Info and links for my 8th grade Science & 6th Grade Computer Science classes
Posted in 8th Science on Jan 31st, 2012
Today and tomorrow, students are completing an activity in which they are asked to perform a series of tests to identify various minerals. Click here to view the lab sheet and data table for this activity. If you were absent for this activity, see me and we may be able to arrange a time to [...]
Posted in 6th Computer Science on Jan 27th, 2012
Today, students worked to complete their video games in Scratch. All video games are due first thing on Monday, when students will have a chance to play each others games.
Posted in 8th Science on Jan 27th, 2012
Today students were introduced to the Science Project that they will complete over the course of the next few months. This is a project intended to be completed mostly outside of school, however I will check in with students periodically, and students are strongly encouraged to seek help from me whenever they need it. Students [...]
Posted in 8th Science on Jan 26th, 2012
Today, students read section 13-1 in the Exploring Earth Science textbook. They recorded definitions to keywords on this worksheet. After completing the reading and definitions, students recorded notes on the same worksheet from a short PowerPoint presentation on the properties of minerals and how one can differentiate minerals.
Posted in 6th Computer Science on Jan 25th, 2012
With the semester being extended until Tuesday, January 31st, the due date for the video game assignment has been extended to Monday the 30th. Video games should be complete when students come to class on Monday. We’ll be playing students’ video games all period on Monday.
Posted in 6th Computer Science on Jan 23rd, 2012
Due to our missing all of last week there has been a little change to the expectations and schedule for completing the video game assignment that students started a couple weeks ago. By Friday of this week, which is the last day of CS for 6th graders, students should hopefully have a game that works [...]
Posted in 8th Science on Jan 23rd, 2012
Due to the extremely short class periods scheduled for tomorrow, we’ll be completing our quiz on Wednesday. Today, students prepared for the quiz by brainstorming what they think they’ll need to know for the quiz and what they may be asked to do on the quiz. Students also the opportunity to ask for help on [...]
Posted in 8th Science on Jan 12th, 2012
Today, students watched four videos from the Khan academy on the movement of tectonic plates. Students recorded notes on this worksheet, which they should keep with them for use in our quiz review next Tuesday and the quiz on Wednesday. Links to the four videos are included below: Geological Features of Divergent Plate Boundaries Geological [...]
Posted in 6th Computer Science on Jan 10th, 2012
This week, students are beginning their final Scratch project of the semester: creating a game. Yesterday we brainstormed qualities of games and looked at some examples of games. Today, students learned what a variable is and how to use a variable in Scratch to keep score in a game. Thursday and Friday of this week, [...]
Posted in 8th Science on Jan 10th, 2012
Monday and Tuesday this week, students read about plate tectonics in section chapter 10 section 1 and all of chapter 12 in the Exploring Earth Science text book–this is the older textbook with the dinosaur on the front. Students worked on their own and with their group members as needed to complete a worksheet packet [...]