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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…
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Balloon Cars!
General Topics: Kinetic Energy, Mechanics, Physics, Simple Machines Grade Level: 2-3 In this activity we explored the process of how forces work and how a force in one direction can cause motion in the opposite direction (Newton’s third law). The exercise had the students learning how to make a car powered by a balloon to be blown…
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Making Motors!
General Topics: Electromagnetic Energy, Electronics, Physics, Simple Machines Grade Level: 2-3 In this activity we explored the process of how electromagnetism works and how electromagnetism is used to create motors! The exercise had the students learning how to make a very basic motor using a copper wire, magnets, and a battery passing current through the device. The…
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Light ‘Em Up!
General Topics: Circuits, Electric Energy, Electronics Grade Level: 2-3 In this activity we explored the process of basic circuitry. The exercise taught how a simple wiring setup worked and how multiple lights taking one power source affect brightness. The students had a simple switch-activated light setup by the end. Each student was first given 4 lights, already…
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