Students used the circuits of our Makey Makey kits to turn everyday objects into controls! After modeling this process using bananas, groups were given Play-doh and a kit (USB cable, control board, alligator clipped wires) and paper clips. When attached to a laptop, they were able to play digital bongos, an online piano, and Super Mario Bros. by touching the Playdoh surface. Two words -- awe and joy!
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Lego Education's WeDo 2 kits put engineering and coding into the hands of kids. Students built a variety of devices (cooling fan, satellite, spy robot, land rover, helicopter, race car, etc.) and programmed them to move, make sounds, and perform tasks.
Our portrait silhouettes look amazing! I simply took a picture of each child facing sideways. After printing in black and white (to save on colored ink), I laid the image over black cardstock and cut it out with small scissors. A Dollar Tree frame, glass cleaner, double-stick tape, and white cardstock finished it out. The students used a very fine black Sharpie marker to write their first names in cursive beneath. Finally, we wrapped in craft paper and make a paper dollie tag. Old fashioned! Happy Mother's Day!
For this visit, students toured several rooms inside the mansion (parlor, sitting room, dining room, and kitchen.) They learned to order furniture and dinnerware from a catalog, compared and contrasted toys from long ago and today, measured perimeter in Sarah's garden, played with worms while learning about composing, and made tussie mussies. What's a tussie mussy? Ask your child!
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