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Learn the basics of coding.
Be sure to visit the "Tips" section to learn how to get started learning to code. There is a free online tutorial and a downloadable .pdf.
These amazing and engaging videos are made by teacher Kim Preshoff to teach her students about a variety of topics including: smog, visualization of a million, population pyramid, diversity, life cycle of plastic, adaptations, and continental collision.
You can even pitch an idea for a video here at this link: https://ed.ted.com/get_involved
This is one of the best K-12 Science resources available!
Resources are available for Grades Pre-school-12 including multiple articles and videos available for students to explore the many science concepts being learned in the classroom.
You can:
*Book an outreach visit from a scientist to teach STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) to your class
*Enter your Grade 6-8 students in team-based competitive enrichment events
*Use CurioCity with Grade 8-12 students to learn about STEM careers, Space and countless other topics with videos. You can also register and get amazing resources for STEM (in English or French) for FREE! (These are even aligned to SK curriculum!)
*Visit Ideapark for Pre-school to Grade 3 to register and receive access to a wealth of FREE STEM resources.
*Register for Tomatosphere to investigate the effects of outer space on seed germination with your class. Tomatosphere™ is a hands-on program that builds scientific inquiry and experimentation skills.
This site brings STEM discovery home. Let's Talk Science has a great selection of resources and activities for engaging children and youth at home. Check back often as more learning resource collections are added every week!
"Bring science, technology and innovation experts into the learning environment to spark curiosity and strengthen STEM connections to post-secondary pathways and career opportunities."
Opportunities include:
Career exploration
STEM Club (Gr. 4-6)
STEM Storytime (K-3) many opportunities
Design & Build Series (K-12) many opportunities
Indigenous STEM Speaker Series
Live professional learning
On-demand professional learning webinars
Students will explore, through hands-on experiments, the concepts of liquid and solid.
"BLOSSOMS video lessons are enriching students' learning experiences in high school classrooms...Our Video Library contains over 100 math and science lessons, all freely available to teachers as streaming video and Internet downloads and as DVDs and videotapes."
Learn about:
*biology
*math
*engineering
*chemistry
*physics
Select Videos (then video library), Projects or Resources (then your subject) from the top menu and the subject you'd like resource for to get started.
The purpose of this STEM project was for student’s to show their mastery of outcomes ME3.1 and ME3.2 using a STEM challenge. STEM is the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and requires the usage of each area in the planning, design and building of an inquiry-based project. In this challenge, the students were tasked with designing and building a magnetic maze for their classmates to maneuver a paper clip through in a race. The students were required to plan their maze and gather materials prior to class then assemble and test during class time. They then had the opportunity to test the mazes of two other classmates. Post-reflection of the activity involved discussion and evaluation of what worked and what didn’t and the best ideas and strategies that were discovered.
How to adjust where the start and end position for a servo motor inside a Servo Sock.
Analog meters are all around us!. They are used to visually represent measurements and data. One of the most common analog meters is the fuel needle in a car. This converts a reading of the fuel level in the tank to an empty to full reading on the meter.
In this build, we will use one servo to build an electronically controlled meter. We will first simply use the knob on the control the board to move the needle converting the knob position to movement of the needle. Then, a sound sensor will be connected to convert sound level (ie music) to a meter reading. This will make it what is commonly known as a “VU-meter”
SKILLS + GOALS
Carpentry
- Use of basic tools and hardware
Construction
- Following visual assembly instructions
Code
- Understand math/code behind converting input readings to output readings (meter)
& more!
** Kits are available for purchase at makestuffmove.com **
Welcome to Make Stuff Move coding lessons. This first lesson is going to show you how to set the colour and brightness of the pixel and turn it on, on our Make Stuff Move animate shield.
Welcome to another Make Stuff Move coding lesson. This second lesson is going to show you how to move a servo using the knob on your animate shield.
A quick review of some general fastening techniques.
This build works out to be useful in two ways; flinging stuff and drumming on stuff. The overall concept is to increase the inertia of the moving servo by quickly snapping the cable tie to flick the arm. The mechanics of this build is modeled after a foot pedal used in a drum kit.
The flinging aspect is just fun. Fling coins, buttons and ping-pong balls. When using the animation recording feature of the Animate Shield, beats can be recorded an looped including adjusting the speed.
SKILLS + GOALS
Construction
-Build the project following assembly instructions
Music
-Animate a beat
Carpentry
-Basic carpentry principals and hardware
Coding
-Learn about using delays in code to control movement timing
& More!
** kits available for purchase at makestuffmove.com**
Inchworms are so simple in their movement which makes it a fun challenge to build and animate their movement. The inchworm shifts its weight during its "pinching/folding" to push the front and pull the back.
SKILLS + GOALS
Construction
-Build the project following assembly instructions
Carpentry
-Basic carpentry principals and hardware
Animation
-Learn how to animate a single cycle of movement to create continuous movement.
& More!
** Kits are available for purchase at makestuffmove.com **
How to use the features of our SOCK IO + Animate shield combo.
Welcome to Make Stuff Move! The following diagram will get things moving quickly.
Makerspace Suggested Materials (what to put in a makerspace)
This site from Ontario explores:
What are Makerspaces?
What is a Learning Commons?
Resources
Examples
Directions on making a math journal