My students need robotics kits to explore computer science and geometry!
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. White's classroom raised $933
This project is fully funded
My Students
At our school, we do learning differently. Instead of traditional curriculum, we focus on Project-Based Learning. This means that we present our students with real-world problems/questions that require students to incorporate their knowledge from all disciplines to solve.
They are a multi-cultural, multi-racial, multi-talented group of young people that are passionate about learning things in a non-traditional way.
They ride buses from all over the city to attend school in the heart of downtown. They have chosen to attend their high school, the first Energy focused school in the Nation, to be exposed to engineering, robotics and hands-on experience with our city's top industry.
Our project-based campus gives these students a voice in their education.
My Project
Our school’s mission is to provide interdisciplinary, hands-on learning in all aspects of the learning process; this project allows students to explore computer programming and robotics through the context of geometry. Students will connect logic and transformations to computer science by programming robots to solve mazes. The students will connect these maze challenges to real-world applications such as the Thai cave rescue earlier this year. Makeblock mBot robots, in conjunction with the visual programming language mBlock (based on Scratch 2.0) will allow my students to explore the connections between geometric transformations and physical motion. The supplies will allow students to bring computer programming and robotics into the math classroom and develop skills that they can apply to their future education and careers.
My students will move beyond paper and pencil to explore the world of computer programming through the lens of geometry and robotics.
Students will solve mazes using geometric transformations, and then translate these transformations into power to the robots' motors to maneuver through a maze. Additionally, students will create videos describing their solution process and analyzing the connection between geometry and computer programming. Students will construct their mazes and display their solutions to industry professionals, parents, and community members at a public exhibition later this year.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
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