Friday, May 19, 2017

FROM Microsoft's

Hacking STEM Lessons & Hands-On Activities

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/education-workshop/default.aspx



"Building Machines That Emulate Humans

Students build robotic models from cardboard and straws to understand the anatomy and biomechanics of the human hand. Then, they conduct trials visualizing data in Excel to generate new ideas for improving it’s performance.

Lesson Basics

Takes 1.5 to 3 weeks of classroom time
Costs approximately $3.00 USD per student, excluding tools and microcontroller
Meets middle school science, technology, engineering and math standards (STEM)
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What you'll need

picture of the Robotic Hand instruction guide showing some of the steps on how to create the Robotic Hand.

Instructions


A step-by-step guide for building the Sensorized Glove and the Robotic Hand. Includes templates, a list of things you need and detailed instructions.

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Picture of the Robotic Hand Excel workbook being used alongside the Robotic Hand.

Customized Excel Workbook


A customized Excel workbook visualizes real-time biomechanical data from sensor equipped gloves. Requires the Project Córdoba add-in listed below.

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Picture of required materials such as scissors, glue gun, pen, rubber bands etc.

Materials List


A spreadsheet with links to online resources to help you bring these projects to your classroom.

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