{"id":1195,"date":"2017-02-14T09:59:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T09:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2017-02-14T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T10:00:12","slug":"robotics-day-in-aidans-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=1195","title":{"rendered":"Robotics Day in Aidan&#8217;s Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had the chance to do a robotics day with my son&#8217;s\u00a0fifth grade class thanks to his teacher. \u00a0What a smart and well-behaved class! They did some super thinking, programing, troubleshooting, and applied math and they seemed to have fun doing it.<\/p>\n<p>I had not tried to do my whole fifth grade curriculum in one day. \u00a0It worked well. \u00a0At a certain point, everyone -kids and teachers &#8211; were mentally tired so I switched the end up a bit and the kids programmed their robots to do a coordinated line dance together. \u00a0Great and fun way to finish up and apply their knowledge!<\/p>\n<p>It was fun to work with these kids I know so well from coaching and just being in our small town together. \u00a0The school has one class per grade so they have all grown up together in school and out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1196\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1411.jpg 480w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1411-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1197\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1413.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1413-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1198\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1414.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1414.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1414-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1199\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1415.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1415.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1415-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1200\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1416.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1416.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1416-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1201\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1417.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1417-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the chance to do a robotics day with my son&#8217;s\u00a0fifth grade class thanks to his teacher. \u00a0What a smart and well-behaved class! 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