Rio Vista Condors Technology - Computer Science

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.

I look forward to seeing you Monday.

Mr. G

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Period 2 - Preplanning & game build

Monday - Period 2 Computer Science - after the morning routine

Website Development - Game Development

P2 - Student helpers - Jacey, Marianna, Elijah, Madelynn, & Allan

Watch this video after your morning routine
Build a start page in Scratch (tutorial on video). Click to see my Scratch game guide
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

Website Development - Student Game Development

P2 - Student helpers - Jacey, Marianna, Elijah, Madelynn, & Allan

Students will be working on their games.
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 3 Robotics - 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.
Writing a reflection about the project in their Digital Portfolio - See Mr. Garcia's Portfolio for details on how to write a reflection for this class
Move on to the next project,

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 3 Robotics - 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.
Writing a reflection about the project in their Digital Portfolio - See Mr. Garcia's Portfolio for details on how to write a reflection for this class
Move on to the next project,

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.

Happy Holidays & have a great weekend!

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Period 5

Everyday - Morning Routine & Question of the Day - answer the question of the day on your Google Doc.

Period 5 Scratch Games - Post your games here

Monday - Period 5 ELD - after the morning routine

Question - I am proud of myself because...

P5 - Student helpers - Noe, Angel, Carlos, & Luz

Coding Project Today - Animate your name

Go to Scratch - https://scratch.mit.edu/
Watch this video to help you Animate your name!

Tuesday -

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

Watch this video to learn how to use Brush Ninja

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.

Happy Holidays & have a great weekend!

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Period 6 & 7

Monday - Periods 6 & 7 - after morning routine

P6 - Student helpers - Angel & Christopher

P 1 & 7 - Student helpers - Mason, Scarlett, & Nayiff

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!