Super Week 17

What a wonderful welcome back to school we had in STEM lab this week! It was short, but full of excellent student imagination, creation, and fun. We hosted Ms. Hernandez's Kinder, Ms. DiPersio's 1st grade, Ms. Lugo's 2nd grade, Ms. Bailey's 3rd grade, Ms. Giron's 4th Grade, and Ms. Hatchell's 5th grade. Lots of excitement was in the air as we set personal theme's for 2017 with the #MyOneWord project!

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Kinder got right back in the Green Hero saddle with their Wrigley's/ Eco-Schools Litter Less Ambassador jobs. They did their usual campus clean-up, but also began work on a  commercial to be aired during the morning announcements!

They split their coding time between Code.org and getting to know the Bee Bots.

1st grade Monarch Heroes are going to start organizing things for the next set of plantings that will begin after Spring Break. In the STEM lab they split their time between Code.org and creating course challenges for each other with Bee Bots.

2nd grade worked very hard on their projects for the next G/T Expo Digital Mini Fair. They are coding interactive MadLibs in Scratch! It is very challenging, but they are doing a wonderful job!

3rd grade continued working through Course 2 in Code.org. They are very excited to start working through the introductory exercises for the OZOBOTS! G/T students worked on creating digital randomizers in Scratch. They are creating physical versions of the object (dice, coin, color wheel, Magic 8 Ball) to connect to a MakeyMakey to trigger their program when a visitor stops by their table.

4th grade began creating video games in Scratch for the G/T Digital Mini Fair. Their were mazes, Flappy-style games, target games, and many more! Everywhere I looked, Scratch cat was flying, jumping, racing, and shooting rainbow lightning bolts! These games will also be connected to MakeyMakeys and visitors will be able to play them with student designed controllers!

5th grade somehow managed to program their Choose Your Own Adventure story in Scratch AND complete the Cardboard Challenge! They designed unique and entertaining arcade games from entirely recycled/ upcycled materials and invited Ms. Montoya's class to come play!

That was some three days! 2017 is shaping up to be a thrill-ride of making, programming, and creativity!