- How can we share our knowledge with others?
- How can we work together to understand something new?
- How can we problem solve when we get stuck?
For the children in Room's 4 - 6 these questions were all asked through the context of digi-stations. 7 tech inspired stations were set up with different activities for the children to have one session a week on before they moved onto the next.
The stations were designed to allow for maximum learning and sharing time. This meant sometimes you were on a station with many, sometimes just two of you.
These are a few of the things we found out in the more senior classes:
- When in doubt read the instructions.
- Think/reflect on the task at hand - there will always be a bit of challenge in it!
- Respect your equipment at all times - restraint is sometimes needed to keep resources safe.
- Bounce ideas off each other and don't be afraid to suggest something - what's the worst that will happen?
- Anything robotic will not do anything unless you programme it properly. Although it often feels human it is not!!
Below are some photos of us working together on the different stations.
The Edisons!
Squishy circuits! Can you make the LED light up?
The Brain Box - the kit uses simple brightly coloured components with press-stud connectors.
MicroNoid Meccano Robots - Bring your robot to life! Build MicroNoid a body to help him get around. Then program how he moves — with push button programming MicroNoid can walk, turn, and smash through obstacles. He also interacts with other MicroNoids and even dances when music plays. MicroNoid is your new robot best friend!
We have Green Switch....
Red Socket....
And Blue Basher!
Meet Botley, the code to fun! As the newest member of the Learning Resources family, Botley is here to introduce coding in an easy, friendly way. Children as young as 5 can learn to code with Botley, and with his advanced features, he’ll grow with them for many play filled years to come. Botley is ready to use right out of the box – he’ll have kids coding in minutes.
Botley offers:
• Detect objects - and moves around them!
• Follow looping commands
• Navigate obstacle courses
• Follow black lines
Botley also has additional hidden features to unlock!
•Learn early STEM skills while playing and having fun. Botley teaches the basics of coding through active play, completely screen free. Perfect for promoting critical thinking and problem solving skills.
•Completely screen free coding – no phone or tablet required. Botley has an easy-to-use remote programmer, which transmits your commands ¬– and off he’ll go!
•Botley can detect objects and be programmed to go around objects with if/then logic. He can also follow looping commands, take on obstacle courses, follow black lines and has hidden features to unlock!
The Edisons!
Squishy circuits! Can you make the LED light up?
Robot Turtles Game! Code your robot turtle through the maze, (we call it the maze of doom) to collect your beautiful jewel.
Gameplay provides a stealth learning experience, where players learn key programming principles in a fun, easy to learn way. Inspired by the Logo programming language, Robot Turtles lets kids write programs unplugged.
AWARD WINNER - Major Fun Award, Teachers' Pick Award from Scholastic Instructor Magazine, ASTRA Best Toys for Kids and more. Featured in the New York Times, NPR, Bloomberg, TechCrunch and more.
- Learn about electric circuits
- Experiment with sensors
- Find out about different types of switches
- Build over 80 exciting experiments
MicroNoid Meccano Robots - Bring your robot to life! Build MicroNoid a body to help him get around. Then program how he moves — with push button programming MicroNoid can walk, turn, and smash through obstacles. He also interacts with other MicroNoids and even dances when music plays. MicroNoid is your new robot best friend!
We have Green Switch....
Red Socket....
And Blue Basher!
Botley offers:
• Detect objects - and moves around them!
• Follow looping commands
• Navigate obstacle courses
• Follow black lines
Botley also has additional hidden features to unlock!
•Learn early STEM skills while playing and having fun. Botley teaches the basics of coding through active play, completely screen free. Perfect for promoting critical thinking and problem solving skills.
•Completely screen free coding – no phone or tablet required. Botley has an easy-to-use remote programmer, which transmits your commands ¬– and off he’ll go!
•Botley can detect objects and be programmed to go around objects with if/then logic. He can also follow looping commands, take on obstacle courses, follow black lines and has hidden features to unlock!
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