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The Robots are Coming!!! This exciting hands-on workshop will emphasize automation, robotics and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Students will build and program robots using VEX EDR or Lego EV3 robotics equipment. A variety of programming languages will be highlighted throughout … Continue reading →

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NWEA Study Guide NWEA CONCEPTS AND IDEAS TO LEARN! Describes components of the solar system Identifies the location of planets relative to the sun Describes the order of planets and the asteroid belt in the solar system Recognizes that day … Continue reading →

Students will continue the note-taking process on the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) and outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) through the application of the L.I.N.K. strategy. Note that Pluto, a dwarf planet, will be discussed but a … Continue reading →

Students will embark on their study of the field of astronomy as they tackle, not only, the family of planets, but our moon and the other LARGE and small bodies in our solar system that will eventually include the SUN in … Continue reading →

For those students who were absent today or went on the field trip, below is the classwork that was done and needs to become part of your notebook for the next marking period when we do our organizational skills notebook … Continue reading →

Students will be evaluated upon their organizational skills of their notebooks in terms of how well they have maintained the organized classroom material based on date of each requested assignment, the name of it, and its completion based on our … Continue reading →

Students will be evaluated upon our classroom discussion of environmental solutions in terms of the importance of conservation through various environmental strategies that include the practice of the famous three R’s ( Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle) as well as focus … Continue reading →

The students will be expected to analyze the environmental solutions to our ongoing problems by examining different environmental strategies to improve conservation and maintain biodiversity. This will be carried out through reading, writing, and oral discussion of the said topic.

Students will be evaluated upon the environmental problems that we have learned, discussed, and reinforced in class. This includes pollutants, resources depletion, exotic species, human population growth, and habitat destruction. Students have been advised, as usual, to study their notes that … Continue reading →