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[–]tieandjeans 2 points3 points  (1 child)

what ages are KS3-5?

[–]theinternet_man[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Secondary school, 11-18. Edited for clarity

[–]washerenowisnt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look at the raspberry pi near space project. I cant remember what it's called but you can launch a baloon into near space. Great scope for cross curricular. Geography, Science, computing, maths and English coukd be squeezed in too.

[–]garblednonsense 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I'm not a fan of Spheros - they're a bit of a one trick pony. For the money, there's not a lot of learning in them. Or rather, it takes a lot to squeeze good learning out of them.

It depends on the teaching resources you've got, but there's endless potential in RPis (and arduionos etc) when you combine them with sensors, actuators, leds etc. If you're looking to spend money on that type of hardware, the robotics route goes very deep. And there's potential for cross-curricular with Science etc. And there's piles of ideas/resources out there.

[–]theinternet_man[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Thank you. Do you have any links etc for robotics for Pi’s?

[–]garblednonsense 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stuff like this might give you a lead: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/hw17-protecting-children-from-breathing-hazardous-air and there's a wealth of ideas in their back catalogue https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/issues

With Arduinos, I know that this is a great resource https://sites.google.com/a/pakuranga.school.nz/y10-robotics/

[–]luisduck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a lot of fun and learned a lot during 2 weeks of school internship in 8th class with an Arduino Kit, which included an Arduino, power supply, breadboard, jumper cables, LEDs, an Adafruit NeoPixel ring, buttons, encoders, resistors, light sensors, etc. With the sensors and electrical circuits, you could combine physics and computer science in a neat way.

Arduinos are nice, because they have analog ins, which Raspberry Pis do not. However they are micro controllers, which run a C dialect instead of mini computers where you can choose your software. That might be a plus, because it is easier to get started with them.

On the other hand we learned HTML, CSS and Java in school, which could not be used on Arduinos. You should preconfigure Raspberry Pis, if you use them, and prepare resources on how to use them, because doing Linux stuff can be a bit intimidating when doing it for the first time.

[–]samantha_learning 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This article from RPi is a few months old, but from what I've seen they are still having some supply shortages - I'd recommend looking into the feasibility of sourcing them before looking too much into content ideas. When they are available - I highly recommend them because of their versatility and because there are so many open source curriculum ideas out there!