My Current Passion Project:
Turn Cardboard into Knowledge & Imagination:
Make Mechanical Toys Out of Common Cardboard!
A Complete, Ready-to-Use STEM Experience in
Design, Mechanics, Geometry & Engineering
There aren’t enough science and math teachers.
Forty states in the US have shortages.
Same problem in the European Union and everywhere else.
Scientific illiteracy is spreading.
Schools try to stop it.
Many schools ask educators who have degrees in other subjects to teach math and science.
Educators who step up like that are heroic.
Would you like to help?
We can.
I’m Tom Bast.
I taught sixth grade for over a decade.
I have part of the solution to this global problem.
The Cardboard Toy World enables any educator to provide a project-based learning experience in engineering, mechanics, geometry and design.
All of the teaching is in videos on YouTube.
When learners complete a Cardboard Toy World project, schools meet national and international educational standards.
To start, all we need are basic school supplies and recycled cardboard.
Learners learn by making mechanical toys.
Motivation is high because it’s really satisfying to make a toy.
We become toymaking engineers, from drafting to assembly, and we know the math, the geometry, and the mechanics of our toy.
The videos are also playful and have stop-motion animations starring the toys.
Please subscribe to our Cardboard Toy World YouTube Chanel.
I would love to hear from you! Please get in touch 🙂
Tom
(My birth name is Tom Lombardo.)