This project supported student learning about famous Americans.  At the start of this project, students discussed the variety of tools they have used in the classroom to support their learning.  From a list of resources,  students determined that DiscoveryEd, BrainPopJr, and Epic would be applications that would best support their learning goals.  As students started researching, the conversation naturally flowed to how they could summarize ideas without using each others’ words.  A graphic organizer helped focus students’ research as they were discovering why their person was important, how they helped people, why they wanted to do great things, as well as any other interesting information.  When research was complete, students planned and built their famous American with the criteria that they would look like the person, as well as have a symbol to show why their person is significant.  When the famous American was build, students attached a Hummingbird Robotics kit to it, and programmed the robotics kit to light-up and the servo motors to move.  Students additionally used Scratch to program their computer to share the important facts about their famous American, which the start point is triggered when people move within a certain distance to their computer.