Years 3 and 4 were Flying High

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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

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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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Years 3 and 4 Keep the ‘Keeper’

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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4A Make The Legs That Play The Game

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4A designed some wonderful games for their ‘Legs’ to play.

 

 

 

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Mrs Garlick

4A have something to tweet about

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Last Wednesday 4A really had something to tweet about.    On mass the robotic birds were programmed to make the swooshing sounds of wings rhythmically flapping as the birds flew in search of warmer lands.  After the mighty migration the birds were programmed to make tweeting and eating noises as the children fed their avian friends after their great flight.

 

 

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Making Zebras to feed the lions

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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

All ‘A Flap’ in 4A, 3C and 3A

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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.

 

 

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Mrs Garlick

 

4A tames the mighty Crocodiles

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4A also made amazing food to feed their ravenous crocodiles and they wrote sophisticated programs to allow their crocs to eat.  Some wonderful design modifications were made to the crocodiles – have a look for yourself.

 

 

 

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Mrs Garlick