Noetic Learning Math Contest

TAG students recently had the chance to participate in a math contest. The contest consisted of a test with 20 problems. Most problems require 2 steps to solve. You can find more information about the contest and a "Problem of the Week" section at www.noetic-learning.com.

Team Winners for Fourth Grade (a 3-way tie!)
Emily Kulbartz
Gabriel Pugh
Nova Selck
Team Winner for Fifth Grade
Jason Eastman
Team Winner for Sixth Grade
Katarina Wedeking

Priority Standards for April 22-29

4th grade:

Color Poetry

-Students will practice keyboarding skills as well as creatively express themselves with poems. These activities support the 4th grade ELA standards.

5th grade:

Biography project

-Students will be writing and typing a biography. Students should include at least one print source and one online source and properly cite them in the finished paper.

21.3 -5.TL.3 Utilize digital tools and resources to investigate real–world issues, answer questions, or solve problems.

21.3-5.TL.4 Use technological resources to develop and refine questions for investigation

21.3-5.TL.5 Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of technology for lifelong learning.

-I can use technology to assist my learning.

6th grade:

Vault: Understanding Money

Students will learn about banking, budgeting, saving, and other financial topics. {See https://everfi.com}

SS.6.25 Demonstrate how to allocate income for spending, saving and giving. (21st century skills)

Priority Standards for April 4-19

4th grade:

Book “Tasting” and Typing.com

-Students will be exposed to a variety of fiction books from the Norway Library. Students will also practice keyboarding skills on Typing.com. These activities support the 4th grade ELA standards.

5th grade:

Biography project

-Students will be writing and typing a biography. Students should include at least one print source and one online source and properly cite them in the finished paper.

21.3 -5.TL.3 Utilize digital tools and resources to investigate real–world issues, answer questions, or solve problems.

21.3-5.TL.4 Use technological resources to develop and refine questions for investigation

21.3-5.TL.5 Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of technology for lifelong learning.

-I can use technology to assist my learning.

6th grade:

Vault: Understanding Money

Students will learn about banking, budgeting, saving, and other financial topics. {See https://everfi.com}

SS.6.25 Demonstrate how to allocate income for spending, saving and giving. (21st century skills)

Movement Challenge

Make It Move!

Inspiration video here

Instructions: Your challenge, should you choose to accept it is to create something that moves.

And here are some of our results:

Several students wanted to make battling robots and they started with the Cubelets. This led to working though how to code as well as determining what each block does.

Some of those students decided to explore another idea: armor to cover the Spheros for battle. This was an extension of a challenge we tried last year in the STEAM Lab.

Another group used littleBits to create a basketball hoop that would count the number of baskets made and buzz to signal a basket made. They worked through several obstacles: the ball wasn’t heavy enough, the ball didn’t hit the pressure sensor correctly to turn on the buzzer (but did trip the counter), and deciding what to make backboard from.

 

Another group working with littleBits made a much simpler waving hand with the servo bit.

Several students tried origami: a hopping frog and movement of the wings of a paper crane.