GT: A World of Color!

Students were asked to represent GT using stop-motion and a small package of Skittles. Check Each small group had 15 minutes - check out the amazing GT animations.

"Pop" Art!!

Students will never look at popcorn the same after today's creativity task! 

Last day of 3rd Grade GT

Wow! It has been an awesome year! We enjoyed spending time together on our last day of 3rd grade GT! Check out our busy day.

Pencil Holder Inventions

How are a sculptor and a writer similar? They both work through a design process. Check out the creative products of our 3rd graders today.

Forced Perspective Photography

Today students are hoping to challenge your assumptions! Check out these creative forced photography photo challenges.

If only I could see that movie!

Today, 3rd grade students chose their favorite Greek Myth and imagined what it would be like if it were a real movie. They then decided what the best parts of the movie would be in order to create a "movie trailer" using iMovie. I know I wish they were real movies! Check them out!

Animoto Vocab Movies

What does a chair, a bbq grill, and a bridge have in common? They are all examples of a deck. Dig in deep to this unit's vocabulary by watching these student-created videos.

Claymation

5th graders created Didactic stories (story with a moral) today using ipads. They "app-smashed" to create a claymation story first using the app StopMotion, then pulled that into iMovie to add music, sound effects, and titles. MORE COMING NEXT WEEK

WeDo ArtBots 2.0

Fourth graders had a very challenging engineering task today! They designed a robot that can be programmed to create art. There were no plans to follow - they used their knowledge of gears and Lego mechanics in order to build a unique robot. We actually focused on our mistakes today and used what didn't work to figure out and re-design. Check out our "reflect and re-design" projects by watching the video!

Inspirational Similes

Today 5th graders had the challenge of adding power to words. Given two unrelated nouns - they were to create an inspirational quote that somehow connects them. Check out their words!

Courtroom Cartoons

Students created some real courtroom dramas cartoons today. Using ipad and a fun app called Toontastic, students embedded multiple vocabulary words into the scripts. They used humor and creativity! Check out the creative cartoons!

Vibrobots!

Fourth graders really had an "educationally amusing" challenge! We definitely had to have a growth mindset by figuring out what wouldn't work in order to get things to work! After all, we are hear to learn from our attempts! Students engineered robots out of some basic materials. The question this science experiment asked was "How does changing the counterweight on the motor effect the performance of the robot?" Most predicted a balanced weight (3 cm) would create the best performance (art). Watch the robot performances as they create art with the counterbalance at 1 cm, 3 cm, and 5.5 cm.

Animated Flipbooks

This week, 5th graders had a guest speaker! Mrs. Mangum came in to teach them how to use PowerPoint to create flipbooks. Click HERE to check out these creative short cartoons.

3rd Grade Lego Construction Stop Motion

Third graders were introduced to the art of animation by using stop motion techniques to build and unbuild an object based on a class selected theme. Our theme was ANIMALS. Check out our animated movie.

Building a Growth Mindset

Today, after an introduction to Growth Mindset, 3rd graders practiced learning from failure and celebrating and learning from the success of others. Their challenge was to create the tallest tower they could using limited materials. The kids were so engaged and concentrating so much - you could hear a pin drop during construction phases. Check out their towers in the video below.

Fred's Stop Motion Movie

Fourth graders had an opportunity to help our gummy friend, Fred again. Only this time, they invented the "problem". Students were to write stories with a clear plot and no dialogue. The had to develop characters, decide on materials, and were involved in set-design. Then they produced Stop Motion videos where a problem Fred has is solved. We then "App-Smashed" the videos by pulling the product from one app into another app in order to enhance it with titles and background music. Click HERE to check out these creative short stories.

Elves for a Day

Fourth Graders were elves for a day. Their task: to design a new toy that met some pretty specific requests: make noise, be colorful, have moving parts, and have a ball.

Fred Sails Around the World!

Fred learned from his mistake! Now he always wears a life preserver around water! Fred has decided to sail around the world. Watch the video to see his big adventure! BEHIND THE SCENES EXCLUSIVE! Check out our third graders hard at work preparing Fred for his journey. To be successful they showed problem-solving skills, collaboration, attention to detail, and creativity as they build, modified, and programmed our Lego WeDo robots.

Monster Robots!

Today students built robots from a plan,modified monsterfied them, and programmed them. Check out the crazy monster robots!

Getting to know 3rd Grade

What a great start to 3rd grade GT! Get to know our class by checking out their creative presentations!
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