Monthly Archives: February 2012

Natural Engineering – Ice Castles

Here’s another example of natural engineering I saw at school a few weeks ago.  A group first and second grade girls made these ice castles.  It was part of a creative, fantasy line they had invented.  We need to tap … Continue reading

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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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Search Engines and Judgement

I thought it was really interesting that my 5 year old son Aidan, has been asking me to type in “Awesome Star Wars Poster” and other similar search phrases when we use Google Images to search for coloring pages and … 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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