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A group of National Honor Society students from Lake Orion High School helped this year at our annual STEAM Recycled Fashion Event. The event happened after school from 3:30-6:30. All the participants had a fabulous time.
Third and fourth grades each got to create three dimensional trees using the maker space this week. They were able to choose any materials and create. They had to think about the geometric shape of the tree and how to make their tree a similar shape. They had fun creating but really enjoyed the process. Today it was so wonderful to see how the MakerSpace has become the heart of our building. The first picture shows the middle school students doing science research, the 3rd graders working on a STEM building/coding project and some junior kindergartners using the library area and others using the engineering toys. The third graders are continuing working on the coding and MakeyMakey projects. This time, they are making game controllers in any way they want. They are developing a variety of games that these controllers can interact with. It's fun to see the creative juices flowing!
The third graders wrapped up their xylophones and are working on remixing the code on a xylophone program or coding their own music programs on Scratch. This is such a fun extension of their science unit on electricity. The Keva Planks are appealing to all ages. The narrow cut blocks stack with surprising stability and challenge the students to try more complex designs. The third graders worked collaboratively on an entire city.
The third grade students explored closing a circuit using our MakeyMakeys and Chromebooks. First we closed the circuit by holding hands, next they worked in groups using their bodies and play-dough to close the circuits and make the program work. |
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