Happenings for September 17-21

8th Grade:

This week students are working on their career brochures. Students should refer to the previous iblog entry to find the brochure template. The next unit will be on learning how to use the Google sketchup program which will be used in a later assignment. Take a look at the example of the brochure below:

This link is already in your packet:    careers-in-technology-activity 

Use this link to create your tri-fold brochure:    career-template

This link will show you various careers:    careers-in-technology

7th Grade:

We begin this week with discussing advertising and animation. We will learn about a few types of animation and then us that knowledge to create a Public Service Announcement using powerpoint. Below is a website we will use to discuss some ideas. You can copy and paste this link and take a look at some PSA’s on your own.

www.psacentral.org/home

6th Grade:

Students have completed their unit on measuring and turned in packets along with the ruler they made. This week we begin with Inventions and history. Students will learn about what technology is and why it is important in our lives. We will begin a new unit packet on Monday and will watch videos about different inventions, take a look at Mrs. Fulton “old” technology in the form of antiques, create a poster about technology and then research an invention or their own choosing and present a project to go along with a one page paper about their invention. This activity will take about 2 weeks to complete.