What are Guided Projects:
Guided projects are made for 3 different levels: youth, intermediate, and advanced. The youth projects are directed towards kids in grades K-5. These projects are guided such that kids can understand concepts thoroughly but can also experiment on their own. The intermediate projects are meant for grades 6-8 and are slightly more advanced with more independently organized projects. The advanced projects are directed towards high school students in grades 9-12. These projects cover more advanced topics and may require more time to create. The payoff for each project is very good though!
Youth:
The youth projects are split into 4 sections:
Engineering Crafts: Fun crafts for kids with household items that teach important engineering principles.
Scratch Programs: Fun way for kids to learn coding with blocks. Very easy to build projects but also learn the fundamentals of coding.
Snap Circuits: Easy way for students to learn about circuits and how electricity flows.
LEGO Robotics: Kids can build robots and program them to do different things. This section utilizes the LEGO Technic system and the EV3 robotics program. Fun way to incorporate everything learned in the previous sections.
Intermediate:
The intermediate projects are split into 4 sections:
Arduino Basics: Using the Arduino microcontroller to build mini projects. In these projects we work with real wires and circuitry, but only the basics are covered.
Raspberry Pi Basics: Using the Raspberry Pi minicomputer, we work with the Linux operating system to create basic projects like Pi Minecraft.
FLL Advanced: Working on advanced topics for the First Lego League competition to create an award-winning robot!
FTC Basics: Introduction to the First Tech Challenge competition and building a starter bot.
Advanced:
The advanced projects are split into 4 sections: