Monthly Archives: May 2013

LEGO WeDo Vehicle Challenge

I needed another open ended challenge for a grade 3 class that wanted to do another project this year. A couple of second graders made a car for the amusement park challenge this year (see below) so I thought I … Continue reading

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Robotics Thank You Letters

I received some very nice thank you letters from some second grade students I taught for the first time. They had just finished their amusement park ride challenge. Robot Thank You Letters (PDF)

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WeDo Car

For our amusement park ride challenge this year, we had a team make a really nice car. This was the first time I have seen a team make a car in five or so years of doing this challenge. I … Continue reading

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Ride Poster Improvements

A classroom teacher I am working with for the first time had some great ideas for improving the ride poster for our second grade open ended engineering challenge to make their own amusement park ride. She told the students to … Continue reading

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