Build a Power Park Book 3: Lights on in the Neighborhood Shop 4-H

Product Description

This interactive workbook has over 25 hours of hands-on activities that introduce coding, microcontrollers, and sensors to circuitry projects while challenging young designers to solve problems and think creatively and critically. This book can ignite a young person’s curiosity and imagination. It encourages playing, tinkering, and exploring new ideas and possibilities.

Short tutorials and background information accompany investigations and challenges. The activities build on each other and allow youth to learn by doing. Challenges provide opportunities for solving problems with multiple possible solutions. The final project introduces more advanced programming skills and requires youth to synthesize and apply previously learned concepts. Young people can work on the activities individually, with partners, or in a guided instructional setting to solve puzzles, meet challenges, and create fun light-up projects.

This is the third book in a collection of three. While we advise all readers to go through the first two books before using this one, this is not a requirement, though we do assume the reader has basic electrical circuit skills and knowledge. Coding experience is helpful, but not necessary.

• Curriculum developed by University of Illinois
• Grades 6-12
• 99 Pages

Look Inside

Click here for a preview of the first few pages!

Supporting Products

To complete this curriculum, you need the following products:

• Circuit Playground Express Base Kit
• NeoPixel Ring – 12 x 5050 RGB LED – from ADAFruit