Robotics

Project Based Learning

This week, students have focused on a robotics project of their own choice. Some students have chosen to continue working on their virtual pets, adding sprites, animation and sound effects to their coding projects. Others have harnessed their inquiry skills to learn more about creating video games in Scratch. Whether taking inspiration from games in the gallery or following tutorials to realise personal goals, students have taken control of their own learning with remarkable results.

Students who prefer to build projects have had the opportunity to create machines and gadgets with the Lego WeDo robotics kits. They have been able to combine input from motion sensors with outputs in the form of motion, lights and sounds, coding their projects with iPads.

Victorian Coding Challenge

Stage One of the Victorian Coding Challenge continues, with students looking at how to code using operator blocks to carry out mathematical processes in the challenge tasks. This extension activity has challenged many Year Five and Year Six students to achieve well above the expected standards for their respective year levels . Next term, students who have completed Stage One of the Coding Challenge will have the opportunity to form teams in order to compete against students from other schools in Stage Two, a state-wide coding competition.