This week we started utilizing some of our DonorsChoose.org gadgets! We had an amazing time testing out our new Ozobots (tiny robots that can follow any line you draw with markers) and our littleBits electronics kits.
Students used black markers to create paths for the Ozobots to follow. We then experimented with getting the Ozobots to do different "tricks" by using green, blue, and red markers. The use of colored markers creates a code that the Ozobot reads to execute different moves, like u-turns, spins, and zig-zags. Starting next week, students will be using the Ozobots to review sight words, creating paths for the Ozobot to follow using the words on our word wall!
Students also used the littleBits kits to begin experimenting with ways to create gadgets. Students connected the magnetic pieces in the kits to a 9 volt battery and tested out what cool inventions they could make. Students were able to create buzzers that were activated with the press of a button, a teeny back massaging machine that used a finger sensor to turn on, and a little fan that was turned on using a dimmer switch. We liked the highest setting on the dimmer switch best because it cooled us off a little bit in our hot classroom!
Students used black markers to create paths for the Ozobots to follow. We then experimented with getting the Ozobots to do different "tricks" by using green, blue, and red markers. The use of colored markers creates a code that the Ozobot reads to execute different moves, like u-turns, spins, and zig-zags. Starting next week, students will be using the Ozobots to review sight words, creating paths for the Ozobot to follow using the words on our word wall!
Students also used the littleBits kits to begin experimenting with ways to create gadgets. Students connected the magnetic pieces in the kits to a 9 volt battery and tested out what cool inventions they could make. Students were able to create buzzers that were activated with the press of a button, a teeny back massaging machine that used a finger sensor to turn on, and a little fan that was turned on using a dimmer switch. We liked the highest setting on the dimmer switch best because it cooled us off a little bit in our hot classroom!