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Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bonus Points
A place to share and see others' ideas for improving a lego robotics project, light guitar.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: My Budget and Planning for the Future
How much does a site reliability engineer earn? Is it enough to afford living in an expensive city like San Francisco? Ruth Grace explains her salary and budget. [4:09]
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Medialoot: How to Design an I Os 7 Inspired I Phone App Screen
Walk through the steps involved to create a thin, flat iOS 7- inspired design concept for a user profile app screen. By using these simple techniques create stunning, minimal app interfaces.
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Cpsr Newsletter: Digital Life Style for Women
An extensive general discussion of all the changes that have occurred within the culture of women in the workplace and the home and the increasing number of women academics and users of the internet.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bit Zeeeeeeeeeee
Bit-zee is a project designed to inspire students to explore math and science. It was created from everyday items (a hair dryer, tap light, alarm clock, digital camera, and a universal remote). [1:11] See the following link for help with...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Battery and Motor Mounts for Spider
In this video we show you how to connect Spider's motors and batteries. [6:27]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ben Eater's Spider
In this video Karl talks to Ben Eater about his improvements to the Spider bot platform. [3:14]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Battery Wires
In this video we upgrade Bit-zee' battery wires from 32 gage to 18 gauge. [3:17]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bitzee Bot: Batteries/power
In this video we install 8 AA batteries in Bit-zee's frame using zip ties. [2:16]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Building Ant Bot
Learn how to build a robot that can mimic basic ant walking & running behavior.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: How I Got My Job and Where I'm Going
Grant shares how his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and experience in startups led to his current role as director of products and support. [8:21]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Roadtrip Nation: Small Town Tech
Take a road trip with three tech enthusiasts as they learn innovation can happen in their own backyards. Speaking with engineers, entrepreneurs, and more, the roadtrippers learn that when it comes to tech, you can plug in anywhere!...
NASA
Nasa: Robotics
Contains information about how to program a robot and how space exploration benefits from robotics technology.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Making a Computer From Bubbles
Listen to this discussion of a Video Pick of the Week, which looks at how bubbles can be used to behave like electrons in a computer circuit in order to do computations. Includes a link to the video. Aired Jan. 13, 2012. [6:38]
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Sprk: Orb Basic Lesson 2 [Pdf]
Students will use Sphero to explore the computer science concepts of variables and conditionals (ifstatements). They will use OrbBasic, which is a text-based programming language for the Sphero. They will write a simple program that...
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Sprk: Macro Lab Lesson 2 [Pdf]
Students will use the Sphero robotic ball to draw polygons and learn the relationship between heading angles and the number of sides in a polygon where all sides are equal. They will also learn how to setthe colors of the lights inside...
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Sprk: Macro Lab Lesson 3 Mean, Median, & Mode: Teacher Guide [Pdf]
Students will use Sphero to conduct an experiment. They will identify how long they need Sphero to move at 10% speed to reach and knock over a target object (such as a whiteboard marker). Using this information, they will then calculate...
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Sprk: Macro Lab Lesson 4 Percentages: Teacher Guide [Pdf]
Students will use Sphero to explore percentages using speed and color. The speed experiments are quantitative and the color experiments are qualitative. They will program the Sphero to move at 100% speed for a particular amount of time,...
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Sprk: Orb Basic Lesson 3 [Pdf]
Students will use Sphero to explore the computer science concepts of reading sensors and storing data in variables. They will use OrbBasic, which is a text-based programming language for the Sphero.They will write a simple program that...
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Sprk: Sphero Chariot Stem Challenge [Pdf]
SPRK STEM challenges are fun, interactive activities that challenge students to use creativity and team-work to move through simple steps of the design process in order to build Sphero-based creations. In this challenge, there are...
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Sprk: Sphero Hydro Hypothesis Stem Challenge [Pdf]
SPRK STEM challenges are fun, interactive activities that challenge students to use creativity and team-work to move through simple steps of the design process in order to build Sphero-based creations. The Hydro-hypothesis challenge...
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Sprk: Time, Speed, and Distance:teacher Guide [Pdf]
Students will use Sphero to show that there is a linear relationship between time, speed, and distance. They will program Sphero to move at a particular speed for a particular amount of time, and then measure how far it has gone.They...
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Sprk: Sphero Bridge Stem Challenge [Pdf]
SPRK STEM challenges are fun, interactive activities that challenge students to use creativity and team-work to move through simple steps of the design process in order to build Sphero-based creations. In this challenge students will...