CS Summer of Fun 2025

Come learn about an interactive unit creating a fictional town using Indi Sphero and/or BeeBots. This unit works well with a community helpers theme or beginning of the year introduction to coding tools. Participants will see an example town and walk through a sample unit. They will be given the time to explore these tools and begin creating their own unit. If possible, participants can share connected ways they have used these tools in their own experiences.

Target audience: Third grade lesson but can be adapted for any grade level 3-8
Intended level: Novice
Session format: Session/workshop. 
Content description: We will demonstrate an introductory lesson about 3D printing using a lesson on empathy. Read a story called, "The Gift Inside the Box." Talk about the book and the empathy lesson. Then partner up and interview each other to get to know a bit about them. Design a backpack tag on paper first, one design at a time, showing the partner to see if they like it or if they would like you to fix anything. Once the design is complete, start on TinkerCAD with the assigned template of a backpack tag, and design it like the drawing. Then print it on the 3D printer and gift it to their partner.