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.
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