youtube-nocookie.com and open.spotify.com, or use the options below.This week on TechCheck for grades K–2: NASA's Perseverance rover drove farther than any robot on another world, and it mostly drives itself; girls in the Technovation contest built apps that save grandparents' stories and help emergency helpers; kids all over Europe are trying coding during EU Code Week, with new Minecraft activities; and a video of a ship in a giant wave turned out to be made by a computer — so we practice: stop, ask, check! Kid-friendly, classroom-safe, and ready for circle time. IN THIS EPISODE
A reusable K–2 printable — print-first by design for early learners. Same template every week, so students learn the routine once.
4 quick polls, a story-of-the-week vote, and a 3-question quiz. Answers are anonymous and count toward your class on the grade-band leaderboard. This one has closed — results and answers are up.
Early Explorers
Apple and Spotify carry the full show; use the feed URL for a Grades K–2-only subscription.
6 min 📺 🎧 This week on TechCheck for grades K–2: school teams in South Africa built robots to tackle problems like dirty air and n…
6 min 📺 🎧 This week on TechCheck for grades K–2: seventeen students in Kazakhstan, with their teachers, built a satellite smaller …