Genius hour

WONDER DAY

Epro8 Engineering

Using the Epro8 kit, choose one or more of the challenges to complete. Alternatively, get creative and make your own challenge!

Edison robots

You can programme these robots with block based programming using Ed Scratch. Try some of the design challenges online or in the book. Get creative and make your own!

Little bits

Get inventing with this electronics kits. Start with some basic inventions to get used to the equipment and then choose something more challenging to create.

Check out the Bit-o-pedia to see what each bit does.

3D Printing

Go through this comprehensive resource on designing in Tinkercad and then printing with our UpGo Mini printer. You must first design a key ring to prove your design and printing skills, then get creative!

Coding and Creating with Minecraft

Keep developing your coding skills using Minecraft EE. There are heaps of tutorials and challenges within Minecraft. Go to Library>How to play>code builder tutorial 

You can also try: Computer science>Hour of code>AI


Other resources include Makecode and Minecraft lessons such as Computing: The Agency 

Online Learning

There are a heap of places on the web where you can take online courses to learn about interesting things. Here's a sample:

The Tauranga Boys’ College motto is “Pergo et Perago”. It is a Latin phrase that means ‘I take up the work and carry it through’. With this ideal in mind, as part of the Inquiry programme, students are encouraged to engage in a long term project of their choice.  There are a number of formal programmes that students can choose from. These are:

The most important outcome of your project is the joy and learning that comes from scientific discovery or invention – not winning a competition! In this project we are trying to incorporate 20time. Click here to find out more about 20time.

Other info

There are planning documents that you can use for all projects. Click the following links:

Science Fair – Science Fair Book

Science Fair – Technology Book

Planning document – you may wish to use a planning tool like Trello to help keep you on track. See this link to an example of a Sheet used as a planning document.

Inspiration

The Ocean Cleanup project (17 mins)

Ripstr (2 mins): 2015 YIA internship winners

Where good ideas come from (4 mins)

Innovators Mindset – webpage with 8 characteristics of an innovator.

What type of Creative are you? Take this online test.