Summary
In Puerto Rico, four SciGirls code light-up, robotic dance costumes and perform for their community. Presented bilingually in Spanish and English -- a good fit for dual-language classrooms.
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Ages 7+
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Full episode (28 min) from SciGirls, season 4.
- How did the costumes turn electricity into light and movement?
- What had to be coded before the costume would respond?
- Where do art and engineering meet in this project?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: circuit, code, wearable, performance.
Try it: Design a costume with one light and one moving part. Write the steps your code would need, in order.