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Edison Robot Guardian Robots
Edison Robot Guardian Robots
Inspired by the Greek Myth about Talos, possibly the first ever imagined robot from Ancient Greek times, students programmed thier robot to guard their "island" (table) by attacking intruders. Measuring in centimeters, thinking about degrees of turns, and breaking everything down into steps kept them on their toes today! Good thing Ancient Greek culture valued creativity, knowledge, and learning!
Animated Greek Myths
Animated Greek Myths
Greek Myths + iPads + Creative Kids = Awesome Animated Greek Myths
Pandor’s Box - Harrison Tenley - 04-08-25 13:03:43.MP4The Trojan Horse - Paiyton and Zach - 04-08-25 13:15:28.MP4Two Spinners - Ryker and Omar - 04-08-25 13:32:05.MP4A Trip Around The World - Ben and Maevalyn - 04-08-25 13:15:36.MP4Llii - Liam Lily - 04-08-25 13:44:46.MP4Orpheus and Eurydice - Nolan and Eliza - 04-08-25 12:07:18.MP4Cupid Falls in Love - Finn and Spencer - 04-08-25 13:59:31.MP4Demeter and Persephone - Sam.c and Wesley - 04-08-25 11:58:24.MP4Gossip and Vanity - Sam.g and Jacob - 04-08-25 12:57:00.MP4The Story of Medusa and Athena - Jenning and William - 04-08-25 13:03:10.MP4Majic Rocks - Teddy Oliver Logan! - 04-08-25 13:24:30.MP4Labors of Hercules: A Stopmotion Movie
Labors of Hercules: A Stopmotion Movie
3rd graders worked hard to produce a stopmotion movie showing the Labors of Hercules. Check out the quick behind the scenes snapshots and of course their amazing work in their movie.
Behind the Scenes
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A-Mazing
Inspired by the Greek Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, students created Lego mazes - then turned them into complicated Labrynths. Then they learned how to draw their own mazes. Finally, working with a partner, they designed big mazes, placed monsters in them, and programmed our Sphero robots through them. What a wonderful and creative day!
Real Life Sleuths
Real Life Sleuths
Third graders had a chance to meet some real life sleuths that use forensics to solve mysteries. Criminologists from the Nampa Police Department shared some techniques they use. Students identifies tool marks, lifted latent prints, and observed tire imprints. Magnetic fingerprint powder was certainly a class favorite. We appreciate our amazing guest speakers!
Micro Mysteries
Micro Mysteries
What do you get when you get tiny bits of evidence to observe, a few clues, and some savy 3rd grade sleuths? Micro Mysteries Solved of course! Check out some footage of our sleuths.
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Who Wrote the Note?
Who Wrote the Note?
Imagine getting notes inviting you to do fun things or help others. Our class stuffed animals recieved such notes, but they don't know who wrote them! Who is having a party, and who needs honey for their tea? Our 3rd grade sleuths solved the mystery by using a forensic technique called chromotagraphy! Check out the video to see the students hard at work.
Snowflake Engineering
Snowflake Engineering
Students engineered snowflakes with specific geometric critera. How would you make sure there were parallel lines or acute angles in a Lego snowflake?
Perseverence & Resilience
Perseverence & Resilience
What do you get when you get cut paper, a camera, and a lot of creativity? Paper Animation! Students designed characters that faced obstacles, showed perseverance, and built resilience through their struggle - or failed forward. Check out the amazing animations!
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Fred's Cool Car
Trial and Error is a great way to learn from mistakes! Students designed a "cool" Lego car, and applied Newton's Third Law of Physics to see how far the car could travel with balloon power. They graphed the distance traveled for each trial. The more runs they attempted, the more they learned and improved. Some went nearly 200 cm!
Interactive Creature Features
Interactive Creature Features
Students completed their very first GT research project! They learned 5 facts about an unusual animal and then created Interactive Digital Projects that share the features of the animal using block Coding. they showed creativity and problem solving in this task.
To see their Projects in Scratch, click here .
Coasting Forward
Coasting Forward
In our Moving Forward, students are reflecting on growth and learning from failure. What better way to try, modify, improve, and grow than to create a coaster within a timeframe. Check out their trials, errors, and successes in the video!
Fred's Epic Journey
Fred's Epic Journey
Students took on a huge project to produce their first GT movie. They learned how to use an atlas, problem solved in order to fold an origami boat, became set designers to create backgrounds representing a location and movie props, and learned to code our Sphero robots. Wow! All that hard work to create an Epic movie of our friend, Fred (the gummy worm), sailing around the world. Check out their movie and the behind the scenes footage.
Fred’s Epic Journey.movSave Fred!
Save Fred!
3rd graders worked together to save our gummy worm friend, Fred. Students visualized, made a plan with no voices, and then acted on their plan to save him. Check out some fun footage!
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Numbers of Me
Numbers of Me
Have you ever wondered how much you would weigh on another planet, or how old you are in dog years? Students worked through some challenging stations where they calculated some important numbers about themselves. Ask them what year they will graduate highschool or how many centimeters tall they are. Their finished projects look great and we will get to enjoy them on the wall of our classroom for awhile.
Fred's Perch
Fred's Perch
Our first day of 3rd grade GT was an energetic and exciting day! Take a peek at a STEM task students faced where they designed a perch for our class mascot Fred (the Gummy Worm), who is surprisingly heavy. Their task, build a perch so that Fred is lifted to a higher position to better observe the day.
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