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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Android App Development

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students develop an app for an Android device that utilizes its built-in internal sensors, specifically the accelerometer. The goal of this activity is to teach programming design and skills using MIT's App Inventor software (free to...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Exploring Acceleration With an Android

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students conduct an experiment to study the acceleration of a mobile Android device. During the experiment, they run an application created with MIT's App Inventor that monitors linear acceleration in one-dimension. Students use an...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mars Rover App Creation

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Based on their experience exploring the Mars rover Curiosity and learning about what engineers must go through to develop a vehicle like Curiosity, students create Android apps that can control LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robots, simulating the...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Android Acceleration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students prepare for the associated activity in which they investigate acceleration by collecting acceleration vs. time data using the accelerometer of a sliding Android device. Based on the experimental set-up for the activity, students...
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Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Computer Systems Design Career Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Department of Labor Career Guide that gives comprehensive information on data processing careers. Links include Nature of the Industry, Working Conditions, Employment, Earnings, Training and Advancement, Outlook, and Additional...
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Article
Other

Beanz: Mark Collantes, Designer

For Students 6th - 9th
Meet Mark, a designer who also knows a lot about how to use technology to create design.