Have a great week everyone. This is the last week of March & Spring Break is 2 weeks away. Keep up with your work. I'll be working on grades this week.
I will be investigating and interviewing students today who were involved with the problems we had last Thursday when I was not in class.
You are on Project STEM 0.5 Learning in Scratch
Work on Project STEM 0.5 in Scratch. Follow this guide from letter A to H. If you have time, you can spice up your program with the extras listed in letter I. Click on the image below to get the full instructions to complete your project.
Seat Work - Work on any unfinished graph or data table. Work on the next task.
Monday- Morning Routine
The Worrywart Family Case
Finish looking at the evidence and guessing what you think it is. Include what you are wondering about the evidence.
Read through the profile of the suspects. Based on the evidence and the profiles of the suspects, do you see any connections? These connections may lead us to the thief.
Complete a CER handout to identify who you think the suspect is.
Today and tomorrow will be reserved to assist in this case.
Tuesday- Morning Routine
The Worrywart Family Case
Finish looking at the evidence and guessing what you think it is. Include what you are wondering about the evidence.
Read through the profile of the suspects. Based on the evidence and the profiles of the suspects, do you see any connections? These connections may lead us to the thief.
Complete a CER handout to identify who you think the suspect is.
4 different competitions you need to get ready for
You'll need to practice for all 4
Test your robot in the designated area only
Monday - Morning Routine
All Robotic Challenges groups are to continue building & testing.
Keep posting in your portfolio regularly at the beginning, middle, and conclusion of each project
Let me know when you finish a stage of your project so I can check it off.
Keep an eye on the time and keep your work & tools organized
Do a FOD walk daily
Drone group - Flight #1 - Here is your first flight code.
Take off
Climb 40 cm
rotate 90 degrees Left
rotate 90 degrees Right
climb 40 cm
descend 40 cm
roll Left 20 cm
roll Right 20 cm
land
Also, create a parallel safety code to land the drone in case of a problem
When "space" is pushed
land
Use a "forever" control block
Connecting your drone to your computer for automated flight.
restart your computer
bring up the wifi set up page
turn on your drone
connect to your drone
open your software
prepare to fly by
place your drone in an approved flight area with no humans
announce loudly "Drone Flying Now, stay clear!"
fly your drone, test your stop switch
be prepared in case your drone loses control
repeat as needed
Tuesday- Morning Routine
Drone group 2nd code name - Lily Pad - always build in a kill switch
Take off
Climb 40 cm
rotate 180 degrees Left
move forward 20 cm
land
wait 2 seconds
take off
climb 20 cm
rotate 180 degrees Right
move forward 20 cm
land
wait 2 seconds
take off
climb 60 cm
roll left 10 cm
land
wait 2 seconds
take off
roll right 10 cm
rotate any direction 360 degrees
flip forward
land
Wednesday- Morning Routine
Robotic Challenges
Thursday- Morning Routine
Robotic Challenges - All groups need to catch up on their portfolio posts. Make sure to keep updating your progress in your individual builds. Include the good and the bad, what worked and didn't work. Include changes you made to overcome any problems.
Drone Group can not fly today. Build Drone Code #2 today and walk through what the code will make the drone do. Make sure to charge batteries.
Battle Bots - Do not go into the storeroom today. You can finish painting tomorrow.
Work on Project STEM 0.5 in Scratch. Follow this guide from letter A to H. If you have time, you can spice up your program with the extras listed in letter I. Click on the image below to get the full instructions to complete your project.
Today and tomorrow will be reserved to assist in this case.
Tuesday- Morning Routine
Continue with the Worrywart Family Case
Wednesday- Morning Routine
Make your final prediction regarding the Worrywart Family Case
Thursday- Morning Routine
The Worrywart Family Case
Finish looking at the evidence and guessing what you think it is. Include what you are wondering about the evidence.
Read through the profile of the suspects. Based on the evidence and the profiles of the suspects, do you see any connections? These connections may lead us to the theif.
Seat Work - Work on any unfinished graph or data table. Work on the next task.
Monday- Morning Routine
Debrief - Raising Trout from Eggs
What did you learn?
What do you want to know?
Turn in your Labeled Trout Illustration
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Santa Clarita River/Ventura Estuary Field Trip
Estuaries water body structure with salt and freshwater outline diagram. Labeled educational scheme with river stream flow to ocean and mixing water formation vector illustration. Geological process.
Tuesday- Morning Routine
Wednesday- Morning Routine
Thursday- Morning Routine
Santa Clarita River/Ventura Estuary Field Trip 9 am to 1:30 pm
Free time to do work from other classes or catch up on any work.
Computer Science will start with Project STEM this week.
Science is preping to release our baby fry trout into Lake Casitas this Friday.
ELD will finish the ELPAC this week and start writing their book.
The Wellness Center will be available most days. Our counselors are here on campus if you need them. You are not alone.
Keep yourself busy with the things you know you need to do, don't get behind with your work. Balance, between all the things we need to do and want to do is an important skill to learn now.,
4. Make and save an animation. It can be about anything you want including your name, a flower growing, a lunar eclipse, a UFO, airplane, train, car driving by. Use your imagination and have fun.
See you next week for finishing ELPAC and starting our recipe books.
