Third Graders Reflect About Legos

During the 3rd grade unit on Lego robotics, I challenged my students to reflect about what they have learned while building and programming the different projects. Each partnership keeps a journal where they record the building process, keep project explorations, write reflections, and answer questions about how each project they build works. They also use digital cameras to document their constructions.

Here are some reflections to the question "What did you learn by working on this project?" from Mrs. Hensler's class.

"As the projects get bigger, they get more complicated." - Quentin, Julian, JC

"We learned to work together as a group." - Hannah, Annie, Skyler

"We learned how gears work." - Cian, Jake, Chris

"We learned that compound machines are made up of simple machines." - Julia, Zara, Devyn

"We learned how to activate sensors and motors and how to fit gears together. We also learned TEAMWORK!" - Luke and JT

When building the dancing birds, "we learned the motor spins the first gear and that spins the pulley system for the second bird to move." - Lizzie, Anna, Isabella

This week the students will use the photos and journals to create ComicLife posters highlighting their work over the last few weeks.