STEMLabs

This is a link to the Colonial Beach STEM Club site.  Lots of good resources, videos, and handouts.

         In this post you'll find links to the documents provided by Nancy Stalik and Daria Blom, educators from the Friends of the Rappahannock . The introduction to E-STEM PowerPoint The Stormwater Sediment Filter Design Brief The Sediment Filter Data Sheet The  soil that was used during the workshop

     I'll be doing additional posts for our April workshop including some great design briefs created by  participants, session handouts, and some additional information about Biomimicry.  This post will provide some information about Ozobots and links to the documents Emily Sheckels provided for her sessions.      Ozobots are small robots that can be used to teach pre-coding skills (The Bit) or programming (The Evo.)  The Bit is a line following bot that can also "see" red, blue, and green.  You can program the bot by adding a variety of color sequence blocks (red-blue-red) to the black line the robot follows.  There are a number of sequences and each one causes the bot to execute some command, such as Reverse, Speed Up, or Turn Left .  The programmer creates the route for the bot by drawing a black line and then adding color sequences as needed.  The route is created using standard markers and paper.  The kits have a lot of materials including code sheets, pointe