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TGR Foundation & databot Workshop: Exploring the Stars

Enjoy this awesome Space Themed workshop courtesy of databot and the TGR Foundation. It includes 3 engaging and easy-to-execute labs!

December 20, 2025

databot Dialogues – Rick Stoddard

Idaho STEM and Engineering educator, Rick Stoddard, shares his work with databot.

December 14, 2025

The Magic of Photosynthesis

In this experiment students place an aquatic plant under a strong light source and observe photosynthesis as it happens.

December 10, 2025

Databot Goes Fashion

Databot Goes Fashion captures the spirit of this playful experiment. What if a scientific tool could also become a piece of jewelry?

December 7, 2025

Close up view of Databot on a wrist measuring environmental data

Databot Wrist Science

Turn Databot into a wearable science tool with a simple 3D printed mount. Explore motion, sound, light, magnetic fields, and environmental data anywhere using Databot Wrist Science.

November 30, 2025

databot Dialogues – Barbara Nelson

Idaho Science Coach Barbara Nelson shares her databot experiences, ideas, and lessons

November 16, 2025

Databot measuring light reflection to model planetary albedo

Exploring Planetary Albedo with databot

Explore planetary albedo with this hands-on databot STEM experiment. Students measure reflected light, compare materials, and model how planets reflect sunlight.

November 11, 2025

Stylized illustration of Venus and Earth with energetic lines wrapping them both.

Space Science for databot Educators

🚀 Explore the power of sensors in space science! Dive into air pressure, gas density, and the greenhouse effect with databot in this NGSS-aligned, hands-on workshop for curious educators.

October 28, 2025

Databot ghost crew lighting up in a Halloween STEM coding challenge.

Halloween STEM Coding Challenge: Make Your Databots React Like Ghosts

Bring STEM and coding to life this Halloween! Learn how to turn your Databot into a spooky ghost that reacts to movement, lights up in eerie colors, and communicates with other ghosts through Bluetooth. Perfect for classrooms, makerspaces, or home experiments.

October 21, 2025

A teacher working with students - test tubes and flasks and a stylized databot are with him.

Virginia Tech databot Teacher Training – Free STEM PD for Grades 3–12

Two exciting new Virginia Tech databot training sessions are being offered FREE at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in October!

October 14, 2025

Teachable Machine!

Let’s learn how to create fun and powerful projects that combine databot with AI services, turning creative ideas into real interactive experiments.

September 16, 2025

Databot & BBC micro:bit: The Sensor Connection

Explore the power of STEM by connecting micro:bit and databot! Control sensors, collect real-time data, and supercharge your experiments — all in one awesome setup!

July 22, 2025

TGR Foundation & databot Workshop: Embodied Cognition

Enjoy this awesome workshop courtesy of databot and the TGR Foundation. AI tools unleashed in the classroom!

May 8, 2025

Rolling Inside a Ball

Explore how gyroscope data from databot reveals motion, spin, and impact. A fun, hands-on STEM experiment for physics and data learning!

April 4, 2025

TGR Foundation & databot Workshop: Beyond the Numbers

Enjoy this awesome workshop courtesy of databot and the TGR Foundation. AI tools unleashed in the classroom!

November 4, 2024

Bolo and Orbital Mechanics with databot

You’re going to explore orbital mechanics by spinning an object on a string. Through this experiment, you will learn how changing the length of the string affects the speed and behavior of the object, connecting this experience to real-world physics concepts, such as orbital motion.

October 21, 2024