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  Reflection : Today we went to Metro Elementary with our STaR Hero Journey Team. We were in pod two, and my partner and I met up with our team READ team member. Our lesson plan was set for kindergarten, and we were given fourth graders. We started our lesson by reading our STaR Hero story. Then we showed our students a video of bees pollinating and allowed them to reflect on the video. Once the students were understanding the material, we started our activity. For our activity we made flowers out of tissue paper and pipe cleaners. The students were given a bee cut out that they were to put together at home. Once the students completed the activity, it was time to move to the gym for the kinesiology students to perform their lesson. The whole thing was a success and it went very smooth. This was a fun activity and I am glad we got to do it.  Review Questions: What are your learning expectations regarding  a) personal growth,  b) civic engagement and  c) academic...

  Science TEKS- Long Strand Concepts with Essence Statements K-12 K-2.1.B create original products using a variety of resources; Gardening TEK-  K-2.1.B create original products using a variety of resources; Gardening Topic: Investigating the different organisms that would make up our gardening ecosystem(How will they interact with one another? Which are producers, consumers?) Materials Needed:  - Cricut bumble bee design - Fake Flowers - Pipe cleaners - Colored powder Gardening MakerSpace Hero Journey: ISTE CT Standards 3a :  Model and learn with students how to formulate  computational solutions  to problems and how to give and receive actionable feedback. Students will watch a video of how a bee pollinates a flower.  Students will formulate their own computational solutions to problems consumers can cause in a garden. 3b :  Apply effective teaching strategies to support student collaboration around computing, including pair programming, working...

 Exit Ticket:  Today we went to the ICreate Lab and got a tour by Josh. Josh showed us all the available design tools we could use. You are able to use this on our free time and anyone can use it.   I am interesting playing more with the cricut and the Roland. For the cricut machine, you can add designs to the machine and create cut outs of your choice. The example he showed was of a purple house. He said someone cut out the pieces and put them together to create the house. The other design tool that I would like to use is the Roland. This is a giant sticker maker. You can add what ever design into the computer and it prints out in a sticker.  For the cricut, we will print cut outs of the parts to a dragonfly and the students will put the parts together to create the dragonfly.  For the roland, the we can print out stickers that represent a dragonfly's relationship with the garden. 

Digital MakerSpace Exit ticket: Science TEKS- Long Strand Concepts with Essence Statements K-12 K.9(B) Child observes, investigates, describes and discusses the relationship of organisms to their environments.  Digital Maker Space category: - Digital Presentation K-2     Tools needed: Google slides/ Chromebooks/ iPad Gardening MakerSpace Hero Journey: ISTE CT Standards 3a : Model and learn with students how to formulate computational solutions to problems and how to give and receive actionable feedback. Students will watch a video of how a bee pollinates a flower.  Students will formulate their own computational solutions to problems consumers can cause in a garden. 3b : Apply effective teaching strategies to support student collaboration around computing, including pair programming, working in varying team roles, equitable workload distribution, and project management. 3c : Plan collaboratively with other educators to create learning activities that cross discipline...

 Today we visited Metro Elementary to teach students how to build and operate the WeDo 2.0 Lego, and to create a code to fly the Tello Drone. When we got to the courtyard we set up our station and got our WeDo Lego set up with the directions and Lego parts needed to build Milo. Once our students arrived we asked them if they have ever played with legos and the kind of legos they have build before. Each of the students had never used WeDo 2.0 Legos. By following the directions the students started building Milo. They took turns putting pieces together and working as a team to complete Milo. Once Milo was built, we showed the students how to connect him to the computer and create a code. The students really enjoyed putting together Milo and watching him move around.  We then moved to the cafeteria, found a spot and grabbed a drone. Because there wasn't enough drones, another group had joined ours. Using the Drone Simulator we showed the students what each of the coding blocks ar...

Drone Coding Activity We will begin by getting to know the students' background knowledge of drones.  We will start the lesson by showing the students how to use the Drone simulator with our powerpoint presentation. The students will watch a video of our drone flying and give them an example of the code we used. Using the computers, the students will start their own coding using the drone simulator. Once the students understand how the coding blocks work, and are able to create a successful code for their drone, we can move to the actual drone. Show the students how to get the Drone Block app and allow them to come up with their own code. As a group, we can decide how we want the drone code to look, and what we want out drone to do while flying. The students can give ideas of what blocks they want to use in oder to create a code for the Tello Drone.  Follow the steps below to connect to your Tello Drone and launch your mission.  Link Tello Drone To start this assignment w...