Sunday, November 26, 2023

RV Computer Science, Robotics, & ELD - Week 11/27 - 12/1/2023

  Hello Everyone!

Welcome Back!

We have 4 weeks to get a bunch of projects started and/or finished before we go on Winter break and bring in the new year, 2024!

Let's get busy right away.

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Period 3 - ELD



Monday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Earthquake Survival Kit Project


Tuesday Morning Routine
Question - 

Read a chapter of Maniac Magee

Earthquake Survival Project


Wednesday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Earthquake Survival Project - Milestone Check #2



Thursday Morning Routine
Question - 

Read a chapter of Maniac Magee

Earthquake Survival Project



Friday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Earthquake Survival Project Due today

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Period 4 - ELD


Monday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Earthquake Survival Kit Project


Tuesday Morning Routine
Question - 

Read a chapter of Maniac Magee

Earthquake Survival Project


Wednesday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Earthquake Survival Project - Milestone Check #2



Thursday Morning Routine
Question - 

Read a chapter of Maniac Magee

Earthquake Survival Project



Friday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Earthquake Survival Project Due today


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Period 5 - Computer Science

Monday Morning Routine

Wrapping up the 3D design unit

  • Look at our projects - any ideas for something you need or want?
  • Laser cutter - Let's make something -

Tuesday Morning Routine

Finish Project ID

Wednesday Morning Routine


Finish Project ID


Thursday Morning Routine

Finish Project ID

Project PSA
Let's Learn a little bit about this topic.  Do the following activity on your own or with 1 partner.

United Nations Sustainability Goals - What Do You Know?

UNSG - Flash Cards

UNSG - Puzzle

UNSG - Test

UNSG - Activity


Friday Morning Routine

November Keyboarding Test - In typing.com:
  1. Take 2 - 1 minute tests
  2. Reflect - Compare them to your first KB test - Are you growing?  In wpm or accy?  Can you KB without looking at the keyboard?
  3. Post in your portfolio - take a screenshot of the graph & your two tests.  Post them in your portfolio
  4. Write down your reflection
Continue with your work that is due
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Period 6 Computer Science on the Wheel

Monday Morning Routine

Getting started with Manufacturing!

What is manufacturing?

Assignment - What is Manufacturing?


Tuesday Morning Routine

Complete - What is Manufacturing assignment

Create an account in Tinkercad.com using this link

Learning the basics of CAD design!


Wednesday Morning Routine

Tinkercad - designs in 3D


Thursday Morning Routine




Friday Morning Routine

November Keyboarding Test - In typing.com:
  1. Take 2 - 1 minute tests
  2. Reflect - Compare them to your first KB test - Are you growing?  In wpm or accy?  Can you KB without looking at the keyboard?
  3. Post in your portfolio - take a screenshot of the graph & your two tests.  Post them in your portfolio
  4. Write down your reflection
Continue with your work that is due
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Periods 7 - Robotics

Monday Morning Routine

Review your website -

  • complete home page
  • work on colors, themes, & images
  • organize the following pages
    • home page
    • robotics
    • keyboarding
    • other classes (if you want to include them)

Tuesday Morning Routine
Review your website -

  • complete home page
  • work on colors, themes, & images
  • organize the following pages
    • home page
    • robotics
    • keyboarding
    • other classes (if you want to include them)
Getting ready for robot building with Spike Robots

Wednesday Morning Routine



Thursday Morning Routine




Friday Morning Routine

November Keyboarding Test - In typing.com:
  1. Take 2 - 1 minute tests
  2. Reflect - Compare them to your first KB test - Are you growing?  In wpm or accy?  Can you KB without looking at the keyboard?
  3. Post in your portfolio - take a screenshot of the graph & your two tests.  Post them in your portfolio
  4. Write down your reflection
Continue with your work that is due
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Space Out Friday

What is a Voyager?

What is Voyager 1 & 2


How the Voyager probes keep going and going decades after launch


What is on the Voyager 1 & 2 Probe?


Question & Answer about the Voyager Mission at 45 years!







Monday, November 13, 2023

RV Computer Science, Robotics, & ELD Week 13 - 17/2023

  Hello Everyone!

Welcome to Trimester 2 of the 2023/24 School year.

Thank you all for coming to school every day and making your best effort to show pride in yourself, pride in your work, and respect for others.  

I'm glad you are here.


Tuesday - I'm on the ACE Charter School Field Trip.  I'll be back for period 5

ELD - Keep working on all the pages in the presentation. Look below for more information.  Thanks for staying focused and using your time wisely.

Mr. Garica  

Here is a sample slideshow I am putting together.


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Period 3 - ELD


Monday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Earthquake Survival Kit Project
Let's review what we have and where we are taking this project
  • What do we know?
    • Earthquakes are unpredictable
    • The only thing we can do to help ourselves and our family is to prepare before
    • Prepare to be without help for 2 weeks
  • What we can do?
    • Have a family plan
      • If you are at home
      • If you are separated
      • If you are in the car
    • Prepare supplies
      • Enough for 2 weeks
  • What do we do now?
    • Understand what a severe earthquake could do and what will not work.
    • Build a slideshow presentation that will
      • guide you in what to include in a survival kit for the home & car
      • create an escape plan for you home
      • create a phone contact list
      • post resources that you used and can help others
We'll be working on this for the rest of the week.  Prepare to present your information next week.  

We'll be working on writing presentation notes so your slides do not need to include more than 3 lines of text

Grading will be in 3 parts:
  • The whole slideshow (100pts)
  • The presentation (100pts)
  • Your individual work - your survival kit, your home escape plan, and your family contact information (200pts)

Presentation
  • Start a slideshow - How to Prepare for an Earthquake - Building a Survival Kit
    • Use at least 8 slides
    • Make sure you bookmark where you get your information and images for your resource page.
      • 1. title
      • 2. explanation of the project
      • 3. what goes in a kit
      • 4. escape plan
      • 5. school escape plan
      • 6. who can I call?
      • 7. other things
      • 8. Create a resource list
  • Due Dates
    • 1st check November 3 - Slideshow has been started, All pages with titles have been created and shared with your partner and posted on this Padlet.
    • Classify the items in your organizer by a specific idea
    • If possible, include not only the name of the item but the quantity of the item.
    • Search for more resources about what should be in a survival kit

Tuesday Morning Routine
Question - No question today

Work on your presentation:

You can work on all the slides.  Here are some special instructions for each slide.
  • 1. title
  • 2. explanation of the project - You can do this if you want or you can wait until Wednesday and we can work on it together.
  • 3. what goes in a kit - Use images to show the contents of the kit
  • 4. escape plan - Create your home in Tinkercad or draw it on paper.  
  • 5. school escape plan - I will give this to you.  You do not have to do this slide
  • 6. who can I call? - We wrote a journal response to this question.  You do not need to put a name.  Just label the family title as cousin(Primo), grandmother(Abuelita), uncle(Tio).  Try to put the state or country.  
    • 7. other things - Optional - Anything you want to add about earthquakes like - trivia, movies, images, history, your story with an earthquake
  • 8. Create a resource list - list any resources you used

Wednesday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Work in groups on ESKP


Thursday Morning Routine
Question - 

Read a chapter of Maniac

Work in groups on ESKP


Friday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Work in groups on ESKP


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Period 4 - ELD

Monday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)


Earthquake Survival Kit Project
Let's review what we have and where we are taking this project
  • What do we know?
    • Earthquakes are unpredictable
    • The only thing we can do to help ourselves and our family is to prepare before
    • Prepare to be without help for 2 weeks
  • What we can do?
    • Have a family plan
      • If you are at home
      • If you are separated
      • If you are in the car
    • Prepare supplies
      • Enough for 2 weeks
  • What do we do now?
    • Understand what a severe earthquake could do and what will not work.
    • Build a slideshow presentation that will
      • guide you in what to include in a survival kit for the home & car
      • create an escape plan for you home
      • create a phone contact list
      • post resources that you used and can help others
We'll be working on this for the rest of the week.  Prepare to present your information next week.  

We'll be working on writing presentation notes so your slides do not need to include more than 3 lines of text

Grading will be in 3 parts:
  • The whole slideshow (100pts)
  • The presentation (100pts)
  • Your individual work - your survival kit, your home escape plan, and your family contact information (200pts)

Presentation
  • Start a slideshow - How to Prepare for an Earthquake - Building a Survival Kit
    • Use at least 8 slides
    • Make sure you bookmark where you get your information and images for your resource page.
      • 1. title
      • 2. explanation of the project
      • 3. what goes in a kit
      • 4. escape plan
      • 5. school escape plan
      • 6. who can I call?
      • 7. other things
      • 8. Create a resource list
  • Due Dates
    • 1st check November 3 - Slideshow has been started, All pages with titles have been created and shared with your partner and posted on this Padlet.
    • Classify the items in your organizer by a specific idea
    • If possible, include not only the name of the item but the quantity of the item.
    • Search for more resources about what should be in a survival kit

Tuesday Morning Routine
Question - No question today

Work on your presentation:

You can work on all the slides.  Here are some special instructions for each slide.
  • 1. title
  • 2. explanation of the project - You can do this if you want or you can wait until Wednesday and we can work on it together.
  • 3. what goes in a kit - Use images to show the contents of the kit
  • 4. escape plan - Create your home in Tinkercad or draw it on paper.  
  • 5. school escape plan - I will give this to you.  You do not have to do this slide
  • 6. who can I call? - We wrote a journal response to this question.  You do not need to put a name.  Just label the family title as cousin(Primo), grandmother(Abuelita), uncle(Tio).  Try to put the state or country.  
  • 7. other things - Optional - Anything you want to add about earthquakes like - trivia, movies, images, history, your story with an earthquake
  • 8. Create a resource list - list any resources you used


Wednesday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Work in groups on ESKP


Thursday Morning Routine
Question - 

Read a chapter of Maniac

Work in groups on ESKP


Friday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Work in groups on ESKP

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Period 5 - Computer Science

Monday Morning Routine

Project Identification

1st concept check


Tuesday Morning Routine

Project Identification

1st concept check


Wednesday Morning Routine

Project Identification


Thursday Morning Routine

Project Identification


Friday Morning Routine

Finalize Project Identification


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Period 6 Computer Science on the Wheel

Monday Morning Routine

Welcome to CS


Tuesday Morning Routine

Wednesday Morning Routine

Load these sites up and we will bookmark all of them in one folder



Thursday Morning Routine

Friday Morning Routine


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Periods 7 - Robotics

Monday Morning Routine

Project Identification

1st concept check


Tuesday Morning Routine

Project Identification

1st concept check


Wednesday Morning Routine

Project Identification


Thursday Morning Routine

Project Identification



Friday Morning Routine

Finalize Project Identification


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Space Out Friday




Meet the Europa Clipper That Will Be Traveling to Jupiter's MOon Europa - click on the image

Click on the image to Sign up


My Name is Going to Europa!

Sunday, November 5, 2023

RV Computer Science, Robotics, & ELD Week 11/6 - 10/2023

  Hello Everyone!

Last week of trimester 2.

We'll have some time to ask questions and get some work done.


All Late Work Due by November 8
P3 & 4
  • personal survey - Getting to Know You (9/18)
  • typing tests (2 - 1 minute tests for Sept) (10/12)
  • typing test reflection email (10/12)
  • Solar Eclipse Apprentice Certificate (10/13)
  • email signature (10/22)
  • IXL - recommended tasks (5) (10/25)
  • Earthquake Survival Kit Web Graphic Organizer (10/30)

P5 & 6
  • personal survey - Getting to Know You (9/18)
  • AFE - My First Program (9/22)
  • AFE - Events & Responses (10/11)
  • typing tests (2 - 1 minute tests for Sept) (10/12)
  • typing test reflection email (10/12)
  • Solar Eclipse Apprentice Certificate (10/13)
  • AFE - Animate Your Name or Imagine a World (10/23)
  • What is Manufacturing? (10/27)

P7
  • personal survey - Getting to Know You (9/18)
  • CoderZ - Adventure Peak Unit (9/21)
  • typing tests (2 - 1 minute tests for Sept) (10/12)
  • typing test reflection email (10/12)
  • Solar Eclipse Apprentice Certificate (10/13)
  • Autonomous Drone Challenge - Complete a Course (10/27)
  • What is Manufacturing? (10/31)
  • Autonomous Drone Portfolio Post (11/1)
  • Autonomous Drone Portfolio Reflection (11/1)
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Period 3 - ELD


Monday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Catch up day
or 
Tinkercad Bookmark
or 
Earthquake Survival Kit Slideshow


Tuesday Morning Routine
Question - Why are extra shoes/flip flops a good thing to have in your survival kit?

Read Maniac Magee


Wednesday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Work on your bookmark after working in groups to start ESK slideshow.


Thursday Morning Routine
Question - Is money a good thing to keep in your survival kit?

Read Maniac Magee


Friday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Veteran's Day - No School
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Period 4 - ELD


Monday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Catch up day
or 
Tinkercad Bookmark
or 
Earthquake Survival Kit Slideshow


Tuesday Morning Routine
Question - Why are extra shoes/flip flops a good thing to have in your survival kit?

Read Maniac Magee


Wednesday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Work on your bookmark after working in groups to start ESK slideshow.


Thursday Morning Routine
Question - Is money a good thing to keep in your survival kit?

Read Maniac Magee


Friday Morning Routine
Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Veteran's Day - No School


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Period 5 - Computer Science

Monday Morning Routine

Catch up day

or

Tinkercad Project Identification


Tuesday Morning Routine

Work on Project ID
* Meet with the advanced group


Wednesday Morning Routine

Work on Project ID
Meet with students to check the design


Thursday Morning Routine

Work on Project ID
Meet with students to check the design

Friday Morning Routine
Veteran's Day - No School

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Period 6 Computer Science on the Wheel

Monday Morning Routine

Catch up day

or

Tinkercad Project Identification


Tuesday Morning Routine

Work on Project ID
* Meet with the advanced group


Wednesday Morning Routine

Work on Project ID
Meet with students to check the design

Thursday Morning Routine

EOT - Survey

Finish up your designs. I will print them over the next week.  Please come by and pick up your print.

Friday Morning Routine
Veteran's Day - No school

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Periods 7 - Robotics

Monday Morning Routine

Catch up day

or

Tinkercad Project Identification


Tuesday Morning Routine

Tinkercad Designs - 

Wednesday Morning Routine


Thursday Morning Routine



Friday Morning Routine
Veteran's Day - No school

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Space Out Friday




Meet the Europa Clipper That Will Be Traveling to Jupiter's MOon Europa - click on the image

Click on the image to Sign up

My Name is Going to Europa!