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  • Illuminating Things, Circuits, and Robots – Fall 2018 STEAM Program at MERCY

    Illuminating Things, Circuits, and Robots – Fall 2018 STEAM Program at MERCY

    General Topics: Wearable Electronics, Electricity, Light, Basic Robotics, Origami, Building with WeDo and Little Bits Grade Level: 4-7 In these classes, we learned a variety of skills to create many different electronic projects. From wearable circuits to robotic cars, we build on our knowledge of circuits to create fun and exciting projects! Creating an Illuminated…

  • 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…

  • WeDo Class 2: Programming Sensors!

    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).…

  • WeDo Class 1: Building Robots!

    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…