Nolan was suppose to have his Penguin Presentation last Thursday morning in the STEM lab but due to the snow cancellations, it was postponed until Friday morning. Then we had a two hour delay on Friday morning so they told the students to go to their rooms and then they'd all come back down to the STEM lab where parents would come in and join them. When I walked in, I saw Nolan and his partner Milo standing patiently in front of their poster board over on the other side of the room. Nolan seemed to be looking around the room searching for me and as soon as he saw me, he got the biggest smile on his face.
I tried to be very "professional" when I approached so that they could do their verbal presentation and then I asked a few questions giving them time to give me their answers. They both were really prepared and did a great job. I was actually quite impressed with the work of these two first graders.
After they did their board presentation, they took me over to the lego robot penguin that they had built and programmed. Apparently it was suppose to make a penguin call of some sort depending on how they programmed it but I couldn't hear the differences because of all of the noise in the lab. They seemed excited that it was working though so I guess it was doing what it was suppose to.
Good job boys. I love to see you learning new things.
Now it's time to move on to the solar system....