matlab stem_适用于您的小书呆子和书呆子的2015年圣诞节最佳STEM玩具清单

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My 8 year old (recently 7, they grow so fast) asked recently, "are we nerds yet?" Being a nerd doesn't have the negative stigma it once did. A nerd is a fan, and everyone should be enthusiastic about something. You might be a gardening nerd or a woodworking nerd. In this house, we are Maker Nerds. We've been doing some 3D Printing lately, and are trying to expand into all kinds of makings.

我8岁(最近7岁，他们成长如此之快)最近问：“我们书呆子了吗？” 做一个书呆子不会像以前那样有负面的污名。一个书呆子是一个粉丝，每个人都应该对某事充满热情。您可能是园艺书呆子或木工书呆子。在这个房子里，我们是创客书呆子。我们最近一直在进行一些3D打印，并且正在尝试将其扩展到各种形式。

NOTE: We're gearing up for another year of March Is For Makers coming soon in March of 2016. Now is a great time for you to catch up on March 2015's content!

注意：我们正为即将于2016年3月推出的《 3月面向制造商》而努力。现在正是您赶上2015年3月内容的绝佳时机！

Here's a Christmas List of things that I've either personally purchased, tried for a time, or borrowed from a friend. These are great toys and products for kids of all genders and people of all ages.

这是我个人购买，尝试过一段时间或从朋友那里借来的东西的圣诞节清单。这些是适合所有性别的孩子和各个年龄段的人的好玩具和产品。

捕捉电路 (Snap Circuits)

I love Snap Circuits and have talked about them before on my blog. We quickly outgrew the 30 parts in the Snap Circuits Jr. Even though it has 100 projects, I recommend you get the Snap Circuits SC-300 that has 60 parts and 300 projects, or do what we did and just get the Snap Circuits Extreme SC-750 that has 80+ parts and 750 projects. I like this one because it includes a computer interface (via your microphone jack, so any old computer will work!) as well as a Solar Panel.

我喜欢Snap Circuits，之前在我的博客中已经谈论过它们。我们Swift淘汰了Snap Circuits Jr中的30个零件。尽管它有100个项目，但我还是建议您购买具有60个零件和300个项目的Snap Circuits SC-300 ，或者做我们所做的事情，然后获取Snap Circuits Extreme SC -750有80多个零件和750个项目。我喜欢这个，因为它包含一个计算机接口(通过您的麦克风插Kong，因此任何旧计算机都可以使用！)以及一个太阳能面板。

Dremel 3D打印机 (Dremel 3D Printer)

We still use our Dremel 3D Printer at least two or three times a week. We're printing a quadcopter, making Minecraft Chess sets, and creating gifts for the family.

我们仍然每周至少使用两次或三次Dremel 3D打印机。我们正在印刷直升机，制造Minecraft国际象棋并为家人制作礼物。

Here's some of my 3D Printing posts so far:

到目前为止，这是我的一些3D打印文章：

It's been extremely reliable. Some folks complain that the Dremel system and software is proprietary, but it's very easy to use. Additionally, if you really don't like their custom software, companies like Simplify3D have Dremel support built right in. You can also use third party filament like Proto-pasta with great success. We even extended the Dremel with a custom 3D printed spool adapter for Proto-pasta and upgraded nozzle and build plate. It's been fantastically reliable and I recommend the Dremel highly.

非常可靠。有些人抱怨Dremel系统和软件是专有的，但是使用起来非常容易。此外，如果您真的不喜欢他们的自定义软件，那么像Simplify3D这样的公司就会内置Dremel支持。您也可以使用Proto-pasta这样的第三方灯丝取得巨大的成功。我们甚至为Proto-pasta扩展了定制的3D打印线轴适配器，并扩展了Dremel，并升级了喷嘴和底板。它非常可靠，我强烈推荐Dremel。

littleBits电子产品的小玩意和小工具 (littleBits Electronics Gizmos and Gadgets)

LittleBits are a more expensive than Snap Circuits, but they operate at a higher level of abstraction. While Snap Circuits will teach you about resistors and current and voltage, litlteBits is more oriented towards System Thinking. The littleBits Electronics Gizmos & Gadgets kit is massive and has kept my kids entertained for the last few weeks. It includes motors, wheels, lights, switches, servos, buzzers even a remote control. In fact, the remote control lets you remote any signal and make any gadget you come up with a wireless one.

LittleBits比Snap电路更昂贵，但它们的抽象级别更高。尽管Snap Circuits会教您有关电阻器以及电流和电压的知识，但litlteBits更加面向系统思维。 littleBits Electronics Gizmos＆Gadgets工具包很大，过去几周一直让我的孩子们开心。它包括电动机，车轮，灯，开关，伺服系统，蜂鸣器，甚至是遥控器。实际上，通过遥控器，您可以遥控任何信号，并使任何小配件都带有无线组件。

LittleBits also has a LEGO compatibility system which, while a little persnickety, has allowed the kids to create remote controlled LEGO cars in minutes. They are very expandable and everything is modular. You can build more with additional kits, or you can get just one sensor or that one motor that you need.

LittleBits还具有一个乐高兼容系统，虽然有点顽固，但它使孩子们可以在几分钟内创建遥控乐高汽车。它们具有很好的可扩展性，并且一切都是模块化的。您可以使用其他套件构建更多组件，或者仅获得一个传感器或所需的一台电动机。

HP Stream 11.6笔记本电脑 (The HP Stream 11.6 Laptop)

First, let's be serious. The HP Stream is a $199 laptop with an 11.6" screen. Surprisingly, you can get a 13.3" screen for just $210. But on the real, it's not for office workers. It's not even for you. It's for the kids in your life. It's a good, solid, beginner laptop for kids. 2 gigs of ram, and a very modest 1.6 Ghz processor with just a 1366x768 screen, it runs Windows 10 pretty well, in fact and even includes Office 365 Personal for a year (that's Word, Excel, etc).

首先，我们认真点。 HP Stream是一款价格为199美元的笔记本电脑，屏幕为11.6英寸。令人惊讶的是，您只需210美元即可获得13.3英寸的屏幕。但实际上，它不适合办公室工作人员。甚至都不适合你。这是给您生命中的孩子们的。对于孩子们来说，这是一款不错的，坚固的初学者笔记本电脑。 2 gig的ram和非常适中的1.6 Ghz处理器，只有1366x768的屏幕，它在Windows 10上运行得非常好，实际上甚至包括一年的Office 365 Personal(即Word，Excel等)。

I've even heard a parent call the HP Stream the "Minecraft Laptop." My sons took a week-long summer school Minecraft class with a room filled with these little laptops and they did just fine. It has just a 32gig SSD for a hard drive, but for <$20 you can add and drop in a 64gig SD Card and tell Windows 10 to put downloaded apps onto the SD Card directly.

我什至听说父母将HP Stream称为“ Minecraft笔记本电脑” 。我的儿子们参加了为期一周的Minecraft暑期学校课程，教室里装满了这些小型笔记本电脑，他们的表现还不错。它只有一个用于硬盘驱动器的32gig SSD，但是对于<$ 20，您可以添加和插入64gig SD卡，并告诉Windows 10将下载的应用程序直接放置到SD卡上。

This is a great machine for <$200 that you can feel comfortable giving to an 8 year old or tween and teach them how to code.

这是一台很棒的机器，价格不到$ 200，您可以轻松地给8岁或以下的孩子学习如何编码。

Raspberry Pi(任何一种！) (Raspberry Pi (any kind!))

Every STEM house should have a Raspberry Pi or six! We've got 4? Or 5? They end up living inside robots, or taped to the garage door, or running SCUMMVM Game Emulators, or powering DIY GameBoys.

每个STEM房子都应该有一个或六个Raspberry Pi ！我们有四个？还是5？他们最终生活在机器人内部，或者被绑在车库的门上，或者运行SCUMMVM游戏模拟器，或者为DIY GameBoys供电。

I recommend a complete Raspberry Pi Kit when you're just getting started as it guarantees you'll be up and running in minutes. They include the SD Card (acts as a hard drive), a power supply, a case, etc. All you need to provide is a USB Keyboard and Mouse. I ended up getting a cheap Mini USB wired keyboard and cheap USB wired mouse for simplicity.

在您入门时，我建议您使用完整的Raspberry Pi套件，因为它可以确保您在几分钟内就可以启动并运行。它们包括SD卡(用作硬盘驱动器)，电源，机壳等。您只需要提供USB键盘和鼠标即可。为了简单起见，我最终得到了便宜的Mini USB有线键盘和便宜的USB有线鼠标。

Raspberry Pis will give you back as much as you can put into them. While you can treat it as a very low-powered browser or basic machine, you should really explore the breadth of projects you can make with a Raspberry Pi. Sure, the kids can learn Scratch or Python, but they can also build Raspberry Pi Robots or run a version of Windows 10 and play with C#. They can add their own electronics, lights, sounds, make radios, and more.

Raspberry Pis将带给您尽可能多的回报。虽然您可以将其视为功能非常低的浏览器或基本机器，但实际上应该探索可以使用Raspberry Pi进行的项目的广度。当然，孩子们可以学习Scratch或Python，但他们也可以构建Raspberry Pi机器人或运行Windows 10版本并使用C＃玩。他们可以添加自己的电子设备，灯光，声音，收音机等。

If you want to save money, get just a Raspberry Pi alone for <$40 and use a micro-USB Cell Phone Power Supply, and whatever electronics you have around the house. Once I took a local kid to Goodwill (a thrift store) and we found the power supply, mouse, keyboard, AND LCD Monitor all in the electronics junk pile of the store for $25 total.

如果您想省钱，只需花不到40美元就可以买到一台Raspberry Pi，并使用微型USB手机电源以及家中所有电子设备。有一次，我带着一个本地孩子到Goodwill(一家旧货店)，我们在商店的电子垃圾堆中发现了电源，鼠标，键盘和LCD Monitor，总价为25美元。

OWI机械手臂边缘 (OWI Robotic Arm Edge)

The OWI Robotic Arm Edge isn't a kit but it's a reasonably priced robotic arm to get kids thinking in terms of command and control and multiple dimensions. OWI also has a cool 3in1 robot RC kit if you prefer driving robots around and more "rebuildability."

OWI机器人手臂边缘不是套件，但它是价格合理的机器人手臂，可让孩子们在命令和控制以及多个维度上进行思考。 OWI还提供了一个很棒的3合1机器人RC套件，如果您喜欢四处行驶的机器人以及更高的“可重建性”。

What educational toys do YOU recommend this holiday season?

您在这个假期推荐什么益智玩具？

FYI: These Amazon links are referral links. When you use them I get a tiny percentage. It adds up to taco money for me and the kids! I appreciate you - and you appreciate me- when you use these links to buy stuff.

仅供参考：这些Amazon链接是引荐链接。当您使用它们时，我得到的比例很小。为我和孩子们加了炸玉米饼的钱！当您使用这些链接购买商品时，我感谢您-您也感谢我-。

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关于斯科特 (About Scott)

Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

斯科特·汉塞尔曼(Scott Hanselman)是前教授，前金融首席架构师，现在是演讲者，顾问，父亲，糖尿病患者和Microsoft员工。他是一位失败的单口相声漫画家，一个玉米种植者和一本书的作者。