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When you mention Minecraft or Legos to students, what is their response? Do their eyes open wide? Do their mouths start opening and ideas pour out? I could do this with this type of block or merge this block with that block and a iron block will appear. Teachers don’t have to exactly understand how the blocks are created but the students can tell us what is happening with the energy that we have always looked.
This project was done with a 2nd – 4th grade robotics elective and with a 2nd class. With modifications, it can work with any elementary or middle school class. For older students, a monetary value can be added to the cubes to stay within a budget. This experience can be a whole quarter where it can be done 20 mins here and there or modified to fit an hour and half. Both classes have groups of three work on each part of the space station. |
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