Nova Scotia May, 2022, MakerNews

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE Speaker Series 2021-2022

Designing inclusive and diverse soft wearable technologies Dr. Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao, Assistant Professor in Human Centered Design

Thursday, June 2, 10:00 am

We are pleased to announce our next speaker series session with Cindy HsinLiu Kao. We are looking forward to welcoming Dr. Kao to share her unique work designing on-skin interfaces (i.e., smart tattoos and bandages), electronic textiles in Human-Computer Interaction and Wearable projects that blend art, science, and engineering boundaries.

Learn More & Register Here

Walk In Colours!

Join Brilliant Labs and the "I Move, I Learn" movement on June 10, 2022 for the annual Walk in Colours event!

This year, participating classes will be able to help their native ecosystems by planting seeds of their province's official flowers.

NS Virtual MakerFaire SAVE THE DATE!!

Brilliant Labs is pleased to announce an upcoming Virtual Maker Faire on May 12th & 13th. This free event will highlight inspiring creations from Nova Scotia makers of all ages and passions with both LIVE and pre-recorded events.

Don't miss anything by registering here If you are a maker or maker educator and are interested in participating register to showcase your projects before April 22nd.

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ROBOTZ GOT BRILLIANCE This challenge is School Maker Faire ready!

Registering for Innovation Challenges like Robotz Got Brilliance is a great way to inspire creativity and will give your students a chance to participate in the upcoming School Maker Faires.

We are very excited to provide this challenge to students can't wait to see how they will rise to the challenge!

Register to the Robotz got Brilliance talent show

COMMUNITY OF THE FUTURE

This challenge is School Maker Faire ready!

There is still have time to register for the Community of the Future challenge.

Are your students concerned about the future? Help them work out some of the social, economic, ecological and environmental issues that are affecting their communities by identify the problems and designing solutions!

Learn More & Register Here

INSPIRATION MAKER: MAY 2022

For Teachers: We have lesson plans, resources guides, videos, exit slips, glossary and much more.

Learn More & Register Here

Do you know a teacher who inspires students by trying new teaching methods, projects, technology or other hands-on learning activies? If so, email info@brilliantlabs.ca SUBJECT: Inspiration Maker, to be recognized in our monthly newsletter & social media channels.

Remember to tell us why & include a photo!

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More Upcoming Events NS Program Guide & Offerings Check out the Nova Scotia team’s updated supports available for teachers and students!

Learn More Here Brilliant Labs is now a Charity!

MISSION MARS

This challenge is School Maker Faire ready!

Attention all space explorers, coders and makers! Mission: Mars is at 100% capacity for kits, but you can still participate if you have materials. In this challenge, students work together to design, engineer, and prototype a Mars rover to complete as many challenges as they wish.

Students can code their rovers to gather data from sensors including temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, magnetic fields, light intensity and more. Each participating class will receive a Mission: Mars rover kit along with guides for how to complete any and all missions. This year we will have 5 different times for you to compete either virtually or in person. If you are registered for your challenge, we will keep you up to date through email.

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Inspiration Makers!

This year Brilliant Labs is looking for those teachers who inspire others to be their best and who are taking chances to try new things to educate students. We're pleased to share this Nove-Scotia "Inspiration Maker!"

Learn More Here Monthly Coding Challenges This year Brilliant Labs will be challenging teachers and students to code stories, games, apps, robots, and more! Visit brilliantlabs.ca/monthlycoding/ monthly for new code-to-learn challenges and resources!

Who: Dave Molnar Where: Coldbrook and District School Twitter: @Mrdmolnar Mr. Molnar and his students are at it again!

Designing, making, coding for Brilliant Labs Innovation Challenges “Mission Mars” and “Robotz Got Brilliance”. His two gr. 6 classes have been hard at work and can’t wait to show off their final projects at the Nova Scotia Virtual Maker Faire! #NSMakerFaire22

Project Highlight

For an introduction to their electricity unit Trevor Lawrence’s grade two grade 6 classes at Wolfville Elementary took part in a Brilliant paper circuit workshop. They definitely had the hang of it and were able to get creative!

Natural Maker Network Teachers who are interested in including outdoors pedagogy in their planning are invited to join the Natural Maker Network. Ideas for educational activities and training opportunities are sent to your email. To register, please click here and fill out this short form.

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