Presentation Day #2

Today was our final day of presentations before we rotate onto our next robotics and programming station.  We hope you enjoy our presentations:

Olaf in Scratch

Sphero Go

Emoji Bubble with Hummingbird Robotics

It's a Zoo with Lego Robotics

Break Dancing in Scratch

Presentation Day

Today is presentation day.  We are showing off our hard work, describing how we created our products, and taking questions from the class.  To see the first day of our presentations, check out our videos below.  While very entertaining, they are extremely impressive.  Click below to watch the students demonstrate their creations while explaining how they made them:

Power Table, the Automatic Cutting Board

Dr. Failure, the Talking Failure

Freckles, the Robotic Dog

The Sparkle 129 Robotic Sphero Ball

Making Progress by Jackson

Today we are building and programming the Hummingbird robotic kit, Sphero robotic balls, Little Bits circuit kits, and Scratch, an animated software program.  We try to build something that moves the way we want it to with the Hummingbird and Little Bits.  With the Sphero, we try to create a movement with an app.  Last, with Scratch we try to make a guy move and do a lot of different things. That is what we are doing in Technology exploratory today.  Enjoy a look at one team's automated cutting board built out of cardboard and programmed with LittleBits:

Technology Stations! by Carly

Today in technology we are doing different kinds of robotic stations. The stations are Lego Robotics, Scratch, The Hummingbird Robotics Kit, The Little Bits Kit, and Sphero Ball. My friend and I are building a Lego Robotics bird and will soon program it. 

Dream Design Team

We are gearing up to work in stations.  We will be rotating in pairs (our design teams) among five stations two weeks at a time: Sphero Robotic balls, Scratch, Lego Robotics, LittleBits, and Hummingbird Robotic Kits.  In order to select our design teams, we went through a complex process of learning what makes a strong design team.  We learned that makers and problem-solvers are in high demand. We brainstormed a series of questions to ask our other classmates to help us determine who would be a good match.  After mixing and mingling with our classmates, we completed our contact cards with six people within our class that we believed we would work well with.  It was easy for Mrs. Brown to pair us up accordingly.  Tomorrow we begin our rotations!