A time travel Cultural 20 year Journey

Neil, fantastic person that he is, has offered 20 year time travel of his work. Please dont miss the oppertunity of experience this and supporting the cultural city Chichester is.

Two of the large items for tinker school

Run by onamission, from synchronome to eureka electric clocks, why not make it happen and join one of the free www.clocktrust.com clubs.

Students will have the opportunity to 'shake science out of the box' in a fun-packed project in Funtington.

Dr Paul Strickland, from The Time Machine, said: "How things work and why, is at the very heart of what drives us all to use the little grey cells and make sense of all we see and experience."

He added: "The RECLAIM FUN programme is all about reclaiming fun in science and mechanics. We are trying to shake the science out of the box and to give young people a different way of looking at the ideas of re-use and recycle of reuse. They will be able to look at small interesting items and take them apart. We will then go on a journey of discovery to find out what the bits in the box do, why the box became redundant, what would be good to put in a new box (product), how much stuff goes into the box and how hard it is to recycle."

This simple journey is aimed at encouraging young people to go on a bigger journey of discovery and open up new ideas and career possibilities to them. It is hoped to show or give:


•the importance of science and engineering, appreciation of what goes into making a box. The value of careers in science and engineering
•appreciation of the box, that it can be repaired or bits of it can be reused. The project will highlight that throwing something away can be a waste of an opportunity to do something else with the item. If you keep using it, you can still do what you want and still have money to do other things. Young people will be encouraged to put their own creativity into the item and 'retro or steam punk it', or even repair it. They will be able to design a cover that takes it into the year 3010, not 2010
•a chance to learn about how the technology works, why it went wrong and what to look for in new systems. This is aimed at helping students make more valued purchases in the future
•an understanding of the considerable work that goes into creating and producing a product, recycling it and the landfill effect. At the end of every transforming session, the bits that are not used will go into special bins for recycling and other outlets will be sought where possible for the reuse of whole units.

The RECLAIM FUN project has two levels: the Transforming Tinkering Academy is aimed at children upto the age of 12 and the Its Time Academy at older students.

The programme is in need of a variety of items for young people to use including tracks from old railway sets to show the concept of orbits.

Paul said: "We have a high turnover of young people at the centre and they need lots of boxes to break open and explore. How can you help? Get rid of the clutter, don't take it to the dump, let us digest it and we will then give it to recycle agents, all sorted, Simple!"

Items needed for the project include:

•old video cameras, broken digital or out of fashion cameras
•metal detectors
•old alarm systems
•old cctv security systems (not the VDU monitors please)
•old battery powered tools, they are after anything which has a small motor
•old mechanical cameras and cinematic film projectors
•old record players
•old clocks and wind up mechanisms
•quartz clock movements

The Time Machine can be contacted by email.
Links

The Time Machine, Chichester Clock Trust www.timemachinefun.com


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Schools email newsletter

We see a visit to the www.timemachinefun.com centre as the very beginning of something special. We run free groups for passionate adults, but also need to keep in contact with the next generation. We are proposing a weekly news letter to all local schools so they can keep in touch what is happening at the centre. We are looking for an editor for this.

When you are not at TimeMachineFun you will be wondering what we are up to.

Transforming Academy

Well, the feedback from the next generation is 'Transforming Academy' Is the name for the tinker school. I think they have hit the nail right on the head.

Great artical in the Chichester Observer, Greg has a real resonance for the project. When he rights the articles that become crystal clear.

Still going ahead with the grand clear out ready to start the Transforming Academy. Please go to www.got2own.co.uk for the latest pictures. We have decided to go totally green and sell the van, 03 reg Expert Diesal. Please contact contact at clocktrust dotty com to find out all the details. Also available is the huge amount of decking wood and the wood burner and flue. 01243 576890

Sorry Problems with Face Book

Despite repeated attempts to contact Facebook, last week the facebook button on www.timemachinefun.com got diverted for some reason. Now you just get sent to a blank screen. Please rest assured we are doing everthing we can to sort the item out.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=171240698371

Is the link you need to get to the facebook Time Machine Funtington

Again sorry for this, it makes us look really unprofessional but outside the control of the organisation. If it persists we will have to rethink about Face Book totally.

Insulation, heating and fire alrm system

We are putting tenders out for reviews of the above. They are the three main issues with the centre that need to be resolved.

The wood burner we had in T-Time area was too small, we have put another one on test to see what it can do.

If you have a domestic house and need a wood burner we have one available.