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* Simple enough to be completed by a school-age child | * Simple enough to be completed by a school-age child | ||
* Project ideas can be recorded here or sent to board@hacksburg.org | * Project ideas can be recorded here or sent to board@hacksburg.org | ||
== Felt Coronavirus == | |||
[[File:3D medical animation corona virus.jpg|320px|major elements of coronavirus]] | |||
* Assemble a coronavirus out of laser cut felt pieces | |||
* Includes instructional materials on how viruses work and parts of Coronavirus | |||
** Viral Envelope: Outer layer of the virus. They may help viruses avoid the host immune system | |||
** Spike Glycoprotein: Allow the virus to bind to receptors on the host cell | |||
** Hemagglutinin-esterase dimer: Allow the virus to enter the host cell | |||
** RNA and N Protein: The ribonucleic acid nucleocapsid protein contain the information that allow the virus to reproduce | |||
== Laser Cut Catapult == | |||
* As an example: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:23953 | |||
* For education could talk about parabolic trajectories, lever arm length, etc | |||