Robot music camp 2013: An experiment to promote STEM and computer science

Author

Chung, ChanJin ; Cartwright, Christopher ; Chanmee Chung

Author_Institution

Dept. of Math & Comput. Sci., Lawrence Technol. Univ., Southfield, MI, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

8-8 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

In order to get students interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) areas and to increase preparedness in STEM subjects for successful college education, we developed a STEM curriculum connecting music based on Lego® NXT robots and Java MIDI programming. Through this, we are able to teach the STEM subjects in-depth and create interactive musical robots by emphasizing the computer science behind it. According to surveys from the first summer camp in summer 2013 with eleven high school students, the camp achieved the aforementioned goals and we believe it is a STEAM learning environment that could be effective in student recruitment and retention in STEM.

Keywords

computer science education; educational robots; music; Java MIDI programming; Lego NXT robots; STEAM learning environment; STEM curriculum; STEM subjects; college education; computer science; interactive musical robots; robot music camp 2013; science technology engineering and math; student recruitment; student retention; Instruments; Java; Programming profession; Tactile sensors; STEAM; computer science education; educational robotics; robotics education;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Princeton, NJ

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3228-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISECon.2014.6891012

Filename

6891012