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July 4th - 'Micro: bits and bots' - Car Rally (SOLD OUT)

Name: July 4th - 'Micro: bits and bots' - Car Rally (SOLD OUT)
Start: 2023-07-04T09:00:00.000+08:00
End: 2023-07-04T15:00:00.000+08:00
Location: Joondalup Campus

Date

Tuesday 4 July 2023 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM | (UTC+08)

Location

Joondalup Campus

270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA, 6027

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About

'Micro: bits and bots' workshop for High School aged students who want to learn more about coding - suitable for beginner coders.

ECU's School of Science is proud to offer this workshop for high school-aged students interested in learning more about computing and security. Join us for a day of coding in python using micro: bits to move a smart robot car around a course. The day will start with learning the basics of Python, coding the car kit to light up and move as well as using the sensors to make it turn. Extension – Network Security and Bluetooth

Plan for the day -

9:00 - 10:00 - Workshop One – Python basic and Micro: bit functionality – loops, logic, debugging as well as images, instructions and accelerometer

10:00 - Morning tea - please BYO

10:30 - 11:30 - Workshop Two – Micro: bits – let’s get the car moving -

11:30 - 12:30 - Workshop Three – Micro: bits – let’s see what else we can get it to do - twist, turn, dance!

12:30 - 1:00 - BYO Lunch - sit under the trees and enjoy the surroundings - we do ask that 'no feeding the ducks'!

1:00 - 2:00 - Workshop Four – Smart Robot Car kit and its functionality – Moving through a course and following a pattern

2:00 - 3:00 - Workshop Five – Project work - Make your robot move through an obstacle course by steering the vehicle using Bluetooth - great hacks!

Date: July 4th 9 am - 3 pm

Cost: $16.50 (inc GST)

BYO catering: water bottles, lunch, and snacks. There are also cafés and vending machines around campus that you can access

Location: Joondalup Campus - School of Science - Building 18, Registrations on Level 1 at the front door

Parking: Parking area 14 – Visitors parking and drop off area, Use Lakeside Drive entrance turn into Deakin Drive - over the roundabout, and find Red Zone Car Park 14

ECU is proud to be a member of the Athena SWAN in Australia. This initiative promotes gender equality and encourages opportunities for females in STEM careers.

For further information please contact: sscievents@ecu.edu.au