STEM day
The girls school had a STEM day, and asked for a parent to come talk to each grade. I was happy to volunteer, and actually got to be the speaker for both fourth grade and first grade. I talked to them about software engineering, the engineering design process, and showed off some fun stuff with lights.
I had planned to use a projector and do some live coding, but failed to have a way to connect my new USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 laptop to their old VGA-only projector (I had an HDMI adapter, but that didn’t help). So, live coding (and a lesson on binary) happened with markers and paper.
At first grade, I wowed the kids by controlling a light (first graders are a lot easier to wow than fourth graders).
Both grades had lots of questions and were very engaged. First grade might have asked questions all day long if I hadn’t eventually cut them off.
It was a lot of fun, and I’m so glad I got to go in and talk to them.
