Info and links for my 8th grade Science & 6th Grade Computer Science classes
Posted in 6th Computer Science on May 15th, 2012
Today, students were given a copy of the rubric that will be used to assess their Dance Party programs. Students will have all week to complete the Dance Party program. The rubric and program are due by the end of the period on Friday.
Posted in 6th Computer Science on May 9th, 2012
By Monday, students should have completed and submitted their About Me projects. When students finished About Me, they saved a copy of their final project in the G: drive and then answered the two questions on the bottom of the rubric and turned the rubric in to me. On Tuesday, we completed an activity on [...]
Posted in 6th Computer Science on May 2nd, 2012
Today and Friday, students had the period to work toward completing their About Me projects. Today, students learned how to use costume change to show interactivity in Scratch. About Me is an introductory assignment, and students will be assessed on two parts of the project: interactivity for the user, and clearly presenting information about themselves.
Posted in 6th Computer Science on Apr 30th, 2012
Today, students began work on our introductory Scratch project titled About Me. Click here for a copy of the directions including a list of programming blocks that are helpful to use. We viewed a few example projects that were saved in the G: drive before we started. You can also view sample project on the [...]
Posted in 6th Computer Science on Apr 27th, 2012
This week in CS, students learned more about and reviewed IF functions on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday, students used this study guide to prepare for the Excel Unit Assessment. On Thursday, students were given a note card on which they could record notes to use on the Assessment. On Friday, students completed the [...]
Posted in 6th Computer Science on Apr 10th, 2012
Today, students took notes from a lecture by Mr. Hanson on operators, formulas and functions in Excel, and order of operations. Students recorded notes on this worksheet. Students began work on a worksheet that asks them to practice what they’ve learned. We’ll take a few minutes to finish up the worksheet in class tomorrow and [...]
Posted in 6th Computer Science on Apr 9th, 2012
Today, students entered the water use data they collected over the weekend into an Excel spreadsheet. Click here to download the Excel file that students used for this. Students they used the spreadsheet to answer a series of questions on water use. In addition to our water use work, students completed this rubric to help [...]
Posted in 6th Computer Science on Apr 6th, 2012
Class began with students watching this video on how to multiply and divide negative numbers. Students recorded notes while they watched and then used what learned to complete the problems on this worksheet. We reviewed the worksheet, and students put it and their notes in the CS section of their binder (the notes and problems [...]
Posted in 6th Computer Science on Apr 5th, 2012
Today, students completed a math practice worksheet on adding and subtracting negative numbers. We reviewed the worksheet together and students put it in the CS sections of the binder. These practice worksheets will be very useful for students when they are preparing to take the Excel Unit Assessment in a couple weeks. Students then spent [...]
Posted in 6th Computer Science on Apr 4th, 2012
Today, students viewed a lecture titled “Why Computer Science“. This lecture is intended to encourage and prepare students for the 2nd half of Computer Science, when we will begin to get more deeply into programming and principles of computing, and students will be increasingly challenged. For the final 10 minutes or so of class, students [...]