Tag: Programming
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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 MATTERS – Fall 2017 STEAM Program at MERCY!
General Topics: Physical Science, Solar System, Space, Time, Energy, Gravity, Aerodynamics, Heat, Light, Electricity, Building with WeDO, Programming, Chemistry Grade Level: 4-7 In these classes we learned a variety of natural sciences, from space to unicellular organisms, and we explored these different areas through hands on activities that were fun and instructional. The Solar System…
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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…