Happenings for October 22nd-26th
8th Grade: This week students will be continuing the design process by completing the final step in the design process: Communicate. They will do this by advertising their shoe using power point to create a series of slides which will be timed quickly to simulate animation. Students will have 8 days to complete this activity […]
Happenings for October 15-19
8th Grade: Students will begin construction on their shoe models this week. Students will measure the length and width of their foot and then create a full size model of their shoe using cardboard and other materials they would like to use. 7th Grade: This week we will focus on creating our fonts on poster. […]
Happenings For October 8-12
*October the 12th is a half day! 8th Grade: Students will continue to work on their unit on manufacturing. This week they will use Sketchup, a CAD software program, to create a 3D drawing of their shoe design. Those who finish by the 12th will then begin on their shoe model, made with cardboard. […]
Happenings For October 1-5
8th Grade: Students are finishing up their biotechnology units early this week and then participating in a school day with the use of an arm on Wednesday the 3rd. Our next unit will be on manufacturing. Students will go through the design process from creating a shoe company with a logo, drawing a shoe design, […]
Happenings for September 24-28
8th Grade: Students have begun their unit on biotechnology. This week we are watching videos about people who live their lives with a prosthetic limb. We will have discussions on ways in which people can accomplish daily tasks with prosthetics as well as discuss how the ADA (Americans with disabilities act) helps those with physical […]
Happenings for September 17-21
This Wednesday is a late start, students begin class at 9am! 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 […]
Happenings for September 10th-14th
Just a reminder that we have Open House this Wednesday from 6-7:30 and and half day this friday! 8th Grade: students are continuing to work on measuring this week with practicing how to add and subtract fractions and how to reduce fractions, all used in measuring. We are also reviewing on the parts of an […]
Happenings for September 4th – 7th
Copy and paste this link into your browser:
https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/net-safety.html
Your assignment:
- Read the above article and then type one paragraph on google docs explaining why internet safety is important to follow. Include things you may have seen about internet predators on the news or have read about online.
- Type a second paragraph about what you can do if you witness a friend, sibling or relative break one of these internet rules. Explain how you would feel and maybe how the other person would feel about you getting involved in their business.
- Locate an advertisement or poster which displays how kids can be safe using the internet:
Example, please use your own:
4. Share your document with me by the end of the hour (5 points)
- Next subscribe to this iblog
Extra credit: have a parent subscribe and send me a message, could be a question or a comment or a picture. (5 points)
6th grade:
This week we begin a new semester in exploring technology.
Below is a link to our procedures in the classroom:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GeS5vdkBDhP–JPkXDCWPFzP08ei_iOId89JDFCqvDQ/edit
Happenings for June 4th-8th
All grades: notebooks are due this week, please look on the board for dates. Also, all graded work must be picked up by June 12th. June 13th will be a clean up day in the technology lab for all classes. 8th Grade: What a fantastic job our students did on their trays! As our […]
Happenings for May 29th-June 1st
8th Grade: Students are finishing up their trays this week. If students want to bring in their own decorative handles, they should bring them in Tuesday and Wednesday so that we can measure where to drill the holes for assembly. The final two weeks are set aside for students to research was to re-purpose materials […]