Years 3 and 4 were Flying High

Dear Bloggers,

Last week 3A, 3C and 4N designed and made planes.  The planes had a tilt sensor and the children wrote programs so when the plane tilted upwards the engine went faster and when the plane tilted downwards the engine went at a random speed.  Fast worked carried out further programming to associate other actions with the tilt of the plane such as sounds and different messages appearing on the display.

 

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Mrs Garlick

Designing arms

Dear Bloggers,

Years 3 and 4 built and programmed kicking legs, a goal keeper and thier own cheering fans – but what good is a sporting team without any arms.  The children designed and programmed their own designs.

 

 

 

 

 

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Mrs Garlick

Years 3 and 4 Keep the ‘Keeper’

Dear Bloggers,

3A, 3C and 4A built a goal keeper and programmed him to stop those talented legs from scoring goals.

Look at the cute little keeper.

This is the programming.

There are three programs running concurrently:

1.controls the keeper

2.creates an automatic scoreboard

3. makes a cheering sound when a goal is scored.

 

Below is a video of the cute little keeper in action

 

Video of goal keeper for Windows

 

Video of goal keeper demonstration for MAC

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Mrs Garlick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3C get a ‘Kick’ out of their class

Dear Bloggers,

Today 3c designed, programmed and played a game with their kicking legs.

Have a look at the short video below

Video of Kicking legs in action for windows

 

Video of kicking legs in action for MAC

 

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Mrs Garlick

 

3A Get ‘Kicking’.

Dear Bloggers,

3A built and programmed thier kicking legs to kick.  The next part of the challenge was to design and play a game with the legs.  Fast workers made their legs into a complete person.

 

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Mrs Garlick

3C really get ‘Kicking’

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3C made a pair of kicking legs to help them score goals when they played soccer.  The legs had a powerful kick and the childen had lots of fun.

Have a look at the pictures below.

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Mrs Garlick

More Zebras for those Hungry Lions 3C

Dear Bloggers,

Those lions are still ravenous  – so luckily 3C made lots of zebras.

 

 

 

 

 

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Mrs Garlick

Making Zebras to feed the lions

Dear Bloggers,

Years 3A, 3C and 4A made zebras out of felt to feed to their hungry lions.  Making the little stuffed toys proved to be quite a challenge for most.  For me (teacher) – I threaded more needles than I have in a lifetime!!!

 

 

 

 

 

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Mrs Garlick

3A have a ‘Roaringly’ good time

Dear Bloggers,

3A successfully made and programmed lions to rise up and roar and then to sit down and sleep.  Things became more complex when the children attached tilt sensors to food and fed it to their lions.  The lions were then programmed to sit down and make eating sounds.

 

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Mrs Garlick