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  • Sandpiper Elementary School
  • City Of Sunrise, FL
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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The Dash and Dot Wonder Workshop comes compete with an instrument for kids to teach their robots how to play. Playing the xylophone is cool, but teaching a robot to play the xylophone is amazing! Since kids naturally love music, they are attracted to instruments. In our digital world of today, they're also attracted to robots. By completing various coding projects on their tablets, the kids can teach Dash and Dot to play different songs. My goal is to have kids using the three robots and xylophones to play different components of a single song. We will start easy with "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and following the three verse structure, then move on to more complicated songs and rhythms. Students will be able to learn about reading music, counting notes, and, of course, programming. They'll be able to hypothesize about not only their programs, but also what different notes will sound like, before trying it out to hear their song. After they test their theories, they can decide what action to take next: move on to the next sequence of notes, or correct their errors. The science of music will give them endless opportunities to grow and explore concepts they may not otherwise have the opportunity to try.

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The Dash and Dot Wonder Workshop comes compete with an instrument for kids to teach their robots how to play. Playing the xylophone is cool, but teaching a robot to play the xylophone is amazing! Since kids naturally love music, they are attracted to instruments. In our digital world of today, they're also attracted to robots. By completing various coding projects on their tablets, the kids can teach Dash and Dot to play different songs. My goal is to have kids using the three robots and xylophones to play different components of a single song. We will start easy with "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and following the three verse structure, then move on to more complicated songs and rhythms. Students will be able to learn about reading music, counting notes, and, of course, programming. They'll be able to hypothesize about not only their programs, but also what different notes will sound like, before trying it out to hear their song. After they test their theories, they can decide what action to take next: move on to the next sequence of notes, or correct their errors. The science of music will give them endless opportunities to grow and explore concepts they may not otherwise have the opportunity to try.

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