OLYMPIC FUN @ Hannon's Hub ...Recap

 

The Winter Olympics were certainly exciting, and we were happy to join the fun @ Hannon's Hub. We are going to return to our normal CREATE stations this week (we will pick up with the ART station) and I will continue to share what we are doing. 

In the meantime, our last Olympic station was our EXPLORE station. The EXPLORE station normally has students working on their lego storyboards. This time around, we had students create the Olympic Rings using legos! This was quite the challenge, and we had so many fun designs.

  

Here is a recap of what we did during all of our OLYMPIC Stations....

Let's start with our ROBOT  station where we had fun with our SPHERO and OLLIE! These are awesome robots, and we were able to turn this robot into a snowboarder mastering our halfpipe ramps. Ollie and Sphreo had to build up steam and give it their best. 

Here is the blog post highlighting the ROBOT station: Ollie and Sphero

In our ENGINEERING station we created our own OLYMPIC ski slopes. Students produced all kinds of sizes, shapes, ramps, and designs. It was fun to watch them make a plan, build it, and test them out. 

Minecraft at our COMPUTER station is always a favorite. The students look forward to this EVERY week. Students designed ski slopes, skating rinks, the Olympic Rings and so much more. They built their creations in the arctic biome, which really set the scene. 

More information on our ski slope and Minecraft challenge can be found here: OLYMPICS in the LIBRARY.

Quivervsion ART station had our students designing their own OLYMPIC FLAG or using an almanac to find a flag from a country who participated in the Olympics. Check this station out in more details: ART STATION. 

That's a wrap....next I will share more of our regular ART station, as well as our technology station and explore station. Also, stay tuned. We are getting ready to launch ONE BOOK, ONE SCHOOL, and I will share what we are doing! 

Sphero and Ollie Make their Snowboarding Olympic Debut!

Who has solved the Olympic Wordle today? We only have four more days! Check it out here....

Who loves snowboarding? We have turned our robots into professional snowboarders! We love driving the Sphero and Ollie all over the library... but getting them up and over the ramps is a new challenge that we are tackling. Each class has configured the ramps in different ways and styles. Needless to say, watch your feet because these robots have taken over the library! 

Before dismissing learners to their station, I do give a brief overview of what to expect. Here is the challenge sign I created for the table, so they can can head to their station, read the challenge and get started. Click on the image below to get the link to the sign! 

Quivervision joins the OLYMPIC EXCITEMENT!

The olympics are always a special time when the world comes together to compete in the greatest games and 2022 has had an awesome Olympic start. Our students have caught the excitement in the library. 

How do we combine our art station with the Olympics? We celebrate the different countries. Using the Quivervision flag worksheet, students recreate one of the flags from a country that is currently participating in the Beijing Olympics. This is the PERFECT opportunity for our library learners to access a PRINT alamanac, which has all of the flags included, so they know what they look like! Using the almanac, they find a flag to re-create, confirm that country is participating in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and then they draw it on the Quivervision sheet below. 

Once the flag is complete, learners use the Quivervision app to bring the flag to life! 

Next week we will discuss the significance of the Olympic flag with the Olympic rings, and I will encourage learners to think about what the Olympics mean to them and have them design their own original Olympic flag. I will keep you posted on how they turn out! 

Olympics in the LIBRARY

How are we celebrating the OLYMPICS @ Hannon's Hub? With a Wordle of course! Check out each day here and see if you and your kiddo can determine the correct Olympic term! 

We are also completing some really exciting Olympic challenges....like creating ski slopes with Kapla blocks. It is all about the balance! 

The students were really excited to convert our snow covered Minecraft world into the Olympic arena. After just one day, we have a ski jump and the Olympic rings. They are doing an amazing job tackling these challenges. 

Check back in later for more Olympic challenges in the library. 

February CREATE Digital Stations and Virtual Classroom

Yay for FEBRUARY! The month of friendship, famous African Americans (although we celebrate year round in the library), and the OLYMPICS has finally arrived. 

We have the new digital CREATE stations for the month, and we have something different: OLYMPIC THEMED WORDLE....There is a wordle for each day throughout the Olympics! Hope you enjoy! 

To view the CREATE Stations (and share the link with your students), you can access them on GORDON LIBGUIDES 2-5 Create Stations.  Be sure to scroll down to find the choice board. This digital choice board also includes links to boards from other librarians (and credit is given on their slides).  You will see that I have broken down the digital activities into our CREATE categories. The only change this month is that T is for TRIVIA and the OLYMPICS (instead of Technology and Music). 

If you would like to revise the CREATE digital choice board or make your own wordles, feel free to MAKE A COPY.

My students love the CREATE digital choice boards, but they also enjoy the interactive bitmoji classrooms where they can explore different links around the room. Students can access the virtual classroom here: GORDON LIBGUIDES K-5 Virtual Classroom.

There are so many things to celebrate in February, so feel free to make a COPY OF VIRTUAL CLASSROOM and add any links you may need to include for your students. 

I hope everyone has a fantastic FEBRUARY, and we all get that one last SNOW STORM to end the winter! Cheers!