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We, the Bio Buddies (Emily Takara, Trisha Sathish, and Anne Hu), have created a series of instructional videos on our biomaterial crafts on our youtube channel. These are designed to get people of all ages engaged with biodesign and making at home. Our videos provide instruction and resources so that anyone can explore biomaterials and get hands-on making in the time of COVID and sheltering in place.
The videos created by me are: - How to make kombucha leather lanterns - How to make Kombucha Leather wings |
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Do you want to be a mealworm chef? Did you know mealworms can eat plastic and styrofoam? Make a tasty meal out of plastic and unsustainable packaging for mealworms and learn about how mealworms can reduce the impact plastics currently have on the environment.
Youth learned about the current environmental impact and situation of plastics and packaging and how mealworms can be incorporated into the food system as a consumer of existing waste plastics, but also how we can develop new packaging and systems to replace our current ones. This is an opportunity for conversations about circular design in food systems & for mealworms as low carbon footprint food. This aims to make sustainability and circular design as well as bio more approachable to youth and the wide community through fun, playful activities that engage a variety of cultures. |
Come join us in a BioJam teen-designed workshop that exploring mealworms as plastic eaters. We will have mealworms on hand eating polystyrene plastic. Design a plastic monster that represents a monster from a cultural mythology. Learn about the greatest plastic challenge in that particular culture or country. What sustainability systems solutions do you imagine might be explored with mealworms, or their plastic eating gut bacteria? Time lapse video of mealworms eating plastic created by BioJam teen. Outcome: 30 active participants. 30 passive participants (parents and adults). Event photos Prompt card sheet 1 and Prompt card sheet 2 Care for mealworms sheet, Might Mealworms Activity Sheet, Mighty Mealworms (poster) |
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The GIY Bio Buddies (Trisha Sathish, Anne Hu, and I) attended the Global Community Bio Summit 3.0 in 2019. We conducted a workshop with kombucha leather doing silhouette card decorations. The silhouettes were mostly ones I created from photos of visitors to the Exploratorium in San Fransisco that I took. Some of them were also designs each of the three of us created. The participants in the workshop crafted and decorated with the kombucha leather and also some bio plastic from agar agar. |
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Come play with the biomaterial kombucha leather in this special one day workshop led by the Nest Makerspace team! Using grown kombucha leather, design your own doll, a petri dish kaleidoscope, and 3D printed wings. We would love to get your feedback as we, a local teen team, are entering the Bio Design challenge with these activities. To find out more about us and our project, check out our website: https://giybiobuddies.weebly.com/. |
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Campers designed their own marble run and decorated them. They engineered their archimedes screws so that their marbles can return to the top of their run.
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Come play with the biomaterial kombucha leather in this special one day workshop led by the the BioBuddies team! Using grown kombucha leather, a bacterial cellulose, design your own doll, a petri dish kaleidoscope, and 3D printed wings. We introduced the campers to bio materials and sustainability design through fun, crafty projects with 3D printed wings, laser cut dolls, and DiY kaliedoscopes. To find out more about us and our project, check out our website: giybiobuddies.weebly.com
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This project was to have the campers use gas/pressurized air in mechanics with syringes and pumps to make moving parts.
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The GIY Bio Buddies (Emily Takara, Trisha Sathish, and Anne Hu) conducted a Kombucha Kaleidoscope workshop. This workshop was part of an afterschool activty program. We introduced the youth the biomaterial kombucha leather and then engaged them in creating kaleidoscopes with the material. giybiobuddies.weebly.com |
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During the San Jose Holiday craft fair, we (the GIY Bio Buddies: me, Trisha Sathish, and Anne Hu) conducted a mini survey for participants asking them what their dream toy was, and how they felt about the biomaterials, kombucha and mycelium. More than the kids, we noticed that the adults were wary of touching the biomaterials because they were once alive. In general, people told us that the smell of kombucha was weird. From this we started to work on the smell by using green and oolong tea instead of english breakfast, and used cloves to mask the smell as well.
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Two friends (Trisha Sathish and Lauren Lee) and I designed and conducted four workshops at a local preserve, McClellan Ranch, about building deeper curiosity in communities about design and nature through making. Each workshop explored local nature through crafting with 3D-printed pieces that we designed. Through this project we presented and had a poster session at both Fablearn and Construct 3D. |
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Two friends (Trisha Sathish and Lauren Lee) and I conducted two workshops at McClellan Ranch and the Santa Clara County Library that we designed to make science more accessible and interactive by getting people to create and innovate their own DIY microscopes and delve into nature. The materials were basic craft materials (notecards, tape, straws) and a plexiglass sphere for magnification. We got the Kurt Giessler Grant for doing the workshops. |