Welcome to an intro to

Engineering!
What will be doing
in this class?
Explain just what it means to be

an engineer

Introduce coding with the

arduino with a few simple

activities

Emphasize how engaging with

creative S.T.E.M. projects can
be educational and fun!
What is an
Engineer?
An Engineer, in short, is
someone who takes the
discoveries made by scientists,
and applies them to the real
world
They evaluate situations and

they solve problems

Without Engineers, the world as

you know it would be very
different!
Arduino 101
An Arduino is a
microcontroller, basically a
small computer that can be
used to control other
electronics.
Since it is a computer it can be
programmed to perform certain
task, these instructions are sent
through the pins on the board:
PWM, Digital, and Analog.
Arduinos can be used to make
all sorts of cool stuff from RC
cars to small robots, theyre
powerful little boards!
 Code is written by a
programmer
Programming 101
At its core programming is
creating a set of instructions
that tell a computer to do
something. Code is uploaded to a
There are hundreds of compiler which converts
programming languages that the code into binary
are used for different things, the
most common being C++ and
Java
We wont be writing code in this
class but we will be using a The binary code is the set
drag and drop interface that will of instructions that the
teach you programming logic. computer follows
Electronics 101
We will be using these
components in today's lesson.
LED, batteries, buttons, and
breadboards among others.
Electronics are powered by
electricity and in today's class
will be controlled by the
Arduino.
Bread Board
L.E.D
Light emitting diode

List of things you need

2 wires
1 LED
Resistor
Most likely electricity
Hello World!
Button
Dont be pushing my buttons

What you will need

3 Wires
LED
Button
Photoresistor

What you will need

6 Wires
2 Resistors
LED
Photoresistor
Light
 Mak
e Me
!

If this or else
Potentiometer
Turning the dials of resistance

List of things needed

6 Wires
LED
Potentiometer
Resistor
 Make me!

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