Resources

Instructions and template for making a paper flashlight with an LED and coin cell battery.

This guide focuses on tips for building positive, trusting relationships with youth.

Experience the design process through hands-on projects. This introductory activity in which students create a tinfoil boat to hold the most pennies is perfect for upper elementary and middle school students.

Explore light and circuitry with this intermediate LED Wand project. Using a popsicle stick and a few basic electronics materials, you will create a light up wand with its own switch. For an added bonus, use these with a slow shutter camera app to create your own light paintings!

This handout introduces the basic skills and mindset needed to work with youth.

This lesson introduces youth to the idea of pixels and they learn how to create their own pixel art!

In this course, youth will have the opportunity to explore circuits and their applications through hands-on projects.

Engage in hands-on design projects. Upper elementary and middle schoolers can create spaghetti towers with marshmallow tops in this introductory activity.

Youth will explore logos and symbols to create their own design for an imaginary toy company.

In this activity, youth will act as oceanographers as they work to retrieve a "sensor" from the bottom of the ocean using paper clips.

In this activity, youth will learn about sea jellies and then use LEDs and coin cell batteries to create a bioluminescent sea jelly.