This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
The students in my classroom are typical 21st-century students who gain the most knowledge and understanding from hands-on STEM activities. I want my students to leave knowing more than just spreadsheets, word documents, and clicking a mouse. I want them to be creators and inventors of the future.
We have experimented with Makey Makey, Squishy Circuits, MinecraftEdu, Ev3 Robotics, Ozobots, Scratch, Code, Raspberry Pi, 3Doodlers, MicroBits, Bloxels, Sphero Robots, and Stop Motion Video Creation.
For many of the students, school is the only place they have access to computers and the Internet and can learn about computer programming.
My Project
The Kindle Fires will be used to help further my students understanding of STEM concepts using computer science and robotics. Our class was lucky enough to receive a classroom set of Sphero robots and now we need more technology to support our use of these new resources.
Using the Kindle Fires will allow my students the ability to problem solve using code to solve a variety of puzzles, mazes, and other tasks as they relate to our STEM standards.
One such project will be to program the robots to drive a rectangular shape and the students will find the perimeter that the robot traveled and determine the area of the rectangle created.
More than three‑quarters of 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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