{"id":10488,"date":"2022-08-04T15:21:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T19:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=10488"},"modified":"2022-10-31T15:29:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T19:29:29","slug":"virginia-beach-students-explore-science-and-technology-all-summer-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/virginia-beach-students-explore-science-and-technology-all-summer-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Beach students explore science and technology all summer long"},"content":{"rendered":"

-by David Schleck<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Kevin Rickard\u2019s students have become virtual tour guides this summer. The Birdneck Elementary fifth-graders are also developing their critical thinking, coding and teamwork skills while having fun along the way.<\/p>\n

On a recent morning, pairs of students huddled at their Chromebooks, adding special effects to photos Rickard has taken of familiar Virginia Beach locales \u2013 the Birdneck playground, the amusement park at the Oceanfront, and the boardwalk at 24th<\/sup> street.<\/p>\n

The district\u2019s Title 1 program has special cameras to help students learn how to create 360-degree virtual experiences using a coding program.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to take the 360 images I took and create a virtual tour,\u201d Rickard said to the students. \u201cLet me show you how you can add your avatar. I\u2019ll make myself a redhead, and I\u2019ll place myself by the stop sign in this photo.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Summer Learning Camp Coordinator Megan Petermann, teacher Kevin Rickard and students Kyle White and Adrian Conde work on a virtual tour of the Virginia Beach oceanfront.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The students\u2019 creative ideas splash across their computer screens. They learn how to make snowflakes fall on their virtual beachscapes and birds flutter over the school grounds.<\/p>\n

They research the facts they want to include on their tours. What would a visitor to the oceanfront want to know? How about someone visiting Birdneck Elementary?<\/p>\n

This year Virginia Beach City Public Schools Title I summer learning camps extended STEM lessons from two weeks to the entire summer term, said Megan Petermann, Summer Learning Camp coordinator.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kids love it because they get to come in and apply their STEM knowledge,\u201d she said. \u201cThe teachers love it because during the summer they\u2019re getting STEM ideas they can share with students the following school year.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information about summer programs, visit the school system\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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