July 25-29th 2011 - Explorers IV

Pictures
Scavenger Hunt Pictures

July 25-29th - Explorers IV Parent Show Projects
The focus for this week will be on storytelling with Scratch and LEGO NXT robots.

Scratch is free software from MIT which makes it easy to explore computing concepts using drag-and-drop programming. See http://www.nebomusic.net/EineKlieneAnimation.html for an example of the type of Scratch activity students can do. For more information see http://scratch.mit.edu. LEGO NXT robot kits can be used to create a variety of robots. For more information see http://www.legoeducation.us/store/detail.aspx?CategoryID=178&by=9&ID=1263&c=1&t=0&l=0.

Agenda for Explorers IV: Story Telling and Drama
(Schedule subject to adjustments as needed)

Monday:
Morning:
-Pre Survey
-Animate a Song in Scratch: Coordinating movement and music using timer.
-Robot Dancing / Movement to Music. Start with Basic Tri-Bot and time movements with music.
Lunch
Afternoon:
-Act Out Short Skits
-Do simple Stories in Scratch: Throw Paper Airplane off stage - comes back huge!

Tuesday:
Morning:
-Scratch Star Spangled Banner or Do a Short Skit based on Comic Strip
-Robotics: Pick Play - Design Robot Character
Lunch
Afternoon:
-Program Robot Actors
-Pick Story to Animate in Scratch: Begin Character Design

Wednesday:
Morning:
-Work on Staging and Costuming for Robot Drama
-Continue Scratch Animation: Do story Boards
Lunch:
Afternoon:
-Recreation

Thursday:
Morning:
Scratch: Convert Story Boards to Scratch Skits
Robotics: Film Robot Skits
Lunch
Afternoon:
Work with Pleo Robots - introduction and experiment
Open time with Scratch or Robots

Friday:
Morning:
-Post Survey
-Open time to develop Scratch and Robotics Projects for Parent Showcase
-Do Post Workshop Survey
Lunch
Afternoon:
-Parent Showcase

Scratch

Introduction: Inserting Characters and Basic Movements
Handling arrow keys
Sending and receiving messages
Dancing / Movement Project
Creating a Storyboard
Using Messages to Organize Actions and Story
Animating a Story
Adding Sound and Music

Lego NXT

Create "Robot Characters" (Dress Up and Decorate like Pico Crickets)
Robot Story - guide students in writing a "play" and having the robots be the characters. Video the story and make a live action movie.

Pre-survey: http://findings.GaComputes-ES-Pre-L.sgizmo.com/s3/
Post-survey: http://findings.GaComputes-ES-Post-L.sgizmo.com/s3/

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