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
Mouse Squad - teaches students how to act as tech support for their own school.
sudoKids
A more kid centric sudo room
Manipulatives (toys)
-legosÂ
-robotic legos
-cardboard boxes
-bubble wrap
-wooden blocks
-wooden science oriented toys (telescope, microscopes, stethescopes)
-wooden molecules, double helix
Activities
-scratch based computer games
-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
-paint, brushes, smocks (large shirts)
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