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Just a quick update from the Monty HOT Groupers ( Higher Order Thinking group).  It has been a busy semester here in the HOT group and we have achieved some unreal results.  Our latest project has been learning how to make our own one-string guitars (technically called a Diddley-bow) using recycled materials such as old wood, jars and a random assortment of donated guitar parts.  We then expanded the project to include making our own guitar pickups so we could plug them into an amplifier.  How can you do that you may ask?  Well, the science is all about electromagnetic fields and how a guitar pickup senses disruptions in its field and sends that signal to the amplifier.  All you need is a bolt, a neodymium magnet, copper wire and a  glue gun.  Easy!

The kids have been loving this project and we hope to have finished electric guitars by the end of the year.

Stay tuned!

Jared

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