Elementary / Elementary ScienceSTEM

Lesson 2: Energy Transforms

Students learn about different forms of energy and how they can transform. Students learn what electricity is and then create a simple circuit using a...

Elementary / Elementary ScienceSTEM

Lesson 1: Atom's Energetic Escape

Students are introduced to Atom, Anne, Dr. Pixel, and Dr. Stonebreaker; the characters who will teach students about energy and circuits in subsequent...

Middle School / Earth ScienceElementary Science

Family Preparedness Plan: Evacuation Map

Students will use a wireless weather sensor with GPS to map out the perimeter or their school site...

Middle School / Earth ScienceElementary ScienceSTEM

Blockly Extension: Red Flag Warning

Using a wireless weather sensor and Blockly coding, students will use real-time weather data to create a program that will alert the user to an active...

Middle School / Earth ScienceElementary Science

Red Flags and Fire Weather Zones

Using a wireless weather sensor students will identify the conditions that warrant a Red Flag Warning in their area and create a weather station to monitor...

Middle School / STEM

Detect an Intruder: Home Alarm Systems

Students will use their knowledge of sound and light behavior to program the //code.Node to act as...

Middle School / STEM

Investigating Electronic Tuners

Students will become human electronic tuners as they try to match the output frequency of the //code.Node speaker to the frequency of a set of tuning forks.

Middle School / STEM

Engineering Sound Level Meters

Using a //code.Node, students ill use real-time sound intensity data to create a working sound level meter.

Middle School / STEM

What is a Color Sensor?

Students will use the light sensor on the //code.Node to collect light reflectivity data for several different colors. Using this data they will then create...

Middle School / STEM

RGB LED: How to Program Color

Using the //code.Node, students will alter the intensity of the individual lights on the RGB LED to create an array of colors and demonstrate knowledge...

Copyright Disclaimer: Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 makes allowance for “fair use” for purposes of teaching, scholarship, education and research. Reproduction under any other circumstances, without the written consent of PASCO, is prohibited.