Micro:bit Pet Robot

In sixth grade students used the tools they garnered when exploring other Micro:bit projects to build a robot pet. Their pet build was based on the interview of a classmate to learn about their dream pet. After working in pairs to interview each other, students used the data to sketch a prototype before they rolled up their sleeves to build and code a pet robot! Check out the lesson activity from Micro:bit.

Before coding their project the were tasked with writing pseudocode to think through and record their ideas for how the code would work. 

Check out some projects on the Google Slide below. Watch the video to hear directly from some students about their pet project. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.

Everyone Loves a Parade

After MCAS some students explored remixing a Scratch project. Together with their avatars they practiced downloading and uploading local files, to ultimately share a new file type for Scratch, .sb3. 

Next up all grade five students will explore some coding projects using Scratch.MIT.edu. Because the kids are under 13, we did not use Scratch accounts. Instead we practiced file management and continued discussions about file types as students downloaded Scratch .sb3 files locally to their Chromebook. 

F. A. B. Constitution Comic

To wrap up our unit with Google Slides the fifth grade classes created comics using their self-made avatar  png files and some storytelling. Using imagery from our school and classroom, they created background panels along with gutters, scene setters, a Word Art title, and a monologue to reflect on the three articles of our classroom constitution. Take a look at these beauties below! I'm so proud of the work they have done!

Student Comics