pi-top: CS & Robotics Class Pack

Grades: 6
Number of Students: 1-2 students per kit
Number of Lessons: 300 Hours
Contact Hours: 300
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Highlights:

Looking to build or update a CS and Robotics class? Everything in one place to teach Computer Science, AI, and Robotics. We have developed a CS Dept. in a Box with curriculum aligned to CSTA standards. On Further (an interactive learning and coding platform) you’ll find electronics & robotics lessons to inspire beginner coders, and content to challenge advanced engineers. The class pack is ideal for smaller class sizes or for team learning.

Integrated Teaching, Learning, & Class Management: Do you find teaching CS using hardware in the classroom a challenge? Further, our turnkey CS teaching platform connects 300 hours of premade CSTA-aligned lessons with the pi-top device for CS instruction. You can roster students using Clever or Google, customize & assign lessons, access teacher resources, deliver in-class or remote instruction, track progress and assessment.
Beginner Level Coding & Robotics: Access beginner level projects that can be used in CS classes and STEM classes. Students will use their creativity, mix in electronics & code to experience an introduction to programming while building problem solving and computational thinking skills. With Block-pi, a block-based language, coding becomes more accessible and easier to understand.
Advanced Level Coding, Robotics, AI & Machine Learning: With our advanced curriculum, students design, construct, and code complex projects using pi-top's custom lessons and code libraries. Our premade courses are aligned with CSTA standards and focus on CS, robotics, gaming, and AI topics.
Applied STEM and Competitions: Push students to apply what they have learned in school by linking coding with STEM in pi-top’s interdisciplinary lessons - connect Geometry with AI & robotics, align Biology and Earth Sciences with code through smart agriculture.

Curriculum or Lesson Topics:

Further, our turnkey CS teaching platform connects 300 hours of aligned lessons with pi-top [4] hardware to make CS education easy.
Beginner Courses and Lessons utilizing Block-pi (a block based coding language)
Lessons to transition to Python (text-based programming language)
Beginner & Advanced Python courses & lessons
Robotics, AI, and machine learning
As well as core subject CS interdisciplinary content

Standard Alignments:

300 hours lessons aligned to CSTA, Common Core, and NGSS standards.

What's Included:

1 Year Further License (Building license unlimited for all teachers and students in the building; access to all curriculum)
Pi-top
Expansion Plate
USB Cable
2 Yellow LEDs
2 Green LEDs
2 Red LEDs
2 Buttons
1 Buzzer
1 Sound Sensor
1 Light Sensor
1 Ultrasonic Sensor
2 Potentiometers
1 HD 720p USB Camera
1 Micro USB Cable
Connector Cables
50 Metal Plates
2 Encoder Motors
2 Servo Motors
6 Colored Balls
1 Build Plate
1 Castor Wheel
250 Rivets
2 Tires