STEM Semester Workshop InformationScratch Programming
Grades: 2-3 Nov. 3, 10 and 17 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Room #: ATS 224 Instructors: Dr. Sam Thangiah Scratch is a free programming language , specifically designed for children, for creating your own interactive stories, games, and animations. Students will work on creating a game using Scratch. Scratch/LEGO Programming
Grades: 4-5 Nov. 3, 10 and 17 11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Room #: ATS 224 Instructors: Dr. Sam Thangiah Scratch is a free programming language , specifically designed for children, for creating your own interactive stories, games, and animations. Students will work on creating a game using Scratch. Two to 3 hours will be dedicated programming LEGO robots using sonar, light, and motors. HTML/Javascipt Programing
Grades: 6-12 Nov. 3, 10 and 17 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Room #: ATS 232 Instructors: Dr. Abdullah Wahbeh Have you ever wanted to learn to create a web site? Start by learning the basics of HTML and JavaScript. HTML is the publishing language of the web. Utilizing HTML tags, you can create a web page that can be displayed in any browser across the web. JavaScript is a programming language designed for performing dynamic tasks within a Web page. It is a pretty easy computer language once you get the hang of it! The HTML/ JavaScript workshop assumes that you have absolutely no previous knowledge of HTML or JavaScript. 3D Modeling Using SketchUp Tool
Grades: 4-8 Nov. 3, 10 and 17 1:30p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Room #: ATS 232 Instructors: Dr. Raed Seetan SketchUp is a free 3D modeling software for drawing, designing, and rendering 3D objects. SketchUp offers a user-friendly interface to create interior design and architectural models by drawing lines and shapes, push and pull surfaces to turn an idea on paper into 3D printable model. Through a hands-on environment, students will learn the fundamentals of 3D modeling, and how to use SketchUp to create a simple 3D house in a web browser. Students will be also guided to create their own 3D models they like. Python Programming
Grades: 6-8 Nov. 3, 10 and 17 3:25 p.m. – 5:25 p.m. Room #: ATS 232 Instructors: Dr. Raed Seetan An introductory programming course where students learn and practice important programming skills such as problem decomposition and solving. Students will be introduced to basic programming concepts such as variables, list, selection, loops and functions through the Turtle graphics module. Students will apply the basic programming concepts to write code to draw beautiful shapes in 2D and design fun games. Raspberry Pi Computer Programming
Grades: 6-12 Nov. 3, 10 and 17 11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Room #: ATS 232 Instructors: Dr. Nitin Sukhija Dr. Bernie Zhou Raspberry Pi is a credit card-sized computer system to promote the study of hardware and software. Students will learn how to set up and configure Rasp-berry Pi, connect to Rasp-berry Pi from a Desktop PC via network, and learn basic Python programming on Raspberry Pi, with projects of LED control and motion detection |