Do It Yourself (DIY) Classroom Gizmos

Do-it-yourself (DIY) is apparently now cool (notice all the knitting during faculty meetings?), and who's more DIY than a classroom teacher without lots of money for classroom supplies?

Thankfully, the DIY teacher is not on his or her own. The folks at Gizmodo have some ideas that might be useful in the classroom: How To make toys from trash.

"I love this abacus made from an old rubber house-slipper sole, and I'm also very fond of the matchstick mecanno and the battery railway. There's also a great little section of science experiments a kid can make out of household waste. Link (via Make Blog)"