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For this camp, you will need to be able to log into TinkerCad, Circuits (https://www.tinkercad.com/circuits)
TinkerCad is a safe and secure web-based app created for children and adults, encouraging creativity and learning by experimenting and designing virtually. There is a section for 3D design and a section for electronics. Both sections include tutorials and example projects as well as a gallery of work created by other users available to modify.
In the electronics section that we will use during camp, there are virtual electrical components such as lights, motors, and sensors. This section also includes virtual microcontrollers - (the foundation for robotics) that can also be virtually coded to control the electronic components and a simulator to see what our code does.
Throughout camp, campers can use the TinkerCad Circuits Simulator to wire, code and test their circuits, and then use their working example to wire, code and test the real components and micro:bit. (virtual short-circuits don't damage components!)
Creating your TinkerCad user account:
If you are a Harley student (returning or starting this fall), you will be able to create the account using your Harley Gmail, which I will send to you before the camp begins.
If you will not be attending Harley in the fall, then you will need to create your own personal account with your parents. If your parents would rather you not have an account, you will be given access to a temporary account to use during the camp, but not after the camp.
Parents - if you have any concerns about the safety and privacy of your child using TinkerCad, please review their policy: https://www.tinkercad.com/privacy
This is an example using TinkerCad Circuits to test the wiring and code (in both block and Python coding language) on a virtual micro:bit microcontroller.
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