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Violet Purple offers hands-on projects in basic programming, 3D modeling, circuitry, and robotics. Students also design and execute experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) under microgravity, design experiments using Arduino-based ground units, and build and launch model rockets.
• Ages: 7–17 years old
Violet Purple describes itself as a STEM learning center, experiential technology lab, and Makerspace, and offers online and in-person classes for students in grades 2 through 12. Its courses combine science, technology, and programming concepts, and the beginner level introduces basic programming, 3D modeling, circuitry, and robotics through hands-on projects and kits. The program uses ideas of storytelling, empathy, and hands-on project-based learning to build a technical foundation, and its course covers programming topics from loops, decisions, and functions to file systems, algorithms, and objects. It also offers a year-long online supplement program for a global community and describes its programs as suitable for kids of any ability and skill level.
The staff includes Silicon Valley engineers, public school teachers, and entrepreneurs. Violet Purple started as a voluntary program in 2016 at a public school in Silicon Valley and has collaborated with school teachers. The course was presented at the STEAM Symposium 2018 in Long Beach, California, and students presented their experiments at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2019 during the launch of the SpaceX CRS-17 mission. The program states the mission: “We believe it’s very important to connect with leading thinkers in order to inspire our students in becoming creative, innovative leaders. Ultimately, with the appropriate investment, we can use these collaborative projects to transform STEM education beyond our walls.” One parent-facing description from an elementary school teacher in Fremont Unified School District says that at Violet Purple, children enter the world of computer programming without being fixated to a screen, and that the lessons and workshops allowed her students’ imaginations to explore coding in an interactive and engaging way. The program also states the phrase “Where Imagination is greater than Knowledge,” and notes that in the summer of 2020 it provided hybrid learning with online instruction and STEM kits delivered at home.
Last updated March 18, 2026.
• Ages: 7–17 years old
Violet Purple describes itself as a STEM learning center, experiential technology lab, and Makerspace, and offers online and in-person classes for students in grades 2 through 12. Its courses combine science, technology, and programming concepts, and the beginner level introduces basic programming, 3D modeling, circuitry, and robotics through hands-on projects and kits. The program uses ideas of storytelling, empathy, and hands-on project-based learning to build a technical foundation, and its course covers programming topics from loops, decisions, and functions to file systems, algorithms, and objects. It also offers a year-long online supplement program for a global community and describes its programs as suitable for kids of any ability and skill level.
The staff includes Silicon Valley engineers, public school teachers, and entrepreneurs. Violet Purple started as a voluntary program in 2016 at a public school in Silicon Valley and has collaborated with school teachers. The course was presented at the STEAM Symposium 2018 in Long Beach, California, and students presented their experiments at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2019 during the launch of the SpaceX CRS-17 mission. The program states the mission: “We believe it’s very important to connect with leading thinkers in order to inspire our students in becoming creative, innovative leaders. Ultimately, with the appropriate investment, we can use these collaborative projects to transform STEM education beyond our walls.” One parent-facing description from an elementary school teacher in Fremont Unified School District says that at Violet Purple, children enter the world of computer programming without being fixated to a screen, and that the lessons and workshops allowed her students’ imaginations to explore coding in an interactive and engaging way. The program also states the phrase “Where Imagination is greater than Knowledge,” and notes that in the summer of 2020 it provided hybrid learning with online instruction and STEM kits delivered at home.
Last updated March 18, 2026.
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