Sunday, January 29, 2023

RV Computer Science, Robotics, & ELD Week 1/30 - 2/3/2023

  Happy Holidays Everyone!

This will be an interesting week.  

Your games are nearing completion!

Robots are getting more sophisticated!

Language practice is expanding!

Students are learning how to code!

A great, new view of Home Depot!

Free Museum access for everybody!

A Rocket Launch this week!

An a once in a lifetime close encounter with an asteroid!

Loving this crazy fun life!





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Period 2 - Computer Science

Monday - Game Dev - Final weeks - It's time to start wrapping up your games as we head to the last 3 weeks of development time.  The first levels should be working great.  2nd levels are the focus if you are ready.  

If you are stuck, I'll focus my attention on your needs to get you over the hump.  Let's meet during class.

Tuesday - Game Dev

Wednesday - Game Dev - 8th grader field trip to Rio Mesa

Keep working on your games.  The first levels should be done.  Working on improving the art & sound.  Also, start your second level.


Thursday -  Game Dev

Friday -  Game Dev


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Period 3 - Robotics

Monday - Project "Keep it Safe"

Tuesday - Project "Keep it Safe"

Wednesday - Project "Keep it Safe" - 8th grader field trip to Rio Mesa

Start finishing Project Keep it Safe.  For your portfolio post, you will need a picture of your safe, a picture of the 2-condition code, and a picture of your "more than 3-condition code.  Don't forget the written reflection with details.


Thursday -  Project "Keep it Safer"  

Beta testing - Game 1      Game 2



Friday -  Project "Keep it Safer"




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Period 5 - English Language Development

Everyday - Question of the Day - answer the question of the day on your Google Doc.  
Quote of the Week - 
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere. — Lee Iacocca.

Monday - Continue working on the lessons in ILit, Meet in groups
Question - Riddle: How many months of the year have 28 days?

Tuesday - Continue working on the lessons in ILit, Meet in groups
Question -?



Wednesday - Continue working on the lessons in ILit, Meet in groups.  If you finish all your work in ILit, you can work in Pixten making your first cartoon.  This cartoon will be due on Monday.

For your cartoon, it needs to have a beginning and an end, and be at least 4 tiles long.  The subject can be about anything you like for this first one.  Enjoy learning Pixten
Question - Riddle: What has hands and a face, but can’t hold anything or smile?

Thursday - Continue working on the lessons in ILit, Meet in groups
Question Riddle: It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it? 


Friday -  Continue working on the lessons in ILit, Meet in groups
Question - Riddle: There’s only one word in the dictionary that’s spelled wrong. What is it?

Pixton Cartoons - Post Them Here

Made with Padlet




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Periods 6 & 7 - Computer Science on the Wheel

Monday - Project STEM Unit 0 Robot Island




Tuesday - Project STEM Unit 0 Lesson 0.2

Wednesday -  Project STEM Unit 0 Lesson 0.3  You can do Lessons A, B & C on your own.  We will talk about it tomorrow.

Thursday -   Creating an algorithm!

Friday -  Project STEM Unit 0 Lesson 0.4

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Space Out Friday

¡NASA en Espanol!