This is one of the last Makerspace Design Challenges we did before leaving due to COVID19 and I am cherishing the memories of the collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, perseverance and major content knowledge involved in this one robust lesson! I first taught this lesson to 3rd grade due to their area and perimeter content standards but after "skimming the surface" I KNEW I had to bring it to our upper grades math students to truly prove how much content+innovation is critical! Read below. LISTEN to the creative chaos of the Makerspace and learning, and click on the link below to access the lesson to use for your own students. Let me know how it goes!
I truly enjoy our after school Lego Robotics Club! The collaboration, across-age friendships, the critical thinking, and hands-on practice in computer science and engineering...it's so impressive and I wish it could be done during the school day. However, due to the amount of time to build and our Innovation schedule, it works best as an after school club. Historically, I have had more girls involved and it made me so sad we just had a handful this Spring. My plan was to market it and showcase to future students (girls and boys) but we were cut short due to COVID19. So these are the few highlights of my rad little innovators who quickly surpassed my computer science/robotics knowledge and impressed me beyond words!
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