We finished out the week by continuing unplugged coding practice. Students worked independently to complete the Holiday coding challenge. And finally after reading There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bell, students created Algorithms for Beebot in which the programmed path followed the exact sequence of events in the story. We are looking forward to… Read More UnPlugged Coding for the Holidays

This week our students worked with a SPHERO robot using with an App.  They learned how to change the color and speed of this blue tooth robot.  They also learned how to align the robot to the iPad for control and direction purposes.  The studnets all had a great time learning all about this robot.… Read More SPHERO Christmas Tree Knockdown

After reading the story, THE LUCKIEST SNOWBALL, about the 4 seasons, students used their STEM skills to construct a catapult to launch snowballs into a snowman. Students learned about speed, direction, and using different angles.  

This week we concentrated on ELF STEM ACTIVITIES. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. STEM is important because it pervades every part of our lives. Science is everywhere in the world around us. Technology is continuously expanding into every aspect of our lives. Engineering is the basic designs of roads and bridges, but… Read More Week #16 – ELF STEM

This week our students worked with writing code.  We read the story Cookiesaurus Christmas. Next students played a Gingerbread Shape coding game using BeeBot.  They selected a cookie shape card, matched it with the BeeBot Cookie Mat, wrote a program for BeeBot to follow to get to the matching cookie shape on the mat, and… Read More Week #15 – Gingerbread Shapes

This week our students welcomed in the Holiday Season by following an 8 step design  to make a paper glider. First we read the story ELf On A Shelf to learn about this holiday tradition. Next we followed an 8 step design plan to create a paper glider. Each student colored and ELf and put… Read More Week #14 – Elf North Pole Gliders

After reading the story of the First Thanksgiving, students made a STEM Story Bracelet in which each color represented something important about the First Thanksgiving Celebration.   .   BLACK – Pilgrim Hat Blue – Atlantic Ocean  and the Mayflower Ship Green – Plymouth Rock Mass. Brown – Native American Family and Turkey Red –… Read More Thanksgiving STEM Story Color Bracelet

  Students continued practicing Algorithms by completing this unplugged coding activity. Students had to figure out what picture the printed  algorithm on the work sheet was landing on on the mat.  They used a workbox to correctly spell the Thanksgiving word for each code they identified.  If the student did not identify the correct picture following… Read More Week #13 – Thanksgiving Unplugged Coding

This week our students celebrated Thanksgiving.  We had a school-wide feast together and gave thanks for our school family.  Students played a literacy game called I Have, Who Has THANKSGIVING WORDS. WE then read the Book, THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A TURKEY. Next students coded their THANKSGIVING MEAL using BeeBot our floor… Read More Week #12 – Thanksgiving Coding