One of the activities we made at our school with our kids was the creation of instruments out of garbage. We collected pieces of woods left outside the houses around our neighborhood, and leftovers from the carpenter warehouse of our school. We used paint to decorate it, and with the help of a makey makey set we transformed garbage into instruments. You can find the video of the experience in the link below:
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This is so cool, I am starting to use Reality Composer, and it is a challenge for some of my students and teachers. We are learning a lot but, It is a little difficult for us. We stick to de tutorials and manuals available in the web otherwise we wouldn’t be able to make it. I keep working hard on it and I hope to learn as much as I can. Well done!
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@mradub @10goto10 could not resist tinkering and playing in the mud with you also hehehe :D
did not change much but totally love this idea!
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/681106976/
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This is so cool, I really wish I had this ability, thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing I´ll give it a shot!
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I’ve been working on several Scratch projects lately. I’m always trying to develop projects that will interest my students. I’m also interested in how I can model programming and working on projects for my students. So I always try to have something I can proudly show off for them. My hope is that this will engage them more organically and they’ll want to come with projects to show me.
One student wanted to make a soccer game, which I’ve been working on here ( Soccer-velocity on Scratch (mit.edu)). There’s a good deal of soccer games out there and this is by no means the best one but it has served as a good backbone for my student to build his own version.
Another student wanted to make an adventure game and I worked on a scaffold for that here (Menu-part2 on Scratch (mit.edu)). She was so excited when she learned a few lines of code that would allow her to do a bunch of new cool things she wanted to do. It was very rewarding to facilitate and witness that experience.
Finally, I think I have more fun with Scratch than my students sometimes. Case and point, this project ( Reading on Scratch (mit.edu)). I got very interested in how children learn to read and the DISTAR alphabet. I wanted to design a tool that could sound out words using the DISTAR alphabet. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a way for Scratch to hold a sound and I think the project is a bit dead in the water. But I learned plenty while working on it, which was just as much fun.
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I can’t wait to see your products. 
It’s my mum’s job but I can never knit again. You need a hook, yarn and filling stuff.
Here’s my project for this week.
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/681382861
I make a scratch project about Spacedog that can collect stars and crystals, in order to get a point.
In this project, you must get 25 points to win and if you get less than 25 points, unfortunately, you will lose the game and you have to start the game all over again.
I got this project Idea from my workplace material. And the challenge that I have encountered while making this project is when you have to add sound and adding suitable backdrops to the game. Because in my opinion, if the sounds and the backdrop aren’t working with each other and don’t collaborate well. The game won’t be entertaining.
That’s pretty much it!
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I’ve been collecting lots of donations for refugees in Europe, and last week someone donated lots of used toys, in good condition. One of them was a doll who had no clothing, and whose hair was knotted due to much play and love. I decided to give her a special outfit so she would be a treasure to whichever refugee child received her. I made a dress from red felt and hot glue, made a necklace from beads in my children’s collection, brushed her hair and added a little ribbon headband, and used a silk button bag from my sewing kit for her purse. I added little treasures in her purse for the child to discover: shiny buttons, iridescent glass beads, a little pet creature, and a bow clip for the doll’s hair. It was a totally spontaneous project, but it was completely absorbing and I felt SO PROUD afterward. I’ve made a few other children’s toys recently and have really enjoyed the process. I am going to work on a soft stuffed heart this week (a small felt pillow, small enough to fit in a child’s pocket, in the shape of a heart) for my son, who is still adjusting to being at daycare.
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After I started using the computer for maths, I became interested in symmetry - and realised that I knew little about it. If I had the power to change the school curricula for mathematics, I would add more about different kinds of symmetry.
Some years ago, I made a few small Scratch projects for schools, and now I have just made an English version of one of them:
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/681417862
(some smileys with mirror symmetry)
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Thank you for sharing. I will try to play it with my kids at school.
@LFMonkey you have made her look beautiful ! 
@dodekagonia Love it! hehehe
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I was thinking of a way to listen to the “rhythm of multiples” with my students.
I imagined and I made this project but I want to discuss it with my students:
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/679399805/
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Thank you! Happy to see such a friendly-looking face =)
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I like crocheting and knitting.The Summer is coming and I wanted to make a white handmade bag.I used paper rope for the first time.The rope was too hard and made too hard crocheting.My finger hurt.Thinking that I would use it made me endure hardships.
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It looks wonderful.I like very much colorful yarns.
In May I am going to try something new where I teach students with special needs from 6-9th grade in how to make a cartoon in Scratch about Vikings. A subject they have worked with the last year.
I have made a demo project to show the students what to expect (this will be their first time with Scratch). You can see it here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/670110753/
(it is in Danish but I think you get the idea).
My biggest challenge is to make it as simple as possible and still make it inspiring for the students. I have not taugth these students before so I do not know what to expect.
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My hobbey is gardening. This year I am growing tomatoes from seed for the first time. I’m proud of how they are coming along! This week’s project is less impressive, but equally important to the garden. I transplanted the celebration squash (also known as carnival squash) seedlings into roomier containers than their little peat pots because they were slumped over and trying to lose their few leaves. Gardening requires tremendous persistance and willingness to improve based on the feedback from the plants!
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