Sept. 29th- Today- Makerspace Open at Prendergast library

Open day at Prendergast Library until 5:00

Check out their green screen, robotics, make a button and more!!!

Prendergast Library Makerspace event

How can 5th grade Makey Makey a fun Friday?

For Friday Fun a group of 5th graders 

used the Makey Makey's in the makerspace 

to create pianos, bongos, tetris-style games and more.

2nd Annual Fredonia Maker Faire

If you're looking for something fun and exciting to do on October 21st, check out the Fredonia Maker Faire.

https://fredonia.makerfaire.com/

Color Changing Slime

Today Mrs. Weilacher's class made heat sensitive color changing slime.

If your child brought some home put ice in a zip lock bag and lay the slime on the ice.

Then microwave a place for 20-30 seconds put the slime on the plate... 

there should be a significant color difference if they added the heat sensitive color.

Here's the link for the recipe

https://leftbraincraftbrain.com/heat-sensitive-color-changing-slime/

Animal Enrichment with Mrs. Perry's Class

Mrs. Perry's class has been learning about crayfish, their behaviors, and their habitats. 

Students watched this video from the Franklin Park Zoo about Animal Enrichment.

Then we discussed what behaviors they would want to enrich with their 

Crayfish Playground Design Challenge and the results were:

1. Climbing

2. Hiding

Then we toured materials and discussed possible challenges, which included:

1. Water proof only materials as their habitat is aquatic

2. Nothing that could get stuck in their claws 

3. Nothing that they would mistake for food.

Here they are at work:

Getting ready for Open House

Robots were charged, marble runs tested, and Makey Makey's up and running.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Design Challenge

Kindergarteners engage in a design challenge with time and material constraints.  They were challenged to build a tree that could hold the most letters.

Ten Apples Up on Top Engineering/Design Challenge

Kindergarten is at it again. 
Students are challenged to design a structure that could hold ten apples up on top and then record their results.