Basic Information

Contact: nradke@petk12.org

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 12/21/17


  • Sit with partner
  • Get kit, robot, and what you need to program
  • --> Multi when ready

Monday, December 18, 2017

USH 12/18/17

iPads out
1. Correct Legislative Branch Job posters
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Homework: Complete A Day in the Life of a President

Friday, December 15, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 12/15/17

iPads and laptops! Quickly!
Room 17

Sumo Wrestling Journal due today!
Final next Thursday! Your robot must be ready by the end of class.

Thursday, December 14, 2017

USH 12/14/17

Have Paper53 ready to go on your iPad (new update out)
1. Constitution Graphic
2. Shay's Rebellion movie presentations
3. Job Description Poster for Representative/Senator
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Homework: Representative/Senator poster due next class - attach to Google Classroom and TURN IN

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 12/13/17

iPads out/face down - grab your laptop
1. Room 17

  • Being clever with programming
  • Testing and improving your robot and program
2. During class, complete the fifth entry on slide 7
3. Clean up at 11:00
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No homework

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

USH 12/12/17

1. Complete Shay's Rebellion iMovie TODAY- be sure to double-check requirements

  • Upload completed iMovie to Google Drive, attach to Classroom.
  • Note in a comment who is in your group so Mr. Radke can easily tell.

2. Partner Grading Form
3. Job Description Posters for Senate/House, Pres., Justice
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Homework: Complete and turn in missing/corrected work

Monday, December 11, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 12/11/17

iPads out/face down + send one person to get your laptop
3 days (MWF) to get your Sumo Robot ready!
Final Thursday after next (last day of finals)
1. Room 17
2. Fill out two more rows in your Slide 7 Battle Log - make good entries!
3. Clean up at 11:30
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No homework

Friday, December 8, 2017

USH 12/8/17

iPads out, write in planners

1. Missing assignments and makeup work
2. Complete filming and editing Shay's Rebellion iMovie
Outside Filming Ettiquette
3. --Instructions for editing here--
4. If you finish, work on makeup work for this class or homework in other classes.
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Homework: Missing and makeup work

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 12/7/17

iPads out and face down in front of you

1. Room 17 with iPads and a laptop
2. Build/Program/Battle Sumo robots
Goal for today: battle at least two separate times and fill out a row of Slide 7 after each (2 rows total, no more, no less)
3. Clean Up at 11:35
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No homework

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

USH 12/6/17

iPads out, have paragraph doc open (do not turn in yet!)  Make sure you can edit it!

1. Grading paragraphs Rubric
2. Papers returned and missing assignments
3. Shay's Rebellion iMovie Project
    -- Goal: at least 3 scenes filmed --
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Homework: Catch up on missing work - 5 classes remaining

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 12/5/17

Regular Seats; have iPad out

1. Room 1 - grab kit and robot, be seated
2. No battles today - focus on basic movement and staying in the ring
3. 11:25: Complete Slide 6 of the Sumo Wrestling Journal
4. Clean Up
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No homework

Monday, December 4, 2017

USH 12/4/17

1. Warm-up: NJ/VA Plan Venn Diagram
2. Review Constitution Homework
3. 3/5 Compromise
4. Formatted Paragraph:
a. What was the fight for representation between Northern states and Southern states about and how was it resolved?
b. What does Gouveneur Morris mean?
Paragraph "Graph"  Paragraph Rubric
5. Shay's Rebellion iMovie Project

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Homework: Finish Paragraph

Friday, December 1, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 12/1/17

Regular seats; have iPad out

1. Room 17 - be seated, do not grab kits/robots immediately
2. 11:30: Complete Slide 5 of the Sumo Wrestling Journal
3. Clean Up
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No homework

Thursday, November 30, 2017

USH 11/30/17

1. Inside-Outside Circles - Infamous Vocab Cards
2. Compromises Great and Dubious
      (History Alive p109-112)
3. Shay's Rebellion iMovie Project
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Homework: Constitution Introduction (on Google Classroom) 
Bring any props you need for more filming next class.

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 11/29/17

Have your iPad out!

1. Room 17 with kits and iPads
2. Sumo robots: the battlefield and building tips
3. 11:00 - complete slide 4 of the Sumo Wrestling Journal
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No homework

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

USH 11/28/17

Shay's Rebellion Storyboarding
iPads out

1. SWBST
2. Shay's Rebellion iMovie Instructions
3. Storyboard Outline
4. Main resource: Digital USH p116-124 
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Homework: None

Monday, November 27, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 11/27/17

1. Plan for December!
2. Intro to Sumo Wrestling (Vid 1) (Vid 2)
3. Partners and Designs
4. Sumo Wrestling Journal Slides 2 and 3

Friday, November 17, 2017

USH 11/17/17

Warm-up: 1/2 sheet binder paper + iPad (Cabinet Battle #1)
iMovie and Conversation Angles

Check Shay's Rebellion Timeline (Instructions)
Shay's Rebellion Storyboarding [PLOT OUTLINE] - USE Google Slides
SWBSTa
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HW Complete Storyboarding
        Correct Infamous #2 (Google Drive)

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 11/16/17

1. Collect Signed Scratch Community Guidelines
2. Continue Animating Your Name project
     Requirements

  • All letters of your first name
  • At least three different animations/movements
  • At least one sound
  • A cohesive/consistent theme for your animation

3. Do a short Screencast of your animation in action, save the file and upload to Google Drive
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

USH 11/15/17

Warm-Up 1/2 Sheet binder paper (whose turn is it to provide?)

1. Non-Stop and Infamous 60
2. Review AoC notes
3. Shay's Rebellion Timeline
    Shay's Rebellion Timeline Instructions
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HW: Finish the Shay's Rebellion Timeline

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 11/14/17

Have pencil and planner
1. Assign ASB Representatives
2. Computer Unit Quiz
3. Begin Programming Unit


4. ASB reps leave at 11:35 for meeting
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Homework: Read through Scratch Community Guidelines with parents and sign

Monday, November 13, 2017

USH 11/13/17

iPads out - open your homework from last night
1. Review Government Pictorial Input
2. Government Pictorial Input Quiz
3. USH 116-124 reading (make available offline)
4. Articles of Confederation Notes (Google Classroom)
5. Work on missing or incomplete assignments
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HW: Finish any work that has not been completed.

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 11/9/17

iPads at your desk and FACE DOWN
1. Computer unit review
2. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
3. Computer unit review
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Homework: Study for Computer Unit Quiz next class - closed note quiz

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

USH 11/8/17

1. Infamous 60 #2 and Vocab Cards due - have out on desk
2. Inside-Outside Circles with appointment #...
3. Hamilton vs. Jefferson
4. Government Pictorial Input Questions (On Google Classroom)
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Homework: Finish Government Pictorial Input Questions, study for Pictorial Input Quiz next class (Monday Nov 13)

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 11/7/17

1. Finish Computer History notes
2. Plan a Computer - due during next class
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Monday, November 6, 2017

USH 11/6/17

1. Homework check/papers returned
2. Government Pictorial Input
3. Infamous 60 #2 and Vocab Cards
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Homework: Infamous 60 #2 and Vocab Cards due Wednesday Nov. 8

Friday, November 3, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 11/3/17

1. iPad Computer notes
2. Computer Part Visual Encyclopedia due TODAY
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Homework: None

Thursday, November 2, 2017

USH 11/2/17

New Seats and New Textbooks
1. Road to Revolution Exam
2. Infamous 60 #2 and Vocab Cards
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Homework: Have at least 35 terms from Infamous #2 complete.

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Robotics and Engineering

1. Notes on iPad - History of Computers
2. Computer maintenance safety
3. Computer Parts Visual Encyclopedia
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No homework

Monday, October 30, 2017

USH 10/31/17

Have Study Guide out, get a brown textbook from the back.
1. Tea Act and Intolerable Acts
2. Time to work on study guide and create Kahoot question.
3. Kahoot
4. Study guide review
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Homework: Study for Road to Revolution Exam, late assignments due Thursday (end of grading period)

Robotics and Engineering 10/30/17

HAVE IPADS - DOWNLOAD NOTABILITY
1. New seats
2. History of computers notes on NOTABILITY
3. Computer part visual encyclopedia (Google Classroom)

Thursday, October 26, 2017

USH 10/27/17

1. Warm-up 
2. Finish Battle of Lexington
3. Studying for Road to Revolution Exam


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Homework: Work on Study Guide

Robotics and Engineering 10/26/17

1. Complete Drag Racer Chronicle

  • Slide 5 on gear ratios
  • Slide 6 - four pictures of drag racer from different angles: front/side/top/isometric
  • Turn in on the original Google Classroom assignment

2. Disassemble drag racer and all pieces in kit completely.
3. Kit piece inventory sheet - work with partner to count, record, and organize all parts from your kit.
4. If everything else is finished, do the Hour of Code activities: Site 1/Site 2

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

USH 10/25/17

2. Begin Battle of Lexington
4. Last 30 minutes of class:

  • 4th and 5th period: Ms. Leigh presentation
  • 6th period: Adams episode 2.
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Robotics and Engineering 10/24/17

BEFORE CLASS STARTS:  HAVE YOUR IPADS, DRAG RACERS, and KITS with you.
1. Drag racing finals!
2. If time, work on Drag Racing Chronicle
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Homework: No homework

Monday, October 23, 2017

USH 10/23/17

1. Papers returned - check for missing assignments
2. Study for Road to Revolution Test
3. Adams Episode 2
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Study for Road to Revolution Test

Friday, October 20, 2017

Robotics and Engineering

Racers must be ready by the end of the day!

1. Get racer ready for the final next class!
2. Slide 5 of the Drag Racer Chronicle
3. If finished with #1 and #2: use laptop and download video from google classroom about making an acceleration program.
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Homework: Take Final Invitation Note home to parents

Thursday, October 19, 2017

USH 10/19/17

1. Conduct and the events of last week
2. Breathing exercise
3. Colonies to Country Reading and Response (Google Classroom)
4. Adams Ep.02?
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No homework

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 10/18/17

1. Updated schedule:

  • Today, Friday: finish building and testing racers
  • Next Tuesday: Drag racing finals
2. Slide 5 of the Drag Racing Chronicle
3. If finished with racer: use laptop and download video from google classroom about making an acceleration program.
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Homework: None

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

USH 10/17/17

Make sure you have the Pages app!
1. Welcome back!  New class info.
2. Appointment clock
3. I Know That Dude/Dudette freestyle (Pages, turn in to Google Classroom)
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No homework

Thursday, October 5, 2017

USH 10/6/17

1. Papers back
2. Infamous #1 Vocab cards - Inside Outside Circles - If you do not have your cards you need to remake one quickly!
3. Revolutionary Thought notes
4. I Know That Dude!
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Homework: Catch up on any missing assignments (don't leave them until the end of the grading period!)

Robotics and Engineering 10/5/17

1. Have racers and ipads in front of you
2. Drag Racing Finals parent invites
3. Travel to room 17 quietly!
4. Upcoming schedule:

  • Today/M/W: get your drag racer ready for the finals!
  • Friday October 13: Drag Racing Finals
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Homework: Give your parent the Drag Racing Finals invite slip!

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

USH 10/4/17

1. Collect John Locke Storyboard
2. Finish Adams episode 1
3. I Know That Dude!
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HW: Research for I Know That Dude!

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 10/3/17

1. iPads to room 17
2. Building the Mk. II racer

  • Racer must stop in the green zone to qualify
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No homework

Monday, October 2, 2017

USH 10/2/17

Sit with your Declaration partner - new seats Wednesday
Have out your Petaluma Declaration instruction sheet
1. Too Late to Apologize
2. Petaluma Declaration due 20 minutes before end of class
3. Storyboard: John Locke
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Homework: John Locke storyboard

Friday, September 29, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 9/29/17

1. Have iPads out with you
2. --> Room 17 with iPads
3. Completing and turning in assignments
4. Drag Racer Chronicle page 4 - Mk. I evaluation
5. Gear train suggestions
6. Begin building Mk. II

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

USH 9/28/17

Timeline to Revolution
1. Junk on the floor
2. It's too Late to Apologize
3. Petaluma Declaration
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No homework (tentatively)

Robotics and Engineering 9/27/17

1. Room 17 with kits, iPads and pencils
2. Post average time to the Class Averages sheet
3. Disassemble drag racers
4. Gear Ratios - due at end of class

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

USH 9/26/17

1. USH Textbook fixes
2. Video day: Rebels and Adams
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Homework: None

Monday, September 25, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 9/25/17

1. Drag Racing Chronicle (you'll need Google Slides)
2. Kits and iPads to room 17
3. Time Trials
4. Complete Slides 2 and 3 of the Chronicle
5. Post your average time to the class spreadsheet (Google Classroom, with Google Sheets)

Friday, September 22, 2017

USH 9/22/17

1. Map of the 13 Colonies
2. SHEG: The Boston Massacre
3. Rebels
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Homework: Check your grades and email your teachers!

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 9/21/17

1. Room 17 for drag racing design/practice
2. Goal for the day - get your racer to drive the length of the track and stop in the green zone.

  • How do we use the color sensor to make the robot stop?

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Depending on class progress - time trials next class?

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

USH 9/20/17

1. Paragraph grading


2. Map of the 13 Colonies
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Homework: Map of the 13 Colonies

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 9/19/17

1. Room 17 with kits/iPads
2. Build and test your drag racer
3. Next class - last day to build and test
4. Next Monday (2 classes ahead) - drag racing!
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End of grading period Friday - turn in any late work by then!

Monday, September 18, 2017

USH 9/18/17

1. Review and collect Colony Storyboard
2. Pictorial Input #1 Quiz (socrative)
3. Appointment Clock
4. SHEG Stamp Act - Loyalist or Patriot?
5. Did the rich colonists rile up the poor?
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Homework: Create Paragraph in Google Classroom - "Did the rich rile up the poor? (Documents in "Stamp Act link above)

Friday, September 15, 2017

Design Lab 9/15/17

1. SSR
2. SketchUp project - Vehicle
3. Listening to music allowed 

  • Improper use of phone/iPad = detention and loss of music privileges

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SketchUp Project due at the end of next class (Tuesday)

Robotics and Engineering 9/15/17

1. Kits and iPads to Room 17
2. Drag racer rules
3. Drag Racer designs due to Google Classroom before you begin construction - both partners
4. Clean-up at 11:32
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Homework: Enjoy your weekend and get lots of sleep!

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

USH 9/14/17

1. Warm-Up - Pictorial Input
2. Infamous #1 and vocab cards returned - review
3. SHEG Stamp Act
4. Storyboard: Colony (Sources 1 2 Quote)
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Homework: Complete Colony Storyboard, Study for Pictorial Input Quiz

Robotics and Engineering 9/13/17

1. Make sure you have NOTABILITY and the MINDSTORMS apps on your iPad
2. Robot name change
3. Room 17 with kits and iPads
4. Disassembling robots - new partners
5. Planning a drag racer with Notability
6. Building?

Monday, September 11, 2017

USH 9/12/17

1. Collect late Infamous lists and vocab cards.
2. Return papers/check for missing work
3. Pictorial Input #1 with Slavery
4. Pictorial Input #1 Questions
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Homework: Study for Pictorial Input #1 Quiz

Robotics and Engineering 9/11/17

1. Room 17 w/robots
2. Robotics Task List due by end of class
3. If you finish the Task List, you may modify your robot and continue to experiment with programming it.
4. Clean-up starts at 11:32
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Homework: download the LEGO Mindstorms app onto your iPad

Friday, September 8, 2017

USH 9/8/17

1. Have out your Infamous list, 3 vocab cards, and iPad (Paper53 paragraph)
2. Short Inside-Outside circles - vocab cards
3. Turn in Infamous list/cards
4. Grading Middle Passage paragraphs - turn in to Google Classroom
5. The Slave Trade in two minutes
6. Pictorial Input #1 with Slavery
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No homework! (Please still write this down.)

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 9/7/17

1. Room 17 - Robotics Task List work
     Task list due completed by end of class Monday September 11
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Tell your parents I'd like to see them at BTSN tonight!

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

USH 9/6/17

1. Planners/Check Grades/Check Email/Send Email
2. Name Cards/Mini Inside Outside Circles
3. Slave and Triangle Trade
4. Paragraph Writing
5. Paragraph Grading
6. Work on Vocab cards
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Homework: Vocab Cards and Infamous #1 due next class Friday Sept 8th

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 9/5/17

1. Permission slips
2. Room 17 w/robots - new route
3. Work on Task List - get each step checked and initialed by Mr. Radke or a TA
4. Clean-Up at 11:35 sharp
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No homework

Friday, September 1, 2017

USH 9/1/17

1. New Seats
2. Infamous #1 and Note cards

  • Access EBSCOHost through the PJHS Library website ("read!" tab), username/password are both "bantam"
  • Use the "research databases" to search for your term
  • Find entries from "Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia"
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Homework: Infamous #1 and note cards due Friday September 8th

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 8/31/17

1. New Jobs: Equipment Managers
2. Robotics Task List in Room 17
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No homework

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

USH 8/30/17

1. Sourcing and Corroboration Quiz re-take
--Download USH Textbook--
2. Complete Indentured Servant iMovie Crafted (due by end of class)
3. Infamous #1 and Vocabulary Cards
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Homework: Infamous #1 and Vocab Cards due Wednesday Sept. 6th

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 8/29/17

1. Collect laptops and kits
2. Building the first robot in room 17
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No homework

Monday, August 28, 2017

USH 8/28/17

1. Sourcing and Corroboration Quiz
         www.socrative.com  room: RADKESENSEI
2. Indentured Servant Writes Home: iMovie Crafted
3. Missing Keynote assignments?
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Homework: Study for quiz re-take.

Friday, August 25, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 8/25/17

1. Intro to Programming homework due
2. Kit Partners and Assignments
3. Programming commands warm-up
4. LEGO Mindstorms software practice

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

R&E 8/23/17

1. Complete Google Scavenger Hunt
2. Intro to Programming
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Homework: Complete the "Intro to Programming" assignment using your iPad

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

USH 8/24/17

1. iPad green screen assignment due
2. Inside Outside Circles practice
3. Lunch Room Fight! PPT
4. Sourcing, contextualization, and corroboration.
5. Indentured Servant Writes Home
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Homework: Install iMovie on iPad.  Quiz next class on sourcing, contextualization and corroboration.

Monday, August 21, 2017

USH 8/22/17

1. Materials Check
2. History is the most important subject
3. Index cards and alpha
4. Furniture practice / Inside Outside with Names
5. iPad Greenscreen with History Quotes 
6. Google Classroom
7. Lunch Room Fight PPT
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Homework: Submit your Keynote Introduction Assignment to Google Classroom!

Robotics and Engineering 8/21/17

1. Eclipse viewing, weather dependant
2. Laptops/Google Chrome Norms
     Google Classroom Code: 0rhkymi
3. Tell me about yourself!
4. Google Scavenger Hunt
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No homework

Friday, August 18, 2017

USH 8/18/17

1. Quickwrite: have a pencil + sheet of paper out + signed syllabus
2. Bad and good teamwork (1)(2)
3. Empathy
4. Kindness (1)(2)(3)
5. Final activity
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Homework: Materials check next class (check syllabus)

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Robotics and Engineering 8/17/17

1. Have Signed Syllabus and Tech Contract out on your desk.
2. Student Search
3. NASA eclipse projection viewer
4. Google Chrome Norms
5. Google Classroom Code: 0rhkymi
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

US History 8/16/17

1. Welcome to US History!
2. About me
3. Syllabus/class rules
4. Icebreakers
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Homework: Return signed syllabus

Robotics and Engineering 8/15/17

1. Welcome to Robotics and Engineering!
2. Tech contract/syllabus
3. Icebreaker
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Homework: Signed tech contract and syllabus