What another awesome day! The students have really settled into the routines of the day and are having a good time learning while they are playing. The cooler weather has just been an added bonus this week!
The red and blue groups got to spend the day with Dr. Janet Lumpp and investigating circuits. They had a blast building their own circuits and completing the different challenges to see how to open and close circuits. The purple and brown groups spent time with Dr. Bruce Walcott today. They played with some of the arduinos and talked about some circuits. They investigated Faraday flashlights and talked about all the different kinds of engineering opportunities there are and the different types of engineers. They also got to build simple motors and were amazed about how easy it was! In robotics, they were very creative and got to build different animals today. They decided how they wanted their animal to move and planned from there. While there were some basic building directions the students followed, this is a very creative group and they liked to add embellishments 🙂
The yellow and green groups had a blast with Dr. Haley Bergstrom and her team. They learned about how different parts of the body work together and how we can maximize performance with our bodies. They did some modeling and exercised outside – completing some investigations to gauge reaction time, etc. Thank goodness for the cooler weather today! In robotics, they dove deeper into their challenges. Most got through the maze challenges today and are ready to string together more components tomorrow. We have some more advanced groups this week, and our robotics instructor has been awesome at differentiating the challenges to make sure the students are building on their previous knowledge.
In their Own Words…
- Circuits have a lot of cipes
- I didn’t Know what was inside a remote.
- Yes, it was fun codeing and creating place ments for electric-circuits
- I thought it was cool how you chose what you wanted your ozobot to do and it would do it.
- how to check your pulse.
- I would like to learn more about my heart rate and how my heart works.
- Electro magnets are so strong.
Conversation Starters…
Red/Blue Groups
- What does the inside of a computer look like?
- How did you build your circuits?
- What makes the circuits work?
- What did you build with your robot today?
- What did you get your robot to do?
Purple/Brown Groups
- What is an electromagnet?
- How did you make a motor? Did it go fast or slow?
- What did you build with your robot today?
- What did you get your robot to do?
Yellow/Green Groups
- How do our lungs and diaphragm work together?
- How did your jump compare to an NFL athlete?
- How did you build a model of the lungs and diaphragm? What did it show you?
- What challenges did you complete with your robot today? What do you want to accomplish tomorrow?
Picture of the Day…
