This document outlines projects for wearable technology for different grade levels that could be done through a library program. It provides an overview of a 4-H Extension program on wearable circuits and then details potential projects for grades K-5, 5-8, and 9-12 that involve sewing circuits into items or using paper circuits. Projects are linked to books and non-fiction topics. It also provides resources for project components, instructions, and places to find curriculum ideas for e-textiles and wearable circuits.

1. Wearable Technologies
Projects for Libraries
Nebraska Library Council
April 22, 2015
Brad Barker, Science & Technology
Specialist
Dagen Valentine, Graduate Research
Assistant

2. Webinar Outline
Overview of 4-H Extension WearTec Program
K-5 Projects
Resources for Projects
6-8 Projects
9-12 Projects
Paper Circuits
 Questions Throughout 

3. 4-H Extension
WearTec
NSF Grant
Goals
Learn Elements of Circuitry
Learn Computer Programming
Learn Engineering Design Process
Skills
Sewing
Programming
Circuitry

4. K-5 Project
Fiction
The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle

5. K-5 Project
Fiction1
Project 1

7. K-5 Project
Fiction2
A pre-made kit from Sparkfun

8. K-5 Project
Fiction1

10. K-5 Project
Fiction2
Firefly Kit
Firefly Instructions

11. Resources from webinar
Excel file with component list for projects
1 page link list from powerpoint
Outline of presentation

12. K-5 Project
Non-Fiction
A Child's Introduction
to the Night Sky: The
Story of the Stars,
Planets, and
Constellations--and
How You Can Find
Them in the Sky by
M. Driscoll

13. K-5 Project
Fiction2

15. Basic Project Resources
Basic Sewing instructions
Basic Circuitry Instructions
Using buttons and switches

16. Sources for components
Sparkfun-Wearables
Adafruit-Wearables

17. Instruction support
Learn.sparkfun.com
E-textiles
Book + site: http://sewelectric.org
http://sewelectric.org/misc/buy/
Google Keywords:
Sewable circuits, lily, lilypad, wearables
Keep an eye on: 4h.unl.edu/weartech for curriculum
Book:
Textile Messages by L. Buechley

18. 5-8 Projects
Fiction/Narrative
Scene from a book
Harry Potter patronus scene
Little house on the prairie with moon and stars

19. 5-8 Projects
non-fiction
Cells For Kids (Science
Book For Children) by
N. Singh

24. 9-12 Projects
Fiction
Scene from a book
Grade level appropriate
More components to sew for complexity
The Giver
Moment when the Giver shares knowledge
Any current popular book
Divergent, John Green books, Hunger games,
Richelle Mead Books(vampire)

25. 9-12 Projects
Non-fiction
Wearable projects
Theme or content connection
b’dazzling e’dazzling!!
Youth/Families may enjoy adding elements to
pre-made clothes

28. e’dazzling
Instructables.com lilypad tag

29. K-12 Projects
Review
Simple, don’t have to be wearable
Adjust number of components for level
Not everything needs to be sewn (fabric paint,
etc)
Be creative as you want!
Easily connected to literature *so punny 

30. Paper Circuits
Relatively inexpensive
Knowledge/Skill
circuitry

31. Paper Circuits
Projects

32. Paper Circuit
Projects
Instructables
Sparkfun
Search Keywords:
Paper circuit tape LED

33. Thank you
Dagen Valentine
dval@huskers.unl.edu