It's the last week of Summer Camp! We can't believe how many great projects we've seen this summer! Our camps at Marymount this week include micro:bit Robotics and Scratch 2: Code Your Own Adventure. Our micro:bit classes have been working on their pet projects, adding lights and motors to them. Today we brainstormed and drew up our ideas for our final projects.
Check out more about your camp below, and scroll down for photos!
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End-of-Week Update
On Friday, we had the pleasure to host Dr. Shama Iyer, Assistant Professor of Engineering at Marymount. Dr. Iyer, a biomedical engineer, led a hands-on project with the girls using chemicals to create a soft bandage.
Dr. Iyer’s laboratory is focused on musculoskeletal research using a cross-disciplinary approach (biomedical engineering, biomechanics, and muscle physiology). She studies the basic mechanisms of regeneration and nuclear dynamics in the musculoskeletal system, to develop rehabilitative strategies to improve skeletal muscle regeneration and to train undergraduate students in biomedical engineering. Students develop translational strategies to improve musculoskeletal health, with training in advanced techniques in molecular and cellular biology, physiology, biomechanics, and biomedical engineering.
Mid-Week Update
micro:bit Robotics
Your children are learning about how to create inventions by programming micro:bit microcomputers with an online software called Microsoft Make:Code. They are digging deep into their creative sides to design, build, and code their own inventions. So far, they've been working on building their own robotic pets and will soon be adding various motors and sensors to them.
- To learn more about Microsoft's Make:Code projects, you can access their website here: https://makecode.
microbit.org/
Question to ask your budding inventor: What robotic invention are they working on creating?
Scratch 2: Code Your Own Adventure
In our Code Your Own Adventure camp, your children are creating their own interactive choose-your-own-adventure stories in Scratch by coding flow charts, user inputs, and conditionals to move their original story along. Along the way the player makes choices in the story that takes our adventurer in different directions.
- Scratch is available for free at https://scratch.mit.edu/
- You can create an account and save all your children’s projects online and share them with the rest of your family and friends.
Question to ask your budding computer scientist: Who are your main characters (sprites), and where is their adventure heading?
Marymount Fall Clubhouse Dates Announced!
On Saturday mornings this Fall, we'll be hosting mini camps at Marymount called Clubhouse. These camps run from 9am-Noon and are a great place to pick up where you left off at summer camp and reunite with your STEM friends! Mark your calendars for October 5, 19, 26, and Nov 9, 16, 23.
You can sign up for Clubhouse here!
Photos from the week
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