Workshop Description: Participants will get to meet Edison. Edison is a small, affordable, Lego compatible robot system. Participants will learn how to program Edison with prewritten bar codes which allow Edison to respond to claps, react to walls, follow a line and more just by reading bar coded programming strips. While that is fun, the real power of Edison comes in its programming language. Participants will get to perform some simple programming steps to create programs for Edison to follow. A little bit of math, a little bit of science, and a great deal of fun and interactive problem solving make Edison an excellent STEAM experience.
Workshop Speaker: Justin Treptow
In December 2014, a group of intrepid amateur rocket scientists launched an actual portapotty 1/4 mile into the sky. Who would do such a thing? Well, apparently, our own Justin Treptow would. Mr. Treptow has been teaching at Ben Franklin Middle School since 1996. When he isn't teaching middle school science or spending time with his family, he is working on 3D Printing, quadcopters, rocketry, or robotics projects. His current projects include working on a wireless launching system to control 30 launch pads using Arduino boards, fine tuning his 3D printer, and learning to fly nano and micro scale quadcopters without crashing them into itty bitty bits. He has recently become part of the Elkhart MakersHive and is excited to be able to add Edison robots to his classroom technology.
Maximum # of Participants: 20
Workshop Details: Students grades 4 and above, parents/guardians, teachers.
Level: No experience necessary. Everything you need will be provided.
Workshop Speaker: Justin Treptow
In December 2014, a group of intrepid amateur rocket scientists launched an actual portapotty 1/4 mile into the sky. Who would do such a thing? Well, apparently, our own Justin Treptow would. Mr. Treptow has been teaching at Ben Franklin Middle School since 1996. When he isn't teaching middle school science or spending time with his family, he is working on 3D Printing, quadcopters, rocketry, or robotics projects. His current projects include working on a wireless launching system to control 30 launch pads using Arduino boards, fine tuning his 3D printer, and learning to fly nano and micro scale quadcopters without crashing them into itty bitty bits. He has recently become part of the Elkhart MakersHive and is excited to be able to add Edison robots to his classroom technology.
Maximum # of Participants: 20
Workshop Details: Students grades 4 and above, parents/guardians, teachers.
Level: No experience necessary. Everything you need will be provided.