Blaylock welcomes an invitation from science teachers to work together on science projects. The science teacher teaches the science content while Blaylock teaches students computer graphing, multimedia and 3-D animation. Students explain science concepts through the use of graphics and 3-D animation software. Students learn public speaking and presentation skills to explain their computer-generated science models to their classmates and teachers. Third graders become building engineers and robotics programmers using Lego Robo Lab software.
Students write computer programs to instruct their robots to perform simple tasks.
Students troubleshoot and rewrite computer programs until the robot accurately performs the desired task. This project requires students to understand computer programming, working in teams and testing. NC Department of Public Instruction, March 2001. Connectivity 95.8 percent of schools have Internet access. 85 schools do not have Internet access.