Awesome Resources

Holiday Language Program:

Discover Explore & Create

Day One: Monday October the 5th: Discover.

New Learning:

Robotics: Discover Mbots, Blue-Bots and Spheros and how to code them.

Maths: Discover the language of fractions and work towards explaining fractions in mathematical language.

Mathematical Language Links: Words in Digits and Polygon People.

Day Two: Tuesday October the 6th: Explore.

Consolidating the new learning:

Coding: Explore similar coding environments, either with the robots or online.

Blue-Bot Interaction :To enable the Blue-Bot interaction, ensure all switches on the base are in the 'ON' position. Blue-Bot will recognise another Bee-Bot or Blue-Bot when passing by within a distance of approximately 25cm, environmental conditions such as sunlight and varying temperature can affect this range by +/-10cm. When the sensor is activated Blue-Bot will play a default sound depending on which bot has been detected. The sound will activate every 5 seconds. The user can choose to record their own voice on the sensor, so instead of the prerecorded sound playing when it senses another Bot, it will play the user's recorded sound. To do this press and hold the Go button for 2 seconds until a single beep is heard and record your sound. When the double beep is heard the record time has ended. To clear this function press and hold the clear button for 2 seconds until the double beep is heard. To turn this function off move the sensor switch on the base to the 'OFF' position.

Personalisation for command buttons: The user can record 2 seconds of audio for each command simply by pressing the command button for 2 seconds until a single beep is heard. When the double beep is heard the record time has ended. Once recorded, audio will play back as the command buttons are pressed and then again as Blue-Bot works its way through the commands. To reset to the original function, simply press the clear button for 2 seconds until a double beep is heard.

Maths: Explore speaking mathematically using the physical resources to support language learning.

Wednesday October the 7th: Create.

Applying the new learning:

Engineering: Create a sphero or bbot car using lego and code it to navigate a road we will build.

Maths: Create math puzzles using physical resources, inspired by the digital resources. We played Sanotorini and PrimeClimb and discussed mathematics and strategy as we played.

Ms Allan's Pages

Marie Hirst Number Routines

Number Sense Routines.pdf

Number Sense Routines.webm

Steve Wyborney

Steve Wyborney Multiplication Course

Engineering with Lego.

Interesting:

Ashes Rise Phoenixborn Awesome game including maths, statistics, strategy, imagination and working memory.

Mathigon & Dan Finkel from Primeclimb - Multiplication Cards

Ideas for January:

Epro8 - https://epro8challenge.co.nz/activities-menu.html
- What resources does the school already have?
Mbots - Do they work on Chromebooks?
Sphero, Bee-bots & Mbots - What about the Arduino.
- Need to upskill to ensure I know how to make use of the Arduino.
Timing - Perhaps Maths should be merged with robotics/engineering/coding.
- Big rich tasks.
- Time to teach coding and design in smaller groups.
- From 9:30 to 10:30 Older students.
  - Explicit teaching of coding, maths and engineering etc.
- From 10:30 to 11:30 Younger students.
  - Focus on learning mathematical language whilst engaged in mathematical play.
- From 11:30 to 12:30 All students.
  - Working towards individual or group goals merging coding & math.
  - Sharing success and learning.
Goals:
- See maths/coding/engineering in ACTION, together.
- Have time to create something significant and learn through the process.
- Fun learning through play.
- Language skills are developed by constant communication and sharing.