4th Grade
Coding & Drones
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McKinley introduced drones this year! As these 4th grade coders continued to persevere and learn coding through CS First (in the Computer Lab) and with Dash & Dot robots (in the STEM Lab), programmers were able to further apply their coding skills to various drone challenges. Some days we were on location flying in the MPR, Library and even teacher's classrooms; other days, coders were problem solving with the drones in the STEM Lab. Click on the links on the right to watch each class's journey take flight! (You need an SGUSD account to access the videos on the right.)
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Click below to watch the videos!
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Life Science: Seed Dispersal
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Click here to view the Seed Dispersal Slides presentations & videos of engineers testing their designs! |
Coding & Robotics
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Click on this link to view our Dash & Dot relay race competitions! Our 4th grade programmers needed to write code to compete the race based on certain criteria and constraints! |
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Fourth graders continue their growth of coding in the Computer Lab using Google's CS First. In STEM Lab, we apply these concepts of block coding to program and debug Dash & Dot (our robots)! We also use Unplugged (non-technology) lessons to grasp the conceptual understanding of coding, using curriculum from CODE.org. |
Click on this link (use your SGUSD account) to watch a recap of our 1st day of coding in the STEM Lab, with and without digital technology!
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Phan: Coding Day 2
Recap video below. |
Romaine/O'Neal: Coding Day 2
Recap video below. |
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Sunabe/Xing-He: Coding Day 2 Recap video below. |
Jimenez: Coding Day 2 Recap video below. |
Earth Science: Renewable Resources
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Can you harness the wind? These engineers worked hard to try and make this happen! Click here to watch the videos of each engineering team's windmill in action. There is also recap video of the engineering design process. (Must use your SGUSD account.) |
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