High School

Suggested High School Curriculum


This curriculum is put together as a guide.
Feel free to remove and change material as desired for your course.
Other modules can be found under Modules.


  
Based on a 18 week course with a week removed for vacation or other holidays

18 week course
Day 1: 45 minutes
Day 2: Lab days 3 hours

Week 1
 Day 1: Introductions and Syllabus: Blog Setup Activity and What is Wearable Technology? Discussion   
  Assignment: Discussion: Is the Rise of Wearable Electronics Finally Here?
 Day 2: Discussion on HW topic and Module 1: LEDs, Breadboard and Ohms Law
  Assignment: LED Card

Week 2
 Day 1: Assignment presentations and Ohms Law 
 Day 2: Module 2: Soft Circuits  
  Assignment: Soft Circuit DIY Doll



Week 3
 Day 1:  Assignment presentations and Assignment: Discussion: Connect or Disconnect?
 Day 2:  Module 3a: Intro to Arduino  
  Assignment: Soldering

Week 4
 Day 1: Discussion: Vision of Tomorrow
 Day 2:  Module 3b: Basics in Pseudocode 
  Assignment: Pseudocode and Capacitive Touch

Week 5
 Day 1: Assignment discussion and Basics in Programming 
 Day 2: Module 4: Basics in Programming Continued 
  Assignment: Practice Programming

Week 6
 Day 1: Assignment discussion and Code Review Slides 
 Day 2: Module 5: Introduction to SquareWear 
  Assignment: Music Box DIY Tune

Week 7
 Day 1: Assignment presentations and What is Technology's Role in Health? 
 Day 2: Module 6: LEDs and NeoPixels Responding to Sound 
  Assignment: Sound Respond

Week 8
 Day 1: Assignment presentations and Money No Object: Craft + Technology Residency 
 Day 2: Module 7: Exploring Other Sensors 
  Assignment: Working with other sensors

Week 9
 Day 1: Assignment presentations and  Module 8: Pitch and Planning 
 Day 2: Develop Final Project Idea
  Assignment: Create final project draft
 

Week 10
 Day 1: Discuss final project idea with a classmate. Give suggestions
 Day 2: Finalize Final Project 
  Assignment: Create Draft of Pitch

Week 11
 Day 1: Practice Pitches with a classmate and modify pitches
  Assignment: Create pitch
 Day 2: Final Project Pitches 

Week 12
 Day 1: Start creating Design Documents
  Assignment: Create Design Documents :including a budget/list of required materials/components and a timeline of weekly milestones.
 Day 2: Design Documents 

Week 13
  Day 1: Open Lab 
  Day 2: Open Lab 

Week 14
  Day 1: Open Lab 
  Day 2: Open Lab 

Week 15
  Day 1: Open Lab 
  Day 2: Open Lab  

Week 16
  Day 1: Open Lab 
  Day 2: Open Lab 

Week 17
  Day 1: Final Project Presentations  
  Day 2: Final Project Presentations