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Category Archives: Child Development
Initial Impressions of Robotics Interviews
I started interviewing our robotics students yesterday. Sixth graders were the first group to be interviewed. I found it very valuable to take even a short time to talk to students about how they experience robotics. It was interesting to … Continue reading
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Mixing Different Kinds of Blocks
I tend to be on the neat (read OCD) side and I will, many times, ask my son to clean up one set of toys before starting a new one. I have seen, in the past, that he will often … Continue reading
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Take Aways From Tufts Conference
Here are some sketchy “take away” ideas from the Tufts conference. Having a clear problem definition is key in determining direction of lessons and how much “thrashing” students do at the beginning of the engineering project. How do we to … Continue reading
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Video Analysis of Science Thinking
My workshop today was to really time looking at kid’s science and engineering thinking and work. Couple of things I noticed: 1) In many cases, the problem was not as clearly defined as the teacher thought, which resulting in kids … Continue reading
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Authentic Engineering Drawings
At the Tufts Lego Engineering Symposium, we were assigned the task of making a drawing of a device that could hover in a vertical wind tunnel powered by a fan. After time ran out, we were told that the we … Continue reading
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PK Art
I have been following the progression of Aidan’s artwork with interest. There seem to be distinct phases, presumably related to fine motor abilities, as well as other art/brain specific development. He seems to have made a big jump this week … Continue reading
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Teaching Kids Math Strategies
I was co-teaching recently with a lower elementary colleague. We were doing a FunBrain activity called Guess My Number. http://www.funbrain.com/guess/index.html You guess a number between 1 and 100 (or 1 and 10) and the computer tells you if the answer … Continue reading
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Continuum of Behavior
Teaching my tech class to kindergarten kids last week, a girl in the class was resistant to following the plan I had and wanted to basically do whatever she wanted to do. This is very much in tune with what … Continue reading
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