This year in partnership with the Howard N. Lee Institute 7th and 8th grade STEM Scholars will engage in a Shark Tank: Wearable devices project-based learning activity. Students will be engaged in the engineering design process through a Shark Tank competition for wearable devices. These wearable devices will assist healthcare professionals in monitoring the human body. Students will (1) perform research on the wearable devices market, (2) sketch the design on isometric graph paper, (3) design a 3D model in Google SketchUp, (4) print a prototype on a 3D printer, and (5) program the Arduino LilyPad to create a model of the wearable devices they have developed with their collaborative teams. Students will also present their ideas to a panel of investors, business partners and college professors better known as the Shark Tank.
That is soooo cool! Shark Tank is a very popular show right now and this will get your students so excited! Excellent idea! Keep up the amazing work!
Hello Ursela,
Great post ..I like how your going to use your internship experience in your classroom. I am sharing my response to you below.
A couple of ways I can connect my summer internship experience to my classroom curriculum are as follows:
Binary Code: I learned an activity using Binary numbers. My students will create a necklace, key chain, or bracelet using color beads representing Binary numbers.
My students will also create a Solar Energy business they will own and then present the company to their peers.