Team B (1st)

Rotation 7: Marble Run Wall

In this rotation, 1st grade will be designing and installing a Marble Run Wall. Using the Engineering Design Process, students will plan out their section of the track to be able to connect with another section of the track. This will take all the students to collaborate with several groups in order to engineer and install a Marble Run Wall that allows a ball to travel continuously from start to finish.

Rotation 6: Typing

Learning to type is such an important skill set that we will spend time on in STEM/Technology classes. We will be using Type to Learn for our keyboarding and typing lessons. Students will have access to this at home and may practice as often as they would like. Students can login with this link, Dance Mat Typing.

Try Dance Mat Typing at home with your student. https://www.dancemattypingguide.com/

Rotation 5: LEGO Derby Races

We will be studying the forces that affect a moving object, then using our knowledge to build, test, and race LEGO derby cars!

We will go through 4 challenges during this rotation.

Fastest Car
Slowest Car
Fastest car only using 12 bricks
Championship Fastest Car wins using as many bricks as you want

Rotation 4: Hour of Code

Hour of Code

In December your student(s) will be participating in an Hour of Code during their STEM/Technology rotation. What is the Hour of Code? The Hour of Code started out as a one-hour introduction to coding and computer science designed to show that anyone can learn the basics of coding and become interested in the field of computer science. The Hour of Code has turned into more than that. It has turned into a worldwide effort to give every student a chance to learn coding and computer science. Imagine the impact we can have if the hands kids use to navigate apps and play video games are the ones designing them too! With technology changing every industry on the planet, computing knowledge has become part of a well-rounded skill set. When young children have the opportunity to be more than consumers of technology, they can create new technologies and solutions to change the world.

Give it a try!

So, Hour of Code officially starts on December 4th, 2023 and your students will be participating in their STEM/Technology EnCORE class, but the Hour of Code is not just for students. Anyone can participate. Set aside 1 hour and be a part of an Hour of Learning with your student. This can take place anytime from December 6-12. Don't worry if you miss it, you can take part even after the week is done. Over 100 million students worldwide have tried an Hour of Code, and we want to continue encouraging everyone in our community to engage with computer science and coding.

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Rotation 3: Keva Planks

Engineering with Keva Planks

Students will be the architects of their own creativity while building 2D and 3D structures using KEVA Planks. All students start by exploring to see what they are able to build. As students build they quickly discover that the possibilities are endless. By the end of the rotation many students are not just building the tallest towers, but are becoming more masterful at what they build and they connect their structures together with their classmates.

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Keva planks are great for learning and creating

Keva Plank Tips:

Simply stack the solid Keva planks to create buildings, monuments and geometric forms
Great for engineering challenges
Avoid building structures on uneven surfaces
Blend you other toys with Keva planks for even more fun
Don't limit your imagination

Rotation 2: Wixie

Wixie

Students are currently practicing logging in to their school accounts with their username and password, creating in Wixie, and learning keyboard orientation skills.

Many times it is difficult for primary students to login and here are a few reasons that will slow them down.

straight up forgetting it
capital letters and/or accidentally hitting the CAPS LOCK key
finding symbol keys like @
periods in the various domain levels in their email username
using the shift key to type symbol keys
when passwords are hidden so they can’t see what they’ve typed

Wixie is a great application for amplifying their voice with art, voice, writing, and video. Students will be learning to navigate and create projects over the course of our school year.

Rotation 1: Digital Citizenship

Internet Citizenship

Team B students will be discussing Digital Citizenship and working in basic Scratch Programming. Digital Citizenship is very important and is taught throughout the school year, but time is dedicated to talking about Digital Citizenship, caring for school and home technology equipment, and developing a basic level of Scratch Programming for their Scratch Programming Project in Rotation #3. Check out Scratch for coding and Interland: Be Internet Awesome as a resource for the Gamification of Digital Citizenship.

Digital Citizenship

For Digital Citizenship we will be talking about these questions:

How can we be safe, responsible, and respectful online?
Why is it important to listen to your feelings when using technology?
How do you stay safe when visiting a website or app?
What should you do if someone is mean to you online?
How can you give credit for other people's work?

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