The DoW STEM Ambassador Program, managed by TGR Foundation, recognizes outstanding educators and promotes STEM learning across the nation. DoW STEM Ambassadors work together to create and curate remote learning and digital materials such as lesson plans, learning activities, and creative engagement approaches to be shared with educators.
databot partners with TGR each year to provide DoW Ambassadors with a class set of databots to implement in their programs. Ambassadors come from a wide variety of backgrounds and deploy their databot programs in a wide variety of creative ways!!
“The STEM ambassadorship has been one of the most rewarding experiences. It’s led me to this job, which I absolutely love, and it’s gotten me so many contacts all over the country. Teachers and STEM Outreach programs, people from the DoD. And I sincerely appreciate the Tiger Woods Foundation for sponsoring this. ”
— Chantelle Couvillon, CTE/STEM Coordinator
Twice a year databot and the TGR Foundation team up to provide a free Professional Development workshop that includes work from a DoWSTEM Ambassador. These workshops are recorded and include actionable materials that you can take back to your classroom and implement immediately.
Enjoy this awesome Space Themed workshop courtesy of databot and the TGR Foundation. It includes 3 engaging and easy-to-execute labs!
Joy in Math! Enjoy this awesome workshop courtesy of databot and the TGR Foundation as we explore the powerful connection between the mind and the body!
Enjoy this awesome workshop courtesy of databot and the TGR Foundation. AI tools unleashed in the classroom!
Explore early data literacy in this Virtual Workshop courtesy of databot and the TGR Foundation.
Reach out to your regional i-STEM library to request databot kits for your classroom. It’s the easiest way to take them for a test drive!
LabXChange Training Program
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Quick Help: databot Training Videos
Online training videos ranging from 30 seconds to 10 minutes answer the basics of how to get started with databot and support your use of it in a variety of learning environments. The basics of setup and use for both science and coding are covered.
Research & Grant Resources
Sensors have been used in classrooms around the world for decades. databot has compiled a number of research articles into compilations that provide background and supporting information for deployment into the classroom, grant writing, and new areas of research. Explore the blog to learn more.
If you are looking for grant writing resources for databot you have come to the right place! Research, examples, ideas, budgets, and more. Come and get it!
… the simultaneous display of real-time data resulted in significant learning,” thereby emphasizing the importance of immediate feedback through real-time data display…
Contact databot for Help
databot LLC is based in Boise, Idaho and has a variety of resources available for DoW STEM Ambassadors beyond basic support including:
Fill out this form to connect and let us know how we can help.
Quick Links to Lessons & Resources
The following are quick links to the major categories of free activities available online.
AI Lesson Generators using ChatGPT
ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence tool that can understand questions, analyze ideas, and generate clear, human-like responses. For educators, it can support lesson planning, brainstorming activities, and creating student-ready content aligned to learning goals.
databot has created a number of customized lesson plan generators specifically trained on databot! Just click on through to test these out for your own planning:
Through a special license agreement with the TGR Foundation all DoW Ambassadors receive all databot premium licenses for use in their organizations. These titles include databot Missions with LEGO Robotics, the Discovery of Data Summer Camp, and IEQ Coding Explorations, an introductory MicroPython curriculum designed around environmental quality topics. DoW Ambassadors, submit your request for your digital copies of these titles here!
The Discovery of Data is packed with 12 engaging, one-hour lessons centered around thrilling interactions with live sensor data. databot includes 16 sensors for unlimited STEM explorations.
In the Discovery of Data, databot is the perfect tool to get students engaged and excited in this leaping, spinning, cavorting whirlwind of a summer camp filled with science, technology and math! Students move like Ninjas, whirl like tops, bend over backwards to do the limbo, and more in this exciting, fun-filled summer camp experience. Learn more in our store.
Check out the many special topic blog posts – these are where we post new explorations, special webinar trainings, new partnerships and integrations, and much more. The following are a few highlights to give you an idea, visit the blog to browse many more!
In this experiment students place an aquatic plant under a strong light source and observe photosynthesis as it happens.
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.
Hands-on with AI! Create fun and powerful projects that combine databot with Google’s Teachable Machine turning creative ideas into real, interactive experiments.
Joy in Math! Enjoy this awesome workshop courtesy of databot and the TGR Foundation as we explore the powerful connection between the mind and the body!
Learn how to use simple tools and the power of data science to create a tree inventory and calculate the amount of carbon stored in them!
Imagine a data set showing air pressure values acting in a mysterious fashion. It’s a puzzle you must answer with your wits and data science skills. Good luck explorer!
Arduino is an extraordinary ecosystem of hardware and software for developers, makers, and creators and databot is right at home in it. Get started here!
In this detailed guide, we will cover how to turn your databot into an IOT device!
databot is a teeny tiny science and coding lab. It has 15 built-in sensors for exploring science plus it has lights, sound, and expansion ports on-board for really fun technology projects.
Use databot to make your science lessons more engaging and more relevant through live sensor data. When students are able to experience instant feedback tied to a phenomenon, for example seeing CO2 levels spike when they breathe on a databot, a much deeper understanding of the related science is gained.
Yes, we have a library of lessons that take you from your first steps learning the sensors to advanced labs. In addition, AI lesson helpers quickly generate activities that instantly improve the effectiveness of your current lessons by adding live data to them.
databot is designed with a K–12 progression in mind. Younger learners can do simple, high-engagement activities like graphing light and sound, while older students can dive into advanced coding, data analysis, and cross-disciplinary STEM projects. With extensive published databot activities and our AI-powered lesson generators, you’ll always have material that fits your student’s grade and ability.
databot is already on approved vendor lists in many programs in many states, and we continue to expand that list every year. If your charter requires pre-approval, let us know — we’ll provide the details you need to get databot added quickly.
Absolutely! If you simply access our AI-Powered Common Core Math Pal to generate unlimited lesson plans by grade, topic, or skill level. Combine these with databot to create hands-on, applied math activities that bring your math lessons to life through real-world data. databot is the ultimate cross-disciplinary tool, perfect for connecting math, science, technology, and even environmental studies. It will quickly become your favorite homeschool tool because it can be used in so many ways across your curriculum.
It means you get your own personal teaching assistant built right into the databot ecosystem! We’ve created a set of custom-built ChatGPT tools trained specifically on databot’s sensors, activities, and curriculum resources. These tools allow you to:
Instantly generate complete lessons based on the topic, grade level, or standard you’re teaching.
Customize activities to your needs and interests — whether that’s space exploration, environmental science, or physics.
Save planning time by letting AI draft labs, pacing guides, and extension ideas tailored to your program – in-class, afterschool, or in the home.
Instead of spending hours searching for lessons, you can simply ask our AI-powered tools, and they’ll create hands-on, databot-based learning experiences for you in seconds. It’s like having a full-time curriculum designer on call — totally focused on your planning needs.
That’s the beauty of databot! It’s one of the most powerful physical computing devices on the planet — and it’s designed for learners of all levels, even if you’ve never written a line of code before.
🟢 Low Floor: Start simple with block-based coding using MicroBlocks®, where you can drag-and-drop commands and see databot respond instantly. No prior coding experience required!
🚀 High Ceiling: As your students grow, databot opens the door to advanced topics like Python, robotics integration, IoT, sensor networks, and even AI applications.
🔄 Unlimited Pathways: Whether it’s controlling LEDs, building games, creating data dashboards, or programming robots, databot provides an endless supply of hands-on coding challenges.
With databot, students don’t just “learn to code” — they’ll explore technology, robotics, sensors, networking, and data science in ways that are meaningful, exciting, and future-ready.
