🎬Introduction to Pictoblox and Animations
Module 1: Getting Started with PictoBlox
- Introduction to PictoBlox
- Understanding the components of Pictoblox (Pictoblox User Interface guide)
- Menu Bars
- Stage
- Sprites
- Block Palette
- Scripts
- How to work in Pictoblox
- How to execute the program using flag, keyboard, mouse pointer
- Adding a Sprite
- Adding a Backdrop
- Fun Challenge
Module 2: Animations in Pictoblox
- Drawing in Pictoblox
- How to paint your Sprite
- How to use Pen Tool
- How to change the size
- Adding Effects
- Mini project:
- Animating your name
Module 3: Discover more with animations in Pictoblox
- Costumes in Pictoblox
- How to add sound effects
- How to record sound in Pictoblox
- Combining audio and animation
- Mini Project
- Conversation between 2 people or 2 pets with dialogues and scene transitions
Module 4: Storytelling with Pictoblox
- Starting with some fun examples of humorous short stories
- Crafting a short interactive story with dialogues and scene transitions
- Giving Challenges and Quiz based on animations and Storytelling
🎮Introduction to Game Development
Module 5: Game Development
- What is a Game?
- Understanding the components of a game (through example)
- Player
- Obstacle
- Score
- Level
- How does the game work with user interactions like keyboard and mouse.
Module 6: Gaming Logics with an example
- How does the following concepts work:
- Loops
- Conditions
- Variables in a Game
- Mini project of a basic Make it fly game to understand the concepts learned earlier
Module 7: Final Game Development project
- Maze escape game that will cover:
- Loops and Conditions
- Keyboard Controls
- Sensing (wall Collisions)
or
- Catch the falling Fruit
- Loops and Conditions
- Variables (Score)
- Keyboard Interaction
- Random Positioning
💡Introduction to Electronic Components and IOT
Module 8: Introduction to Electronic Components
- What are Electrical components?
- Applications of Electronics in everyday life with examples
- What are the input and output devices in electronics?
- Basic definition and applications of:
- LED
- Button
- Buzzer
- LDR
Module 9: Introduction IOT and programming of components with Pictoblox
- What is IOT?
- Examples and applications of IOT
- Configuring Pictoblox to use electrical components
- How to do programming with these components
- Coding and connection illustrations
- Mini project of blinking and LED with Pictoblox
Module 10: Programming with electrical components contd
- Trying different modes of LED
- Making a simple traffic light illustration with some delay
- How to use LED with buttons
- How to use LED with Buzzer
Module 11: Introduction to Sensors
- What are sensors?
- Giving example through video examples and applications.
- How does Sensors work? Very basic concepts explanation
- Working of sensor illustration with the LDR Sensor
- Hands-on mini project to control LED using a LDR sensor
🤖Introduction to Robotics
Module 12: Introduction to Robotics
- Giving a very brief about the electrical components and sensors we studied before
- What is robotics?
- How is it all connected through examples and applications
- What are the types of robots?
- Brief idea about the possibilities of the robotics
- Task to tinker a robot that they would love to make and writing all functions they want it to perform
Module 13: Moving a Robot
- Explain the type of robot that we are going to be working with
- What are the possibilities with the robot
- Understanding the motion of robot
- Programming with Pictoblox to achieve forward and backward motion of the Robot
- Trying to achieve different Speeds
Module 14: Making a robot take turns
- How does the robot take turns? Conceptual explanation
- Programming the robot to take turns.
- Implementing successful left and right turns.
- See what can be achieved with different speed and delay values
Module 15: Programming of Robot with LEDs
- How to program LEDs of Robot to achieve better appearance
- Trying different effects with LEDs
🧩Introduction to 3D Designing
Module 16: Introduction to TinkerCAD
- What is TinkerCAD?
- How to open it and how to create an account
- What are the different things you can implement using TinkerCAD
- Start with opening a project and saving it for future usage
- Mini Project of glowing an LED circuit making
Module 17: Introduction to 3D Designing
- What does it mean by 3D?
- What are 3D designs?
- How are 3D designs different from the 2D one
- What software do we use to do the 3D Designing? A brief example giving
- Applications of 3D Designing
- Working with 3D designs in TinkerCAD guide
- Mini project of making a shape and saving the program
Module 18: Working on a 3D Model
- Step by step guide to make a simple 3D designing project
- A cute mickey mouse keychain or any chain with their names so that they can learn:
- Basic Shape
- Text Addition
- Hole Making
🎲Tinkering Projects for Hands-on Learning
Module 19: Practical implementation of a project
- Traffic Light 🚥
Module 20: Practical implementation of a project
- Smart Light⚡