Robots and Native Americans?
Mrs Milford's Class Mixes It All Up!
Students blended knowledge in anthropology, computer programming, geology, and writing to do explorations of Native American cultures in the United States. It was followed up with journaling the travels of their robots. Varying the grouping of students resulted in multiple collaborative efforts to complete the huge project. Larger groups made maps of the united states. Smaller sub-groups created representative objects for each tribe studied. And yet other collaborative teams used trial and error to perfect coding to drive their bots. Fun learning and full engagement was the outcome.
Teacher reviewing steps in project to seated students.
Students sitting on the floor within taped U.S. map outline.
Students sitting on the carpet with paper figurines.
Students sitting on the carpet within taped U.S. map outline with paper figurines.
Students sitting on the floor within taped U.S. map outline with paper figurines.
Photo of work paper that has various directions with numbers listed.
Students sitting on the floor within taped U.S. map outline with paper figurines.
Students sitting on the floor within taped U.S. map outline with paper figurines and robots.
Student using laptop to write code for connected to digital giggabot.
Student using laptop to write code for connected to digital giggabot.
Students sharing and using laptops to write code.
Students collaborating and using laptops to write code.
Groups of students sitting on the carpet with laptops programming robots.
Students sitting on the carpet with laptops programming robots.
Student attempting to place robot on tape outline of United States.
Three students collaborating on laptops
Group of students sitting on the carpet with laptops programming robots with teacher supporting.
Group of students sitting on the carpet with laptops programming robots.
Students sitting on the carpet with laptops posing.
Paper figurines representing American Indian tools, foods and transportation.