This week, the 3rd graders improved their oil spill cleanup process, thinking about what worked well and not so well during their first process so they could make adjustments. They learned that changing the order of their steps could affect their results and that it's important to maximize their budgets. Check out the before and after picture below to see how much one group was able to improve the process the second time around!
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| These students carefully remove oil from a model river. |
The 4th graders continue to add sensors and make their robots "smart." In the video below, the programmers use the touch sensor to change the direction of the robot. They also learned how to program the robot to multitask, or do more than one thing at a time!
Now that we've explored other inventors' patents, it was time for the 5th graders to come up with their own inventions/innovations to patent. I was so impressed with the students' creativity. In doing research on previous inventions, we realized how difficult it is to come up with a novel idea, but that didn't stop us! Stay tuned for Shark Tank style pitches on these inventions in the coming weeks!
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