LIVE STEM On-Demand: Grooving and Coding in the Early Years

This co-learning broadcast took place on February 6, 2024. This on-demand version is available for ongoing professional learning by educators. Educators are encouraged to view the broadcast with their students.

LIVE STEM On-Demand: Grooving and Coding in the Early Years (Grades 1 to 3)

Get ready to bust some moves and flex those brain muscles in this 45-minute broadcast that combines computational thinking and dance! Students will develop their computational thinking skills of pattern recognition and abstraction as they master new dance steps, representing them with symbols, and apply pattern recognition skills to craft unique dance sequences. As an extension to this learning, participants will also be provided with a follow-up activity that provides students with the opportunity to continue developing their computational thinking skills through the creation of a secret handshake.

About LIVE STEM co-learning broadcasts:

Let's Talk Science streams LIVE STEM broadcasts to classrooms across Canada. These co-learning broadcasts are embedded professional learning opportunities for educators to learn alongside their students. In addition to supporting reflective teacher practice, the broadcasts also provide post-learning opportunities for educators as a way to extend student learning between broadcasts. All Broadcasts are connected to the Let’s Talk Science Learning Pathways. Educators can complete a self-reflection in this course to earn a badge that counts towards becoming a Let's Talk Science STEM Certified Educator.

During the broadcasts, a Let’s Talk Science facilitator will lead students through and model for educators learning strategies and activities designed to introduce and reinforce science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts. There are broadcasts aimed at a variety of grade levels and will be provided in English and French.