{"id":7627,"date":"2025-05-28T18:52:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T01:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/?p=7627"},"modified":"2025-05-28T21:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T04:02:30","slug":"founders-parade-unruly-splats-for-active-stem-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2025\/05\/28\/founders-parade-unruly-splats-for-active-stem-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitch Pool: Unruly Splats for Active STEM Play"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/v2.kickstarter.com\/1748461982-ro%2FsT7WJJA%2FeliaJ8t%2Fe8Zuj0KOEVOCb85LK0Cs5M7E%3D\/projects\/3046417\/video-823937-h264_high.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pitch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unruly Splats is transforming how children learn STEM by turning physical activity into coding adventures. Their interactive floor tiles and curriculum empower kids to build their own games, blending movement, creativity, and problem-solving &#8211; so every child can see themselves as a maker. Since 2027, they have reached schools across 49 US States and 6 Canadian Provinces, bringing STEM and play to all areas of a school including Music, Language Arts, PE, and core STEM subjects. Unruly Splats is a testament that active play and coding can go hand in hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.37.53-1024x419.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.37.53-1024x419.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.37.53-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.37.53-768x315.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.37.53-1536x629.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.37.53-2048x839.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A group of educators, parents, goofballs, and lifelong learners. who believe that every student should have the same opportunities to unlock STEM and play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.45.00-1024x342.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.45.00-1024x342.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.45.00-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.45.00-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.45.00-1536x513.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.45.00.png 1768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.44.53-1024x531.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.44.53-1024x531.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.44.53-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.44.53-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.44.53-1536x797.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-10.44.53-2048x1062.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the Adivsory board &#8211; renowned figures in education and toys development, notably Amon Millner, the co-inventor of Scratch Programming Language. With a team like this, it comes as no surprise they Unruly Splats was named one of Tech and Learning 2021 best learning tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Check out their Kickstarter campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/bryanneleeming\/unruly-splats-active-stem-play?term=edtech&amp;total_hits=113&amp;category_id=334\">https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/bryanneleeming\/unruly-splats-active-stem-play?term=edtech&amp;total_hits=113&amp;category_id=334<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pitch Unruly Splats is transforming how children learn STEM by turning physical activity into coding adventures. Their interactive floor tiles and curriculum empower kids&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2025\/05\/28\/founders-parade-unruly-splats-for-active-stem-play\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pitch Pool: Unruly Splats for Active STEM Play<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":66915,"featured_media":7632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-7627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pitch-pool","tag-founders-parade-2","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66915"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7634,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7627\/revisions\/7634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}