We spent all of second semester exploring independent studies. We have students inventing a dust accumulator for a combine, coding Dash from Wonder Workshop, building and coding with Lego WeDo, creating the board game Operation with MakeyMakey as well as the game DanceDanceRevolution with MakeyMakey, designing holiday decorations for the needy, building entire worlds in video game creator Bloxels Builder, engineering and coding Meccanoid robots and dinosaurs, sewing log cabin quilts and row fence quilts, hand sewing stuffed animals, sewing dresses and pillows, building a robotic softball bat, and developing student websites about honeybees and endangered animals.
While there was a lot of organization on the teachers' parts for purchasing all the needed supplies, there was far less needed from us during the actual student work time. Because these projects were the students' main interests as well as their choice, they really took the learning and ran with it. Mrs. Beck and I kept looking at each other feeling guilty that we weren't doing more, but that's a true sign of authentic learning, right? We did make a giant push the last two weeks to make sure all projects were finished for the community event, but other than that, everything happened at the students' pace.
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June 2019
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