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Things to Know About Robotics Learning for Beginners

Robotics is an exciting and ever-evolving field that combines engineering, technology, and creativity to build intelligent machines. Whether you're a student, a hobbyist, or a parent guiding your child into robotics, understanding the basics is essential for a rewarding learning experience. Here are key things to know before diving into the fascinating world of robotics. 1. What Robotics Is At its core, robotics involves designing, building, and programming machines that can perform tasks autonomously or with minimal human intervention. Robotics integrates multiple disciplines, including: Mechanical Engineering: For designing the physical structure of robots. Electronics: For creating circuits and connections that enable movement and sensing. Programming: For writing the code that controls robot behavior. Having a basic understanding of these fields will give you a strong foundation as you start your robotics journey. 2. The Importance of Problem-Solving Skills Robotics is all a...
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Sugar Candy Crystals

Rock Candy Crystal Want to make some tasty fun crystals? Here is how you can make sugar or rock candy crystals. Engage your kids with this fun activity and grow some cool crystals.  Sugar crystals or rock candy is really interesting and is non-toxic and safe to eat but requires adults' assistance to prepare it.    As sugar readily accepts food coloring.    But it grows as crystals very slowly it will often take a week to grow crystals. Material Required: Sugar ( 1 1/2 cup of white sugar) 1 cup of water Small plate Spoon Glass Pop sticks Food coloring Some small clean jar Waxed paper Method to Grow Candy Crystals 1. Take some water into a glass, take some sugar on a small plate and sheet of wax paper  2. Dip one end of the stick in water, roll it on the sugar plate and place it on the waxed paper to dry. 3. Now take a cup of water and add 1/2 cup of sugar to the pan and stir it well until no more sugar can dissolve.  (Add more sugar if required until yo...
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Alum Crystals

Alum Crystals  It is very interesting to create gem-like crystals. You can also grow a large crystal using a seed crystal. Let's see how to do it: Materials Required • Alum (It is usually found in the spice section of the grocery store)  • Clean jar • Saucer or shallow dish  • Pencil  • Fishing line (or something similar)  Method To Grow Crystal: 1. Add Alum to a 1/4 cup of hot water in a jar.  Stir it completely until it dissolves completely. 2. Keep adding Alum until no more of it dissolves to prepare a saturated solution. 3. Take a small amount of saturated solution into a shallow dish. Make sure that only a clear solution is taken or the undissolved salt is filtered. 4. After a day you could see the small crystals growing in the dish. Once crystals are of good size, pour the off excess solution. 5. Take one crystal of good size and good looking as a seed crystal. 6. Prepare another saturated solution with 1/2 cup of hot water and filter it into a clear ...
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Epsom salt crystal

 Quick Crytal With Epsom Salt There are different ways to grow crystals some crystal growing methods even take many days to get results. But this method is an easy and fast method where you can grow needle-like crystals in just a few hours. Materials Required: Epsom salt A small bowl or a cup or jar Food coloring Water Method To Grow Crystal: In a jar take 1/2 cup of Epsom salts and mix it with 1/2 cup of hot water.  Stir it properly for at least one minute to dissolve the salt completely in the water to create the saturated solution. Some undissolved salt settles at the bottom of the bowl. Add a few drops of food color of your wish to get colored crystals Place the bowl in the refrigerator After a few hours, you can see the bowl full of needle-like crystals grown  Science Behind Epsom salt ( Magnesium Sulphate) dissolves more in the hot water. When the saturated solution cools down it results in the rapid fast growth of crystals. Since the solution becomes dense and has ...
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Home Made Lava Lamp

Do your own lava lamp and learn the interesting fact about density in science. It is a very interesting project which your kids enjoy for sure. Now Prepare yourself in a work area and wipe towel where you can easily clean up any spills. Materials Required: Clean glass or plastic container (If want more lava lamps take more bottles) Vegetable oil Water Fizzing tablets (like the Alka-seltzer tablet) Food coloring Glitter if desired Method Take a bottle and fill half of it with water. Add vegetable oil into the bottle to make it full and leave some space on the top of the bottle. ( Use a funnel if you have it with you.) Wait for some time and watch the oil and water get separated Then add your favorite food color, you can see the food color slides through the oil until it mixes with the water.  Then keep your fizzy tablet breaking into two half. Drop one part of the fizzy tablet in the bottle. You can see the ...
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