December 2021, Brilliant Labs MakerNewsletter | Nova Scotia

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE SPEAKER SERIES 2021-22

Designing for Future

What if we could stop fast fashion consumption and do our part in sustainable fashion? There are lots of ways to participate in this challenge. Explore different ideas, craft supplies, and technology to represent your own take on the holiday season. Handmade gifts, clothing, and decorations add that extra special touch to a season that is already filled with fun festivities.

Learn more & register here!

UPCYCLE & BE FEATURED December 9th 1:30 pm ADT Ken Nakagaki Learn more & register here!

Brilliant Labs is pleased to announce our next Speaker Series session with interaction designer and researcher Ken Nakagaki. Ken's research introduces ‘Actuated Tangible User Interfaces (A-TUIs)’ that embody dynamic digital information through robotic and interactive hardware technologies. Ken brings his ideas and visions to experienceable prototypes, seamlessly combining digital information into physical materials and environments.

This Holiday, give the gift of learning!

As someone familiar with how Brilliant Labs supports youth education and empowerment, you know just how important our work is in schools and communities in Atlantic Canada.

Brilliant Labs is now a registered charity under Canada Revenue Agency. This Holiday Season, you can make a difference. By giving the gift of learning, you will be supporting youth to create, innovate and learn, and become socially minded entrepreneurs.

Click here to see what your gift can do.

Your holiday gift today will mean so much to a lot of Atlantic Canadian youth. Thank you!

INSPIRATION MAKER: DECEMBER 2021

January is all about recycling and upcycling "leftover" materials from the holiday season! What better way to keep the giving momentum going while supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in the new year! Challenge yourself, students, and community to come up with fabulous, fun, and eco-friendly projects that inspire others to kick off a year of making...meaningfully! Submit your upcycled projects to be highlighted in our February newsletter!

HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS

Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots A.P.E Grant — Shannon Patterson’s grade 10 Science classes at Prince Andrew High School have been studying climate change using micro bits and b.Boards.

Some of the activities completed include making and coding a flood warning system, studying the correlation between temperature and the Greenhouse effect, and how pollution affects soil quality in rural vs urban areas. Roots & Shoots is now accepting new applications for A.P.E. Funding. If you are interested in starting a project to do with your class please connect with Sarah for more information: sarah@brilliantlabs.ca

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 HOUR OF CODE COMING IN DECEMBER

This year we have planned ahead!

Register early and check out our bilingual daily virtual offerings for Hour of code week. Each day a brilliant team member will lead your students through a coding session.

December 6-12, 2021 Learn more and register Individually or as a Group HERE

Asynchronous Professional Learning Our team of Brilliant Pedagogues led by Natacha Vautour, Alisha Collins, and Jacob Lingley developed a series of 22 sessions available to teachers from across Atlantic Canada.

View Here or contact jacob@brilliantlabs.ca

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 Nova Scotia "Inspiration Maker!"

WHO: MICHAEL MACDONALD WHERE: UNIACKE DISTRICT SCHOOL

Mr. MacDonald’s science class was studying evolution, so they planned, designed, and created animals with adaptations to meet their environment using the Brilliant Labs bBoard, motors, and lights. What an innovative way to integrate our Hack-o-ween Innovation Challenge into the curriculum!

After learning the basics of how to make things Students used the Brilliant Labs b.Board, MicroBits, servo motors, LEDs, and a lot of hot glue to give these critters new adaptations and abilities.

After learning the basics of how to make things work, students were given creative freedom to design, prototype, and iterate their projects before getting the chance to share them with the school.

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

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 DECEMBER 2021

6TH 9AM (AST)

Micro:bit Fun

6TH 1 PM (AST)

Coding a Nature Walk

7TH 9AM (AST)

b.Board

7TH 1PM (AST)

Scratch Junior

8TH 9PM (AST)

Machine Learning with Scratch

8TH 9AM (AST)

Scratch game with video sensing

9TH 9AM (AST)

10TH10 AM (AST)

HOUR OF CODE

Celebrate Computer Science Week by doing 1 hour of code with the BL team!

DEC. 6-10

Storytelling in Scratch

Intro to Unity Game Engine

Register Here

Register early & check out our bilingual daily virtual offerings for Hour of in code week. Each day a brilliant team 10TH Flappy Bird member will lead your students through a coding session.

10AM Unity MAKER NEWS BY BRILLIANT LABS