TechTeras
Tuesday lunchtime 1.00 -1:50pm in WS101
Tutors: Audrey Campbell
TechTeras is a fun technology club offering tasters of emerging technologies. Students can learn film & media elements through animation and movie-making. They can also experience coding and electronics. a past project involved the girls designing and making a car, designing & 3D printing emblems and
If there is a request or a passion this club can investigate further.
Currently, this group has been exploring the App called Kinemaster
Term 4:
Getting familiar with Sphero
Learning to drive them with accuracy by controlling speed and direction.
3D design using Tinkercad - students learned how to locate, manipulate, join and substitute shapes to create mini-golf courses of their choice.
Alexandra kiemaster .mp4Olivia's Kinemaster..mp4Film & Media effects with the Kinemaster App
Using a green screen to create effects
Makey Makey
Student have learned to programme the Makey Makey kit to respond when a specific button is touched
Makey Makey
An audio plays when a specific button is touched
Power anchor
Designing a vehicle to be raced around a powered pole.
Students have learned how to:
design and cut the body for a car from corflute
3D print a badge design for their car
understand gear ratios
test their vehicle multiple times to problem solve performance issues
Hot gluing the wheels onto the vehicle
Testing the motor
End outcome