Computer Science Week 12/13 - 17/2021

Happy Holidays all,

This week is about finishing up our projects and setting ourselves up for a great Winter Break.

Period 2, 4, 5

Keyboarding is cut down to 20 minutes this week.  You'll have 7 minutes each day to complete this goal.  

Your goals are:

1. Complete your keyboarding goal for this week.  20 min.

2. Finish your December Project:

a. Ornament - Create an ornament to decorate your tree.  The ornament must have a connection to your family, a connector for an ornament hook, and be a unique design.  Size may vary but is determined by its application.

b. Container with cover(lid) - Create a container that can hold something inside.  It must have a cover or lid.  The size will be determined by the contents of the container.

Create a blog post explaining and reflecting on your design journey.  Include an explanation of the project, a description of how you created the design, and a reflection about how it came out.  Also include 2 pictures, one screenshot from Tinkercad & one of the finished print.

Check with Mr. G along the development path.  I can verify whether the design is ready to print.  After printing, finish smoothing the design and you have the option to paint it for added effect.

When you are done,

DIY ACTIVITIES

Edublog	Modify your blog!  Modify themes, colors, and layout
Gamestarmechanic	Great game design website.  Create a free account or sign in, select “Get Started” until you get to the “Quest” and click on that.  Follow the directions to debug and play a cool set of platformer games.
Tinkercad	Create a new project or work on an old one
Finish Preparing 3D printed ID	Use tools carefully and clean up work table
Code.org	Work on another new task or finish one from last year
Scratch	Go play some games on Scratch!  When you find a game you like, look at the code used to create it. Also, start getting ideas down for your game.
Typing.com	You can get some more keyboarding practice.
Sumo Drone	Ask me about learning how to access and use our rolling and flying drones.

Period 6 & 7  - You will start working in Project stem this week.  On the menu will be building an animation in Scratch using your name.  You will enjoy being able to learn coding in Scratch while creating something very unique for yourself.  But before that, let's learn about what Computer Science is all about.

Monday - Project STEM - Unit 0.1

Tuesday - Project STEM - Unit 0.2

Wednesday - Project STEM - Unit 0.3

Thursday - Project STEM - Unit 0.4

Friday - Space Out Friday Project

Space Out Friday!

The Geminids meteor shower will peak tonight but be visible until the 17th.  The clouds will make it impossible to see with our eyes but you can see it on facebook at this link starting at 6pm tonight

Click on this link to find out more information about this meteor shower.

The Parker Solar Probe has flown through Our Sun's Corona!  

Closest approach to Our Sun by Humans!