Totally agreed with that. And being in the UK, you may want to physically connect with these guys: http://www.pi-in-the-sky.com/ -- I wish I could have done that myself, when I was kid....
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Jonah Duckles <[email protected]> wrote: > Neil, > > Brian Huang and his team at SparkFun Electronics have developed some really > good physical computing curriculum using Arduinos, the Wiring Language and > Processing languages. I've attended his "Microcontrollers for Educators" > workshop last summer and they've got a lot of good lessons and open > materials that get kids thinking about computation and programming in the > context of sensors and physical devices. > > Their SIK Binder(zip) is a great open resource to be used in conjunction > with their SparkFun Inventor Kits (SIK). > > From my experience with my own kids, physical computing and microcontrollers > are a really exciting way to play/learn about programming, logic, sensors, > time series plotting etc. > > Regards, > --- > Jonah Duckles > Software Carpentry, Executive Director > http://software-carpentry.org > > From: Neil Chue Hong (SSI) <[email protected]> > Reply: Neil Chue Hong (SSI) <[email protected]> > Date: February 17, 2016 at 8:28:37 AM > To: Software Carpentry Discussion <[email protected]> > Subject: [Discuss] Resources and examples for young scientists > > Hi All, > > as part of the outreach activity we're undertaking with EPCC, we're looking > to pull together resources and examples for young scientists and engineers > in the UK (where young is classified as 7-19, but we are aiming at 10-15). > > I wondered if people on the list had come across: > - tutorials that provide a good basis for children looking to use > programming to support their scientific discovery > - "inspirational" examples of science being done by children using > computers, aimed at children, parents and teachers rather than policymakers > - existing initiatives where children can get involved in computational and > data science > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions! > > Neil > > -- > Neil Chue Hong > Director, Software Sustainability Institute > EPCC, University of Edinburgh, JCMB, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, UK > Tel: +44 (0)131 650 5957 > http://www.software.ac.uk/ > > LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/neilchuehong > Twitter: http://twitter.com/npch > ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8876-7606 > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
