Yesterday’s STEM class was all about learning what a binary code meant. We learned that computers use binary numbers and that binary code is a two-symbol code. Using our code sheet, we looked up the letters of our name and used the black and white square paper to write our names using the binary code! We'll do some more work on this, to reinforce our understanding. Maybe we'll challenge ourselves to write a sentence, next week! We'll also talk about how braille uses a binary code system to read and write by touch.
0 Comments
This week, students across the globe are participating in The Hour of Code, and our students are doing just the same. In fact, if you go to the Hour of Code website, you'll find our school pinned on the map! Many of the activities are for students a bit older but there are many opportunities and activities for students as young as JK to participate in as well. During yesterday's STEM class, we worked on the iPads, using the application Scratch Jr, which many of the students are familiar with already. Some of us worked independently while others followed the steps one by one with me at the table. Once they finished their program, their eyes lit up with happiness, the satisfactions of making a computer do what you tell it to is quite unreal for some of these little guys.
Last week's STEM class was all about making a code for our partner to follow using arrows. The code had to bring us from on side of the grid paper to the other, using a little turtle as our pawn. This activity proved to be a challenge, but not one that we were not up for! More practice in precise instruction giving to come!
Today, in STEM, we talked about what coding meant and what it related to in our everyday lives. Some of the students have already been exposed to coding in various ways, whether through iPad apps, after-school clubs, big sisters or brothers. Our activity today was to make a maze using q-tips and then write a code so that our little turtles could follow the code and go from point a to the star at the end. It was a very serious activity, hence all the serious faces!!! Once we finished, we sat and took turns doing a similar activity using the coloured grid carpet. Now we are not too far form being programming experts! Or inspired for now :)
Sometimes, we are in the mood for some Scratch Jr Challenges!
|
Welcome to the daily life of Académie de la Capitale's Junior / Senior Kindergarten class! We hope you enjoy this window into our classroom as much as we enjoy sharing it!Archives
October 2022
Categories
All
|