Lego WEDO 2.0 Rover Races

Students in Ms. Anderson's class had a blast building, programming, and racing their Lego WEDO 2.0 rovers.  

Discovering 'Makey Makeys'

A few students in Miss Kumar's class decided to undertake a Makey Makey exploration for their scheduled time at Creation Stations.  They began simply by opening the box, connecting the Makey Makey to a desktop computer, and following the directions on the How to page on the Makey Makey website (http://makeymakey.com/how-to/classic/). Step 5, 'Play some Makey Makey drums!' required collaborative problem solving as the students Makey Makey seemed to only work some of the time.  They discovered that they drums wouldn't play if they didn't have the Makey Makey grounded. Once they solved that problem the drum sounds were abundant.  

After that, these two students designed their own drum controllers using small cardboard rectangles, tin foil, and glue.  Their were so excited about their accomplishments that several other students from the class were intrigued to learn what they had discovered.  

They quickly crowded around the computer for a short 'show-and-tell' about the station.  I look forward to seeing how many different students will be interested in this Makey Makey station when Miss Kumar's class arrives again next week.

Discovery Time Sewing

Ms. Analu's class has been diligently working on their passion projects for months.  Some students have successfully completed 1-2 cycles of the personal time inquiry while the sewing group has persevered with completing their first cycle of learning over this four month period.   Today, several of this group's members accomplished their goal of sewing a stuffed toy!  They were so excited to have a finished stuffed animal that they made all by themselves.  I was so proud of the students' ability to work hard and to not give up even when they observed classmates tasting success with their projects and moving on to other discoveries.