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: Digital 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!
Media Arts and Minecraft
4/3s Rock Out!
Tech-Know Kids
We have a new club at ICSS, Tech-Know Kids! These switched on students from grades 3-6 are at the service of teachers and students, ready to give a hand with any technology issue. Tech-Know Kids meet each Thursday in the library at first break to develop their problem-solving skills.
Scratch Jr: Be Safe
Students in 2C decided to code a story about being safe, one of ICSS’s school rules.
Firstly, they used Popplet, a mindmapping app, to brainstorm ideas about the story line, characters, setting and scenes.
After finalising their ideas, they created each scene in Scratch Jr
One of the students from 2C then presented a combined version of their movie at assembly. Students had lots of fun developing their Digital Technology skills this term.
BeeBots with 2/1E
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).