PicoCricket Kits
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| Audience/Grade: | 5 - High School Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Computer Engineering Computer Science Electrical Engineering |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Laboratory/Experiment/Field Activity |
| Media Type: |
Unknown |
| Author(s): |
Organization:Media Lab, MIT |
| Description: | Robotic educational kits aimed for girls. A PicoCricket is a tiny computer that can make things spin, light up, and play music. You can plug lights, motors, sensors, and other devices into a PicoCricket, then program them to react, interact, and communicate. "We're delighted to bring you PicoCricket Kits to engage your female students in robotics, programming, math, science, and engineering principles! PicoCrickets are tiny computers that can make things spin, light up, and play music! As your female students work on PicoCricket project themes, they learn important math, science, and engineering principles -- and gain a deeper understanding of the process of design and invention. Your girls (or boys!) can plug lights, motors, sensors, and other devices into a PicoCricket, then program them to react, interact, and communicate. Let your students' creativity thrive with the many possibilities that PicoCrickets provide!" |
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| Keywords: | gender equity girls in engineering girls in computing |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(c) Design a system, component, or process |
| Use of Resource: |
Has won numerous awards, including being rated for excellence with the Children's Technology Review. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
High |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | June 2008 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Not free |
| Download URL: | http://www.picocricket.com/ |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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