Course Descriptions

Topic: Challenges of Engineering
Developed by: MIT Edgerton Center

Smartphones and tablets have changed computing and the world. This is your opportunity to build an app that will improve your community. In this course you will design and develop Android apps using MIT App Inventor. After an introduction to App Inventor and app design, you will work in small groups to brainstorm an app concept, prototype your concept, and build a working app.

Topic: Block programming, functions, iterative programming and interactive storytelling
Developed by: i2 Learning

Digital Game Design teaches students to use MIT’s Scratch programming environment to create an original video game with custom graphics, sound effects and music. Students begin by developing the basic constructs of a game, gradually gaining skills in game design, storytelling, and computational thinking, while building confidence in Scratch. When they are ready to develop their final project, students will learn how to focus their ideas, integrate player feedback, and refine their games before sharing them with the world. No prior computer programming experience is required.

Topic: Life Sciences
Developed by: Jessica Cohen, PhD

Have you ever wondered how law enforcement uses science to catch criminals? Have you ever watched a crime show on television and questioned if the techniques they were using are real? If so, this is the course for you! Through this course you will become a member of a crime scene unit and learn how to act a crime scene, gather evidence and analyze data. You will learn about fingerprints, fibers, hair, dental impressions, tool marks, blood spatter and much more!

Topic: Challenges of Engineering
Developed by: Bose and Nate Piper

Our devices are full of speakers and microphones-- but how do they work? Explore the physics and mathematics of sound, the physiology of the human ear, and learn how we can harness electromagnetism to create sounds from electrical signals. Learn how engineers manipulate electrical signals to emulate different instruments and how sounds are synthesized to create music. Using BoseBUILD technology from the Bose Corporation, we will design and build electronic sensor-controlled instruments and play them together in a BoseBUILD Band!