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

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

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

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

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.

This activity builds on foundational e-textiles skills from power cuffs and youth create a more complex circuit to make a stuffed animal glow, flicker, and flash.

In this project, youth will learn about the basics of electric circuits and sewing to sew a wearable light-up bracelet that represents their "superpower".

This guide provides an overview of what STEM Equity Pedagogy is and some best practices that can be used in the classroom.

This course introduces youth to the basic idea of game design as they explore existing games and then they are introduced to Scratch, a block based coding platform.

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

This lesson is a basic introduction to hand sewing and builds the foundation for more complex projects including e-textiles.

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 lesson helps youth go a little deeper with their coding by adding movement, speech, and sounds to their Scratch Code. They bring these skills together to tell a story about their community.

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

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

This workbook guides educators through how to go about planning a family STEM night.

Youth will use the Hummingbird basic kit to create a blooming garden controlled by micro servos.

This is a light introduction for youth new to Scratch coding. They will learn the basics including how to add and change sprites.

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

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