Project Boxes
Project Box details
These sets have been put together to support all areas of the curriculum. We ask you to provide feedback on how you have used them so that we can develop the Project Boxes appropriately. This may be about adding extra components or the number of sets available. We can only do this with your comments. Perhaps you have ideas for new Project Boxes which would be useful in your school. Please let us know how they are being used so we can develop and improve our service. The Project Box Evaluation is available on the link below.
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Animate
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Get into animation for your class with this fantastic project box containing 10 Mac iBooks and Hue webcams. The laptops are preloaded with SamAnimation software (a free download). Using this software is simple and animations can then be edited easily afterwards by downloading the software onto your own suite. |
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Film |
A set of 5 digital video cameras and tripods allows you to make quality videos. 5 laptops are also packaged with this set to allow video editing in the classroom. How about taking them on your fieldwork visits to evidence activities, or use them in school to enhance MFL speaking and listening skills. |
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Quick Film |
The 6 'Flip' video cameras in this set are great for those who want simple to use lightweight cameras. Perhaps take them around school for video interviews or use them to give groups an alternative recording method on an external visit. Built in USB connectors means quick and easy download of recordings. |
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Shoot |
Need enough digital cameras to equip your class for a visit to the museum or other site. We have put 10 Canon cameras in this box. If you want to play with the images, you could use Sumo paint, an online program offering Photoshop style features |
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Monitor |
Wanting to carry out noise, light or temperature surveys, then these Log Box dataloggers offer a simple method for collecting data. They can be used remotely then the data downloaded to the accompanying laptops for analysis, or connected directly for looking at live measurements and graphing/display. Temperature probes are included in the boxes. |
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Monitor More |
A set of 5 Sciencescope dataloggers with laptops and software for taking your investigations further. A range of sensors including Oxygen, humidity, pH, conductivity and flow meters allow a range of environmental surveys to be undertaken. |
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First Control |
This box contains 15 BeeBots which are ideal for working with a KS1 class on Control activities. The set includes rechargeable batteries and charging units so you don't have to worry about batteries. The set also contains a range of activity mats. We recommend using with the 'Focus on BeeBot' software available from TTS. |
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Second Control |
15 ProBots allow Control activities to be extended across KS2. Brilliant for developing estimation and introducing the idea of degrees of turn leading into the development of concepts of angle. Instructions can be edited on the ProBot screens. If you are at the top end of KS2, how about trying out the more technical possibilities offered by these devices such as responding to the built in light and touch sensors. Rechargeable batteries and chargers included in sets. |
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Third Control |
For those of you who know how to use the Lego Mindstorms Amusement Park kits, we have put 5 in this project box along with model building instructions and 5 laptops with the Robolab software. Challenge your students to develop and control their own models. Ideal for using after a visit to the CLC for a Control session. |
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Sounds Simple |
In this set are 10 TTS microphones which allow easy recording, playback and download. Perhaps use for podcasting or developing audio clips for your website. Great for use with programs such as Photostory3 to create multimedia presentations. |
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Sounds Professional |
If you need to record audio at a professional level, these simple to use but very high quality Canford recording units linked to Sony minidisk recorders come with professional microphones. An excellent resource for interviewing those special visitors /occasions. We recommend you download Audacity software for editing sound clips (its free) |
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Rocket |
Three pneumatic rocket launch bases and the mandrels needed to create simple but effective rockets using just sheets of A4 paper and some sticky tape. Get your pupils to work out time in the air, trajectories, height reached through triangulation. D&T and maths working together in a fun activity. Rockets can go up to 100 metres so you will need a field or very large playground for testing. |
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Fieldwork |
Nets, hand viewers, sweep nets, leaf shake collectors, identification keys and collection trays for pond, river and woodland activities. Taking a trip to Blaise Estate, Manor Woods or similar sites, then consider equipping your groups with this kit to do some fantastic investigations. |
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Locate |
This kit includes 5 Garmin eTrek GPS units. If you are running Duke of Edinburgh activities or fieldwork at KS3/4 then these units can be combined with the use of GIS packages to track journeys and locations. |
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Go Mobile |
A set of 10 Fujitsu Loox PDAs with built in cameras/video and wireless capabilities offer tremendous potential for recording information outside the classroom. The PDAs have Wildkey software installed for insect identification. How about using this set for geographical or science surveys. |
Next Steps
Further Project Boxes are being provisioned to create a stock capable of serving the needs of new projects and extending the range of the current sets. Technical support for the Project Boxes is already in place and further CPD training courses in Control Technology, Data logging, Multimedia and Animation are being designed to provide teachers and Learning Support Assistants with the skills necessary to make best use of the kits across the curriculum.
We believe that the Project Box approach offers a creative model that can be adapted for use in other CLCs and clusters/federations of schools and are happy to advise others on setting up and organising similar projects.
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