For the fourth consecutive year, the Atlanta Science Festival (ASF) is launching a 12-day celebration of science and technology throughout Metro Atlanta. The 2017 festivities will begin on Tuesday, March 14th, and run through Saturday, March 25th, culminating with ASF’s Exploration Expo, Atlanta’s biggest interactive science event geared for the entire family. One hundred and… Continue Reading
Check out the Quadruped’s fine movements brought to you by Plaz Tech Educational in Atlanta, GA! The Quadruped is a learning kit based on the open source electronics platform Arduino, and it is available from Plaz Tech Educational. The Quadruped is a fun hands-on project that allows students to engage in Arduino circuitry building and… Continue Reading
On Saturday, January 21, 2017, students representing 38 robotic teams from Georgia’s DeKalb County School District (DCSD) participated in the 2016-2017 VEX Robotics Tournament, which was held at Tucker High School. The competition was open to school systems in the Greater Atlanta area. The VEX Robotics Competition is the largest and fastest growing middle school… Continue Reading
MaKey Makey and Scratch Lesson Plan: Interactive Word Problem Posters for Levels 4-12. This lesson plan was published by MaKey Makey, and it is the intellectual property of Teacher Librarian Colleen Graves, who has written countless articles and lesson plans on the subjects of STEM and challenge-based learning. Appropriate for grade levels 4th to HS… Continue Reading
Atlanta’s Plaz Tech Educational now offers a continuing education Arduino workshop,”Arduino Project Workshop 201.” The scope of the one-day workshop is to provide educators (grades 6-12) who have some experience with Arduino Boards or those who have attended Plaz Tech’s Arduino 101 Workshop, with more advanced Arduino experience. This workshop has been designed for grades… Continue Reading