Spin Art Machine

  1. Grades 3-5
  2. Grades 6-8

$27.954.6

Play with physics to create beautiful art! Engineer a motorized spinning platform, then load your machine with paper and drip paint to make it splatter. Experiment with different resistors and speeds to see how your art changes — and voila, you’ve made a masterpiece!


Academic Standards

  1. MS-PS3-4: Energy

Why it’s awesome

  1. Colorful creations

    Drip paint pens come in 4 bright colors.

  2. Play with electronics

    Use resistors to change the speed of your motor's spin.

  3. Spinning science

    Discover how centripetal forces create your colorful art.

What’s included?

    Topics explored

    1. Electrical engineering

    2. Motion + forces

    3. Art + design

    From the desk of the product designer:

    Behind the design

    When you look at it, the project looks like a simple box. The coolest part is actually hidden. Building and customizing the electromechanical guts is where the real fun is.

    - KiwiCo Product Designer

    By the numbers

    4

    Number of speed settings

    8

    Paper holder prototypes made

    1

    Big mess made during development

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