Category: Spring
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Lights, Color, Coding: Art & Science – Spring 2019 STEAM Program at MERCY
General Topics: Geometry, Color Theory, Biology, Drawing & Painting, Light, Electricity, Robots and Block-Programming Grade Level: 2-4 In this session, we focused on the physics of light and color, natural sciences, and concepts related to simple circuits and basic programing. Color Theory We started by teaching color theory, which explores how humans perceive color and…
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ENERGY IN MOTION – Spring 2018 STEAM Program at MERCY!
General Topics: States of Matter, Heat, Light, Electricity, Kinetic Energy, Mechanical Energy, Gravity Programming Grade Level: 2-3 In these classes, we learned about Energy in different forms such as electric, heat, light, and kinetic. We made projects to explore these different areas through hands-on activities that were fun and instructional. States of Matter We were given…
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WeDo Final Class: Create your own
General Topics: Engineering, Robotics, Electric Energy, Electronics, Programming Grade Level: 2-3 In this activity we created our own robots from one of the projects we have not yet done as a class. The students were able to make whichever form they wanted and allowed free form to add anything more they wanted to the robot. Most the…
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WeDo Class 2: Programming Sensors!
General Topics: Engineering, Robotics, Electric Energy, Electronics, Programming Grade Level: 2-3 In this activity we explored more of Lego’s WeDo software and continued to expand on our robot! The students began by teaming up again to create another Milo robot so that everyone had an individual robot (the ones built last class and those built this class).…
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WeDo Class 1: Building Robots!
General Topics: Engineering, Robotics, Electric Energy, Electronics, Programming Grade Level: 2-3 In this activity we explored Lego’s WeDo software! We began by seeing a quick overview of the software and learning how the processes we will be accomplishing through it can help us explore the world around us! When this was done, we handed the students their…
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Making little robots and using breadboards!
General Topics: Engineering, Basic Robotics, Electric Energy, Electronics, Circuits Grade Level: 2-3 In this activity we explored the process of making small robots and learning how to use switches and breadboards! This exercise taught us how to prototype circuits by using a breadboard and teach the fundamentals of creating small devices from electrical components! Students were…