The Kit
The STEM learning kit we provide is designed to engage students in an interactive and hands-on exploration of technology and programming. Through a series of progressively challenging projects, students will learn essential skills in electronics and coding while fostering creativity and problem-solving abilities. Starting with simple tasks, they will build their way up to more complex systems, gaining confidence and competence in STEM concepts. This comprehensive experience not only equips them with valuable knowledge but also ignites a passion for learning, inspiring the next generation of innovators and thinkers.
The Tasks
1.wiring up your raspberry pi pico.
-pluging your rpp, into your bread board.
2.Talking to your raspberry pi pico
-connecting your rpp to a computer with the included programing wire. And loading your first program on to the rpp.
3. Blinking an LED(light emitting diode)
-wiring up an led and write a program to make it blink
4.Push button
-wiring up a push button to controle your LED
5. Traffic light
-using the button to light up a spicific light
6.Mood lighting
-Expands on prior projects to add in 5 buttons and 5 LEDs
7. Playing a tone
-wring up a speaker to make some sound
8.Playing music
-expands on the last project to use different tones and timing, to play a song
9.Multipule buttons and lights
-Expands on prior projects to add in 5 buttons and 5 LEDs
10. Simon says
-now that we have multiple buttons and leds and a speaker that can play tones, we will make the simon says games.
11. Elevator action
-use buttons as elevator call buttons, and LEDs to show where the elevator is.
12. Digital dice
-scrambles the lights and picks a random number
13. Motion sensor
-adds in a motion sensing chip and reads whenever there is movement
14. Alarm system
-senses when it has moved and sets off a buzzing alarm and lights
15.Alarm system alarm and disarm
-adds a push button code to you alarm system to arm and disarm it
16.Display
-adds a small screen to the rpp, and shows some fun patterns(onlone library)
17. My own text
-prints out your own messages on the display when different buttons are pushed
18. Digital clock
- Build a clock that displays the time on the screen. Use buttons to set the time.
19.alarm clock
-allows you to set an alarm time, and wake up to the tone buzzer or music
20.remote light
-alows you to turn on and off the lights on your rpp from your computer
21. Stock ticker
-shows real time stock price of your favorite stock right from the web
22. 20 questions
-the rpp will guess the object your thinking as you answer yes no questions. Using ai from the web to guess.