Hedgehog Boys Small Group

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Hedgehog Boys Small Group

• Our Tuesday Morning Adventures

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How We Begin Each Week..
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Our First Few Weeks.

• In the beginning, we met with Joe, Casey, Leila,
  and Hannah from Room 6 to share ideas about our
  upcoming squirrel house.
• We loved Griffins idea of adding a loft!
• Students shared drawings on the ELMO which
  projected them onto a larger screen.
• Introduced Kid Pix- a computer program that
  demonstrates use of drawing tools and textures.

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Oh, the Technology
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• After introducing this computer program, we found
  it easier to split the group into two halves to
  generate ideas
• One group worked with a variety of building
  materials while the others worked with Kid Pix in
  Room 6. Then, they switched places for a new
  experience!

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Leila decided to build a house that was different
than her original drawing after thinking more
deeply.
Christopher decided to build his house wide
instead of tall like some of the others!
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If we make this one, there will be more room.
Whos helping me? -Joshua
Tyriq added icicles to his house!
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The boys discovered a book of pictures/creations
that could be constructed using a set of blocks.
The structure would get top heavy and topple over
but the boys kept trying!
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Putting Our Ideas into Action.

• Mr. Fisher and his wife, Colleen, dedicated much
  time and effort in order to help us build a bird
  house step two in our building phase.
• They were able to construct them in the college
  classroom and later painted them!

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Our Finished Products
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• We fed the squirrels our leftover Wendys food
  from the field trip
• We had a brief stakeout in Room 8 to see if the
  food appealed to them!
• Our trail began at the dumpster
• behind the CDC and ended at the Squirrel Café on
  the playground.

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Our Journey
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• We explored with Golly Gee Blocks, a
  3-Dimensional building computer program
• We also posed questions to ask Dr. Sam Mazzer,
  retired professor of biology at Kent State

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Final steps

• We will be working more collaboratively and
  bringing our ideas to a close as we begin to plan
  and build one big squirrel house.
• Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly
  appreciated! o)