Our Favorite OzoThings: Thanksgiving Edition

What are you thankful for? Here at Ozobot, we’re thankful for educators who continue to show up every single day to teach the next generation of creators. Your hard work and dedication is so appreciated and will impact your students’ lives in so many ways! 

The month of November is all about gratitude and reflecting upon the things in our lives that we care about, but may often take for granted. 

We love to see educators using Ozobots in their classrooms, especially during this time. Check out some of our favorite Thanksgiving-themed OzoThings below.

Ozobot + Macy’s Parade

The @macys Day @ozobot Parades continued in our TK and kindergarten rooms with Ms. McClintock and Mrs. Crutchley. 🎉🎉🎉

The kids loved watching the balloons they created go by on the parade route. So much fun. 🎈 #vanmeter #edtech #robots #code #coding pic.twitter.com/YdRjqVOMBJ

— Van Meter Schools (@vanmeterschools) November 17, 2021

It’s one of our most popular lessons and it’s back! Van Meter Schools’ TK and Kindergarten classrooms got together to complete the Balloons Over Broadway lesson. What’s not to love when you mix robots with balloons?! 

Ozo-Turkey Trot

Third grade students completed the Great Ozobot Turkey Trot this week. They designed a turkey and coded it to escape the hungry farmers. #LosFresnosCodes #LFCISD pic.twitter.com/krD6mHbVjM

— Gracie San Roman (@Mrs_SanRoman) November 17, 2021

We know what you are thinking, but there isn’t any running involved with this activity…well, at least not for humans!Mrs. San Roman’s third graders designed a turkey costume for their Evo, then used Color Codes to escape hungry farmers. This looks like so much fun!

Balloons Over Broadway 

Balloons 🎈 over Broadway These kids can make some fantastic book characters with a 10m build challenge. We are going to try this a few different ways with a few different robots….today we tried @ozobot #library #macysdayparade #ballonsoverbroadway @VOCALCCSD pic.twitter.com/TAah3EuUHS

— Rosie Herold (she/her) 📚✌🏽🏳️‍🌈✊🏾🤖❤️⚛️ (@MsRosie_library) November 17, 2021

Get ready for a lot of Balloons Over Broadway lessons! We weren’t kidding when we said it was one of our most popular, and for good reason. Ms. Rosie’s students were tasked with a 10 minute build challenge and created book characters for their parade. Awesome!

Run, Turkey, Run

@BethAlvis' kindergarten class learned about the @Ozobot, listened to the story Run Turkey Run, created a path for the turkey Ozobot to escape the farmer, recorded their paths, and uploaded the videos to @Seesaw for their parents to enjoy! #WeRrandolph @RES_Roadrunners pic.twitter.com/gD7vaRcNgP

— Krystle Demas (@Mrs_Demas) November 9, 2021

These kinder-coders listened to the story Run Turkey Run and then used Color Codes to create a path for their turkey bot to escape the farmer. They also video recorded their projects and uploaded them to Seesaw for their parents to see! 

More Balloons!

One of our favorite projects with our TK/kindergarteners every year is the @Ozobot robot @Macys Day Parade. 🎉

The kids loved making their balloon to attach to their #ozobot float for the coded parade path. 🎈

A terrific way to learn more #coding skills too. 😊#vanmeter pic.twitter.com/ZnVlKHpaHE

— Shannon McClintock Miller (@shannonmmiller) November 15, 2021

Shannon Miller’s TK/Kindergarteners also joined in on the Balloons Over Broadway fun! We love seeing all the different floats and the smiling faces of the students as they engage with Ozobot and learn. 

Turkey Trouble

Our Passion 65 Steam Challenge Day was a great way for 1st graders to start off their week! We read, “Turkey Trouble,” and rolled students through a number of different challenges including them using @Ozobot and building a turkey hideout! @HCPS_Innovates #lifereadygators pic.twitter.com/I3Y2re1tlR

— Mr. Danny Jones (@mrjones_ilc) November 8, 2021

Mr. Jones’ first graders read Turkey Trouble, then participated in a number of challenges with Ozobot, as it related to the story, including building a turkey hideout and completing a Color Code maze. 

Thank you to all our educators who shared their students’ creations. We love the ideas and creativity. Keep the wonderful ideas coming, and be sure to share your creations with us on social media using @Ozobot or #Ozobot for a chance to be featured. Stay tuned for next month’s OzoThings post!