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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 kindergarten students enjoyed a variety of STEM centers today. There were a mix of building/engineering activities with some coding challenges. It's fun to see the brain building going on.
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.
During our STEM time the second graders explored our Ozobots, Wonder Bot, Green Screen Center as well as several other engineering free-build activities. We can't wait to pick up where we left off! The kindergarten class enjoyed a new coding game this week. They got our pirates to the treasure and avoided the bombs. Then they repeated the activity in a smaller version with a partner. It was great fun. The first and second graders used the same manipulatives but their challenges were much harder. Everyone is enjoying our hands-on coding.
First, second and third grade students have all worked on hands on coding this week. They worked with a variety of game boards and levels of difficulty and created paths using direction cards. Then we introduced a new STEM "Toy" that the students love - the Code an Go Mouse Robot! This activity provides a variety of levels of hands on coding and a high level of interest and excitement. The students can't wait to use it again in our Makerspace!
Our Kindergarten and first grade classes have been the first to try out one of our new STEM "toys", the Code-a-pillar. They are great for problem solving, planning and sequencing and critical thinking. Working in small groups the children piloted some activities with the plan that they may be able to introduce those activities to younger students within the MakerSpace and create challenges for them. In these videos they were exploring and predicting. As they put different direction pieces onto the Code-a-pillar they then predicted where the creature would end up. They had a great time in our Makerspace!
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