Parent/Guardian and Child Robotic Arts & Crafts Workshop

Summary

1 parent/guardian and 1 child work together to experience learning circuits, Arduino basics coding, and robotics through creative making.

K-12 Learning Goals

Build confidence in circuits + programming; connect robotics to data science foundations.

Undergraduates Learning

Facilitation, teaching, kit setup, troubleshooting, and curriculum refinement.

Overview

This workshop creates an opportunity for parents/guardians to work with their kids to learn about basic programming, circuits, and robotics. One parent/guardian and one child come to our lab and enjoy a 2-hour experience. Light snacks provided. Parents/guardians work with their child to learn about basic programming with an Arduino, basic circuits, and robotics. We share how programming is one of the fundamental skills for data science.

Workshop Details

• Duration: 2 hours
• Participants: 1 parent/guardian + 1 child team
• Age Range: Grades 4-6
• Location: On-campus lab
• Food: light snacks provided

Workshop videos

Video transcript: Four short workshop clips show robotic arts-and-crafts activities in progress with ambient room audio. No spoken instructions are provided in the clips.