We had fun playing with mbots during our Spring Showcase! They danced and sang to My Girl. We named them Fernando and Shelly to rhyme with our names. Designing and dressing up the mbots was Kay's favorite part. We chose to make Shelly look the prettiest with earrings, eyelashes, a hat, and pink dress. Fernando wore a mustache, and a gray coat. We then coded them on mblock to create dance moves and the song. We programmed the notes, whether they were half or quarter notes (the rhythm), and the tone (C, D, E, F, G, A, B). We used the song of My Girl with do, re, mi and translated it to the musical alphabet that mblock understands. After the song was done, we wanted Shelly to dance while Fernando played the notes. At first Dee was programming random dance "moves" by making the mbot go forward and spin. But then Dee wanted the mbots to do a wheely. Dee said she learned how to do that by making them go backward first and then forward really fast. There were also spins, by turning right or left. The mbot shook by going right then left then right again really fast. It looked like it was glitching when it was too fast, so we slowed down the turning. Dee spent a few hours trying to figure out how to make Fernando and Shelly sing and dance at the same time. It was nice when everything actually worked. We also learned that when the battery is running low it slowed down the bot and made Fernando sing weird like glitchy. At the showcase, R. and Kay both pressed the remote to make Fernando sing while Shelly danced. Then they put on the music and they started to dance together. Dee's favorite part was when they both danced together, and then left off the stage. R.'s favorite dance move was when Shelly went backward quickly and would spin. Especially fun was when they spun together at the same time or when Shelly kept spinning. We also liked how Fernando sang by playing each note. Shelly also played the notes to the part, "My Girl! MY GIRL!" at the very end. Take it away mbots! --Change makers group
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