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Category Archives: Teaching
Kindergarten Estimation and Measurement with BeeBots
We have a great estimation and measurement lesson for K kids that uses BeeBots. Kids first estimate the distance between two marks of some kind (I use masking tape). There are a number of these around the room (usually 8 … Continue reading
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New and Updated Resources Available; Book in the Works
I updated the Resources Page to include Tech Tips and a separate Teaching Tips documents. Also, I have updated the Grade 6 curriculum map. See previous post for why but basically I simplified the open-ended challenge and it works much … Continue reading
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Dragster Design, Part 1
We had an extended sixth grade class today. Students were challenged to design and build the fastest robot car they could. Last week, the measured the velocity of the standard robot car built from the LEGO directions. Those went about … Continue reading
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CSCombo.mov
Fourth movie on a series of 4 movies made by first grader CS using FlipBoom.
CS Blob Movie
Second movie on a series of 4 made by first grader CS using FlipBoom
CS Ball Movie
This is the third movie in a series of movies made by first grader CS.
Blocks In Grades 2
Here’s a photo of our second grade classroom. This is one of the few teachers I know who tries to continue the use of blocks during class time beyond kindergarten. I think it is important to provide building opportunities, whether … Continue reading
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Robots and Decimals
Fifth grade students here have to figure out how to make a 90 degree turn with their Lego NXT robots. The robot cars they built have 2 motors and they typically turn one motor only on to make a 90 … Continue reading
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Robotics Quote of the Day
Fifth grade boy: “I really like that the school has a robotics program. It’s my favorite activity at school.”
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Recent Robot Magic
We had some great experiences with the grade 1 and 2 students this week. When I asked our grade 2 students to recall what they knew about some parts this week for their first robotics class of the year, we … Continue reading
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