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An Engineering Outreach Activity: How to Develop a Tendon-Based Soft Robotic Finger?
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Fatma Demir; Ellen Roels; Seppe Terryn; Bram Vanderborght – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
Contribution: This article presents an engineering outreach activity that aims to teach K-12 students how to develop a tendon-based soft robotic finger. The primary objectives of this STEM activity are to introduce students to the fundamentals of soft robotics, its interdisciplinary nature, and to offer them a hands-on and engaging learning…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Engineering, STEM Education, Elementary Secondary Education
IT-Adventures: A Program to Spark IT Interest in High School Students Using Inquiry-Based Learning with Cyber Defense, Game Design, and Robotics
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Rursch, Julie A.; Luse, Andy; Jacobson, Doug – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2010
The IT-Adventures program is dedicated to increasing interest in and awareness of information technology among high school students using inquiry-based learning focused on three content areas: cyber defense, game design programming, and robotics. The program combines secondary, post-secondary, and industry partnerships in educational programming,…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Service Learning, Active Learning, High School Students