STEAM Community Activities, Workshops, & Hackathons

Introduction To Workshops With "Fire Breathing Robots..."

This is an Introduction to my STEAM Community Activities, Workshops, & Hackathons, specifically to some which can be taught in 2 hours or 2 days. It's a mix or some specific, self contained STEAM activities, that can be taught as a workshop. I do have some Teacher Profesional Development (PD) Workshops, but they are located on my Teacher Profesional Development page. workshops and PD units that will help you learn about my class. As a "Student", have fun learning and trying out a new skill. As a "Teacher", be able to replicate this in your class room.

This also means that this page is a Mish-Mash of Workshop Units, Modules, Lessons and Labs from my class.

How to access the workshop material, that you can learn how to replicate in your class.
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Unit: Professional Development
- Module: Workshops - Trying Something New
This is a LEARNING : Lesson / Lab

Last Revised: Nov. 16, 2022 - Authored: Dec. 28, 2020
Original Author: Jim Burnham - TopClown@STEAMClown.org
Content License: Distributed as Open Source. See Rights & Usage

Note: TEACHERS!!!! If you are going to use any of these lessons or labs, please let me know. I would really like to understand how you are using this material. I want to know what works, what does not work, what would you like me to add, and how I can make it better. If you changed something, let me know, because it's probably a good idea and you should share it with me, so I can add it and share with everyone else.

This Module or lesson is how I teach in my class. Many of the lessons might be specific to my class, but you could probably adjust them for your class. I'll try to make them a neutral as I can, so they can be used in any Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, or any other Engineering / Technology class. Let me know how I can make that better. I'll try to keep this unit current and relevant. Please let me know if any resource links are broken or not accessible.

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Learning Objective:

Module Scope:

Introduction to lots of Engineering topics
Description of best practices for learning to code, do electronics and build Fire Breathing Robots
Introduction to Professional, Career Skills, and Tips and Tricks to be a better future technical professional.

Learning Targets:

Get you started on your journey as a Life Long Learner
Understand were to find resources to grow your skill as an Engineering professional.

Prior Knowledge:

Basic understanding of how to a computer
Good skills finding answers and resources on the internet
You be you. Come as you are, Start where you are at…

Resources & Materials Needed:

PC, Laptop or Other device to access the Engineering applications
Each Unit, Workshop, Lesson or Lab will have specific items needed to complete the tasks

Sponsor Shout Out

I would like to thank <Your Company or Organization Here> for their generous support of my classroom and curriculum development. <Your Company or Organization Here> has <Your value proposition, call to action, & related content and message>

(If you would like to sponsor this, or other Modules or presentation, please contact TopClown@STEAMClown.org or check out my "How To Help Page"

If you would like to sponsor other Curriculum Development, check out my "How To Help Page" or contact TopClown@STEAMClown.org

Prerequisites:

No explicit prerequisite course work or coding knowledge is required, but students are expected to have a good understanding of basic computer applications, tools & principles. Students will need to be self-sufficient with finding answers one the internet. You be you. Come as you are, Start where you are at…

Caution & Safety Considerations:

Primer: "Aaron, I can imagine no way in which this thing could be considered anywhere remotely close to safe. All I know is I spent six hours in there and I'm still alive... You still want to do it?"

As with any activity, please make sure you are using appropriate safety equipment. If you are coding, writing, reading, or working a lab, make sure you stand up and stretch every hour or so, Please consider any safety issues connecting to a Raspberry Pi, Arduino, computers and other electronic equipment.

Workshop Topics, Lessons & Labs

Dec 3, 2022

Limitless: CS in any Classroom

"Arduinos: More Than Teaching Code"

Integrate Arduino's, Sensors & Coding into any class (Have Fun Building Rube Goldberg Kinetic Machines & Teaching lot's of other sensor/data based Science)

This Workshop Series "Limitless: CS in any Classroom" was hosted by the Santa Clara County Office of Education, Silicon Valley Education Foundation, Tech Interactive, and the Krause Center for Innovation

"Arduinos: More Than Teaching Code" - 📰 Slide Presentation
"Arduinos: More Than Teaching Code" - 📽️ Video - Screen Recording (47 min)
- C++ / Arduino Lessons/Presentations - ✨ Resources / 🛠️ LAB Activity (work in progress)

Connect with me. If you have questions, I'm happy to do a video call. I'm building a canvas class too, let me know if that's interesting to you. connect with me: TopClown@STEAMClown.org

June 2022

California Educators Together

Curriculum Workshop Built a 4 lesson Rube Goldberg Project

Have Fun Building Rube Goldberg Kinetic Machines!!!!!
This a four lesson module where you will learn how to run and teach a set of lessons incorporating a Micro-Controller (typically an Arduino), Sensors, and Motors to build a Kinetic Machine. Students will learn Design Thinking, Engineering, Electronics and Coding.
Students will learn about who Rube Goldberg was and what Kinetic Machines are. Students will learn about Sensors and Motors and how to integrate inputs and outputs with a Micro Controller. They will also build an overly complicated Kinetic Machine that will connect to each of the other student teams.

June 25, 2021

This module, while focused on your LinkedIn profile, is more about understanding:

How we are perceived
How to continually be aware of how we present ourselves
Crucial first meeting
First introduction
First connection

"LinkedIn "First Impressions" & Networking"

June 2021 - I do teach some professional development Networking Modules as part of my Mechatronics Engineering class. This is a condensed version of the my LinkedIn "First Impressions & Networking"... I'm actually not too Goofy.

"LinkedIn "First Impressions" & Networking" - 📽️ Video - Podcast
"LinkedIn "First Impressions" & Networking" - 📰 Slide Presentation

We tend to evaluate each other quickly. It may be part of our "lizard" brain, where as we encounter something or someone new, we need to evaluate them as a friend or foe rather fast.

These first impressions are influenced by a number of factors... We judge and are judged by our facial features, body type, how attractive or intelligent we are perceived to be... even our voice, and how we sound is in that first impression calculation.

We tend to have a hard time overcoming our initial perceptions and impressions. Even when we are presented with new data and new information, it's hard to change that sticky first impression.

We get one chance, so let's figure out how to do it right. This workshop/Lesson focuses on:

Your LinkedIn Profile picture
Your Headline
Your background
Your About Story

Reference, Attribution & Resources:

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The content on this site may have been pulled from other open source sites, but typically the interpretation and presentation is primarily the Intellectual Property of Jim Burnham, - TopClown@STEAMClown.org at www.steamclown.org and the Student curriculum can be found under the specific Mechatronics Engineering Units section of this web site.
If you do use my material, and make changes, I would appreciate getting a copy... because if you are making changes, it means that you think there is a better way to teach this… and I would really appreciate understanding that. Please send me feedback on my Questions or Feedback form. Please don’t hesitate to ask questions or comment.
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Teachers - Unit, Module and Lesson Plans

If you are a teacher and want to connect and teach this Lesson or Module, discuss how I teach it, give me feedback, please contact me at TopClown@STEAMClown.org

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Key: 📰 Slides / Audio 🎧 / 📽️▶️ Video/YouTube / 🎧▶️📽️ Audio/Video / ✨ Resources / 🖼️ Tutorial / 📖 Reading Activity / 📝 Writing Activity / 📖 📝 Reading/Writing / 📟 Coding / 🛠️ LAB Activity / 🚀 Quiz / 🔎 Review / ✔️ Mastery Check / ✍️ Sign Up /🍕 Extra Credit / 🕸️ Web Links / 👩🏽‍🎓🧑🏽‍🎓🧑🏿‍🎓👩‍🏫 Class / 🏵️📜📃 Certificate / 🗂️ 📈 Collecting Survey Data

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This is an ⚓ Establishing Assignment (Minimum Standard) - "Everyone Do" Assignment

This is an ⛏️ Developing (Digging Deeper) - "Everyone Should Do, To Stretch" Assignment

This is an 💎 Aspiring (Putting It Together) - "When you have done the ⚓ Establishing and⛏️ Developing" Assignment

🚀 Formative Quiz - 🔎 Review
🚀 Quiz -🔀 Mastery Path
🚀 Summative Quiz -✔️ Skills Mastery Check

Quiz - verify that they are all listed as a "Formative", "Mastery Path", or "Summative"

🚀 Formative Quiz - These are quizzes that the students can take a few times. I have them either set for unlimited times, or 3-5 times, where the final score is their average. The idea is that these Formative Quizzes are designed for students to learn and master a skill. while I want them to ger 100%, and when it's set to unlimited tries, the student should get 100% eventually. When the quiz is set to 3-5 tries with an average, then they should be prepared and should take the quiz seriously. I set the quiz to not show the right answer, but I do let them see their wrong answer. I also put the explanation of the right and wrong answer in the right and wrong answer prompt for each question. That way they can see why they got the answer wrong and learn from that experience.
- 8.1.0.3.2.4 - Python - Ch 3 - Functions - Quiz #2 -Built-In Functions - 🚀 Formative Quiz
🚀 Quiz -🔀 Mastery Path - These Mastery path quizzes are to be presented after the student has had a chance to do some labs and some Formative quizzes. The goal is to let students have 2 chances to take this quiz, and take the average of the 2 attempts. Based on the average, they will be presented with a Canvas Mastery Path, where they will have an option for take additional quiz and assignments to help with remediation. This will get them ready to take the Summative Quizzes.
- 8.1.0.3.3.1 - Python - Ch 3 - Functions - Mastery Quiz #1 - 🚀 Quiz -🔀 Mastery Path
🚀 Summative Quiz -✔️ Skills Mastery Check - These Mastery path quizzes are to be presented after the student has had a chance to do some labs and some Formative quizzes. The goal is to let students have 2 chances to take this quiz, and take the average of the 2 attempts. That will be their final module/subject topic grade.
- 8.1.0.3.3.1 - Python - Ch 3 - Functions - Skills Mastery Check Quiz #1 - 🚀 Summative Quiz -✔️ Skills Mastery Check

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