Spin Art Machine
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 6-8
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
- MS-PS3-4: Energy
Why it’s awesome
Colorful creations
Drip paint pens come in 4 bright colors.
Play with electronics
Use resistors to change the speed of your motor's spin.
Spinning science
Discover how centripetal forces create your colorful art.
What’s included?
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Topics explored
Electrical engineering
Motion + forces
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