6/5 students have been getting creative and designing their own circuits using LEDs and copper tape to round off their unit on electrical circuits and switches.
Category Archives: Design and Technology
Solving problems with STEAM PUNKS
This week year 6/5 boys were put to the test to solve the problem of how to successfully power a LEGO car. Students used Innobits to create a circuit, which then drove their creation. The boys also created a basic warning system using a slider module and a LED module. Well done boys!
STEAM PUNKS!
STEAM PUNKS! has taken off and has proved to be extremely popular with 4/3 and 6/5 students. We have been programming Dash robots, Ollies and Spheros- setting up challenges and working through puzzles. Students have also been exploring Makey Makeys, becoming DJs using paper and pencils and coins. We have also been making projects using Innobits and LEGO Technics, creating lighthouses and windmills using sensors and LEDs.
Students are delving into the Digital Technologies curriculum, exploring design thinking, computational thinking and systems thinking. Through opportunities to investigate, design, communicate and work collaboratively, students are able to become innovators and future designers.
STEAM PUNKS! is on in the library every Thursday (4/3) and Friday (6/5).
STEAM PUNKS!
Media Arts with 4/3F
Students from 4/3F have been exploring LEGO Movie Maker, a stop motion app that creates animated movies. The 4/3s are using LEGO Movie Maker and iMovie within their Media Arts unit. Using Aesop Fables for inspiration, students have created LEGO characters and scenes, painted their backdrops and storyboarded their productions.