Tech Creation: Food and Games
Sessions 3 and 4*
Grades 6-8
*Session 4 Girls Only
Create and program cool computerized inventions using a
microcontroller and sensors to control motors, lights and sound. Design an
automatic Kool-Aid maker, a vending machine to sell candy to your friends, or an
ice-cream-topping dispenser. Invent a fun, interactive arcade game like Skee
Ball or Whack-a-Mole!
Instructor: Michael Penta / Doug Prime
Michael Penta is the Associate Director of the
Future Engineers Center/DesignCamp. Michael is a graduate of UMass Lowell's
Computer Science Depatment and is currently pursuing a Master's in Computer
Science with a focus on technology in education, specifically video game
programming as a framework for mathematical learning. Michael has been an
instructor at DesignCamp since 2006.
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