Workshop Website

• https://makecode.adafruit.com/docs
• https://studio.code.org/s/csd6-2018

• ELA
  • Interactive Fiction
    • Choose Your Own Adventure where CP is the device to make decisions
    • Bring element of story alive
    • Write own story and design and build interactive scene, character
  • Greek Myth - we used Micro:bits, but these could easily be adapted to CP
  • Wild Robot Escapes - we used Micro:bits, but these could easily be adapted to CP
• Social Studies
  • Prototype for Social Impact
    • Using the idea below(see Python) students could create an alert type of project based on social inustices in the world
    • Could be used to develop a working prototype of an item from the past and/or an artifact from the past with a remixed twist of how it could be improved for the present times.
  • Science -
    • 3rd Grade NGSS - https://www.nextgenscience.org/topic-arrangement/3weather-and-climate
      • Students could design and build their own thermometer and gather data
    • 4th Grade Energy - https://www.nextgenscience.org/dci-arrangement/4-ps3-energy
      • The NGSS do not include specific examples of circuits, such as parallel and series circuits, because the focus is on understanding the core concept of energy transfer. Examples of circuits can be included for instructional purposes when appropriate.
        • Related PEs and Bundles:
          • 4-PS3-4 Energy
          • 4-PS3 Energy
          • 4.Energy
        • Disciplinary Core Idea:
          • PS3B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
          • PS3D: Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life
    • High School - visualize your heartbeat
    • Crosscutting Concept: Cause and Effect
      • Infuse with social studies and/or language arts

Students could research an existing project and attempt to recreate.

For example, what about the Clapper?

Students could develop a prototype of this device. They could take it further by using a controllable four outlet power relay to adjust the lights based on sound.

• Data logging - Using the sensors from CP as well as other peripherals what type of projects could we conduct in our classrooms for student learning and discovery? Think about all the sensors that provide data on the board.
• Assistive Technology - not everyone can use a standard keyboard or mouse. Could we develop a piece of assistive technology for somone in need to use? This can be a higher level project of Makey Makey by coding and modifying the keypresses, capacitive touch, and mouse use.
• Because we use the USB serial port, we have data coming out of the CP. Can we create a project that looks for specific phrases to trigger changes on the computer? For example, could a student develop a project that measures the temperature of a greenhouse and when it gets too hot it triggers "Heat"? What about other ideas for thirsty, dark, intruder, etc.

I love using the SCAMPER as a guidepost to help me consider whether a hands on learning component could help enhance the learning in a lesson or project.