Junior Coding & Robotics with Sphero & Makey Makey

Junior Coding & Robotics with Sphero & Makey Makey

With Makey Makey and Sphero, elementary kids can begin their exploration into robotics, electronics, and embedded computing. With Makey Makey, students will connect electronic components to computers and other components for an introduction to microcontrollers (Program the Internet of Things!). They will create real physical devices that they can use to interact with on a computer, and program those interactions. Next, students will design games and challenges using Sphero’s programming app, as they learn to build and automate their own robots! They will learn about basic programming, understanding variables, control structures, and abstraction in this introductory course.

Learn the basics of circuits and electricity while creating electronic components

Use two different block-based programming languages while experimenting with sprites and robots in a real and virtual environment.

Learn how embedded computing allows us to automate and create in the real world.

Understand the building blocks of code: algorithms, abstractions, and beginning function compositions

Create amazing projects like musical instruments and video game controllers!