3rd Grade- First Lego League Update

The lab has exploded with LEGOS again!  

We are having a blast with our First Lego League Challenge-- CARGO CONNECT.  Teams have created some prototypes of types of transportation as well as experimentation with their robot and programming.  

This week, teams have the task of creating a cargo sorter that detects color with a sensor and sorts cargo according to their color.  

The program needed a color sensor as well as programming directions to correctly sort the cargo by color. 

I asked two students to demonstrate how the cargo sorter worked.  

Click HERE to view!

 Teams are also getting their robots to change directions, emit light, and make a sound with parts and programming. 

We will continue to keep you updated periodically with our CARGO CONNECT challenge in Idea Lab!  Stay tuned!

2nd Grade- First Lego League Update

 The lab has exploded with LEGOS!  

We are having a blast with our First Lego League Challenge-- CARGO CONNECT.  Teams have created some prototypes of types of transportation as well as experimentation with their robot and programming.  

Later this week, teams have the task of creating a cargo sorter that detects color with a sensor and sorts cargo according to their color.  Teams are also getting their robots to change directions, emit light, and make a sound with parts and programming. 

To get us acquainted with our LEGOS and how to use Google Classroom, students created a LEGO sculpture that represents something they like to do in their spare time.  Can you identify your child's sculpture based on their hobbies and interests?

We will continue to keep you updated periodically with our CARGO CONNECT challenge in Idea Lab!  Stay tuned!

Selfie Sculptures

Through an activity, Selfie Sculpture, students were able to recognize social and emotional characteristics and needs within themselves and represent them in a sculpture. These sculptures include color-coded shapes that represent learning preferences, stress reactions, intensities, strengths, and struggles. 

 Here is an example of what students were asked to reflect upon:

Social-emotional learning is very important for gifted students. Many gifted children need targeted assistance with peer relationships, perfectionism, asynchronous development, and situational stressors.

We also tried getting to know each other a little better with an activity called, I Connect. This is an activity where we told a story about something that has happened in our life, and if another student has a connection, they stand up and say, "I connect with that because..." and then the student continues a story about their life until another student stands up and says "I connect with that because..." We did this activity with the staff during our professional development this summer, and I decided to try it with our Idea Lab classes. We had fun hearing the stories and finding connections with our classmates.

Welcome to Idea Lab for the 2021-2022 School year!

We've had a great start in Idea Lab this school year. We started off with a creative activity called Thingamabob. Students created an item that represented a scenario or experience during their summer break, and the class had to guess whether their Thingamabob was from a real or imagined experience during the summer. The catch was that they could only use 5 items, and they had to create their item in 20 minutes or less. It was like watching an episode of Kids' Master Chef. Fun!

Some examples of Second Grade Thingamabobs

Some examples of Third Grade Thingamabobs

Some examples of Fourth Grade Thingamabobs

           

During some of our future sessions, we will begin our First Lego League Explore unit, Cargo Connect! The teams will explore the future of transportation. From the shipment of packages in rural and urban areas, to disaster relief delivery and high-tech air transit, teams will re-imagine faster, reliable, inclusive, and sustainable transportation innovations. Click here to view a video that explains our Cargo Connect Challenge!