About the Project

This project will seek to expand our current Maker program to my school under the guidance of Makersville, a Maker community of 8 years. It builds on the existing program that we have in place that utilizes Birdbrain Technologies’ Hummingbird Bit and Duo kits, but it will take a different approach as we try to balance the necessary structure of a classroom period with the open endedness of a discovery-based program. In the 2020-2021 school year, we will begin with a structured project that provides opportunities for learning the LEGO EV3 robots through student created challenges and robot games. The goal is exposure to the robotics learning platform, and operating in a team format. We will follow with opportunities to explore inventing opportunities through guided ideation and sessions that use the same equipment and implements peer mentoring (learn to share and teach).