2013 Curriculum

Artemis Orientation 2013

Week 1: July 1 - July 5 (No session on July 4!)

Computer-based:

• Intro to Scratch, Scratch Workshop, and About Me Presentations
• App Inventor: Design Your Own SmartPhone App! - App Inventor Workshop
• Hands-On Activity: Glow Sticks with a how-to video

Non computer-based:

• Introduction: What are Computer Science and Computer Engineering?
• Careers & Computing: Women in Computer Science and Technology
• Circuits
• Guest Speaker: Prof. Leo Reyzin on Cryptography

Field trip: Rock Climbing @ FitRec

Weekly Survey

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Week 2: July 8 - 12

Computer-based:

• Continuation of App Inventor
• Web Design: HTML

Non computer-based:

• Logic Gates
• Set Theory
• Graph Theory
• Search Algorithms
• Guest Speaker: Avida Michaud of Harmonix
• Guest Speakers: Diane Theriault and Danna Gurari on Computer Imaging
• Guest Speaker: Prof. Margrit Betke on Video-based Interfaces for People with Disabilities

Field Trip: MIT Museum Structural Engineering: Building Better Bridges and Guided Tour

Weekly Survey

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Week 3: July 15 - 19

Computer-based:

• Continuation of Website Projects and Website Presentations
• Simple Programming: Introduction to Python
• Presentations: Introduction to Prezi and Prezi Presentations

Non computer-based:

• Sorting Algorithms
• Cryptography
• Aritifical Intelligence
• Guest Speaker: Katherine Zhao, Artemis Coordinator '11
• Guest Speaker: Prof. Sharon Goldberg on Internet Security
• Guest Speaker: Prof. David Sullivan on Heuristic Techniques
• Guest Speaker: Jessica McKellar on Python

Field Trip: Google Cambridge & MIT Media Lab

Weekly Survey

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Week 4: July 22 - 26

Computer-based:

• Introduction to Robotics: Prezi
• Intorduction to NQC and Lego Mindstorms: Prezi
• Simple Robotics
• Robitics Building, Programming, and Testing
• Robotics Competition

Non-computer based:

• Guest Speaker: Jennifer Goodall, College of Computing and Information, University at Albany, State University of New York
• Guest Speaker: Prof. James Collins
• Guest Speaker: Emily Lake, BU Admissions

Field Trip: SCVNGR

Weekly Survey

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Week 5: July 29 - August 2

Hands-on:

• Soldering Programmable Arduino Mini-Synthesizers with the help of Prof. Eric Hazen

Non computer-based:

• Final Presentation to former coordinators, faculty, and parents!

Final Survey