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Digital Microscopy Journal
This single-page observation sheet can be used with impromptu digital microscope investigations. Attached appendices provide guidance on how to connect...
Why Do We Wear Eclipse Glasses? A Study with UV Beads
In this activity, students use color-changing UV beads to compare the effectiveness of sunglasses...
Rubber Band Launcher: Programming Angles with a Servo Motor
Students will engineer a rubber band launcher using a //code.Node, //control.Node, Blockly, and additional...
Meter Challenge: Programming with Variables
Using a //code.Node, //control.Node, Blockly, and materials from the //control.Node Sense and Control...
Design a Thermostat: Compound Conditionals
Students will use the Engineering Design Process, Blockly coding, and materials from the //control.Node...
Blockly Extension: Red Flag Warning
Using a wireless weather sensor and Blockly coding software, students will use real-time weather data to create a program that will alert the user to an...
Red Flags and Fire Weather Zones
Using a wireless weather sensor, students will identify the conditions that warrant a Red Flag Warning in their area and create a weather station to monitor...
Lesson 5: Design to Save the World!
Students will continue creating circuits using augmented reality, through a defined engineering design process.
Lesson 4: Beware the Short!
Students learn about short circuits and how to apply troubleshooting to short circuits.
Lesson 3: Circuit Connections
Students learn how to troubleshoot and how to apply troubleshooting to open circuits.
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