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Quiet Invitation By Mary Uthuppuru After the sun goes down and night takes over, fireflies flash back and forth to find a mate in the dark space. On a decomposing log, foxfire glows and entices insects to crawl on its caps so its spores can travel on its visitors’ legs. Through the use of conductive […]

Join Our Educator Community! Facebook Educators GroupHere we share lesson plans, post and answer questions, chat with educators, and share announcements about upcoming events and conferences. TwitterAnother place to get the latest announcements. We also repost awesome work by educators and makers! To tag us: @chibitronics. InstagramBrowse inspiring examples of paper circuit art and craft. […]

About Our Products Chibitronics makes toolkits and resources that blend craft with technology. These include peel-and-stick components; aka circuit stickers! We also make a paper-friendly microcontroller called the Chibi Chip. To accompany these materials, we have tutorial books in both print and digital form full of creative projects that help introduce electronics and coding. You […]

Love to Code Lesson Guide OverviewMaterials, Tools & TemplatesBuying GuidePreparation/SetupLessonsEducational Standards Overview Grades: Can be adapted for grades 3-12. The lessons below are intended to build skills that students can apply to a larger project goal.Estimated Time (per lesson): 45 minStudents will learn:  * Programming concepts including variables, conditional statements, loops, and multithreading; * Techniques for crafting […]

Energy with Circuits Lesson Plan OverviewMaterials, Tools & TemplateInstructionsWrap-UpProject GalleryEducation Standards Overview Grades: Elementary, MakerspaceEstimated Time: 120 minutesLesson Objectives: Students will create 2 forms of energy in this workshop (wind and electrical) Within the Grade 4, CA standards require circuitry in the curriculum. This lesson incorporates cross-functional fields of arts, circuitry, and science. This lesson […]

How Are Things Connected? Switches Lesson Plan OverviewMaterials, Tools & TemplateKey ConceptsInstructionsWrap-UpProject GalleryEducation Standards Overview Grades: Elementary (Grade 3+)Estimated Time: 180 minsLesson Objectives: Build circuits with DIY paper switches. Design an interactive light-up paper project. Learn how a switch works. Make interactive light-up projects with LED lights and DIY switches and represent things that are […]

Exploring Different Light Effects Lesson Plan OverviewMaterials, Tools & TemplateKey ConceptsInstructionsWrap-UpProject GalleryEducation Standards Overview Grades: Middle SchoolEstimated Time: 90 minsLesson Objectives: Be introduced to microcontrollers and tangible programming. Design a light-up project with different light effects. Learn how effect stickers works. This activity introduces programmed light behaviors using Chibitronics effect stickers. Effect stickers are pre-programmed […]

Getting Started with Copper Tape Overview Copper foil tape comes in two forms: with conductive adhesive and with non-conductive adhesive. You can order copper foil tape with conductive adhesive online here. Copper tape with non-conductive adhesive is more common. For example you can get it at your local hardware store in the gardening section– it’s used to keep snails […]