STEM Innovations

I teach each class for one trimester (12-13 weeks). Below are the major topics that I cover during those weeks. More information to come.

Weeks 1&2 Code.org

Learn computer science.
Change the world.
Check out the following playlist for my suggestions.

Week 3&4 scratch.MIT.edu

After learning to basics on code.org now you can apply your skills on scratch! Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century.

Check out the rest of my playlist to get you started!

Week 5 edison robot

Edison is a programmable robot designed to be a complete STEM teaching resource for coding and robotics education for students from 4 to 16 years of age. edscratchapp.com

Week 6 Canva

Canva is an online design and publishing tool with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design anything and publish anywhere.

Week 7 Recreational Drone Certification

In order to fly a drone (quadcopter, tricopter, helicopter, RC plane, etc... you need to complete the TRUST certificate training (according to the Federal Aviation Association, the FAA). Here is a link to that test. Be sure to save the certificate, because you cannot access it later.

Week 8 Origami

Learn to make things with just paper and folding.

Origami Guide

Week 9 Fontstruct

FontStruct lets you quickly and easily create fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes, which are arranged in a grid pattern, like tiles or bricks.

Weeks 10&11 TinkerCAD Electronics/Arduino


Week 12 Sudoku and Goal Setting