Wacky Inventions

[ UUID ] 900eadaa-1758-4052-ab7d-2c1dd22b3640

[ Session Name ] Wacky Inventions [ Primary Space ] Youth Zone

[ Submitter's Name ] Alan O'Donohoe [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] exa.foundation [ Submitter's GitHub ] @teknoteacher

[ Other Facilitator 1's Name ] Matt Moore

What will happen in your session?

Participants (youngsters, parents, teachers) will work together to design and develop a prototype for a 'Wacky Invention' using some low cost hardware and software eg. Raspberry Pi computers, Micro:bit, Scratch, EduBlocks and Python.

What is the goal or outcome of your session?

The outcome of the session is for all participants to be engaged and inspired by the potential that Digital Making has to change the world in which we live. Physical outcomes will be prototypes of inventions designed and developed by participants.

If your session requires additional materials or electronic equipment, please outline your needs.

We will be fully equipped to lead our session. We just require furniture and electricity. However, if we can use the PiTop room that would be advantageous or else we need particpants to bring their own devices in order to program Microbits .

Time needed

90 mins