Sally: What it is?
Reporter: It's a place in Petone where children learn stuff and do activities that make them think outside the box.
Sally:What they put children in a box? How do they breathe???
Reporter: No, no, no, they do not put children in a box. That's just an expression people use that means children are thinking really creatively.
Sally: Oh
Reporter: The children made these things called squiggle- bots. Squiggle-bots are cups that have markers attached to them and the children have to make them themselves. After they put the markers on they have to figure out how to put the motor and battery pack on the cup so the cup moves and makes a circles. That was a really hard activity but some children actually figured how to do it! Here is a photo of children testing their squiggle-bots:
Reporter: In another activity they had to make stop- motion animations. That was my favourite activity. The animations toke really long to make but in the end they were worth it. Here is a photo of children working on their animation:
Reporter: There was also 3D printing!
Sally: What? I thought 3D printing wasn't real!!!
Reporter: I thought that too but that was before I went to Mind Lab. I made a 3D print for my name. Malcolm (A person who works there.) told us some rules we needed to do or the 3D print won't come out right and it will fall apart. Here is a photo of children doing there 3D printing:
Reporter: Umm what else was there... Oh yeah the cars.
Sally: What? They let children play with cars!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Reporter: NOOOOO they didn't. The children had to make some sort of vehicle using materials like: DVDs, foam, straws, cardboard, skewers, a battery pack, a motor and a propeller. They had to form a car with those materials. My buddy and I failed a lot while we were trying to make the car but we didn't give up. Here is a photo of people working on their car:
Reporter: Overall Gri11 had a really fun day at Mind Lab and I hope I get to go there again!!
Sally: Oh that sounds fun! I want to go there!
Reporter: Oh yeah it is really fun and you should go there. But before you leave I have one last piece of information you need to know, Gri11 held fundraiser to make money so they could go to Mind Lab.
Sally: Really? What they make or sell for the fundraiser?
Reporter: They created Gri11 industries and made lots of different products. There were 7 groups and they were making: concrete pots, play-dough, crayon candles, bunting, tyre ottomans, bookshelves and cat houses.
Sally: Wow that is amazing.
Reporter: I know right and thanks for reading!!
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