A new STEM experiment takes shape in Space To Learn, Northern Ireland - in readiness for the InFindingOut pupils (in Swindon, Wilts) to develop.The aim of the experiment is to measure the movement of the branches of WindTree (camera to follow!) using a suspended WindCam focused on a Micro:Bit with Kitronik View screen attached. The screen will show small variations in the x and…
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Working each week with young people who have found themselves on the cusp of educational exclusion, the question "how are you" takes on a certain urgency. Part of the InFindoingOut project is about encouraging young people to engage with a self-assessment routine that is designed to establish how they are really feeling, based on a sincere pupil-led desire to be accurate. Biometric sensors will…
This week in The Art of Conversation we created a new island together called Goat Island. Partly inspired by the school goats at Crowdy's and very much voted for using their ChoiceBoxes - this is a place to explore in a similar way to Mushroom Meadows but with a puzzle to be solved involving the feeding of goats.Firstly though: an art challenge - each…
https://youtu.be/a7MM0x1TW10 After two months of development with the intrepid and inspiring Year 9 team from the ASC at Lydiard Park Academy (see www.flickernet.net/mmm) - today the machine itself began to take shape. It will incorporate many of the experimental elements that have been explored - today we added light sensing that is converted into sounds and sound waves.
