STEM by Design

Part One: Getting Started


About this Book


Materials


Classroom Management


Project Rules


Part Two: Introductory Activities


Making Connections


Build a Box


Fancy Box


Pandora's Box


Sneak Attack


Baker's Dozen Car


Part Three: Programming Sequences


Seeing Red


See and Say


Red, Red, Red


Red or Not


Rainbow Detector


Driver's License


Lurch


Snake


Cockroach


Unsynchronized Motors


Fan Club


Push-button Fan


Daytime Fan


Gradual Fan


Five-speed Fan


Traffic


Traffic Light


Walk Signal


Animated Walker


Intersection


Number Sense


Roll of the Die


Even or Odd


Countdown


Dog Year Converter


Cautious Car


Touch Tally


Brick-button Navigator


Mail Delivery


Part Four: STEM Activities


Getting Up to Speed


Stop for Pedestrians


Parking Space


No Wheels


At a Snail's Pace


Cloverleaf


Outside the Box


Bug Battle


Tabletop Treasure


Spirographer


Puppy Bot


Range Puppy


Proportional Puppy


Haunted House


Clean Sweep


Perfect Pitcher


Different Drummer


Ramp Up


Peak Performance


Applause Meter


Musical Instrument


Random or Not


Loaded Dice


Efron's Dice


Voting Machine


Do You Have a Sister?


Reaction Time


Grassfire


Part Five: Data Logging Activities


Light and Dark Scavenger Hunt


Bragging Rights


Thunderstorm


Crossing the Lines