Technology

Designing and Building a Multi-Function Voronoi Lamp

Students will design and create a Voronoi-style 3D-printed lamp shade using MakeMyVase, model and fabricate a base for the Adafruit Circuit Playground Express, and incorporate components from the Adafruit Electronics…

April 20, 2025
Winter 3D snowman

This is a primary lesson that helps students get familiar with Tinkercad for 3D design during the winter season.

April 8, 2025
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Clay Bells + Electronics

Student will learn to design and construct clay bells that are enhanced with electronics

April 3, 2025
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Scratch Coding + Advertising Technique Analysis

In this lesson, 4th-grade students will integrate their Scratch coding skills with media literacy concepts. Students will analyze a print advertisement by identifying persuasive techniques and create an interactive Scratch…

April 1, 2025
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Sustainable Solutions: Building a Smart Greenwall for Urban Environments

The “Sustainable Solutions: Building a Smart Greenwall for Urban Environments” project integrates renewable energy and urban greening to enhance sustainability education. Students will collaborate across disciplines to design and construct…

March 31, 2025
Growing plants with the help of technology

Working together with the Science area, students will build a model of a greenhouse and include in the model automation systems to handle some of the tasks associated with it.…

March 31, 2025
Structure and Function of a WiFi Lamp

This series of lessons focuses on developing a battery-operated Wi-Fi lamp. The focus is on developing the program mode, particularly controlling an LED strip, and the basics of HTML programming.

March 29, 2025
Lie Detector

For their skills class, students have been learning that in the real world, you often need to connect multiple disciplines to solve problems, which culminates in a CSI unit trying…

March 28, 2025
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Robotics Race – Measuring Distance, Conversion and Coding

Students will demonstrate an understanding of measuring distance (using and converting EU and/or US measurement systems) while also writing a code that will effectively move their robot.   This lesson…

March 23, 2025
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Learning the IPO principle through a house automation model

This lesson is based on Studio 5’s “Eco House” model. Available at: https://www.scopesdf.org/scopesdf_lesson/eco-house/   Students learn about the IPO principle and how some new electronic components work. Using this knowledge,…

February 16, 2025
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SEQUENCE using Scratch

Sequencing  In the early years students must develop sequencing skills.  These skills help young learners to logically structure language and writing.  It’s essential to effective oral and written communication.    …

February 16, 2025
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Light it Up

Design Challenge: Design and build a lamp/light with non-addressable LEDs and an on/off switch. Constraints: Design and laser cut the body of the lamp Use a non-addressable LED light strip,…

February 12, 2025