Creative Computing Cookbook

Our cookbook is designed to help both students and teachers explore and achieve their learning goals in a structured and engaging way. It offers a variety of resources, guides, and activities to support your educational journey.

Showcase students’ final projects, emphasizing their connection to foundational learning and activity design.

Provide students with the resources and small exercises needed to learn and master core concepts.

All of the Lights with Buttons

STEM From Dance used wearable LEDs and timed hand-pressed buttons to sync light effects with choreography in a vibrant pop routine.

Angular Servo Motor

Learn how to use an Angular Servo Motor!

Animate

Learn how to use an Animate!

Be Your Girl with Tilt sensors

STEM From Dance instructors choreography for "Be Your Girl" by Kaytranada

Button (Counter)

Learn how to use a Button!

Button (On or Off)

Learn how to use a Button!

Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You with Buttons

STEM From Dance fused tech and movement using sensor boomboxes, sparking creative, collaborative choreography through interactive motion.

Continuous Servo Motor

Learn how to use a Continuous Servo Motor!

Corporate in Red

"Corporate in Red" blends mechanics and storytelling to reveal a worker’s emotional unraveling through interactive audience control.

Done For Me with Buttons

STEM From Dance used LED shoes and Afrobeat footwork to trigger color changes, blending subtle taps with rhythmic choreography.

LED Strip

Learn how to use an Led Strip!

Mona Lisa with Buttons and Tilt Sensors

STEM From Dance used a sensor-embedded frame to trigger lights and animations, blending symbolism with interactive choreography.

My POWER with Buttons and Tilt Sensors

STEM From Dance fused tech and movement using sensor boomboxes, sparking creative, collaborative choreography through interactive motion.

Poem Puzzle

The Poem Puzzle uses LEDs to reveal a hidden poem, guiding viewers through illuminated words in a set sequence.

Potentiometer

Learn how to use a Potentiometer!

Potentiometer with Angular Servo

Learn how to use a Potentiometer with Angular Servo!

Push 2 Start with Buttons

STEM From Dance used a button-controlled wings prop to create graceful, expressive movement, shaped by sensor placement and light effects.

Session 32 with Buttons

STEM From Dance used LED-lit book props with buttons, exploring creative triggers like floor presses and partner interaction for light changes.

Stir Fry with Buttons

STEM From Dance combined STEP-inspired moves with sensor-triggered LEDs, syncing sharp choreography to light changes in purple and yellow.

Take Time with Tilt Sensor

STEM From Dance used hip-mounted tilt sensors to switch LED colors with knee bends, syncing light changes to expressive motion.

Tilt Sensor

Learn how to use a Tilt Sensor!

Tilt Sensor and Animate

Learn how to use Tilt Sensor and Animate Together!

Turning Wheel of Closeness

The “Turning Wheel of Closeness” reveals deeper personal images as viewers move closer, blending intimacy with interactive motion.

Ultrasonic Sensor

Learn how to use an Ultrasonic Sensor!

Ultrasonic Sensor with Angular Servo Motor

Learn how to use an Ultrasonic Sensor with an Angular Servo Motor!

Update Dance with Tilt Sensor

STEM From Dance used a tilt-sensing hat to trigger effects through head tilts and movement, blending tech with dynamic choreography.