Arduino Microcontrollers, VPython, Underwater Robots and Physics in your Classroom Microcontrollers are relatively inexpensive devices that you can program to collect data from a variety of sensor types and control external devices such as motors and actuators. Microcontrollers can be used in a variety of classroom activities and student projects. We will focus our workshop […]
Chris O’Brien has taught science and computer science at the middle school level for 13 years. He has coached FIRST(™) Lego League robotics teams, and served as an advisor for MESA engineering clubs.
This course will introduce you to Arduino components and programming, with a focus on exploration, skill-building, and the creation of useful devices for teachers to utilize in their classrooms.