This year, the girls spent a huge chunk of our club time working on the Ozobot cardboard challenge. They had a blast! Each girl had to build a cardboard structure with an Ozobot pathway design in mind. See the video for the final creations. They sure are creative girls!
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Apr 22
Stem activity for girls designing an ozobot map with 3 codes – coding robots ozobots
This week in STEM, the girls were given the challenge to design a map for their Ozobots that had 3 successful codes. Last week we tried, but I learned that I was not calibrating the Ozobots correctly. It always helps to read the directions! This past week the Ozobots worked beautifully! The girls were very …
Apr 09
Girls STEM with Ozobots – learning to code, Ozobot coding STEAM
Today was the first Spring Session of Stem at Harley. The girls are learning how to code with these unique robots called Ozobots. An Ozobot is a small robot that helps kids learn about simple coding language. The girls were able to explore the idea of coding and controlling the tiny robots movements by …
Mar 15
Lego Mindstorm kits STEM activity for girls car obstacle course and race
Finishing touches were made on the cars this past week. The girls figured out how to get steering wheels to turn, head lights to work, and one even did a double motor with all wheel drive! They were designing for two tasks- durability during the obstacle course and speed. They had a blast driving their …
Mar 05
Lego Mindstorms STEM activity for girls. Designing a car
This week, the girls worked with Lego MIndstorm kits to design a car. First they brainstormed and drew a plan, then they selected wheels, and finally they begin building. What I loved about about it was how quickly the girls starting asking questions and trying out different connections to see if they could get their …
Mar 02
Making Lego egg cars
The girls had a fun task this week that is in preparation for building with Lego Mindstorm kits. They had to design a car that could safely race an egg (plastic of corse!). First they selected an egg and gave it a name and a face. Next they had to select the right wheels …
Jan 25
Mythbusters: Exploding Pop Rocks and Does Bread land butter side down? Science myths testable questions
This past week in STEM, we tested some pretty fun myths. We had such a great time last week, so I wanted to continue mybusting one more week. The girls have been asking to do experiments with candy (exploding candy) for months. I thought, this week, we should try it out. There is a myth …
Jan 14
Mythbusters- squishy circuits! can you pass a current through play dough? Testable question
Winter session of stem club has begun! I cannot believe that we have 13 girls for this STEM club session! They were excited to begin! For our first session, I decided to try some fun science experiments that were inspired by the television show Mythbusters. It’s a great show, and I love the idea of …
Dec 02
Minecraft building – STEM for girls using Brackitz and Legos. Build your own minecraft following blueprints
For our last two meetings of the Harley School Girl’s STEM Club fall session, I decided to get back to the basics of our club: building. These girls love to build with anything they can get their hands on! It is my hope that with more exposure to building, the girls will develop a passion for STEM. For the …
Oct 23
Cornstarch and water speaker experiment in STEM testable question science
The girls were so excited to enter the classroom and see sound equipment. They instantly began to guess what we would be doing for the day- they had lots of predictions. I told them how we would be continuing our sound/vibration study today by finding another way to observe it- with a speaker. Luckily for …
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