miniFloppyBot Face05 Wheels02

The miniFloppyBot is the starter projects for the "RoboGuts™ S.T.E.A.M. education program where teachers only help students find answers and solve problems" as the students learn the manufacturing process.

The kit's I've been designing for elementary and middle school classrooms. The students begin their lessons by having the class 3D printer begin printing miniFloppyBot bodies, tops, wheels and faces.

Then students start learning with the RoboGuts™ circuit board some basic electronics. Learning about polarity, basic color codes and a few types of components.

The student learns how to add a micro controller chip (MCU) and different devices, LEDs, peripherals and motors one at a time making the appropriate jumpers on the RoboGuts™ circuit board adding jumper wires to complete the circuit design by following the example wiring diagrams on the website (http://www.r2pv1.com/PICAXE28X2m/), then after clicking on the jumper wire diagram the student enters the programming mod