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Physical Computing With Arduino

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, 118A

Explore and create: Exploratory Creation lab

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Presenters

Jeff Hescox

Education Service Manager

UC Davis C-STEM Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education
@ucdcstem
@ucdcstem

My research specifically emphasizes the development of mathematics curriculum integrated with coding and robotics. I have experience delivering professional development for k-12 mathematics and computer science/robotics teachers. I have worked as both a high school mathematics and CTE ICT teacher for Los Angeles Unified School District in a title 1 school.

Session description

Join this hands-on session to learn the freely available C-STEM physical computing with Arduino curriculum. Learn about the possibilities of physical computing and how to incorporate making into your classroom. Arduino boards can be integrated into math, CS, engineering and robotics courses, including after-school programs and summer camps.

Purpose & objective

The traditional way of programming microcontrollers, such as Arduino boards, requires proper understanding and skills for compiling source code, loading the compiled program to the board, and remote debugging of the program. These methods are not friendly for most K-12 students and teachers. The objective of this session is to introduce a block-based interactive approach to get started that simplifies the programming of Arduino boards, thus enabling a broader spectrum of students and teachers to learn STEM-related concepts with physical devices. Then, make a smooth transition to program Arduino using C/C++ code which can be automatically generated from block-based code.

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Outline

(3 min) Brief introduction to the C-STEM Center.
(2 min) Brief introduction to Arduino boards.
(5 min) Interact with an Arduino board through RoboBlocky, ChDuino, a graphic user interface of controlling the Arduino board.
(3 min) Learn how to load the pre-compiled firmware came with ChDuino to the Arduino board;
(2 min) Learn how to interactively manipulate the pins on the board through ChDuino.
(13 min) Project: Blink an LED,
(5 min) Learn how to build a simple circuit with an LED;
(2 min) Learn how to check the correctness of the circuit through ChDuino;
(6 min )Learn how to program the Arduino board to blink the LED using Ch, a C/C++ interpreter. The C/C++ code can be automatically generated.
(20 min) Project: Direction Bots,
(1 min) Brief introduce the Linkbot, an educational modular robot;
(5 min) Learn how to connect and program a Linkbot robot;
(5 min) Learn how to expand the previous LED circuit by adding a push button;
(6 min) Learn how to program to get the status of the push button from the Arduino board and change the direction of the robot.
(3 min) Learn how to do the same thing with a simulated robot.
(2 min) Summary

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Supporting research

Research Papers:
https://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=2484038
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7587191/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cae.21854

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Session specifications

Topic:

Computer science & computational thinking

Grade level:

6-12

Skill level:

Beginner

Audience:

Coaches, Principals/head teachers, Teachers

Attendee devices:

Devices required

Attendee device specification:

Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

To control Arduino and Linkbot with your own device you will need to download Linkbot Labs. Downloading the software requires a RoboBlockly account.

Participants can register in advance for a free account here: https://roboblocky.com/signup.php

Instructions and links to download Linkbot Labs can be found here: https://roboblocky.com/download/

Subject area:

Computer science, STEM/STEAM

ISTE Standards:

For Students:
Knowledge Constructor

Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.

Computational Thinker

Students break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.

Disclosure:

The submitter of this session has been supported by a company whose product is being included in the session

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