Our favorite part of this week's meeting was the snack. Yes, the snack! Jennifer Bond, a club member parent, teacher and fellow educational technology expert created the cutest snack that the coaches and students loved. They were almost too cute to eat! We really appreciate Jennifer and everything she has done to help with our Robotics Club. Look at these awesome, yummy treats: We also gave students free choice time during our meeting this week. Students could choose building with blocks, construct with legos, use the accessories, play the xylophone and bowling. They enjoyed the opportunity to just explore the way they wanted to.
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Mrs. G ordered 10 miniature bowling sets so our Dash and Dot robots could experience this awesome sport. The challenge - teams must use code in the Blockly App to make the pins come down! This was harder than it looked. Using duck tape on the floor, Dash's starting point needed to be exactly 3 feet away from the pins. Students used trial and error over and over again to see what code worked to get a strike. As an avid Pinterest user, I came across a great pin for using Dash and Dot in a game called Capture the Kingdom. After watching and reading about educator, Jake Lee we decided to try out his game and take it a step further for third and fourth graders. We played the game with the following rules: Students played with paper mats that were created with large sheets of paper. Then, they had to invent their own game. Some students decided to incorporate multiplication in their game. Some students turned their mat into a soccer field and used Dot as a ball. It was interesting to see what teams were able to come up with valid rules and an obtainable end result. It was a great learning experience, for sure!
This week's club meeting was our favorite so far! The students really outdid themselves with their creativity and persistence! Students brought in Legos and we borrowed a few bins from teachers in the building. When the club members came into the room and started eating their snack. We could tell they were excited with the agenda they saw posted on the smartboard screen. Using the ear caps, students could attach legos and build on top of robots' heads. They worked together in their teams and constructed for about 20 minutes. The end result was fantastic. We presented each creation to each other and then the club members voted on the best one. See the gallery of photos below of what each team came up with: Next, club members had to figure out how to make Dash draw with using legos, rubber-bands and markers. We did not give any instruction on this - they had to figure it out for themselves! It was fun! All of them figured it out with some accidentally drawing on the gym floor. Yikes! Good thing they were washable markers!
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AuthorMrs. G - elementary tech enthusiast! Third grade teacher at Hornung and super excited to lead this STEM based club at our school! Archives
March 2017
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