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Are you searching for computational thinking tools for your 6th, 7th or 8th grade STEM program?
The Designing Bio Robots project, a curriculum collaboration between the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts University and TERC in Cambridge, MA, is funded by the National Science Foundation to support middle school learning experiences in computational thinking, engineering design, and life science. Students combine the Hummingbird Robotics Toolkit and the Scratch programming language with life science research to prototype working robots.
We invite middle school teachers to join our 2018-19 team, implement our biology-inspired robotics curriculum, and assist with efforts to study learning outcomes. The curriculum is designed to address computational thinking, engineering, and life science learning standards.
SUPPORT
• $1000 teacher stipend
• Classroom Hummingbird Robotics Kit to keep for your school (a $1700 value)
• All instructional materials and supplies needed to implement the unit
• Technical and pedagogical support from project staff based at Tufts and TERC
COMMITMENT
• 3.5 days of summer professional development in August 2018 (Tentatively scheduled for Aug. 20-23 - more information to come)
• Implementation during the 2018-19 school year of the Designing Bio Robots unit
4 modules of 5 class sessions each
• Collection of student consent forms, surveys, and work artifacts during the unit
• Hosting of project research staff for classroom visits
• Post-unit interviews and reflections with the project team
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
1 Be able to attend all 3.5 summer work days.
2 Have the capacity in 2018-19 to teach the Designing Bio Robots curriculum to 6th, 7th, or 8th graders.
3 Be able to host project research staff for classroom visits.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO APPLY
With questions, contact Dr. Mike Cassidy at [email protected]
To apply, please visit: www.tinyurl.com/biorobots-teachers
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