1/23/2018. After a couple of weeks working with Scratch games to get ready for their Hummingbird robotics unit, the girls in the maker club started Hummingbird projects today. Jennifer demonstrated an owl she built over the weekend with a distance sensor, two servos for moveable wings, and two tri-color LEDs. She also showed her underlying Scratch code to illustrate how the robot is programmed. Dr. Oliver distributed and went over a handout he made that overviews the Hummingbird parts, Scratch code that goes with each part, and how to get started wiring a Hummingbird circuit board. Students in teams of 2-3 were given a planning sheet to plan their robot's function, select sensors and effectors for their robot, sketch their robot, and label their sketch with materials needed to build their robots. Students ran their plans by Jennifer and Kevin who then distributed the requested sensors and effectors to each team. Most teams got started wiring and programming their robots in class today, and some divided work and began to construct the physical surround for their robots. We're excited to see where the students' plans take them, and how they add on to their robots after this first round of programming and building. The best student robots will be exhibited at North Carolina's state technology conference, NC-TIES, on March 1st, at a student showcase session the club had accepted to present. In other news, the girls began returning their permission slips today to participate in a club field trip to Washington DC and the USA Science and Engineering Festival.
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Purpose:Dr. Oliver's weekly update of activities in the iNEST Maker Club. Archives
April 2019
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