Lesson Ideas

A simple XNA video game for reinforcing recognition of prime numbers.  Runs only on Windows machines.  Unzip and run setup.exe.

This activity focuses on teaching students all about the engineering design process.  Students must plan and execute a prototype using rubber bands. They will then adjust their design and produce a final bridge made with balloons.

Here are my slides and worksheets for squishy circuits.

Teach students about how 3D vision works using a wiimote and lightbar.

Students toss around a football with a wiimote in it.  A projector screen displays a graph showing the the acceleration of the football in three dimensions.

Students learn how to use handheld GPS units to find caches on the playground.