Learning Goal: We are learning to connect our Arduino to the computer and to program it to do as we say.
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Click the Code.org logo to complete activities that will help you to learn the basic concepts of Computer Science with drag and drop programming.
Each activity is a game-like, self-directed tutorial starring video lectures by Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Angry Birds and Plants vs. Zombies. Learn repeat-loops, conditionals, and basic algorithms. |
1. Complete an "Hour of Code"
2. For more advanced users... Try these Scratch challenges. Check in with Mr. Garraway after completing a challenge.
Scratch uses coding blocks much like Code.org but it allows you to take your coding skills slightly further.
"With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century." From https://scratch.mit.edu/about/ |
*Get a teacher initial once you've finished each challenge.
Flappy Bird Scratch Edition
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/16743509/
Jalen, Malachi, Terron
Taranpal, Kojo, Sana
Merlyn, Aleya, Maryam
Krishna, Ashley, Shawmia
Thushan, Sanjeev, Shancheev
Eric, Maalik, Ajikash
Showmiha, Nathaniel, Haadia
Continue working with TinkerCAD to create a prototype of your chair.
- Create your prototype
- Figure out the dimensions of your chair
- When satisfied with your design, print a copy
- Label the printed copy with the dimensions
- Approximately how much material would you need to buy if you were to 3D print your design?
- What material would you use?
- How much would it cost to 3D print your design with your chosen material?
- Prepare a presentation that might persuade your classmates to fund the production of your prototype.
This is how your group will be evaluated.
Download and print a copy of the rubric and use it to ensure that all of the criteria is being met.
Grandpa
Ralph
Maggie
Neil
Lisa
Reflecting on Our Work
1. What are some things that groups did well in regards to communicating their thinking?
2. What are some things that groups can improve upon in regards to communicating their thinking?
Today's Learning Goal:
During the Plan and Create phase, we constructed several different iterations of our char. Some materials were easier to work with than others. Some did a better job of allowing us to express in detail what we wanted our respective chairs to look like. Taking our iterations digital using a CAD program will allow us to create a digital 3D representation of our chair that can be saved, edited, shared, and 3D printed.
What does "CAD" mean?
Creating an Account and Logging in:
What Do Engineers Do?
Try these simulations out!
Applying the EDP: 5 Chairs Challenge
- Build 5 chairs
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- Draw a Chair 3 minutes
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- Using the provided Sharpies, draw three sketches of a chair on a piece of paper.
- Using the provided Sharpies, draw three sketches of a chair on a piece of paper.
- Cut a Chair 5 minutes
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- Using ONLY your scissors and the sheet of corrugated cardboard, make a standing representation of your chair
- Using ONLY your scissors and the sheet of corrugated cardboard, make a standing representation of your chair
- Bend a Chair 4 minutes
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- Using as many or as few of the provided pipe cleaners, make an expression of your chair.
- Using as many or as few of the provided pipe cleaners, make an expression of your chair.
- Mold a Chair 5 minutes
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- Using the provided clay, make a model of your chair.
- Using the provided clay, make a model of your chair.
- Assemble a Chair 5 minutes
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- Using tape and toothpicks, build your chair.
- Using tape and toothpicks, build your chair.
- Draw a Chair 3 minutes
- Discussion Questions
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- What was it like to build your chairs using the design principles you identified?
- What was it like to create different iterations of your design?
- What did you change along the way? What did you learn from your prototypes?
- Did anyone get stuck at any point? What was that like? What did you do to get unstuck?
- Which material did you enjoy working with the most? Why?
- Which material did you like the least? Why?
- Which material best expresses the essence of the chair your drew?
- What was it like to build your chairs using the design principles you identified?
Group 1: Aleya, Shawmia, Rhea, Krishna, Sharmini
Platform design
Mass of structure: 600 g
Mass supported: 1700 g
Structural efficiency: 2.83
Group 2: Ashley, Merlyn, Maryam, Shathurshika, Taranpal
Platform design
Mass of structure: 500 g
Mass supported: 5000 g
Structural efficiency: 10
Group 3: Ajikash, Thushan, Sancheev, Showmiha, Haadia
Platform design
Mass of structure: 1050 g
Mass supported: 1000 g
Structural efficiency: 0.47
Group 4: Nathaniel, Jalen, Terron, Eric, Malachi
Platform design
Mass of structure: 1000 g
Mass supported: 1800 g
Structural efficiency: 1.8
Group 5: Maalik, Sana, Kojo, Sanjeev
Platform design
Mass of structure: 200 g
Mass supported: 160 g
Structural efficiency: 0.8
Welcome to Summer School!
Join us on our journey as we explore the links between Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
Pro Salaries and Unit Rates
Math Connection: Unit Rates
A Unit Rate is the ratio of two measurements in which the second term is 1.
e.g., beats per minute, dollars per hour, kilometres per hour, 0.99/lb, $4.54/kg.
If Krishna earns $180 in 20 hours, then unit rate of her earning is given as 180/20 = $9 per hour.
Learning Goal: We are learning to use unit rates to determine how much a professional athlete makes yearly, monthly, bi-weekly, weekly, per day, and per hour on average.
1. Choose a professional athlete to examine. Ensure that you can find information about that person's current salary before deciding on them. Click a link in the list below. Search for your athlete. Find their salary.
Basketball Reference
WhoScored.com (Soccer)
Pro Football Reference
Hockey Reference
Baseball Reference
2. Use your knowledge of unit rates to determine how much your professional athlete makes yearly, monthly, bi-weekly, weekly, per day, and per hour on average.
3. Display your data in an attractive visual format to be shared on this website. You may use markers and chart paper (we'll take a picture of it) or create a document that can be shared digitally. Show all work!
Success Criteria for Visual Display
I will be successful if:
-My work is labeled (a subheading for each different calculation, each unit is labeled)