Put the mini Ozobot robots on a table. Add their magnetic tiles and some simple directional information. Now you've got an easy passive STEAM event enjoyable by many ages.
The direction cards I put out this time were inspired by the Power Point slides I found on the Kinder Shenangigans blog at https://kindershenanigans.com/coding-in-kindergarten. The topics included:
A monthly Friday morning library program for homeschool families.
Goals:
·
Opportunity
to explore STEAM concepts in a relaxed setting.
·
Participants
can socialize and connect with other homeschool families.
·
Students
build confidence and cooperative skills by completing tasks
together.
Activities of the day:
“T" is for Technology: Ozobot Robots
Participants used the magnetic cards to guide and program their mini Ozobot robots to do various things.
“E” is for Engineering: Build with
Blocks
I opened up the wood block cabinet for some creative building.
This program was intended to introduce STEAM concepts through stories and exploration activity stations to families with children ages 3-8 years old.
Intro song: Hello Friends
(sign language action song for the words hello, friends, math, fun, and time)
Hello friends,
Hello friends,
Hello friends,
It's time to say hello.
Hello science,
Hello science,
Hello science,
It's time to have some fun.
Demonstration and Storytime:
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Read the book Remarkable Robots by Tony Mitton, illustrated by Ant Parker
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Show the word card for robots. Talk
about what this word means.
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Show pictures of various types of robots and talk about what these robots
do.
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Instruct on how to use the stations.
Stations:
Station #1- BeeBots
The children entered movement commands into the BeeBots.
Station #2 – Ozobots
Using a variety of small magnetic tiles, the children created paths for
the tiny Ozobot robots to follow along with special color tiles with action
codes.
Station #3 – Animatronics
The children created an animatronic hand that really worked using
cardstock, scissors, tape, yarn, and straws.
Station #4 – Measuring robots
I found a cute free printable online that encouraged children to use
Unifix cubes to measure the robots on the paper.
A monthly Thursday morning library program for homeschool families.
Goals:
·
Opportunity
to explore STEAM concepts in a relaxed setting.
·
Participants
can socialize and connect with other homeschool families.
·
Students
build confidence and cooperative skills by completing tasks
together.
Activities of the day:
“S” is for Science and “T” is for Technology
and “A” is for art:
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Learn
about simple electric circuits by making a paper circuit similar to what is
found at https://www.instructables.com/Paper-Circuits/
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Create
a cupcake greeting card where the candle on the cupcake lights up similar to what I found at
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Create
a robot greeting card where the heart of the robot lights up similar to what I found at
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Create
a shining star greeting card where one point of the star lights up
“E” is for Engineering:
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Big
blue blocks
A monthly Thursday morning library program for homeschool families.
Goals:
·
Opportunity
to explore STEAM concepts in a relaxed setting.
·
Participants
can socialize and connect with other homeschool families.
·
Students
build confidence and cooperative skills by completing tasks
together.
Name tag table:
Invite participants to create a name tag using the die cut shapes, tape, and pens.
Activities of the day: BeeBots & Blocks
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Building toy:
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Wood
blocks from the block cabinet
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STEAM table:
The children explored simple coding
using the BeeBot robots.
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A Thursday morning library program for homeschool families.
Goals:
·
Opportunity
to explore STEAM concepts in a relaxed setting.
·
Participants
can socialize and connect with other homeschool families.
·
Students
build confidence and cooperative skills by completing tasks
together.
Name tag table:
Invite participants to create a name
tag using the die cut shapes, tape, and pens.
Getting to know you board:
Invite participants to answer the
question on the whiteboard so that we can get to know each other.
QUESTION: What are some things you like to do for fun?
Activity of the day: Beginning Circuitry
Station #1 – Make a paper circuit
This is an introduction to creating an electric circuit between a LED lightbulb
and a coin battery. I pretty much
adapted the instructions I found at https://www.instructables.com/Paper-Circuits/
to work with the supplies I had on hand.
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Paper
circuit page
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Coin
cell battery
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Scotch
tape
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Copper
foil tape
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LED
lightbulb
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Binder
clips
Station #2
SUPER HARD MODE: Make a light up bracelet
For students
looking for a challenge! I handed out
directions on how to make a bracelet with a light up LED lightbulb in 12 simple
steps. The steps were adapted from the
directions I found at https://youtu.be/xc7uony7pYo?si=OkxlmBwa52pLb4.
Supplies:
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Craft
foam bracelet
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LED
lightbulb
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Coin
cell battery
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Small
rectangular piece of craft foam
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Copper
foil tape
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2
sets of Velcro dots (2 fuzzy dots and 2 hook dots)
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Yarn
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Medium
piece of craft foam
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Hole
punch
Station #2
EASY MODE: Make a craft foam bracelet
This station
was modified for the little siblings that join us during Homeschool Meet-Up. Decorate the craft foam bracelet with
stickers and pens. Punch one hole on
each end of the bracelet. Use a length
of yarn to tie the bracelet to the student’s wrist.
Supplies:
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Craft
foam bracelets
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Color
pens
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Stickers
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Yarn
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Hole
punch
