EventsCanCode: Micro:bats

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CanCode: Micro:bats

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Dawe Branch

Description

For children and teens in grades 5 to 8.

Participants will explore how to use technology to mimic the unique echo location capabilities of different mammals like whales, dolphins, and, of course, bats. Using a micro:bit processor and its associated ultra sonic sensor, the participants will learn block coding skills to write a small program to measure distance using echo location concepts.

Presented in partnership with Red Hot Science at Red Deer Polytechnic.

Program needs a minimum of 4 registrants in order to run.


Suitable for:
School-age kids
Teens
Type:
STEM (science, technology, engineering, & math)
Language:
English

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