youtube-nocookie.com and open.spotify.com, or use the options below.This week on TechCheck for grades 3–5: New York signed a law that says chatbots offered to kids can't claim to be human, call themselves a friend or ask for secrets, starting January 1, 2027 (word of the day: CHATBOT); 14-year-old Sinead Samputh near Durban built an air-quality robot and now teaches free Saturday Scratch classes (SENSOR); fact-checkers caught a dramatic AI image of Paris because the River Seine and other landmarks were missing (LANDMARK); engineers built a 185-milligram flying robot out of soft plastic that flew again after a flyswatter hit (POLYMER); and a New York school district closed for two days after a ransomware attack, with backups and strong passwords as the takeaway (RANSOMWARE). Vocabulary-rich and discussion-ready. IN THIS EPISODE
A reusable 3–5 worksheet and a copy-your-own Google Form. Same template every week, so students learn the routine once.
5 quick polls, a story-of-the-week vote, and a 4-question quiz. Students give just a first name and last initial, which only their teacher sees. Answers count toward your class on the grade-band leaderboard. Open until November 8.
Tech Adventurers
Apple and Spotify carry the full show; use the feed URL for a Grades 3–5-only subscription.
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