Most of the students had no difficulty building the alligators. When it came to programming the software they felt much more challenged. Several students thought that they had "done it" when they were able to get the mouth of the alligator to go up and down. What they didn't realize was that they had missed the key component, the sensor block. They had no problems getting the alligators mouth to move using loop blocks and the start key but it took much more critical thinking to get the motion sensor to activate the motions of the alligator. Only one group accomplished the task! We were very proud of how the students asked great questions, learned from each other and persevered.
A glimpse into the engaged learning happening in Division 5!
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
WeDo Lego Inquiry Based Learning Update #5
Most of the students had no difficulty building the alligators. When it came to programming the software they felt much more challenged. Several students thought that they had "done it" when they were able to get the mouth of the alligator to go up and down. What they didn't realize was that they had missed the key component, the sensor block. They had no problems getting the alligators mouth to move using loop blocks and the start key but it took much more critical thinking to get the motion sensor to activate the motions of the alligator. Only one group accomplished the task! We were very proud of how the students asked great questions, learned from each other and persevered.
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I had so much fun to play with the lego!!!
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