To culminate our year some students from the Ann Richards school came to get some live video and interviewed a few of our students for an Austin Ed Fund celebration. A few photos follow. We also spent our remaining balance on some magnetic building cubes. We bought them on request of our PreK students but there wasn't one grade of kids who came in the last weeks and went straight for them! Once again, THANK YOU AUSTIN ED FUND!
So our dream of having a space where STEAM activiites can happen as the teachers dream them has come to life! We've had a fantastic year and we thank Austin Ed Fund for the grant we received a year ago. We couldn't have done what we did without that money and the space! Our plan was to have each grade do one major project in the lab but if you look back through the archives to the right you will see we did a lot! The kids loved it and we can't wait to dream up some more! To culminate our year some students from the Ann Richards school came to get some live video and interviewed a few of our students for an Austin Ed Fund celebration. A few photos follow. We also spent our remaining balance on some magnetic building cubes. We bought them on request of our PreK students but there wasn't one grade of kids who came in the last weeks and went straight for them! Once again, THANK YOU AUSTIN ED FUND!
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All the third graders spent over a month learning Scratch programming - a language developed by MIT. They learned how to create their own characters, backgrounds, sounds, etc. Then they took what they learned about biomes and created characters to tell their audience something about their different biomes. Part of the information was created the old fashion way on a poster board and some of it was displayed on a computer screen if you clicked the up, down, left or right arrow. Finally they connected the computers to Makey Makeys which turns everyday objects into a touchpad. So on the posterboards had metal strips such that when you touch them it initiated the computer programs the kids created. Below is an example. Holding the apple completes the circuit. The proud coders got to display their work at the Art Extravaganza. Click to display larger photos.Second graders did a great job creating stop motion videos of animal or plant life cycles. They researched, story boarded, created backgrounds and characters. They then used IPADS and an app to create their videos with music and credits. The final products were on display at the Art Extravaganza with QR codes in the hallways. A few examples Life cycle of a Pecan tree Life cycle of a butterfly Life cycle of a salamander Life cycle of a frog
1st graders came to the lab to use what they learned about 3D shapes to build some in the SteamWorks lab. They learned how to use K'nex pieces, talked about edges, vertices, faces and then built basic 3D shapes. Click on photos to make larger.
First graders watched videos on how professionals create storyboards and stop motion videos. Then they gave it a shot using ipads, legos, and a stop motion app. They then added music and titles. |
AuthorMy name is Anne Jarriel and I oversee the SteamWorks lab at Gullett Elementary. I'm blogging about what I see and lead in the STEAM lab which is mostly kids just having a great time! Archives
January 2018
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