Education: resources for teachers

Get into Light Painting with Thymio!

What are you going to do in this activity? Ever heard of light painting? You may have seen pictures taken with the light painting technique. These are photos taken at night, on which you can see nice streaks of light (usually car headlights or stars). 2 examples of light painting Age range: 7-16 years (accompanied[…]
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Create a hand-washing timer Cubelets!

What are you going to do in this activity? In this activity, you will build a system that will help you to wash your hands properly! Washing your hands properly helps to avoid catching and spreading germs and diseases (and also it smells good!). A good hand wash lasts 20 seconds! What do you need?[…]
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Nos 5 extensions préférées pour micro:bit

Our 5 favourite micro:bit extensions

The micro:bit board is extremely popular among enthusiasts worldwide. Developed initially by the BBC for pupils to easily learn the basics of programming and develop a creative mind, the micro:bit board has since won over a much wider audience than simply that of English schoolchildren! Inexpensive (under €20), small (it can be used in connected[…]
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Guide de prise en main du bras robotique Niryo One

Niryo One 6-Axis Robotic Arm Getting Started Guide

With this guide, you learn how to launch, connect, calibrate and execute sequences with Niryo. We will introduce you to Niryo One Studio visual programming interface (Niryo can also be programmed with Python, ROS, Matlab, C++). Niryo One kit parts list The Niryo One kit includes the following components: 1 Niryo One robotic arm (assembled)[…]
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Guide d’achat 2020 : robotique à l’université

Buyer’s Guide 2020: robotics for higher education & labs

2020 Buyer’s Guide for higher education (electrical engineering and computer science, engineering school, technical college, etc.) and researchers Using robots in a scientific or technical cursus encourages students to create programs for real-world applications. And it’s important that students are able to work with proper hardware. Robotics can be used to teach programming, machine learning,[…]
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Our Python-programmable secondary school robots

In 2018, the French Higher Committee on Curricula (CSP) decided to make Python the official computer language for programming classes in secondary schools. The Ministry of Education has provided more information about these new programmes on the CSP publications page of its website (in French). Python will be used for lessons in digital science and[…]
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Tutorial by Génération Robots Robot mouse

Tutorial robot mouse Colby (Code & Go)

In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to start with the robotic mouse Colby / Jack from Learning Resources. On the program: logic, geometry, animals! Activities with the robot mouse Colby For whom? Kindergarten / elementary school Subjets: Animals, Geometrie, Logic Topic: Programming Level: Beginners Used ideas: Locate a point or line (math)   Short introduction of the robot[…]
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Test du Makey Makey

We have tested the Makey Makey kit!

The Makey Makey kit allows you to transform objects into keyboards! Modelling clay, sponge, pencil lead… All you need are objects that conduct electricity, a bit of imagination and a few programming blocks on the Scratch software, and children can realise various projects, such as the famous banana piano, a video gamepad in modelling clay,[…]
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