This morning was an explosion of inquiry-driven electronics explorations. Some students were experimenting with circuitry, trying to make buzzers ring, lights glow and switches switch. Others were busily un-making various electronics, finding the right screwdrivers and angles of attack to remove hard drives from their casings and motors from their shells. Still others opted to run the junkyard, collecting, sorting and categorizing the various bits and pieces we’ve removed from these objects over the past week, so they can be re-used for other purposes.
Now… As to those other purposes…
In addition to our ongoing twice-weekly Literature Circle homework today students received an exciting new project… Use the Power! Make a… Something!
Please see the details in the attached document below for more.
Here are some examples of projects made in past years.
To kick things off, while students went out to Swimming I spent a few minutes and followed the instructions from Exploratorium to make a Scribbling Machine! Easy and so much fun.
This is fantastic! Every day is a new learning adventure.
What lucky learners to experience this wonderful teacher’s classroom ! Many of these creative learning “adventures ” will be remembered for a lifetime, and almost surely will create a love for acquiring knowledge. Lucky young people!!!
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