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An immersive STEAM experience
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GL!TCH: Engineering an Escape Room is an innovative approach to teaching 21st Century Skills. What most stands out is how effectively it engages students. Your students will be immersed in the fictional world of Boom Town, where a small group of high-school students have realized that something strange is afoot in their computer science class.
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Your students will innovate solutions to coding and engineering challenges as they work their way through a role playing game to help the Boom Town characters stop an evil organization from taking over the world.
Written by a team including a filmmaker and a former Disney Imagineer, this story/game/adventure captures students’ attention. Rather than rolling their eyes, your students won’t want to leave class until they find out what has happened to their favorite Boom Town characters.
But GL!TCH isn’t just for fun. . .
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Authentic 21st Century Skills
This NGSS aligned curriculum is so robust that it can be offered as
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A science or engineering class during the school day
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A unit within another STEM course
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An after school or summer enrichment program
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​No block code here, your students will learn to code in Python, the language that platforms like YouTube and Google Search were built on. Your students will explore the fundamentals of electrical engineering, using real electrical components to wire all the same circuits that a 1st-semester electrical engineering student would learn. Then they will use the code they are learning to automate those same circuits.
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Your students will use resistors, capacitors, sensors, LEDs, servo motors, lasers, and more.
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Teacher Friendly, Turn-Key Curriculum
GL!TCH includes everything you need to run an engaging and impactful STEAM class. And no, you don’t need to know code or engineering to teach it. However, if you are familiar with code, engineering, or the maker movement, you will appreciate just how comprehensive this package is.
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Curriculum Elements
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Teachers’ Hub - website for digital resources, slides, and mini lesson videos
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Teachers’ Manual - designed to make GL!TCH easy to teach, regardless of prior STEM teaching experience. It contains all instructions, scripts, slides
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GL!TCH Kit - all physical hardware needed for the course including a microcontroller, case, breadboard, wires, maze pieces, and various electronic components
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Student Workbooks - contains all necessary resources for students including vocabulary, schematics, code, as well as space to take notes, log data, note observations, and reflect on learning
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Engaging Structure
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Bellringer - designed to allow students to mentally transition and activate previous knowledge
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Story - sets an immersive narrative driven learning experience
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Mini Lesson - video or slides to introduce key information
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Guided Practice - help students practice appropriate procedures and scientific principles as well as clear up any misconceptions or confusion
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Independent Activity - Peer centered collaborations and individual assignments where active learning takes place
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Closing - Discussion and clean-up time
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Reflection - allows students to reflect on their own work and contributions
Flexible Scope
Can be. . .
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Offered in as little as 14-hours
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Taught as a 60-hour full-semester course
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Supplemented to create a full-year science curriculum
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Offered as a single unit within a larger STEAM curriculum
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Options
GL!TCH comes in two options to suit the needs of any teacher.
GL!TCH Pico
This option is perfect for teachers who already have computers for their students.
It includes a Raspberry Pi PICO ™ microcontroller that leverages the computing power of MAC, PC, and Chromebook computers. Yes, that’s right, this kit comes fully Chromebook ready.
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This kit delivers amazing value at a per student price that can’t be beat!
