Fun With Buttons! 3 Step-by-Step Projects for Your Classroom

Last weekend SparkFun visited the Girls & Science event at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, where we unveiled our newest interactive arcade game, the Button Bopper!... Continue reading

Create Your Own Paper Circuit Teaching Tools

Electronic craft projects are quickly becoming one of our most popular activities for classrooms exploring STEAM. Students can learn about simple circuits through building creative pop-up cards with ... Continue reading

Adventures in Science: How to Use Common Electrical Engineering Tools

There are a number of tools students should know how to use when delving into electronics. The most recent additions to our “Adventures in Science” video series walk viewers through using some of the ... Continue reading

Microcontrollers for Educators 2017

Spots for this class are filling up fast. Less than 10 spots remaining. Sign up Today! As we move into February, spring break is right around the corner, and many teachers are starting to think about ... Continue reading

When It Comes to Maker Education, We All Have Plenty to Learn

BY Shelby Landsman 3/2/17 10:46 AM

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My first couple months at SparkFun have been full of tinkering and learning. Before joining SparkFun, I knew what STEAM was and knew that I wanted to be a part of the awesome movement in maker ... Continue reading

Managing the Size of Student Projects in a Makerspace

Makers get really excited about building projects. At an event like Maker Faire, the feeling is contagious. So many of the conversations that you overhear are either detailed dissections of how an ... Continue reading

If You Give a Student an Arduino…

Over the past year we have been supporting an awesome nonprofit called Innovate Oregon in the more rural towns of the Willamette Valley outside of Portland. We’ve been collaborating around what we ... Continue reading

Introducing the SparkFun Education Blog

BY Megan Hemmings 2/21/17 3:03 PM

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Welcome to the new SparkFun Education blog! Here we will discuss the importance of teaching electronics and coding, as well as ideas for implementing maker education in the classroom.... Continue reading

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