Year Two Projects
Beginning/Design Thinking:
- Team Building/Balloon Tower Design Challenge ( 1 hour)
- Other Team-Building Projects: https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/team-building-activities-that-support-maker-education-stem-and-steam/
- Arthritic Pencil Holder Design Challenge (1 hour)
Full Year Computer Science or
Note: Above courses incorporate many aspects of the following:
Individual Courses:
Programming:
or Accelerated Intro to CS (Code.org, 20 hours)
or
Basic Electronics:
Communications:
Other:
Note: Above courses incorporate many aspects of the following:
Individual Courses:
Programming:
- Game Design with Scratch ( CS First) ( 12+ hours)
or Accelerated Intro to CS (Code.org, 20 hours)
or
- Digital Game Design(I2) (20 hours)
- Makey-Makey Interface to Scratch (4 hours)
- Lego Robotics( I2)- (20 hours)
Basic Electronics:
- Interactive Electronics( Media Lab/I2) (20 hours)
- Light-Me-Up Tile Project( Diane Brancazio) ( 4 hours)
- Sound Engineering Online Labs
- Making a Speaker ( from Lemelson Noise Makers project)
- Stereo Amplifier (Kitronix)
Communications:
- Create a Weebly Website (4 hours)
- Learn to Draw (12 hours)
- Technical Drawing
- Basic Video Editing with I-Movie ( 4 hours)
- Design a Toy with Tinkercad ( 4 hours)
- Introduction to AutoDesk Fusion 360 (20 hours)
Other:
- Urban Farming( I2) ( 20 hours)
- Crime Scene Investigation(I2) (20 hours)
- Surgical Techniques(I2) ( 20 hours)
- Fuse Studio Challenges https://www.fusestudio.net/challenges
- Kidwind Renewable Energy https://www.kidwind.org/windwise-1
Long Term( 35-40 hour) Projects for 2nd half of year 1: Do two(2) of the following
- Hydroponics/ Urban Gardening( Mike Barnet/BC)
- Robot Vehicle Project- based on MIT's 2.007 Design and Manufacturing
- Design a Game or Toy- based on MIT's 2.00b Toy Product Design
- Assistive Technology- based on MIT's 6.811 Principles and Practices of Assistive Technology