Codologie Current Events

October 2018

Combining Hardware

This month, our students learned how to use one kind of hardware (buttons) to control another piece of hardware (LEDs). They had to write a Python program that continually checks whether the button has been pressed. IF the button is pressed, it will turn the LED on. Otherwise, the LED will be off.


Watch the video below to see students with two LEDs set up and working on adding a third.

https://youtu.be/LgCdCN8BXUA

We've Entered Project-Building Mode

With our Codologie showcases coming up in December, it's time to start working on our projects! This year's theme is National Parks, to go along with Benchmark Unit 3, which talks extensively about John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt in it's exploration of the Essential Question, "What roles can we play in the balance of nature?"


To answer this, teams have chosen and are researching a U.S. National Park. They'll make a diorama of the park, bringing it into the 21st Century by including LEDs that light up in a pattern when a button is pressed. For example, you may see LEDs that light up one after the other like a flowing river.

Save the Date!

Interested in checking out Codologie (or Buildologie)? Our showcases are open to visitors! We'll also be inviting classes (in most cases) and parents. There is no need to come the entire time - feel free to drop in even for a few minutes!


Check out the schedule below:

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Created by Heather Boling

Created by Heather Boling

Heather is AESD's Bytes & Bots Digital Learning Coach, supporting Codologie at Ross, Stoddard, Ponderosa, and Jefferson Elementary Schools and Buildologie at Ross. She writes curriculum, coaches the Bytes & Bots mentors, and supports teachers in a variety of ways.
313 South Melrose Street, Anaheim, CA, USA hboling@anaheimelementary.org (714)517-7532 --- 4191 sites.google.com/anaheimelementary.org/codologiestudent/home