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PIPER MAKE

EDUCATOR GUIDES

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Welcome to the Piper Make Educator Guides!

Piper Make products are organized into 7 Expeditions, where students will follow Piperbot, Pip, and friends on their adventures across Mars and Earth. Along the way, they’ll expand their learning beyond electronics, exploring career paths, math, physics, and creative gameplay.

You’ll also have access to tools like graphic organizers and assessments to ensure your students grasp key STEM concepts.
EXPLORE EXPEDITIONS
Base Robotics Gaming Sensors Motion Energy Design
BASE STATION or STARTER KIT

Base

This introduction will walk you through the basics of building circuits on the breadboard and coding them using the Piper Make Mission Control drag-and-drop interface.

10 Missions
4 Bonus Projects

12 hours

Grades 3 - 8
BASE STATION or STARTER KIT | Robotic Rover | Robotic Walker

Robotics

What is the role of robots in our lives? By building and coding Walker and Rover robots students experience and understand how programming motors and sensors create the foundations of robots in our workforce.

8 Missions

5 hours

Grades 3 - 8
BASE STATION or STARTER KIT | Game Controller

Gaming

Build and code your own D.I.Y. Game Controller and then use it to play classic arcade games!

5 Missions

5 hours

Grades 3 - 8
BASE STATION or STARTER KIT | Sensor Explorer | Pulse

Sensors

In this expedition, we will be using three sensors to explore how technology can respond to and interact with the world around us.

6 Missions

5 hours

Grades 3 - 8
BASE STATION or STARTER KIT | Motion Ball | Beam Break

Motion

Explore the fundamentals of motion and how to use technology to measure objects in space with Beam Break and Motion Ball.

3 Missions

5 hours

Grades 3 - 8
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

MISSIONS
  1. Beam Break
  2. Car Race
  3. Motion Ball
BASE STATION or STARTER KIT | Solar House | Soil Sensor

Energy

Clean energy is one of the fastest growing job sectors in the world! Build a Solar House to collect and store energy or explore agriculture technology with the Soil Sensor.

3 Missions

5 hours

Grades 3 - 8
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

MISSIONS
  1. Solar House
  2. Soil Sensor
  3. Air Guitar
BASE STATION or STARTER KIT | Light Show

Design

Create your own scrolling messages and send them along to friends or create brilliant art with lights! You can also create a game to play using LED lights like Tetris, all with code you will learn to write.

2 Missions

2 hours

Grades 3 - 8
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

MISSIONS
  1. Light Show
  2. Light Show Animation
EXPLORE PIPER MAKE PRODUCTS Select products to see the available missions

14 Available Missions
Base Station/ Starter Kit Piper Make Light Show
Light Show     Design Expedition: Mission 1
Beginner
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Piper Make Light Show
Light Show Animation     Design Expedition: Mission 2
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Piper Make Solar House
Solar House     Energy Expedition: Mission 1
Advanced
1 Hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Soil Sensor
Soil Sensor     Energy Expedition: Mission 2
Beginner
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Soil Sensor
Air Guitar     Energy Expedition: Mission 3
Advanced
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Beam Break
Beam Break     Motion Expedition: Mission 1
Advanced
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Beam Break
Car Race     Motion Expedition: Mission 2
Advanced
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Piper Make Motion ball
Motion Ball     Motion Expedition: Mission 3
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Distance Sensor
Security Zone     Sensors Expedition: Mission 1
Beginner
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Distance Sensor
Ultrasonic Drum     Sensors Expedition: Mission 2
Beginner
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit
Resistor Piano     Sensors Expedition: Mission 3
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Temperature Sensor
Ther-Mood-Stat     Sensors Expedition: Mission 4
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Color Sensor
Color Coded     Sensors Expedition: Mission 5
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Piper Make Pulse
Pulse     Sensors Expedition: Mission 6
Intermediate
90 minutes
Base Station/ Starter Kit Piper Make Game Controller
Lighthouse     Gaming Expedition: Mission 1
Beginner
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Game Controller
Frog Frenzy     Gaming Expedition: Mission 2
Advanced
45 minutes
Base Station/ Starter Kit Game Controller
Game Controller     Gaming Expedition: Mission 3
Intermediate
45 minutes
Base Station/ Starter Kit Game Controller
Minecraft Controller     Gaming Expedition: Mission 4
Beginner
30 mins
Base Station/ Starter Kit
Retro Racer     Gaming Expedition: Mission 5
Intermediate
30 mins
Base Station/ Starter Kit Ultrasonic Range Finder
Security Zone     Robotics Expedition: Mission 1
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Ultrasonic Range Finder
Ultrasonic Drum     Robotics Expedition: Mission 2
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit
Resistor Piano     Robotics Expedition: Mission 3
Advanced
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Piper Make Walker
Walker Race     Robotics Expedition: Mission 4
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Piper Make Walker
Walker Dance     Robotics Expedition: Mission 5
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Piper Make Walker
Walker Detect     Robotics Expedition: Mission 6
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Piper Make Rover
Runaway Rover     Robotics Expedition: Mission 7
Advanced
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit Piper Make Rover
Rover Sensor Steering     Robotics Expedition: Mission 8
Advanced
1 hour
Base Station
Security Zone     Base Expedition: Bonus Project 1 *Only available with Base Station
Beginner
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit
Getting Started     Base Expedition: Mission 1
Beginner
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit
Blink     Base Expedition: Mission 2
Beginner
1 hour
Base Station
Ultrasonic Drum     Base Expedition: Bonus Project 2 *Only available with Base Station
Beginner
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit
Resistor Piano     Base Expedition: Bonus Project 3
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit
Traffic Light     Base Expedition: Mission 3
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit
Reaction Game     Base Expedition: Mission 4
Intermediate
1 hr
Base Station/ Starter Kit
Ther-Mood-Stat     Base Expedition: Bonus Project 4
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit
Silly Stories     Base Expedition: Mission 5
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit
Tally     Base Expedition: Mission 6
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit
Guess My Number     Base Expedition: Mission 7
Intermediate
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit
Speak Like a Machine     Base Expedition: Mission 8
Advanced
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit
Speech Command     Base Expedition: Mission 9
Advanced
1 hour
Base Station/ Starter Kit
Pose Detect     Base Expedition: Mission 10
Advanced
1 hour



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