In 5th grade the kids do a big biography project that culminates in Bio Fair, where all the kids dress and act as their person and show off their display boards. Lex chose Dean Kamen, a local(ish) inventor who invented the home dialysis machine, a wheelchair that raises to standing position and can climb stairs, the Segway, and a robotic arm that can move with electrical impulses from the brain. He’s a pretty cool guy.
Hello Dean Kamen.
Shoulders like his daddy.
He looks good in a button down shirt. I doubt we’ll see it again though! :)
The Bio Fair runs for an hour and fifteen minutes and during that time each class comes through, as well as parents and families, even some from the general community. Most teachers give their students something to do at Bio Fair, such as write down three facts, or interview three people, or decide who is your favorite and why.
Lex describing “Luke,” Kamen’s prosthetic arm invention.
Eve interviewing Mr. Kamen. :)
Haha… I don’t know what’s going on here, but it looks like he’s in the middle of telling the principal a great story! :)
They had a list of items that were to be included on their display boards, including photos, facts, and an “I Am” poem. Yesterday they recorded themselves reading their “I Am” poems and added them as QR codes to the display boards. They also had to make a Google presentation about their person and add that as a QR code to he board. Here are Lex’s:
I Am Poem (I love his voice here!)
His teacher just shared a bunch of pictures from the morning as well: Bio Fair 2016
Does he know his Grammy Lynn used the home dialysis machine before she passed away? Mr. Kamen also is working on a battery powered kind of “exo-skeleton suit” to give quadrapalegics full motion for up to 7 hours out of their wheel chair.