CANCELLED - July 14-18, 2014 - Middle School
Summer Camp 2014 Application
Arduino and Alice 2.4
Description
Bring out your inner inventor! In this summer camp we will work with the Arduino board and the SparkFun Inventor’s kit. The Arduino is a programmable micro-computer. Students will learn how to wire Lights, motors, sensors, and speakers as we create kinetic sculptures, our electronic toys, musical instruments, and small robots. Discover how electricity, circuits, binary numbers, and programming work together to make our machines and creations come alive! We will use Blockly, a drag and drop based programming language to program the Arduino. We will also explore 3D Animation and programming with Alice.
Monday
Morning
Introductions and Pre-Workshop Survey
Electricity: Series and Parallel Circuits, Current, Electrons, Ground, Resistors, LED, Power Source
Blinky Part 1: Wiring LED bulbs and Breadboard
Introduction to Arduino:
Output Pins
Ground
Power
Lunch
Afternoon
Binary Numbers
Programming Arduino with Blockly
Functions, Parameters, INPUT, OUTPUT
LED Blink Project – Make a design with Lights
Tuesday
Morning
Scavenger Hunt
Introduction to Programming in Alice
3D Character instances
Linear Programming – Defining Functions
Make a Character Dance
Lunch
Afternoon
Review of Arduino and Blockly – questions?
Arduino and Servos:
Wiring Servos to Breadboard
Servo programming with Blockly
Wednesday
Morning
Finish Building Vehicle/Dancer
Videotape Vehicle/Dancing Projects
Alice: Event Driven Objects – Control with Keyboard and Mouse
Lunch
Afternoon
Swimming
Thursday
Morning
Sound and Piezo Speaker
Playing music with Arduino and Piezo
Lunch
Afternoon
Kinetic Sculptures and Mechanisms
Build Kinetic Sculpture
Friday
Morning
Program Kinetic Sculpture
Work on Projects for Parent Show
Alice Dancer or Movement Routine
Ardiuno Sculpture
Lunch
Afternoon
Post Survey
Group Picture
Parent Show
Clean Up
Instructor: Christopher Michaud
Materials: Arduino boards, laptops, mice, chargers, scavenger hunt, binary bracelet, art supplies for Kinetic Sculpture and servo vehicle, Software installed, 8 x 12 foam board (each student)
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