7th/8th Grade Computer Science Elective

Course Description

Hello Everyone!
 
During distance learning I am offering office hours on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. via email and zoom. Please email me ahead of time for a zoom meeting link! 
 
 
 
Below are important links we use in class:
 
Scratch       https://scratch.mit.edu/
Typing        https://www.typing.com/
FBI Safe Online Surfing https://sos.fbi.gov/en/
Gamestar Mechanic https://gamestarmechanic.com/landing/redeem    Class Code: MJXQDQLTZQ

Posts

January 13th - 17th Week 1/Q3

Welcome back from winter break and Happy New Year! This week 7/8 will be introduced to the computer lab and we will work on a few welcoming activities to introduce or retouch on basic coding concepts. 

December 2 - 6

Welcome back from Thanksgiving break! This week we will dive back ino our projects!
 
7-8 3D model Winter Games
5-6 Chasing Coral Week
3-4 STEM Bins 
1-2 Keyboarding and STEM Bins
K Keyboarding 

November 18 - 22

Welcome to the last week of November! I hope you all have a warm and cozy Thanksgiving break!
 
7/8 Wrapping up Neon STEM Arcade and presenting
5/6 3D Modeling Water slides and the Engineering Design Process
3/4 Typing, STEM challenges and Coding 
1/2 Typing and STEM challenges
K Typing and Mouse practice 
 

November 12 - 15

Welcome to a four day week! This week:
 
7/8 will continue working on their neon STEM Arcade project.
5/6 will be introduced into the lab for their first week of their tech rotation
3/4 will be introduced into the lab for their first week of their tech rotation
1/2 will be introduced into the lab for their first week of their tech rotation
K will be introduced into the lab for their first week of their tech rotation

November 4th - November 8th

This is the last week of the k-6th rotation. We will be wrapping up all projects and reflecting on what we have learned over the last four weeks. 
 
7/8 will continue working on out Neon Arcade STEM project. 

October 28 - November 1st

This week we are working around a delayed start, and early dismissal, a snow day and Halloween! Each class will continue working on their projects from last week. 

October 14 - 18

Welcome back from fall break and welcome to the start of Quarter two! This is a VERY special week in Computer Science class because it is national Digital Citizenship week! We have some exciting activities ahead of us! 

September 23 - 27

Welcome to the last week of Quarter one! This week we will be concluding all projects! Have a wonderful fall break!! 

September 16 - 21

This week 7/8 will continue building their multi-tiered games in flowlab using input and output code! 

September 9th - 13th

Welcome to the second week of your computer science rotation! This week students will continue using our voki avatars and start designing and 3D modeling with tinkercad! 

September 9th - 13th

This week 7-8 will continue working on their multi tier video games in flow lab using input and output code. We will also use STEM Bins and Lego Mindstorm robotics! 

September 3rd - 6th!

This week 7-8 will continue working on their Earth Engineering unit and program the LEGO Mindstorm Robotics. 

August 26th - 29th

Welcome to week four! This week 7-8 will continue working on our Chasing Coral and Ocean Cleanup project.