What is CTC GO!?

CTC GO! is one of the most popular Arduino Education solutions. Designed for high school students, it teaches them the basics of electronics and coding with 16 fun, modular lessons and projects that have real-world relevance.

This article explains more about what CTC GO! is, why you might want to use it in your high school classroom, and the benefits of using the kit in your STEAM lessons. But first…

CTC GO! explained

CTC stands for Creative Technologies in the Classroom. What this basically means is that CTC GO! provides a solution for teaching electronics, programming, and 21st century skills through creative, fun, and exciting STEAM lessons.

The kit is a modular program that includes eight curriculum-aligned lessons, eight projects, and all the materials and software you need to teach 24 students. The lessons and projects teach students to design, create, and test a series of fun, real-world relevant experiments.

Plus, they’re totally flexible so you can use them as it suits you, and expand on them however you want to. This means your students can build on previous knowledge they’ve gained.

And if you’re new to teaching with hands-on STEAM kits, never fear - the kit comes with classroom management guides, curriculum materials, tips and troubleshooting advice.

Why use CTC GO! in your classroom

CTC GO! helps you teach your high school students the application of programming and electronics in designing real life projects, how to read schematics, how to build models & structures and how to connect commonly-used electronic components.

Plus, you get creative ways of using technology and designing and developing physical computing projects.

Students are engaged and having fun, and won’t even realize how much they’re learning!

Watch this video to find out more about what’s included in the CTC GO! kit and using it with your high school students.

Benefits of using CTC GO! in your classroom

There are many benefits of using CTC GO! in your classroom, including:

• Helps students drive innovation by focusing not only on technology, but also on society and culture as the projects have real-world links
• Fosters creativity and critical thinking skills
• Lessons and projects are focused on engaging more deeply with students
• Helps students express themselves more openly and freely
• Easy to facilitate and manage
• Helps you address different learning styles
• Self-guided projects enables students to construct their own knowledge

Want to get started with CTC GO! in your classroom? Create, program, and GO! - shop the solution today.