Coding and Stem Resources
- Robotics Challenge Mats Curriculum & Resources : Choose from 130+ robotics mats for your students - from grades K-12. For all types of play and competition training, our mats help you advance your students’ coding skills.
- Robotics Articles and FAQs For Table Top Robotics: Lego Education Products; Ev3, Spike Prime
- Code.org: Code.org offers a variety of courses and activities for students to learn computer science. Over 70 million students have already learned on this platform. You can get started with coding today, and it’s easier and more fun than you might think! Explore their full course catalog, which includes options for grades K-5 (where you can create your own games, apps, or computer drawings) and grades 6-12 (where you can build real working apps, games, and websites using blocks, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and more).
- Codecademy: Codecademy is an online learning platform that offers free coding classes in various programming languages, including Python, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, SQL, C++, HTML, and CSS.
- freeCodeCamp: freeCodeCamp provides a wide range of free online programming and computer science courses. You can explore over 860+ courses covering different topics.
- Hour of Code: If you’re short on time, try an Hour of Code tutorial. These one-hour sessions are designed for all ages and cover various coding concepts.
- Elementary STEM Specials teachers | Facebook: Files uploaded from Elementary Stem Teachers.
- STEM & Maker Education | Facebook: Files uploaded from Stem Educators.
- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,Mathematics) | Facebook: Files uploaded from Stem Educators.
- CMU CS Academy: CMU CS Academy is an online, graphics-based computer science curriculum taught in Python provided by Carnegie Mellon University. We create novel, world-class Computer Science education for your classroom —and it’s entirely free.
- From the Start: Introducing Coding to Young Minds: Introducing coding to children at a young age offers myriad benefits, fostering cognitive development, mathematical skills, creativity, and problem-solving abilities crucial for navigating the digital future. Tailoring age-appropriate approaches, such as play-based activities for early childhood and structured curricula for primary school, alongside interactive learning and collaborative coding, ensures a holistic and engaging educational experience, laying the groundwork for lifelong proficiency in coding and related skills.
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- Edison Lesson Plans: Edison is a robust educational robot designed to bring coding to life for students and help teachers deliver meaningful 21st century education.
Dash Robot / Wonder Workshop
- Hour of Code (makewonder.com): Bring coding to life with Wonder Workshop activities
- Blog (makewonder.com): Wonder Workshop Blog: Activities for Dash Robot
Hummingbird Robotics Kit
Finch Robot 2.0
OZOBOT
CoDrone EDU Lessons
ZUMI Lessons
NXT
- http://www.nxtprograms.com: This site has a limitless set of bot and programs. It is the best place to start.
EV3
- Mindstorms Official How to Program Page: https://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/learn-to-program
- EV3 Lessons from the Seshan Brothers: http://ev3lessons.com
WLKATA Robotics
- |High School Curriculum| Industrial Robots: Concepts and Applications (wlkata.com)
- WLKATA Academy Home
PI-TOP Robotics
LEGO Parts
One of the keyways to excel in FLL or WRO competitions is to look for rare or custom parts.
These are some of best resources:
https://www.toybrickbrigade.com
Previous FLL Field Kits
You can find complete field kits for previous FLL challenges at the three parts sites listed above. Just search for the name of the challenge. See the image to right for an example.
The FLL Tournament Scoring Site has a concise list of the challenges with descriptions.
http://www.flltournament.com/ChalList.aspx
STEM Grant Opportunities: