Category Archives: Technology

Teacher Interview – How Is Robotics Different Than More Traditional Activities?

I found this grade 5 teacher very inspiring in her willingness to try something new.  Her experience with robotics was obviously very affirming to me  because what I have been trying to do is having an impact on teachers and … Continue reading

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Science Fair Take Apart Center

Students excitedly take apart old computers at our 2012 Williamsburg, MA Science Fair and learn about computers in the process.

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More Curriculum Updates

I updated the PK and K curriculum maps.  There were some minor mistakes and a non-optimal order for K.  See the Resources Page for new downloads.  I updated the complete PK-6 map too to include the PK and K changes.

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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.

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CS Blob Movie

Second movie on a series of 4 made by first grader CS using FlipBoom

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CS Ball Movie

This is the third movie in a series of movies made by first grader CS.

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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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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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