This past week has been very busy preparing the finishing touches to my lesson for tomorrow's class. I confirmed that all four 6th grade girls are going to be working with me this year (Monday's from 3:30 to 4:40.) Tomorrow we are going to be doing the activities posted on my lesson plan. (See 1st lesson plan from Oct. 10th blog link). I also finished building my own robot at home! I worked some of the building kinks out so the girls should be able to have a smooth build over a period of 2 or 3 weeks. The girls will build their robots in partners. Then we will begin programming. This weekend I am going through the LabView tutorial to start building my own program that I will teach the girls.
Mrs. Kainz ordered "Blocks to Robots" by Bers, and "Educate NXT" by Chris Bracken, Rob Torok, Damien Kee, and Chris Rogers. I met Rob, Damien, and Chris Rogers (my mentor) when I went to my internship at Tufts University Center for Engineering Education. These books are a great addition to the Ashley Hall STEM program! I look forward to citing them in my research and using ideas for the classroom activities.
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