how to argue with adults
• environment happy - greennness
• safety stuff
• lab experiment videos
• CD drive
• diversity training
• cultural learning
• voodoo/ the zombie apocalypse (Mel says it's an important step towards cultural understanding)

NO list

• serial killers
• velociraptors (but useful in math education!)
• non biodegradable materials
• invasive plant species
• sword
• radiation
• lead
• cigarettes
• poison
• alcohol
• DVDs with preset lectures (lecture dvds of boredom)
• rabid wolf
• children
• whip/rod
• airplane stoppy things
• alive things