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The aftermath

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So it's the day after Metros Elementary night, where we had our second visit- this time to do our gardening activity. And there is a lot that I have to say about this whole activity and none of it is very good besides one thing.  The students we got to work with were absolutely fantastic! I got a group of about 8 5th graders and they were the funniest yet the most curious students I have ever worked with on projects like this. I absolutely ADORED this age and I could definitely tell they still respected teachers but were starting to mature into their own minds and thoughts. They did my activity so well and definitely seemed to like working together to come up with new ideas for the second part of the activity. Let me start from the beginning before I go into much detail. My partner texted me an hour before the event saying she could not go, due to her background check not being submitted properly and she found out minutes prior. So I went to the event alone; with No partner, and no...
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Productivity

 I create lab Productivity- Summer Chamberlain- Science tek 5.10A-The student is expected to compare the structures and functions of different species that help them live and survive such as hooves on prairie animals or webbed feet in aquatic animals. Gardening TEK-Investigating the different organisms that would make up our gardening ecosystem(How will they interact with one another? Which are producers, consumers?)  Activity-Students will create a digital art piece displaying the difference they noted between different organisms found within a garden. For example, they can use the physical 3D-printed objects provided to see the animal up close. Machine-3D printer  Cristanne Levett- Science TEK-5.9(A) Observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystems by interacting with the living and nonliving components. Gardening TEK-Exploring texture in the garden(properties of soils & abilities to support plant growth) Activity: Students will use a digital art space...
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Makers space

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Gardening TEK-  Investigating the different organisms that would make up our gardening ecosystem(How will they interact with one another? Which are producers, consumers?)  TEK-  SCIENCE 5.10.A.-The student is expected to compare the structures and functions of different species that help them live and survive such as hooves on prairie animals or webbed feet in aquatic animals. Essence Statement-  Knows that organisms undergo life processes and have structures that help them survive within their environments. My ISTE standard- 5.3.a Model and learn with students how to formulate computational solutions to problems and how to give and receive actionable feedback. 5.3.c Plan collaboratively with other educators to create learning activities that cross disciplines to strengthen student understanding of CT and CS concepts and transfer the application of knowledge in new contexts. I chose these ones for a reason and its because it helps the students learn thier own special...
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Metro Elementary

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Introduction-  My oh my! Last night we went over to metro elementary and preformed coding activites to the students and can i just say, how much fun this actual assignment was? When we first showed up to the event, me and my partner were extremely confused and lost, we werent sure what exactly we were supposed to be doing, nor exactly sure how it was gonna go. photos are down below of how both activities went- Drone Activity- We were told we were gonna do our drones first, so we marched ourselves right into the caferteria and got set up but not long into that process did our students show up. we had three kiddos in our group: Ariel, Julius, and Felix. our group was really a talkitive group, full of energy and all over the place but interested. While jackie was trying to get the drone connected, i kept the children entertained, talking to them about a little bit of everything from coding and drones to thier silly little family stories. Did i need to know about the big dog that barke...
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TelloDrones

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Flips and tricks Today in class, we flew our actual drones! This was a totally different experience compared to just flying the drone simulator on our laptops. Our little drone friend, whom we just called Turtle was able to follow our code that we gave him to do and followed through it perfectly. We had our little guy create a square but at every corner of his route, he did a flip.  Below are some photos of Turtle's preflight check and his first take-off in our care. This is the code we gave him- -set his speed to something quicker -Flip right then left -then proceed to turn and fly forward to create his first length of the square -flip forward -turn and repeat three more times -finally, flip backward  -and land! Here is a video of him landing- Metro Elementary lesson plans  We plan to have the students do two activities, one with our lego WeDo 2.0 and one with our Drone activity.  We plan to have the students build thier snail and code him to match the random color ...
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Drone Blocks

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Drones Drones and More Drones! Introduction- During this asynchronous week for class, we worked on an extremely fascinating website known as Droneblocks, where we flew a virtual drone using code that we created. I picked the Mars layout because of how different it looked and sure enough, it did prove to be a fun experience all around! (Of course that was after exploring the other required tabs) More explained down below- General tello instructions - -Make sure you review your code blocks and understand the intended behavior of your mission -Power on Tello and place on a flat surface in an open area indoors. -Double tap your home button and go to Settings > Wifi -Tap on the Tello, which will create a hotspot that will look similar to Tello-XXXXXX. -Double-tap your home button and return to DroneBlocks -Click "Connect To Tello" -Now that you're ready to execute your mission click the "hamburger" icon. (It is the blue icon with three lines.) -Click "Launch ...
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Glowing Snails

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WeDo 2.0 lab      Today, we did a super fun activity that many people wouldn't even think of, combining two subjects that don't seem like they would go together but once they do, it makes something absolutely amazing. We did the WeDo 2.0 lab where we took legos and combined them with coding, creating something new and exciting that performed a function. My partner and I had the activity of building the glow snail, the little creature shown above. What we had to do was create our glowing snail by slowly building him up with his legos and making sure he was connected to the app once completed. Once connected, we had to code in a simple code that changed the little light on his shell to different colors such as orange or green. He was a quite simple little critter to create and definitely a great introduction to coding. He is said to be best for first and second graders and I 100 percent agree! it's gonna be so fun seeing the kids' faces when they explore this little bug-e...
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