We started by discussing the logo
The idea is to add color (lego-themed), and two more ants so each student can have their own ant and pick their ant's color. We can color the letters too, or leave them metallic (robotic) looking.
We did a team building exercise where the kids had to complete a task (lifting a hula hoop, then a box with a lego person on it) without talking with each other, and move the box without the lego person falling over. They did a great job. They are all acting as a team more and more, which is great to watch.
Next, we settled on a Project. The idea is to propose a system of wearable devices for pedestrians (and/or cars) that communicate with each other to prevent accidents, for safety. Please ask your kid to brainstorm a list of 5 ideas, and 5 difficulties that need to be solved to make it work.
We then worked on programming the robot to move: turning and in straight lines. I set up a wooden block obstacle course: they had to make the robot move down a corridor, stop before a barrier, turn 90 degrees left, then move and hit a bell. They did it!
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