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STEAM Lab Challenge Projects

STEAM Lab is a collection of on-demand STEAM Challenges. Your subscription to STEAM Lab offers your students access to project challenges in Coding, Robotics, Electronics, ioT, Engineering, Digital Media and Computer Science. These challenges are broken up into Levels, which allows students to work at their own pace and pause between levels.

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Robot Rally

Build a 4 wheel drive Robot that uses sensors. Learn to control the robot by using block coding. Use the sensors to have the robot move autonomously. After you assemble and code the robot, see how quickly you can complete the Robot Rally Challenge.

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Number of completion levels: 3

Estimates completion time: 8 to 24 hours

Difficulty Level (1-10): 8

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Animate Your Pet

Create a basic animation from a sketch you draw of your favorite pet. Learn to use a drawing application and then Animate your drawing .

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Number of completion levels: 3

Estimates completion time: 4 to 16 hours

Difficulty Level (1-10): 6

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Motors and Generators

Use a battery to power a motor, then use the motor to generate electricity. 

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Number of completion levels: 4

Estimates completion time: 4 to 12 hours

Difficulty Level (1-10): 4

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What Are Gears and How DO They Work

Learn the concept behind gears. Create a multiyear system and see how they modify speed and torque.

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Number of completion levels: 4

Estimates completion time: 5 to 14 hours

Difficulty Level (1-10): 4

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Build Your Own Battery

Learn how batteries work and why they are important. Once you understand the concepts, create a battery to power a small circuit.

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Number of completion levels: 4

Estimates completion time: 5 to 14 hours

Difficulty Level (1-10): 4

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What is Electricity and How Do You Measure It

Learn how electricity is created and how it moves. Use a multimeter to measure voltage and current in a circuit built on a breadboard.

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Number of completion levels: 4

Estimates completion time: 5 to 14 hours

Difficulty Level (1-10): 4

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Sound Builder

Using the song creation software and a microphone, create unusual sounds and then include these sounds into a unique song.

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Number of completion levels: 4

Estimates completion time: 5 to 14 hours

Difficulty Level (1-10): 5

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Build A Home

Use a drawing and 3D design tool to build a custom home of your own, Learn about 3D modeling.

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Number of completion levels: 3

Estimates completion time: 4 to 12 hours

Difficulty Level (1-10): 5

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Custom Video Game Coding

Build a custom video game using Block Coding. Customize your images and scoring.

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Number of completion levels: 4

Estimates completion time: 5 to 14 hours

Difficulty Level (1-10): 4

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3D Model some familiar parts

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Use a basic Modeling tool to create 3D object and Save these objects for 3D printing.

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Number of completion levels: 3

Estimates completion time: 5 to 14 hours

Difficulty Level (1-10): 4

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Send Wireless Communication Messages

Build a wireless transmitter and receiver to send and receive wireless messages.

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Number of completion levels: 3

Estimates completion time: 8 to 16 hours

Difficulty Level (1-10): 5

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Breadboards and Basic Circuits

Learn how to create breadboard circuits. Build a circuit that displays messages based upon the color of buttons clicked.

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Number of completion levels: 3

Estimates completion time: 8 to 16 hours

Difficulty Level (1-10): 4

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LED Lighting Circuit

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Use Arduino Uno and build a circuit that controls flashing LED lights. Code this with Block coding.

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Number of completion levels: 3

Estimates completion time: 4 to 8 hours

Difficulty Level (1-10): 4

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Capture a 3D modeling then 3D Print It

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Using a 3D Camera, capture a 3D image of an object. Use this image model to 3D print your model.

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Number of completion levels: 4

Estimates completion time: 15 to 25 hours

Difficulty Level (1-10): 7

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