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electronics for primary school

  • 12-07-2014 11:17pm
    #1
    bungaro79
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    hi,
    i'm a primary school teacher and i'm looking to set up an after school club where our lads can go and get experience in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) projects so i'm in the hunt for resources to use. can anyone here recommend things or websites where i could go to to buy stuff?? i've just read about ardunio in the past 10 mins, is this something 11 - 13 year olds could use?? i'm hoping to have a budget of a few hundred euro available.


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  • #2
    gctest50
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    few ideas here :


    http://proto-pic.co.uk


    .


  • #3
    bungaro79
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    thanks for the reply gctest, sorry for not replying sooner but was away on hols.

    have you used ardunio before?? and if so is it the kind of thing you can bulk buy and use over and over again?? want to try and make sure the stuff i buy can be reused if possible


  • #4
    Chet T16
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    bungaro79 wrote: »
    thanks for the reply gctest, sorry for not replying sooner but was away on hols.

    have you used ardunio before?? and if so is it the kind of thing you can bulk buy and use over and over again?? want to try and make sure the stuff i buy can be reused if possible

    You can buy them cheap and they can be programmed over and over. You could build up circuits on breadboards so everything would be reusable.

    Are you looking to teach soldering?


  • #5
    Johnboy1951
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    Have a look at this also ...... lots of projects designed specifically for school-goers .......

    http://www.raspberrypi.org/


  • #6
    bungaro79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭bungaro79


    yeah i've heard about rasberry pi and it definitely looks like an option. and as for soldering, i'd love to do it but i've never done it myself before. would it be doable with 6th class students do you think??


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  • #7
    Chet T16
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    bungaro79 wrote: »
    yeah i've heard about rasberry pi and it definitely looks like an option. and as for soldering, i'd love to do it but i've never done it myself before. would it be doable with 6th class students do you think??

    I think they'd be well able for it. You could get some blinking LED circuit PCBs done up with a 555 timer and run through the workings of it before assembling the boards with them


  • #8
    bungaro79
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    would they need safety equipment for the soldering?? and where would you buy the equipment you were on about chet??


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