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Rev Up Your Invention Engines!
An ASTA Workshop for
Yuma County 3rd-8th Grade Educators
Saturday, April 26, 2025
9:00 am - 4:00 pm at
Yuma Main Library
Brought to you by the
Yuma County Superintendent's Office & Education Service Agency
To register, click HERE and search for Invention Engine.
Electronics and coding meets cardboard with the NEW Invention Engine product from the makers of Edison robots. Invention Engine is a robust, hands-on platform for learning computer science. The system contains a programmable Invention Engine hub and a range of connectable Invention Engine bits (including LEDs, motors, and sensors) all of which can be easily attached to cardboard allowing coded creations to come to life. The modular system, coded using EdScratch, allows students to begin with the basics, learning by doing as they build up skills and create exciting inventions from arcade games to cookie jar alarms, nocturnal or diurnal creatures, and so much more. Join us for a creative collective style workshop to explore each of the Invention Engine programmable bits with our facilitators STEMAZing Robot General Michael Griffith and STEM elementary/middle school teachers Jenifer Henson and Linda Slade. Get ready to leave excited about all the incredible opportunities your students will have as they learn to design and code their own cardboard inventions!
Explore Invention Engine bits and resources here: https://inventionengine.net/about-invention-engine/
Rev Up Your Invention Engines! Kits - participants receive one of every bit from Bundles 1, 2, and 3 along with hard copies of the Invention Engine curriculum (Invention Engine Hub, Punch & stencil, Battery bit, red LED bit, orange LED bit, green LED bit, Button bit, Display bit, Speaker bit, Proximity sensor bit, USB extender, Rivets, Button bit, red LED bit, orange LED bit, green LED bit, Light sensor bit, Magnet sensor and magnet bit, Tilt sensor bit, Dial bit, Servo bit, Temperature sensor bit, IR RX & TX bit, Noise sensor bit, Motor bit, more Rivets)
Access to Invention Engine Classroom Kit through Yuma County Rural STEM Lending Library - participants will have access to a classroom kit of Invention Engine bit and supplies which can be checked out for use so you can fully engage your students to use these incredible resources in your classroom.
Teachers in the Wild
Click HERE to apply by April 27, 2025!
Are you looking for an innovative STEM professional development program this summer? Would you like to sharpen your observation, questioning and research skills using nature as your classroom? Are you looking to rejuvenate and restore your balance after a year of teaching? If yes, we are excited to share an amazing opportunity with you!
Please apply for an all expenses paid six-day, five-night professional development program at the Southwestern Research Station in the beautiful Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Arizona. You will join other like-minded educators in place-based experiential learning utilizing focused observation of the natural world and the Habits of a Systems Thinker. You will explore the wilderness, follow your curiosity and identify questions that can be answered using the practices of science and engineering. You will return to the classroom refreshed and ready to share new STEM techniques and strategies with your students!
Join Friends of Cave Creek Canyon Education Coordinator Margaret Wilch and braided STEM Founder & CEO DaNel Hogan for Teachers in the Wild, June 10-15, 2025. Thanks to the generous support of the Thomas R. Brown Foundations, room and board at SWRS is covered and each participant will receive a $250 stipend and $150 worth of materials. Applications must be received by April 27, 2025. Limited space so apply now to reserve your spot!
