Tutorials and resources for our SHINE-funded project, in collaboration with Drapers’ Brookside Junior School
I am Hannah Durham and I am Assistant Vice Principal at Drapers’ Brookside Infant and Junior Schools in Harold Hill, and also a University Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford. I have been a teacher since 2009 and am particularly passionate about inclusion. In 2015 I collaborated with Dr. Enrico Bertelli, director of Conductive […]
Maths Music Robots, the story so far Read More »
When writing your blog about the activity we completed today please try and answer the following questions: What kind of percussion techniques did you use (hitting, shaking, scraping, rubbing)? What was the input to the quirkbot (what was making it move)? What was the output of the quirkbot? What type of waves did you use
Here are some videos to give us inspiration for our musical robots!
Shine 8: musical robots Read More »
Hello everyone! We’re happy to bring you our next workshop. Today we will be doing some experiments with light, waves, sound and motors. Start by opening the quirkbot box and get familiar with the parts Go to code.quirkbot.com and login using your username: user: firstname+initial of surname (example: danielr) password:
[heading size=”1″ color=”#80D6F9″]Session 4[/heading] Good morning everybody, it’s been a while, huh? We are back with a new surprise, let’s work on a new device today, it’s called the micro:bit. We will use a new coding language, a new website, we’ll make a new instrument, and a new game!! Are you ready? We have designed
[heading size=”1″ color=”#80D6F9″]Session 5[/heading] Good morning everybody, and welcome back to the fifth session of this project. Today we will explore a new device, called the Quirk Bot! This is a great tool for building robots and all kind of moving structures that can be controlled by us! We will build on what we have
[heading size=”1″ color=”#80D6F9″]Session 3[/heading] Good morning everybody, and welcome back to the third session of this project. Today we will explore a new device, called the BBC micro:bit. It is a fantastic platform to make coding, music, LEDs, and videogames!!! We will build on what we have learnt last week and take our knowledge forward.
[heading size=”1″ color=”#80D6F9″]Let’s try making a song[/heading] In order to to this, we need to use another block of code, called Sequence. But let’s learn the song first ;)! [heading size=”1″ color=”#80D6F9″]The Code[/heading] The Circuit Touch decides which trigger will start Hot Cross Buns, and which trigger starts One-a-pen-ny Two-a-pen-ny. The sequence, gives the
[heading size=”1″ color=”#80D6F9″]Welcome Back!!![/heading] We hope you enjoyed the last session – your Quirkbot has missed you! If you remember, last time we looked at using the Quirkbot as a controller to play some maths games. Then, we started to look at using the Quirkbot as an instrument. We’ll introduce today’s session in just a
