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6th graders in Design & Modeling love using the NCTM Isometric Drawing tool as we start learning isometric drawing techniques. tinyurl.com/isodrawing2

This 4th grade littleBits project features a soccer game with independent scoreboards as well as lots of cheering fan noise, provided by the buzzer bits.

7th graders in Automation & Robotics are getting their Pull Toy mechanisms projects ready to record - some amazing creativity on display as students use green/blue screens, video lights, and creative storytelling to show their work.

8th graders in Energy & the Environment are testing the efficiency of the wind turbine blades they designed and made. Project Lead The Way

4th graders are investigating the Ozobot and its capabilities as they work towards designing roller coasters for it! A huge thanks to Bosch USA Foundation for supporting this project!

Students in Computer Science for Innovators & Makers are building their own digital inputs. This ambitious team built two inputs, each of which triggers a different program on the Micro:bit Educational Foundation

Check out the awesome learning happening in our sister lab @a2steam!

What do we do in the Lab when a planned power outage takes effect? Use Ozobots, explore music software on the iPads, build origami by flashlight, and read in the window seat.

Excitement is building for the upcoming Electronic Music Workshop! This is an afterschool club for students grades 6-8. Thursdays, 3:30-4:30pm in the Lab.

5th grade iPad stand prototypes are taking shape! This is an exciting new engineering project that 5th graders have enthusiastically jumped into, exploring new tools, new ways of prototyping, and using design thinking to consider human needs.

6th graders are working on building their puzzle toy parts and packaging this week. Exciting to see these coming together!

The final project for 7th/8th grade Computer Science for Innovators & Makers includes a digital fabrication component. This student design used the Cricut Maker to cut this shape out of felt; it will now get RGB LEDs added to the front.

The first pick-and-place automated system from 7th grade Automation & Robotics class is working!

Huge thanks to today’s special guest xinniw, who demonstrated live coding in Hydra for our computer science class! He played some of his original music and stayed through the class helping students. Menlo Innovations thank you for supporting David and his music!

Lots of fun sounds in the Lab this afternoon as the first Electronic Music Workshop session kicked off A2STEAM!

Test Stream from Mr. Van Loo pscp.tv/w/cTw_wTFlUkV4…

My office hours are in the pinned tweet but I am happy to meet virtually with any student or family any day, just email me. Additionally, I have started hosting other informal meetups for students on Google Meet. I will send those out over SeeSaw. Those have been fun!

Is there a word that describes that intuitively good feeling one feels when walking into a joyful classroom? More examples this week of the kind of #makercentered learning that just can't happen through a screen - A2 STEAM Lab with Sarah Van Loo. It's great to be back A2STEAM!