WeDo Robotics - Think, Design, Build, and Program!

Four teams of 3rd graders from Mrs. Fitch's class worked on a design challenge today using Lego WeDo Robotics.  These students had successfully built the Dancing Birds robot model in second grade and experimented with belts and pulleys using this model.  The Dancing Birds model has two birds balanced on gears connected to pulleys and a belt.  The model includes one motor that turns based on the student created program using the WeDo software.
Dancing Birds model:


Teams worked today on the following design challenge:

• Add a third bird to the robot that will spin (all 3 birds need to spin).  

• You can not add any more motors.

The teams spent some time drawing and planning. Not all teams are finished yet and most importantly the teams developed different solutions to the challenge. Here is a look at one team's success. If the video does not appear below -- use the link further down to open it.

Link to video

Please note -- there are no directions for this 3 bird model. The student's reference in the video to the directions is to the 2 bird model directions.

Scenes from a Book Club

A group of EMES readers participated in the first meeting of Dorothy's Book Club on the evening of Oct 6th.  Students created illustrations of characters from the book The Fourteenth Goldfish.   Our readers also created a group posters showing likes and dislikes using goldfish cut outs.  And of course we also ate a variety of Goldfish crackers.     

Dorothy's Book Club Returns TONIGHT!

Dorothy's Book Club
Oct 6th 5:30 to 6:30 pm
EMES Library

4th through 8th Grade readers who have read or are reading The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm are invited to join us for an evening of games, activities, and discussion about the book.  A light snack will also be served.  Looking forward to it!
- Arlyn and Mrs. Christy