We’re proud to share that we successfully completed every major component of our project. Our website is fully developed and organized to clearly showcase our curriculum, resources, and student-friendly activities. We also finalized our Teachable Machines project, which demonstrates how machine learning concepts can be introduced to young learners in a fun and accessible way. Additionally, we made great progress on our Raise Playground module—and we’re happy to say it is now fully finished and functional. This interactive element adds another exciting dimension to our presentation by letting users engage hands-on with what we’ve built. With all these pieces in place, we turned our attention to setting up our booth for the showcase. We carefully organized all our materials, double-checked every element, and designed the layout to ensure a smooth and engaging experience for viewers. Our goal was to create a space that was not only visually appealing but also interactive and informative, allowing observers to fully explore our work and see the effort and creativity behind it. It’s been a rewarding journey, and we’re excited to finally present our work and share what we’ve learned with others.

Although it was a Holiday, we continued to work tirelessly on our algorithms. A few of us structured lesson plans through documents and presentations, while the rest continued to work on our website and video. With strong communication, we were able to share our progress with each other, give and receive feedback, and incorporate our own creativity into our project. We felt prepared and ready to take on some obstacles at our next class meeting.

This week, we decided that on Monday, we would all work on our individual parts of the project independently, with the plan to meet up with the group next week to consolidate our progress. One of the most exciting things I did was begin experimenting with Teachable Machine. It turned out to be really fascinating to incorporate images of various yoga poses and then train the machine to accurately identify them. I was expecting to have trouble with it, but it wasn’t as tricky as I had imagined, which gave me a slight boost to keep working on the lesson plan. For the lesson plan, I’ve put together a series of flashcards specifically designed for first graders. Each card features a simple, easy-to-understand image of a yoga pose on the front, with instructions printed on the back. However, I considered that not all first graders might easily grasp the written instructions, so I’m also creating a handout/worksheet. On this worksheet, students will write down their own interpretations of how to perform each pose using a word bank, creating their own step-by-step instructions for a partner to follow. This activity nicely complements our robot theme week, reinforcing the concept of following precise instructions, just like programming a robot to perform a task.

We’ve divided up the work and decided what our idea is for our project. After a tough time last week, we relaxed over the weekend, but now we’re back to work. We’re using a robot/sequence idea and connecting it to our lessons, and it fits with CSTA standards 3.2 and 4.4 for first graders.

We finalized our thoughts on the lesson plans. We also came up with a team name, Algorithm Adventurers! Our connection to our lesson plans involves robots, which will refer back to our CSTA Standards for First Grade. After receiving some helpful feedback from Dane, we decided to organize and make a plan for our next meeting.