# Making & Science

Inspiring the next generation of IoT makers.

- Launched: 2016/05/24
- Client: [Google](https://google.com)
- Studio: [Toaster](https://toaster.co/)
- Live: https://makingscience.withgoogle.com
- Stack: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Polymer
- Page: https://pim.dev/work/making-science

## About the project

Making & Science is a Google initiative, inspiring and encouraging young creators to become future makers and scientists worldwide. Toaster was asked to develop a website that engages curious minds, promotes the Science Journal (an ingenious app that helps collect data from the environment), and fosters a connection between students and teachers.

An engaging website that hosts fun activities and content designed to provoke their curiosity; features the Science Journal; and allows students and teachers to connect, collaborate and share their experiences via the Forum. The creation of the website was a real team effort between Google and Toaster - with the result being a brilliant responsive website full of animations and parallax, translated into more than 40 languages.

The website makes use of leading-edge technologies, such as the highly anticipated Polymer library and custom elements to create autonomous UI components. We chose to make the site a Progressive Web App to provide a native experience, whilst Service Workers ensure the site can be viewed both online and offline. The website is fully accessible for everyone - colour contrast, focus and even screen-reading are a few examples among many we thoroughly tested to make the application all-inclusive.

## Results

The Science Journal app ran successfully for several years under Google before graduating to Arduino in September 2020, with Arduino taking over stewardship of the free, open-source app on both Android and iOS. The makingscience.withgoogle.com website remains live, continuing to serve as an educational resource through Google for Education.

## Credits

- Alberto Giorgi (Technical Lead)
- Andy Law (Front End Developer)
- [Roberto Sobachi](https://robertosobachi.com/) (Front End Developer)
- Sophie Richaume (Producer)
- [Adam Brewer](http://brewerlogic.com/) (Front End Developer)
- Rakesh Mistry (Designer, Art Director)

## Press

- Google Blog: [Inspiring future makers and scientists with Science Journal](https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/inspiring-future-makers-and-scientists/) — Chris DiBona announced the Making & Science initiative and Science Journal app at Bay Area Maker Faire 2016.
- Google Open Source Blog: [Opening up Science Journal](https://opensource.googleblog.com/2016/08/opening-up-science-journal.html) — Google open-sourced the Science Journal app and published the core source code alongside Arduino firmware for external sensor connectivity.
- Make: Magazine: [10 Simple Projects That Harness the Power of Google Science Journal](https://makezine.com/2016/10/07/10-simple-projects-harness-power-google-science-journal/) — Make: featured 10 hands-on science projects using the Science Journal app, developed in partnership with the Exploratorium.
- Google Open Source Blog: [Science Journal graduates from Google to Arduino](https://opensource.googleblog.com/2020/09/science-journal-graduates-from-google.html) — Google announced the transfer of the Science Journal app to Arduino for continued open-source stewardship.

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