Schedule
Week 1
Tuesday – 14 January
- Intro to Course < 30 min.
- Getting started with the kit – a blinking LED light
Thursday – 16 January
- Installing software
- Experiment 1 – an LED
- dissecting our first program
Week 2
Tuesday -21 January
Thursday -23 January
- LEDs continued
- Maybe a button intro
Week 3
Tuesday – 28 January
- variables
- if statements and buttons (slides)
- LEDs continued
- intro to buttons
- experiment 2
Thursday – 30 January
- buttons continued
- button remixes (in experiment 2 writeup)
Week 4
Tuesday – 4 February
Thursday – 6 February
- multicolor LEDs
Week 5
Tuesday – 11 February
Thursday – 13 February
Week 6
Tuesday – 18 February
- for loops – lecture by Isabella (slides)
- Experiment 5: Nightlights and the Photoresistor
Thursday – 20 February
Week 7
Tuesday – 25 February
Thursday – 27 February
- general lab and catch up day
Week 8
Tuesday – 3 March
- SPRING BREAK
Thursday – 5 March
Week 9
Tuesday – 10 March
Thursday – 12 March
Week 10
Tuesday – 17 March
Thursday – 19 March
- Optional: Adafruit Servo Basics
- with the paper chart – 25xp
Week 11
Tuesday – 24 March
Thursday – 26 March
Week 12
Tuesday – 31 March
Thursday – 2 April
Week 13
Tuesday – 7 April
- Experiment 9: NeoPixel – 100xp
Thursday – 9 April
Week 14
Tuesday – 14 April
Thursday – 16 April
- No Class
Week 15
Tuesday – 21 April
Thursday – 23 April
- last day to demo