Happy Holidays!

There is much to post about; penguin research, circuit building with dough (yes!  it's possible!), learning geometry, and new highlights from Genius Hour.  We will get back to regular blogging activity (with some new, very excited, very young bloggers here to help me pick up the slack!) in January.



Until then...



Happy Holidays from the teacher with the cutest students in the school/state/world:

Scribble Bots

We have been learning about electrons in second grade.  No kidding:  we've been attempting to wrap our minds around the concept of something so tiny being something so incredibly powerful.


What better way to become Masters of Electrons than by creating our very own circuits?

We constructed very cool Scribble Bots. Our Scribble Bots consisted of a few key components:  a double A battery, electrical wire, and a 1.5 volt motor.  We used empty salt cans as the "body" of our mighty bot.  We attached some markers onto the bottom of the bot in order to get some color involved.

It was an awesome lesson in teamwork.  Thomas Edison once said, "I have not failed.  I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."


Let's just say that we worked just like Thomas Edison himself on this project.  Lots of duct tape, struggle, laughter, planning, and ultimately success.

The mingling of science and art is not to be missed!