Dear Bloggers,

Stage 2 students were all  ‘a flap’ in class – not because there was a problem but because they built and programmed a bird with flapping wings.  The model bird had large wings and using CAM gears as shoulder blades the children were able to flap the wings up and down.  The birds had swivel necks and were able to bend to the ground.  The students attached a tilt sensor onto the bird and programmed the robot to make swooshing wing flap sounds when the tilt sensor was moved.  Fast workers then placed a motion sensor into position so that the robotic bird could make pecking sounds when it bent forwards to eat.  Have a look at the fun in the photos below.

 

 

Thanks for  calling by

Mrs Garlick