A technology-assisted scavenger hunt for introducing K-12 students to sensor networks
Sally K. Wahba, Yvon Feaster, Jason O. Hallstrom · 2011
Sensor networks serve as a powerful recruiting vehicle to excite and engage students in socially-relevant applications of computing. In this paper, we describe a technology-assisted scavenger hunt for introducing young learners --- from grade school through high school--- to sensor networks and computer science. The desired outcome is to expand students' content knowledge and positively impact their impressions of the discipline. We describe the outreach program and present promising evaluation results across three pilots involving 5th graders, 7th graders, and 11th graders.