{"id":8988,"date":"2022-09-15T12:22:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T01:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&#038;p=8988"},"modified":"2022-09-15T12:22:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T01:22:40","slug":"year-8-technologys-entrepreneurial-fair","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/year-8-technologys-entrepreneurial-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 8 Technology&#8217;s Entrepreneurial Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Year 8 Technology students were challenged to look around their world and identify a situation or problem that a solution would involve the use of microcontrollers and sensors. Using <em>The\u00a0Circuit Playground Express<\/em> from Adafruit, the students created code using a block-based language.<\/p>\n<p>After extensive experimentation, the students used their new-found knowledge of micro-controllers, sensors, input, and output devices to solve problems as diverse as knowing when to water your plant to visual temperature information for northern hemisphere skiers.<\/p>\n<p>In Week 7 the Year 8 classes then enthusiastically shared their ideas and recorded their feedback in an exciting entrepreneurial fair.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8988 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-none'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/TAS-Year-8_3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-none'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/TAS-Year-8_4-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-none'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/TAS-Year-8_1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-none'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/TAS-Year-8_2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Tricia Tring<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>TAS Teacher<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Year 8 Technology students were challenged to look around their world and identify a situation or problem that a solution would involve the use of microcontrollers and sensors. Using The\u00a0Circuit Playground Express from Adafruit, the students created code using a block-based language. After extensive experimentation, the students used their new-found knowledge of micro-controllers, sensors, input, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[30,72],"class_list":["post-8988","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_tag-student-learning","article_tag-tas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/8988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=8988"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=8988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}