Education

This is the project page for Education-related activities at Sudo Room. Please feel free to add ongoing activities, meetings, readings, groups working in similar areas, and any other ideas.

Local Relevant Organizations:

One Laptop Per Child - San Francisco

Partimus - providing computers and Free Software system administration support to several San Francisco Bay Area schools.

DIY.org's skills

Manipulatives (toys) -legos  -robotic legos -cardboard boxes -bubble wrap -wooden blocks -wooden science oriented toys (telescope, microscopes, stethescopes) -wooden molecules, double helix

Activities -scratch based computer games

  -scan a sketch n animate it

-cardboard box imaginarium    -cities & homes    -things that go (fast) rocket ships, cars, light cycles    -stores and lemonade stands -theater of squishy    -obleck: cornstarch n water    -gack: borax and glue -paleolithic tech    -fire from friction - bow drill method -video with special fx -stop motion movie    -character design    -costuming    -set design    -lighting design with LEDs    -scriptwriting    -editing -soldering -whittling with sharp knives ;) -creating density columns -astronomy telescopes - navigation from stars, astrolabs, compass

Art supplies -glitter -house made playdoughs (glow in the dark) -markers -Popsicle sticks n tongue depressors -pipe cleaners multiple colors and in glitter -crayons (house made) -butcher paper -protractors, rulers, compasses

SCIENTIFIC PROCESS

1. ) State the problem : concise accurate terms that describe the problem

2. ) Research : Find research or related research that has been done previously on stated problem

3. ) Observation : Use accurately calibrated tools to describe the process of the problem

4.) Hypothesis : a tentative idea about how to solve the problem

5. ) Experiment : test the hypothesis unbiasly

6. ) Analysis : record all of the steps and results of the experiment

7. ) Conclusion : compare hypothesis to the conclusion