RV Computer Science, Robotics, Science, & ELD Week 1/21 - 24/2025

Hello Everyone!

I hope you had a great Martin Luther King Jr. day with your families

I'll be out today, I caught the flu.

You all have work to do so check your class period on this blog.

Please treat your Guest Teacher with respect and he or she will give you respect.  Remember, respect is earned.  Be good to each other.

I'll be looking at your work during the day so stay on task.

See you by Thursday.

Mr. Garcia

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Period 2 - Robotics

Tinkercad sign-up link - use your first name

Typing Class Link

Sphero Class Code - VG9Z3R

Monday - Morning Routine

Tuesday - Morning Routine - NO Typing This week.  Work on posting your latest pictures in your portfolio.  Write a journal entry of how the process is proceeding.  Include notes like...There were many screws were missing, Some of the screws were hidden by the keyboard, and any other notes of interest. 

Continue disassembly of your laptop

• take pictures of the parts you are taking apart.  Do not abuse the phone privilege or it will be confiscated.
• make notes in your portfolio of what each part does
• Have fun learning how to put these together!

I may be gone until Thursday.  Finishing disassembly will be when all the major parts of the laptop are removed from the frame.  Lay them out, take a picture, and label the parts using what ever software you like.  Some suggestions are Google Draw, Canva, Google Slides, or other.

This site will tell you what each part does

Notice in this picture, they are missing the WIFI adaptor, the CPU (Central Processing Unit), and the RAM memory sticks.   

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Laptop Disassambly

Thursday - Morning Routine

Laptop Disassambly

Friday - Morning Routine

Laptop Disassambly

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Period 3 Computer Science on the Wheel

Join our typing team.  Click here

Tinkercad sign up link - use your first name

Create your Project STEM Account -  Use the following code - 5D23C3

Monday - Morning Routine

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Hi all, Because I am out for a couple of days, I would like all of you to start working in Amazon Future Engineers Project STEM Unit 0 Lesson 1

Here are the directions.

1 . 0.1 - Click on View Lesson

This will take you to the 3 parts of the lesson.  

• A is an introduction to the unit.  
• B is the lesson.  
• C is an activity that supports the lesson.
• Each lesson has a video that you will need to watch.  
• You will need to use your headphones.  There are 3 volumes to adjust - 1 on the headphone, 1 on the computer, and one on the video player.  Make sure your headphones are plugged in.

The instructions for each section is on the right.

In lesson B you can view the video and see the slides by clicking on the links.

In lesson C, they will introduce the related activity.  You will have a couple of days to work on this activity.  For this lesson, its Robot Island!

Make sure you watch all the videos before getting to the lesson.

You will work on this until Thursday.  You will need to start lesson 0.2 on Thursday.

Wednesday - Morning Routine

continue lesson 0.1

Thursday - Morning Routine

Lesson 0.2 - 

Friday - Morning Routine

continue lesson 0.2

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Period 4 - Science

POTMSS - Padlet

Tinkercad sign up link - use your first name

Shark Unit Research Padlet - include a brief summary of the information, a link to your best source, and your name and period.

Monday - Morning Routine

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Hi all, I'm really bummed about the trip.  Our district Science leader is working on rescheduling the field trip.  More info to follow.

You will continue working on your GWS book tasks.  We are currently on task 3, building a data table of shark speed.   We are calculating the distance each shark travels each day on average.  The instructions are in the book.  

When done with the data table, you will build a bar graph to clearly represent the data table information.

Make sure to complete steps 4, 5, and 6.

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Continue with task 3

If you finish, please have the teacher check your work according to the instructions

If approved, you can start looking at the the next task which will have us building a Scatter Plot graph using an existing data table.  

Thursday - Morning Routine

Continue with task 3 and 4.  

Friday - Morning Routine

Continue with task 3 and 4. 

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Period 5 - Science

POTMSS - Padlet

Tinkercad sign up link - use your first name

Shark Unit Research Padlet - include a brief summary of the information, a link to your best source, and your name and period.

Monday - Morning Routine

Tuesday - Morning Routine

You will continue working on your GWS book tasks.  We are currently on task 3, building a data table of shark speed.   We are calculating the distance each shark travels each day on average.  The instructions are in the book.  

When done with the data table, you will build a bar graph to clearly represent the data table information.

Make sure to complete steps 4, 5, and 6.

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Continue with task 3

If you finish, please have the teacher check your work according to the instructions

If approved, you can start looking at the the next task which will have us building a Scatter Plot graph using an existing data table.  

Thursday - Morning Routine

Continue with task 3 and 4.  

Friday - Morning Routine

Continue with task 3 and 4. 

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Period 7 - ELD

Typing.com - Period 7 Class

Starfall - English practice for groups 1 & 2

Monday - Morning Routine

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Do typing for 13 minutes to start the class.  Then go straight to IXL.

Hi all, Thank you to those of you who worked hard on your tasks in No Red Ink & IXL.  Several of you are really crushing it.  Not only did you finish many of the task but several of you have mastered some skills.

Thanks to most of our groups for finishing No Red Ink.  Axel, Jose, Saul, and Angel still need to finish.

Damian and Jesus, you are doing great.  I added some higher-level tasks for you today

Several of you have not logged on or have done very little work.  Let me know by email if there is a problem.

I have not seen any work in IXL from Jose, Nataly, Max, Jayleen, Saul, Abraham, Angel, Susana, Alan, Ashly, Elvin, Nataly, & Oswaldo.  It's ok for now because many of you were finishing No Red Ink.  Keep moving forward.

Make sure you log into Clever first and then into IXL.  Damian & Jesus seem to know how to use this program so ask them for help if needed.  You will work on this until Thursday.  Thanks Damian & Jesus:)

I'll be checking your work from home so please think about what you are doing.

Wednesday - Morning Routine

 

IXL today on your own.

Thursday - Morning Routine

 

Friday - Morning Routine

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Space Out Friday

Planetary Alignment - Very cool to see!!!  HAPPENING NOW!!

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Work Due Trimester 2

All Periods

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P3 & P4

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P5

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P6

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P7

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RV Computer Science, Robotics, Science, & ELD Week 1/13 - 17/2025

Hello Everyone!

Please check your grades.   If there are any questions, please send me an email with the issue.  If you think something has been turned in and I missed it, show me the proof in class when there is time on Monday.

The International Space Station will be doing a flyby tonight at a great time.  Here is the info:

 

Time: Mon Jan 13 6:17 PM, Visible: 5 min, Max Height: 40°, Appears: 10° above WSW, Disappears: 19° above NNE

Comet in the sky today?

This week will be busy and the winds are expected to pick up.  Stay safe, 

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Period 2 - Robotics

Tinkercad sign-up link - use your first name

Typing Class Link

Sphero Class Code - VG9Z3R

Monday - Morning Routine

Laptop Disassembly & Reassembly Project - Steps for the week with your partner

All Teams need to watch this video FIRST! - How to Prevent Stripping a Screw

Safety tip - prevent static shock - To prepare for computer repair with antistatic measures, wear an anti-static wrist strap connected to a grounded metal object like the computer case, use an anti-static mat on your work surface, keep components in anti-static bags until ready to install, and always touch a grounded metal object before handling sensitive components; essentially, grounding yourself to prevent electrostatic discharge (ESD) that could damage delicate electronics

Stop Working and clean up at 9:45 am.  Make sure to store your parts safely & inventory your toolbox

1. Prepare your portfolio with:
1. a page for this project labeled with the title above
2. Use the 3 picture/3 text template
3. make sure to have a phone (ask for permission) or borrow a camera from Garcia
4. Take pictures all along the project to post in your portfolio
2. Watch this video to prepare yourself
3. Each Day this Week - Gather your tools and laptop
1. Choose an area in the classroom where you and your teammate have plenty of room to work
2. Inventory your toolbox.  Make sure you use the same book for the week.  The box and the laptop should be checked out at this link 
3. Make sure you have a place to SAFELY store your screws
4. Take pictures along the way so you know how it looks BEFORE you take it apart.  
5.  Take your time.  You have this week to take it apart
6. Store your parts in a safe manner
4. Name the internal parts of the laptop.
1. Use the info on this link to identify the parts of the computer
2. When you have it apart, you will need to take a picture with labels on the major components for your portfolio.  Here is an example:
3. 
   
   
   
   
4. This will be the end of the disassembly
5. Reassemble - Watch this video before you start
1. Follow the same safety procedures as above

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Thursday - Morning Routine

Friday - Morning Routine

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Period 3 Computer Science on the Wheel

Join our typing team.  Click here

Tinkercad sign up link - use your first name

Create your Project STEM Account -  Use the following code - 5D23C3

Monday - Morning Routine

We are going to take a short break to set up for our next project.  We will return to Project Identification by Wednesday.  Maybe Tuesday

Learning to use Project STEM by Amazon Future Engineers.  We will be learning about computer science in this program including what CS is, what CS people do, and some careers that you can do if you like CS.  

Use this link to get to the website.  Once there, enter this class code - 5D23C3

Make sure to bookmark this website

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Project STEM - Make sure you can get onto the website.  We will be looking around at a few of the areas we will be looking at

Project Identification - finish and have your final product checked by Garcia.

Check the name of the project - your name, PID, Color

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Project Identification - finish and have your final product checked by Garcia.

Check the name of the project - your name, PID, Color

Thursday - Morning Routine

Project Identification - finish and have your final product checked by Garcia.

Check the name of the project - your name, PID, Color

Friday - Morning Routine

Project Identification - finish and have your final product checked by Garcia.

Check the name of the project - your name, PID, Color

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Period 4 - Science

POTMSS - Padlet

Tinkercad sign up link - use your first name

Shark Unit Research Padlet - include a brief summary of the information, a link to your best source, and your name and period.

Seat Work - Google Drawing - Make a GWS in it's environment as a cover for your book

Our Field Trip has been postponed due to the expected heavy winds

Monday - Morning Routine

Complete Graphing GWS Book Task 2 - Bar Graph

When done, start looking at Task 3 - Bar Graph 2 

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Complete Task 3

Begin Task 4 - Scatter Plot

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Complete Task 3

Begin Task 4 - Scatter Plot

Thursday - Morning Routine

Complete Task 3

Begin Task 4 - Scatter Plot

Friday - Morning Routine

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Period 5 - Science

POTMSS - Padlet

Tinkercad sign up link - use your first name

Shark Unit Research Padlet - include a brief summary of the information, a link to your best source, and your name and period.

Seat Work - Google Drawing - Make a GWS in it's environment as a cover for your book

Monday - Morning Routine

Complete Graphing GWS Book Task 2 - Bar Graph

When done, start looking at Task 3 - Bar Graph 2 

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Complete Task 3

Begin Task 4 - Scatter Plot

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Complete Task 3 - Data Table & Bar Graph

Thursday - Morning Routine

Complete Task 3 - Data Table & Bar Graph

Friday - Morning Routine

Complete Task 3 - Data Table & Bar Graph

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Period 7 - ELD

Typing.com - Period 7 Class

Starfall - English practice for groups 1 & 2

Monday - Morning Routine

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

High Frequency words checklist - put in your binder

Groups in E101

Station 1 - With Mr. Garcia

Station 2 - High Frequency/Vocabulary Practice

Station 3 - Reading & Writing Practice

Station 4 - Typing.com

Station 5 - Theme word work

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Groups in E101

Station 1 - With Mr. Garcia

Station 2 - High Frequency/Vocabulary Practice

Station 3 - Reading & Writing Practice

Station 4 - Typing.com

Station 5 - Theme word work

Wednesday - Morning Routine

 

Groups in E101

Station 1 - With Mr. Garcia

Station 2 - High Frequency/Vocabulary Practice

Station 3 - Reading & Writing Practice

Station 4 - Typing.com

Station 5 - Theme word work

Thursday - Morning Routine

 

Groups in E101

Station 1 - With Mr. Garcia

Station 2 - High Frequency/Vocabulary Practice

Station 3 - Reading & Writing Practice

Station 4 - Typing.com

Station 5 - Theme word work

Friday - Morning Routine

Groups in E101

First 10 min of class - work quietly on your writing packets.  

Next - 2 jobs - You will need headphones for this work.

1. No Red Ink - the following students need to finish their assessment in No Red Ink - America, Axel, Jayleen, Jose, Saul, Angel, Max

2. IXL - All students have work to complete in IXL

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Space Out Friday

Planetary Alignment - Very cool to see!!!

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RV Computer Science, Robotics, Science, & ELD Week 1/6 - 10/2025

Welcome back all!

Happy New Year, 2025!

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Period 2 - Robotics

Tinkercad sign-up link - use your first name

Typing Class Link

Sphero Class Code - VG9Z3R

Monday - Morning Routine

Regrouping & new seating

Updates and other stuff:

1. Battle of the Robots - March 29  Kits have arrived
2. Skoolcade Demo team - April 26
3. ACE Charter - Robotics Challenge - TBD

Robotics Survey -

Answer the following questions in one post on this padlet: 

1. Why are you in this class?  

2. Do you think you have something valuable to learn in this class? 

3. Do you know what you want to do to earn your way in the future?  If so, what's your idea.

Question for this Week?  -  continue with the Sphero lessons or take a break and reverse engineer stuff?

Tuesday - Morning Routine

What makes a laptop work?

update your student portfolio with a subpage for the Laptop Disassembly 

check your toolbox

get into pair groups

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Lenovo B590 Disassembly Video - no narration

Thursday - Morning Routine

Anatomy of a Laptop

Friday - Morning Routine

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Period 3 Computer Science on the Wheel

Join our typing team.  Click here

Tinkercad sign up link - use your first name

Create your Project STEM Account -  Use the following code - 5D23C3

Monday - Morning Routine

3D Design and Manufacturing - Project Identification - we will reset ourselves in this project.  Click here to get to the syllabus

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Continue building your Identification tag

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Thursday - Morning Routine

Friday - Morning Routine

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Period 4 - Science

POTMSS - Padlet

Tinkercad sign up link - use your first name

Seat Work - Google Drawing - Make a GWS in it's environment as a cover for your book

Shark Unit Research Padlet - include a brief summary of the information, a link to your best source, and your name and period.

Monday - Morning Routine

Shark Stewards - Shark Video

Why protect sharks?

1. Easy 2 min video
2. Very informative 7 min video
3. Ocean Ramsey TED Talk - Lots of topics covered in 17 minute video

Who is trying to protect sharks?

1. US Fish & Wildlife
2. NOAA - A Sea of Change
3. 
   
   
   
4. One Ocean Diving - Eco Tourism - Swim with the Sharks

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Continue with Graphing White Sharks task 2 - Complete Data table 1 Bar graph

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Look at Task 3

Thursday - Morning Routine

Start on Task 2 - Swim speed

Friday - Morning Routine

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Period 5 - Science

POTMSS - Padlet

Tinkercad sign up link - use your first name

Seat Work - Google Drawing - Make a GWS in it's environment as a cover for your book

Shark Unit Research Padlet - include a brief summary of the information, a link to your best source, and your name and period.

Monday - Morning Routine

Shark Stewards - Shark Video

Why protect sharks?

1. Easy 2 min video
2. Very informative 7 min video
3. Ocean Ramsey TED Talk - Lots of topics covered in 17 minute video

Who is trying to protect sharks?

1. US Fish & Wildlife
2. NOAA - A Sea of Change
3. 
   
   
   
4. One Ocean Diving - Eco Tourism - Swim with the Sharks

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Continue with Graphing White Sharks task 2 - Complete Data table 1 Bar graph

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Look at Task 3

Thursday - Morning Routine

Start on Task 2 - Swim speed

Friday - Morning Routine

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Period 7 - ELD

Typing.com - Period 7 Class

Starfall - English practice for groups 1 & 2

Monday - Morning Routine

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Welcome Back all - discussion

I hope you all had a relaxing holiday.  The new year has begun, how do you want this year to be for you and your family?

I have a couple of questions for you.  

1. Why are you here at school?

2. Do you think it is important FOR YOU to learn English

3. What do you want to do in the future to earn money?

New Year Project - What do you want to bring into your life this year?  Click here to get and copy the slideshow.

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Groups in E101

Station 1 - With Mr. Garcia

Station 2 - 

Station 3 - 

Station 4 - Typing.com

Station 5 - Independent Time (Use this time to finish any work you need to get done)

Wednesday - Morning Routine

 

Groups in E101

Station 1 - With Mr. Garcia

Station 2 - 

Station 3 - 

Station 4 - Typing.com

Station 5 - Independent Time (Use this time to finish any work you need to get done)

Thursday - Morning Routine

 

Groups in E101

Station 1 - With Mr. Garcia

Station 2 - 

Station 3 - 

Station 4 - Typing.com

Station 5 - Independent Time (Use this time to finish any work you need to get done)

Friday - Morning Routine

Groups in E101

Station 1 - With Mr. Garcia

Station 2 - 

Station 3 - 

Station 4 - Typing.com

Station 5 - Independent Time (Use this time to finish any work you need to get done)

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Space Out Friday

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Work Due Trimester 2

All Periods

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P3 & P4

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P5

• 
  

P6

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P7

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