Portland students create robot petting zoo through STEAM project

IT’S FULL-áSTEAMá AHEAD IN PORTLAND TODAY…STUDENTS AT ROWE ELEMENTARY GETTING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY- ENGINEERING-ART -AND MATH — OTHERWISE KNOWN AS áSTEAMá…. IN THIS WEEK’S LESSON, STUDENTS WERE TASKED WITH THE áROBOT PETTING ZOOá PROJECT… PAIRS OF FIFTH GRADERS USED THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS TO BUILD áCREATURESá THAT CAN MOVE, MAKE SOUNDS AND LIGHT UP …ESSENTIALLY BRINGING THEM TO LIFE.. PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAKER-SPACE COORDINATOR KAREN SHIBLES— SAYS THIS IS A HIGH-TECH PROJECT FOR THE KIDS — USING CHROMEBOOKS, MICRO- BITS, LIGHTS, MOTORS AND MORE… “IT WAS, LIKE, REALLY EXCITING. LIKE LIKE A BOLT OF ENERGY, LIKE ME AND MY PARTNER AND I, WE JUST LIKE JUMPED UP WHEN WE WERE LIKE YAY.” “I’M NOT A BIG ENGINEER PERSON, BUT I LIKE TO SEE AND, LIKE, EXPERIMENT WITH STUFF. SO IT WAS KIND OF FUN TO DO ALL THAT.” …