LED Experimentation

Some of the third and fourth grade students come to Design Tech with a little experience using LEDs and coin cell batteries.  In addition to learning about circuitry, one of my goals for them is to understand how the batteries power the LEDs.  One of the first experiments we do is testing different colors and numbers of LEDs.  So much fun hearing their predictions and "ah-has".

• I think that you can use more cool colors with one battery
• The red ones are brightest
• The white ones take all the power from the other ones
• Green and blue work together, but green and red don't

Index Card Towers

Game Making

Game Making!

Puppets with the Green Screen

The students had an interesting idea yesterday.  What if they were to wear the green suits and use puppets in the video?  Here is the first attempt...hoping to continue to play with this idea tomorrow!

Green Screen Fun!

The week before vacation at Williston Central School is Theme Week.  One of the workshops I am offering is Photo Booth Fun.  I have lots of props, including a green inflatable suit as well as a spandex bodysuit.  We are having a blast using DoInk to experiment with the effects for both photos and videos!

Final Vinyl Projects

These kids impress me every day with what they create!

New Class Experiments with Makey Makeys

First day experimenting with Makey Makeys for my new class.  So much fun to see what they come up with!