2018 Coastal Clean-up

With over 30 participants from Rio Vista & Rio Real, we collected over 100 lbs of trash from Ormond Beach this year!  A HUGE thank you to all our student participants, parents who drove participants (several stayed to help!), Mr. Erickson, ASB Leaders, Kaytlin, former students of Vista, Tom & the crew from NRG, Ron and all the Coastal Clean-up volunteers, & my family for getting to the beach early.  Lot's of interesting things found on the beach today including batteries, birthday balloons, plastic army soldiers, blankets, baby clothes, cigarette butts, lots of paper, food wrappers, plastic, and glass bottles.  A unique find was a GeoCaching bottle last found and recorded in 2011.  It's been floating around for 7 years!

Thank you to all the teachers who participated by reminding students of the event & even offering extra credit for participation and a written reflection.  Sadly, we missed several participants who either came early or after our group pic:(  

The morning passed quickly and we all left with tired but great feelings about doing something that made a small difference to our community and planet.  Thanks for all of you out there who help out by picking up your trash & anything else you can.  It all helps!

MR. G

P.S. Send me any images you have of the event so I can post them on the blog!

 

 

 

NASA - Our Place In Space

Hi All,
For today's Space Fact we'll look at our place in space and why our planet is so unique.
Check out this video from 2008 that has some interesting info.  Listen for these facts:

• Why is the Earth the way it is?
• What do we need for life?
• What effects our planet?

Post any questions you have on this form - Space Fact Questions

#1 Keyboarding Test

This is my first keyboarding test.  This one is using 10 fingers.  I hope to do better by the end of the year because Mr. G is making me practice every day for 10 minutes.  I hate it because my hands hurt and I would rather be playing Fortnight.  However, I know that I suck at typing so this might be good for me so I can finish my homework faster.

 This is my fast as I can test.  I use two fingers and I need to look at the keyboard, What a pain!

9-11 Day of Remeberance

Good morning,
Today is the 17 anniversary of the terrorist attack on America specifically, New York, Washington DC, and Philadelphia.

Below are some links to help you understand what happened, what has changed in the past 17 years, and what people are doing now.  We'll have an open discussion.

9/11 Day of Remembrance
New York attack on the World Trade Center Towers 1 & 2
4 Ways the U.S. has Changed Since September 2001
Children born in 2011 are making a difference - take the pledge
New York - 15 Years Later
9/11 Attack Timeline
FAQ from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum

Please click on this link if you have a question about this event that you want us to address

California Beach Clean-up is Coming!

Hi all,  The beach cleanup is coming & it's going to be great!  I'm looking forward to seeing as many of you out there as possible.  It's a great start to your weekend & you can bring your family & friends.  Hope to see you there! 

Click Here to see video of 20 years of beach clean-up aerial art!

Click here to get the Official Trash Extinction List - Very cool names

Aviation Day Information!

The Wright Flyer

Stratolaunch, which is designed to release rockets that will carry satellites into space, has a 385-foot wingspan, stands 50 feet tall and can carry more than 500,000 pounds of cargo

 

National Aviation Day was celebrated on August 19 this year.  The event is celebrated on the day Orville Wright was born.  I wanted to bring some information to you about the day, the history of aviation, and the connection between NASA & and modern airplanes.  Enjoy the information and we'll talk in class.




First Powered Flight - The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk
The Story of the Wright Brothers
Brief Illustrated History of Aviation
Early Video of Aviation Day and the Importance of Flight
Video of the First Presidential Flight in American History
Controversy about the History of Flight
How NASA has improved Aviation 
NASA - The Leading Edge of Flight
Video of C.E. Woolman, the founder of Delta Airlines
A History of Flight 1:46 
Blue Angels Music Video
Our Earth Views from the ISS

CS Lesson Plans for Thursday

Hi all,

Here are your plans for Thursday.  Please show respect to your teacher, Mr. Townsley today.  Use your time wisely. I’ll see you all Monday. If any students come in needing tech repair, please refer them to the library for service. Make it a great day!

Basic Plan all Periods

1. 10 min - Daily Touch typing on Typing.com (10 min) - TA or NitroType Games on Fri.
2. 5 min - Check email OR CHECK THE LESSON PLANS on Class Blog (Both the same).
3. 4 min - Preview the day’s activities with teacher/class -
4. All Classes - What’s Up Blog - possible themes - My worst day..., My favorite..., I can't live without my ...
5. P2, 4, 5, & 6 - Tinkering on Tinkercad
1. In the LEARN Section, Complete Starters - If you are a new student or want more practice
2. In the LEARN Section, work on several LESSONS - Challenge yourself and try the hard ones including the DIE!
3. In the LEARN Section, Complete a Project - this section requires some thinking.  Try a couple and report back to me if they are worth the time to share with others.
6. Early finishers can go on and complete more coding activities for extra credit.  DIY Projects - If you are here, go to Gamestarmechanic.  This is a game design and debugging adventure.  Use the free version.
7. 35 min - Work on projects - detailed above
1. Guest teacher - Students may be collaborating which is encouraged.  Or, they may be just visiting so you will need to move around the classroom and listen into conversations.  THIS IS CRUCIAL FOR GOOD CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT!!!!!
8. Done with Project - Students can do these activities when complete with project and posting on their blog
1. DIY ACTIVITIES

Blogger	Modify your blogs themes, colors, and layout
Gamestarmechanic	Great game design website.  Sign in, use the year 2004 for registering, select “Get Started” until you get to the “Quest” and click on that.
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

1. 1 min - Shutting down & logging out - I make all student wait at stations till all headphones, tables, and chairs are neatly arranged.  I excuse one row at a time. Do not excuse students until workspaces are clean.
1. P6 needs to put chairs up on FRIDAY!

Reminders:

• Write good, detailed, and readable reflections.  
• Email me if you have any question.
• Collaboration is helpful, socializing is distracting - Know why you are out of your seat and it cannot be to socialize.

I wish you all a good day.  See you Monday!

Mr. Garcia

My First Post of 2018/2019

I am Groot!

My First Post for 2018/2019

I am Groot!

RVCS Field Trips

October is a busy month for RVCS.  We are working on 2 field trips.

IndieCade on Saturday, October 13, 2018

VC Aviation Career Day on Friday, October 26, 2018 (the date on the site is incorrect)

Field trip forms will be coming to you soon.  Make sure all work in all your classes is caught up so you can go!

Check out the flyer contest rules and prizes!

This design won first place last year!

Welcome to Rio Vista Computer Science!

CSP Presentation Assignments

These are the dates you have signed up to presents your Community Service Project.  The May 8 date has been updated to May 9.  The other dates remain the same.

CSP Presentation Guidelines:

• Use Design Thinking strategy to guide your presentation
• Use few words and more images of your project
• All of your crew needs to present
• Time limit of 7 min.
• Focus on something you thought was important about your project
• All students will need to fill out a group evaluation form to grade your colleagues
• The class will be filling out a presentation rubric to grade your evaluation

InSight is on it's way to Mars!!!

After a beautiful on-time launch, InSight & Marco spacecraft are on their way to Mars!

More info about the mission and details about InSights 6 month flight to Mars here. 

New York Times Summary of InSight Mission

Here is what it looked like from Oxnard 

Lesson Plans 5/4/18

Hi all,

Here are your plans for Friday.  Please show respect to your teacher, Ms. Moen today.  Use your time wisely. I’ll see you all Monday. If any students come in needing tech repair, please refer them to the library for service. Make it a great day!

Basic Plan all Periods

1. 10 min - Daily Touch typing on Typing Agent (10 min) - TA or NitroType Games on Fri.
2. 4 min - Check email OR CHECK THE LESSON PLANS on Class Blog (Both the same).
3. 4 min - Preview the day’s activities with class -
4. All Classes - What’s Up Blog
5. P2, 5, & 6 - Coding on Scratch
1. Students are finishing a Name Animation project.  They need to:
1. Finish the project
2. Share the project
1. Write instructions & details in Scratch
3. Embed & create link to the project on your blog
4. Write a project reflection
2. When done with your project, go on to your classmates blog and play some of their animations and write positive comments to support them.
3. Early finishers can go on and complete more coding activities for extra credit.  DIY Projects - If you are here, go to Gamestarmechanic.  This is a game design and debugging adventure.  Use the free version.
6. P4 - Students are working on independent projects today
1. 3D racecar
2. Video Game in Scratch
3. CSP presentation - no movement with groups
4. DIY Projects - If you are here, go to Gamestarmechanic.  This is a game design and debugging adventure.  Use the free version.
5. Listen to & comment on classmates podcasts (on their blog)
7. 35 min - Work on projects - detailed above
1. Guest teacher - Students may be collaborating which is encouraged.  Or, they may be just visiting so you will need to move around the classroom and listen into conversations.  THIS IS CRUCIAL FOR GOOD CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT!!!!!
8. Done with Project - Students can do these activities when complete with project and posting on their blog
1. DIY ACTIVITIES

Blogger	Modify your blogs themes, colors, and layout
Gamestarmechanic	Great game design website.  Sign in, use the year 2004 for registering, select “Get Started” until you get to the “Quest” and click on that.
Tinkercad	Create a new project or work on an old one
Finish Preparing 3D printed ID	Use tools carefully and clean up work table
Scavenger Hunt	Keep working on the Scavenger Hunt.  Link is in the class blog
Read & AR Test	You can read and test in AR
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

1. 1 min - Shutting down & logging out - I make all student wait at stations till all headphones, tables, and chairs are neatly arranged.  I excuse one row at a time. Do not excuse students until workspaces are clean.
1. P6 needs to put chairs up on FRIDAY!

Reminders:

• Write good, detailed, and readable reflections.  
• Email me if you have any question.
• Collaboration is helpful, socializing is distracting - Know why you are out of your seat and it cannot be to socialize.

I wish you all a good day.  See you Monday!

Mr. Garcia

P4 Community Service Project Schedule

Please be ready to present.  All group members should be part of the presentation.  The presentation should have examples of our group work and how it is assisting the community.  Length of presentation should be no longer than 7 minutes.