Category Archives: Teaching

Velocity of a Robot

Posted on April 28, 2011 by JohnHeffernan

I had a great teaching day yesterday, trying out 2 new robotics lessons, both of which went great. Sixth graders figured out the velocity of their robots.  Fourth graders designed and started to build burglar alarms. I’ve told teachers about … Continue reading →

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Teaching Kids Math Strategies

Posted on March 11, 2010 by JohnHeffernan

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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