Curriculum, Tools, and PD for Teachers
Van Loo Learning Design is the education arm of Bill Van Loo’s practice. It builds curriculum, classroom tools, and teacher-focused professional development fore educators. The work draws on two decades in Kâ12 and college classrooms, on FIRST robotics competition fields, and in the maker spaces where students learn through hands-on practice.
Simulations, Tools & Utilities
- Gear Train Workbench
- An interactive gear train simulator for students learning about gear systems. Students place gears on shafts, mesh them into simple, idler, and compound trains, and predict speed, torque, and direction before running
- Student Profile Helper
- A Web-based tool for making beautiful, easy-to-read student profile sheets from the output of a Google Form.
- ULS Laser Ready
- A lightning-fast utility for converting PDFs from Onshape so they are ready to laser cut using a ULS laser engraver.
- Robot Arm Point Planner for VEX CTE Workcell 6-axis robot arms
- A simple 2D tool for helping students plot points on the X-Y coordinate grid used by the VEX CTE Workcell 6-axis robot arm.