This is the last school week of 2022! What a year. Let's have some fun and get some work wrapped up before we leave on break.
A couple of reminders:
Student computer return is by Wednesday. All your teachers know to not give any tech homework after Wednesday. You will be taking your device to class every day but leaving it in your homeroom at night.
Milestone 1 Due by Thursday - At this point, you should have a working game with almost no art.
Movement and sprite interaction should be working without any glitches.
A working start and end page - does not have to be finished, just working
A working title for your game. This can be updated later
Updated notes that will help any one of your team who wants to work on this project over the break
Monday - Game Development & Meet with Mr. G - Milestone 1
Tuesday -Game Development & Meet with Mr. G - Milestone 1
Wednesday -Game Development & Meet with Mr. G - Milestone 1
Thursday -Game Development & Meet with Mr. G - Milestone 1
Friday - Minimum Day Holiday Hangout for all.
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Period 3 - Robotics
We are wrapping up the Invention Squad Unit. Take Monday to finish up each unit & Tuesday to catch up on your reflections on your website. On Tuesday we will start the Design for Someone task. Help your partner out so they finish too.
Monday -Finish up the Unit projects and reflections
Question -What is your favorite quote by a famous person?
Wednesday - B
Question - What is your favorite song and why?
Thursday - Check
Question - What was the best gift you have been given?
Friday - Minimum Day Holiday Hangout for all.
Question - No question today
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Periods 6 & 7 - Computer Science on the Wheel
Monday - Finish your cup. Try to make your own with different shapes. Can you put your name on the cup?
Tuesday - Make a Christmas tree. Decorate it using your theme.
Wednesday - Can you make a holiday candle?
Thursday - Can you make a sleigh?
Friday - Minimum Day Holiday Hangout for all.
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Space Out Friday
Put these Vandenburg Space Force Base launches on your calendar
Monday, December 5, 2022
Good day all,
I'm out again today. I'm on the Ace High School Field Trip. Please go to your class's instructions & follow them. Have a great day.
Remember, if you are off task and get your name on the guest teacher notes, you will get a lunch detention.
Mrs. Peraza said you all had a great day yesterday. She felt respected and part of something wonderful happening in our class! Thank you.
Have a great Friday!
Check out the cool stuff in the Space Out Friday section. Especially the What's up in December & the So Cool view of Earth & the Moon taken by the Artemis 1 cameras.
Artemis returns to Earth on Sunday morning. Check out NASA.gov for more info.
One of your team can draw on paper what you think your game will look like (save your drawing for Thursday)
Start coding your game by writing down in your doc what the start of the game will look like, what the game will look like, what reaching the goal will look like, & what switching to either an end-of-game or next-level will look like.
Find resources (video tutorials that can help)
Tuesday - Finish Preplanning and start game development
Wednesday - Game development
Thursday - Game development
Period 2 Computer Science - after the morning routine
Students who are not working with their groups should be reminded ONCE to be with their group
If they fail to work with their group or continue to socialize, please write their name on your notes. I will deal with them when I return.
Students can help each other but stay focused on their work
The teacher will dismiss students at the end of the period when they have picked up their workstations
Friday - Game development - Continue with your game development. Make sure you have good notes for each member of your group. It's easy to forget what you were doing or need to do over the weekend.
Next week, we will be collecting all laptops that have been going home. We do this for Winter & Spring break. those of you who take your laptop home will need to leave them at school starting on Wednesday.
Happy Holidays & have a great weekend!
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Period 3
Monday - Period 3Robotics - after the morning routine
P3 - Student Helpers - Nathan K, Josiah, & Chris P
Students will be working on a robot design Project Hopper Race. Some teams are finishing or starting this project. We'll change teams on Tuesday. Please watch the video below before you get started building.
They are building the robot
Testing the existing code
Changing the code and the design of the legs to make it work differently. Try different leg designs to see what happens. Also, try different variables in your code. Only make one change at a time.
Projects for the week are pictured below. We'll try to do one a day followed by a quick reflection in your Digital Portfolio. This week's project can be found on the Spike App Home under Unit Plans - Invention Squad.
Tuesday - Finish Project Hopper Race & start Project Super Cleanup. Make sure to create your project reflection in your blog.
Wednesday - Finish Project Super Cleanup & start Project Broken. Make sure to create your project reflection in your blog.
Thursday - Project Broken. Make sure to create your project reflection in your blog.
Period 3Robotics - after the morning routine
P3 - Student Helpers - Nathan K, Josiah, & Chris P
Students will be working on a robot design Project Grabber or Broken. Some teams are finishing or starting this project. We'll change teams on Tuesday. Please watch the video below before you get started building.
Have students look on the class blog for the lesson plans. They are building the robot
Testing the existing code
Changing the code and the design to make it work differently. Only make one change at a time.
The teacher will dismiss students at the end of the period when they have picked up their workstations
Friday - Finish Project Broken if there is time. If not, finish up projects from this week. Don't forget to keep up with your reflections. If you have time, you can customize your website.
Next week, we will be collecting all laptops that have been going home. We do this for Winter & Spring break. those of you who take your laptop home will need to leave them at school starting on Wednesday.
Question - How do you celebrate the winter holidays?
Wednesday -
Question -
Thursday -
Question -
Period 5 ELD - after the morning routine
Building a Video Game
P5 - Student helpers - Noe, Angel, Carlos, & Luz
Logging into Newsela.com
Students will go to newsela.com
Log in with Clever or with Google, whichever works best for you.
Find and read an article that interests you.
There is an email that has the paragraph to fill out and send back to me.
Tell me what the article was about using this guide: (Copy and paste it into your email)
Dear Mr. Garcia,
Today, I read an article named______________. It was about _____________
________________________________________. I chose the article because ________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________. I learned that _____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________. I ___________ (did or did not) enjoy this article. In the future, I __________ (will or will not) look for more information about this topic.
Sincerely,
Your name here
When you are done, try building a sequential story in Brush.Ninja.com
I will want to see what you made so save it if you can.
The teacher will dismiss students at the end of the period when they have picked up their workstations
Friday -
Question - Do you like to draw?
Today you will do the same thing you did yesterday. Find another article in Newsela. Not many of you emailed me your summary.
EMAIL ME A SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE YOU READ. COPY MY EXAMPLE AND FINISH EACH SENTENCE. READ IT TO YOURSELF OR A FRIEND.
You can make another sequential story in Brush Ninja or finish the one you made yesterday.
Next week, we will be collecting all laptops that have been going home. We do this for Winter & Spring break. those of you who take your laptop home will need to leave them at school starting on Wednesday.
Today you will work on finishing your Starters tutorials. When you finish that, you can build a couple of the other projects below the starters. Have fun exploring the guided projects. The more you do, the more familiar you will get with tinkercad. Have fun!
Friday - You will do the same thing you did yesterday.
Finish the starters, work on an extra project tutorial, work on your own project, or try to make the cool, New Year glasses.
Next week, we will be collecting all laptops that have been going home. We do this for Winter & Spring break. those of you who take your laptop home will need to leave them at school starting on Wednesday.
Happy Holidays & have a great weekend!
Project STEM Class Code for Periods 5, 6, & 7 - 4387cc
We have 3 weeks before break. Well be working on different projects but all will be done before we leave for break.
Period 2 Game Dev Teams will develop their game concept and present their initial idea to the class at the end of the week. You will also update your digital portfolio
Period 3 will start on their new robot project and update their digital portfolio.
Period 5 will start work in groups.
Periods 6 & 7 will learn how to design in a 3D CAD program & start to build their first design project.
Draw on paper what you think your game will look like (save your drawing for Thursday)
Use google to look up resources(tutorials that can help get you started). You can also use the resources we have already collected on the Game Dev Syllabus
The teacher will dismiss students at the end of the period when they have picked up their workstations
Thursday - Continue planning stage
Friday - Complete planning stage & turn in all documents & surveys. Prepare for the production stage where you will start developing your game.
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Period 3
Monday - Projects for the week are pictured below. We'll try to do one a day followed by a quick reflection in your Digital Portfolio. This week's project can be found on the Spike App Home under Unit Plans - Invention Squad.
Today, we'll get the portfolio ready for your projects.
Tuesday - Project Help
Wednesday - Period 3Robotics - after the morning routine
P3 - Student Helpers - Nathan K, Josiah, & Chris P
Students will be working on a robot design Project Help.
Question - If you could have a superpower, what would it be and how would you use it for good?
Wednesday -
Question - How do you deal with people who bug you?
Period 5 ELD - after the morning routine
Building a Video Game
P5 - Student helpers - Noe, Angel, Carlos, & Luz
Students will be working on the same project. A video will be posted on the class blog for them to explain the project.
ELD students will start by copying the question from the blog, pasting it onto their Google Docs, and answering the question daily.
Students will write and illustrate a story of a time in their life when they were happy. They need to write a part of the story in each box & illustrate the writing as best as they can.
The teacher will dismiss students at the end of the period when they have picked up their workstations
