pi-top: CS & Robotics Starter Pack

pi-top: CS & Robotics Starter Pack

• Grades: 6+
• Number of Students: 1-2 students per kit
• Number of Lessons: 300+ Hours
• Contact Hours: 300+
• Additional Resources: Sample Code Cards, Sample Course Scope & Sequence, Sample Lesson Plan

Highlights:

Looking to introduce coding, engineering, or robotics into your class? Everything you need to start teaching coding, AI, robotics, and engineering. With over 300 hours of hands-on lessons, you'll find CSTA-aligned content for beginner coders to advanced programmers. Our Further LMS makes it easy to start teaching CS as a stand alone class or integrate PBL within STEM and CTE classes.

• Interactive Lessons for Robotics and Coding: Does your existing program need new life? Students will use their creativity, mix in electronics & code to experience programming while building problem solving and computational thinking skills. Resources are also available such as the Life Sized Parts Identification Poster, and Code Cards to support students. The project based learning curriculum is designed by teachers to engage all students and make teaching CS easy.
• Teaching CS doesn’t have to be scary: With Block-pi, coding becomes more accessible. Easily connect to the pi-top device (containing a Raspberry pi) through the Further interactive learning platform. Choose from 100s of premade CSTA standards aligned lessons. Write or edit code and send it wirelessly to the device from inside lessons! Roster students using Clever or Google, customize lessons, access resources, assess, and track progress through the Further teacher portal.
• Real World Advanced Robotics & AI Projects: Students design and code complex projects using pi-top's custom curriculum, code libraries and hardware. Students can collaborate to design optimal traffic light systems, smart homes, and pollution reduction utilizing AI and machine learning (obstacle avoidance, color recognition, emotion detection).
  
• Introduce CS through After School clubs and Summer Camps: The starter pack is an easy way to engage new learners to CS and Robotics. For new teachers & facilitators curious about teaching CS, this pack is a great way to build confidence in teaching & learning. Our self-paced learning design makes it easy for students to lead their learning with minimal teacher instruction.    
  

Curriculum or Lesson Topics:

• Further, our turnkey CS teaching platform connects 300+ hours of aligned lessons with pi-top [4] hardware to make CS education easy.
• Beginner Courses and Lessons utilizing Block-pi (a block based coding language)
• Lessons to transition to Python (text-based programming language)
• Beginner & Advanced Python courses & lessons
• Robotics, AI, and machine learning
• As well as core subject + CS interdisciplinary content
  

Standard Alignments:

• 300+ hours lessons aligned to CSTA, Common Core, and NGSS standards.
• Robotics 101 Standards Alignment
• Robotics 102 Standards Alignment

What's Included:

• 1 Year Further License (Building license unlimited for all teachers and students in the building; access to all curriculum)
• Pi-top
• Expansion Plate
• USB Cable
• 2 Yellow LEDs
• 2 Green LEDs
• 2 Red LEDs
• 2 Buttons
• 1 Buzzer
• 1 Sound Sensor
• 1 Light Sensor
• 1 Ultrasonic Sensor
• 2 Potentiometers
• 1 HD 720p USB Camera
• 1 Micro USB Cable
• Connector Cables
• 50+ Metal Plates
• 2 Encoder Motors
• 2 Servo Motors
• 6 Colored Balls
• 1 Build Plate
• 1 Castor Wheel
• 250 Rivets
• 2 Tires

Additional Information and Resources:

• Getting Started With Further
• Further LMS Curriculum Library
• Further CS LMS 1 Year Subscription
• CS & STEM Live Online Professional Development

Technology Requirements/Specifications:

More information coming soon!