The fourth graders had the opportunity to participate in a live interview with Ella Al-Shamahi, a Paleoanthropologist. Mr. Steve, who hosted the interview was connecting with us from South Africa and Ms. Al-Shamahi was talking to us from London. The students also got to chat informally before the interview officially started and met another teacher from Nepal. It was cool seeing four continents represented in the interview and finding out about the different time zones.
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Middle school students are finishing their game projects. Testing and improving and a little redesigning is happening.
The first graders have been exploring open and closed circuits. Working in groups of three they have helped create a three legged "Doodle Bots". This week they are experimenting with different materials to make a propeller that makes the bot jump and wiggle and doodle. The children chose materials and where to attach them to the motor to get their bot to groove. They also noticed that some materials were too light or too heavy and that if the battery was tired their bot wouldn't dance.
The kindergartners enjoyed a new open ended 3D building activity along with other engineering and building centers during STEM today.
The middle school students were given the challenge to create and build a toy or game with moving parts. They are diving into the challenge.
The 5th grade students are in the midst of their Engineer a Box project. It's fun to see the creative minds tackling the task!
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