Join us for an engaging hands-on workshop where you'll discover the magic of creating interactive projects with the Micro:bit microcontroller. Whether you're a complete beginner or have some coding experience, you'll learn how to write simple JavaScript code using a visual block-based editor that makes programming accessible and fun. Together, we'll explore how to use the Micro:bit's built-in sensors and LED display to create engaging projects like virtual pets that respond to motion and light, smart security systems that detect when a door opens, and automated lighting controls that respond to environmental conditions. You’ll leave with the confidence to guide students in creating meaningful projects that combine coding, electronics, and creative problem-solving.BRING YOUR LAPTOP DEVICE!
Introduction to Edison robots. Educators will learn how to use Edison robots and be given a chance to try coding them and completing simple tasks. This workshop is hands on with access to lessons already created.
The target audience for this session is middle school science/STEM teachers. The intended level is intermediate to advanced due to the science content standards. The session format is a hands-on workshop.
Students graph data using Lego Spike Prime kits; they build several devices to visualize energy through graphing data. From Lego - “In this unit, your students will construct, analyze, and/or interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships between types of energy (i.e., metabolic, potential, and kinetic) and an object's acceleration. Developing models to illustrate the amount of energy stored in a system, they'll practice finding mathematical relations and play with statistics and probability to find answers to a scientific question. In doing so, your students must consider the limitations of data analysis (e.g., measurement error) and/or seek to improve the precision and accuracy of data using better technological tools and methods (e.g., multiple trials).”
The lessons are: 1. Stretch the Data: Match graph values and explore margins of error qualitatively. 2. This is Uphill: Graph energy consumption to gain potential energy. 3. Time for Squat Jumps: Graph potential energy at the maximum height of a jump. 4. Watch Your Steps: Explore kinetic energy during a movement at a constant speed. 5. Aim for It: Explore kinetic energy during a movement using variable speed. 6. The Obstacle Course: Illustrate potential and kinetic energy transfer.
Lessons are aligned to NGSS, CSTA, and ISTE standards. Come and play to learn!
Join us for an engaging hands-on workshop where you'll discover the magic of creating interactive projects with the Micro:bit microcontroller. Whether you're a complete beginner or have some coding experience, you'll learn how to write simple JavaScript code using a visual block-based editor that makes programming accessible and fun. Together, we'll explore how to use the Micro:bit's built-in sensors and LED display to create engaging projects like virtual pets that respond to motion and light, smart security systems that detect when a door opens, and automated lighting controls that respond to environmental conditions. You’ll leave with the confidence to guide students in creating meaningful projects that combine coding, electronics, and creative problem-solving.BRING YOUR LAPTOP DEVICE!
Your calculator is not just for math class anymore! Come learn how you can code on your calculator. No experience needed. If you can read, you can code! This hands on workshop is designed for educators who would like to learn how to incorporate coding in their 5-12 classrooms, in after school STEM clubs, summer camps, you name it! We will work through several different coding activities that will bring your classroom to life. These activities increase student engagement ~ they'll never want to leave your class!
