--- title: SparkFun Education Blog | Guest Post description: Guest Post | Maker Education Blog --- [![Sparkfun](https://www.sparkfuneducation.com/img/logo.png)](https://www.sparkfuneducation.com/index.html) - [SparkFun Webstore](https://www.sparkfuneducation.com) - [Higher Ed](https://sparkfuneducation.com/higher-ed/index.html) - [Contact Us](https://www.sparkfuneducation.com/contact-us.html) - [Follow Us](https://twitter.com/SparkFunEDU) - [Home](https://www.sparkfuneducation.com) - [Blog](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com) - [Curriculum](https://www.sparkfuneducation.com/curriculum.html) - [PD/Events](https://www.sparkfuneducation.com/professional-dev.html) - [KITS/Materials](https://www.sparkfuneducation.com/materials.html) - [Educator Stories](https://www.sparkfuneducation.com/educator-stories.html) - [Activities](https://activities.sparkfuneducation.com) [Blog Home](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/) / SparkFun Education Blog [![](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/hubfs/Microbit-Cardboard-LEGO%20mash-up%20vehicle.jpeg)](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/microbit-and-lego-cardboard-mash-up-vehicles) ## [micro:bit and LEGO Cardboard Mash-Up Vehicles](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/microbit-and-lego-cardboard-mash-up-vehicles) BY [Peter Hanson](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/author/peter-hanson) 12/3/19 6:26 AM [0](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/microbit-and-lego-cardboard-mash-up-vehicles#comments-listing) [student projects](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/topic/student-projects) [Guest Post](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/topic/guest-post) [micro:bit](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/topic/microbit) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) I've written a few posts about using micro:bit in my classroom. However, as the semester wore on, I could tell the kids were getting a bit bored learning new code for the micro:bit and building ... [Continue reading](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/microbit-and-lego-cardboard-mash-up-vehicles) [![](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/hubfs/Peter%20Hanson%20-%20Guest%20Post-1.jpeg)](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/solving-breadboarding-woes-with-a-microbit-dashboard) ## [Solving Breadboarding Woes with a micro:bit Dashboard](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/solving-breadboarding-woes-with-a-microbit-dashboard) BY [Peter Hanson](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/author/peter-hanson) 9/24/19 6:41 AM [2](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/solving-breadboarding-woes-with-a-microbit-dashboard#comments-listing) [teaching tools](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/topic/teaching-tools) [Guest Post](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/topic/guest-post) [micro:bit](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/topic/microbit) [helpful information](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/topic/helpful-information) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) My name is Peter Hanson, and I teach an elective class at Aspen Middle School for seventh graders called Think, Make and Improve (TMI). It’s a class I created two years ago to expose students to ... [Continue reading](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/solving-breadboarding-woes-with-a-microbit-dashboard) [![](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/hubfs/EDU/BLOG%20Images/Sept%2019/Afternoon%20work-%20VR.jpg)](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/wearable-sensors-for-balance-and-movement-summer-school) ## [Wearable Sensors for Balance and Movement Summer School](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/wearable-sensors-for-balance-and-movement-summer-school) BY [Dr. Jean-Sébastien Blouin](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/author/dr-jean-sébastien-blouin) 9/17/19 6:42 AM [0](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/wearable-sensors-for-balance-and-movement-summer-school#comments-listing) [Events](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/topic/events) [student projects](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/topic/student-projects) [e-textiles](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/topic/e-textiles) [Guest Post](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/topic/guest-post) [Community Partnership Program](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/topic/community-partnership-program) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) From August 12th to August 16th the Origins of Balance Deficit and Falls Research Cluster hosted its first Summer School on Wearable Sensors for Balance & Movement. The event was organized by ... [Continue reading](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/wearable-sensors-for-balance-and-movement-summer-school) [![](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/hubfs/EDU/BLOG%20Images/May%2019/s3.jpg)](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/engagement-is-the-foundation-of-future-success) ## [Engagement is the Foundation of Future Success](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/engagement-is-the-foundation-of-future-success) BY [Axel Reitzig](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/author/axel-reitzig) 5/21/19 6:37 AM [0](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/engagement-is-the-foundation-of-future-success#comments-listing) [Guest Post](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/topic/guest-post) [STEM](https://blog.sparkfuneducation.com/topic/stem) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) For the past year, my colleagues and I have been getting comfortable in our new home, the Innovation Center of St. Vrain Valley Schools. Our program is fairly new to the district. Our primary mission ... 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Do you make a flyer? Stand outside with signs? Donate to organizations that you care about? How about art? How about combining art ... 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If you are crazy and took the time to read through all of it (first off, ... 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