| January |
Check Grades |
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in warmup: Empty your warmup file. look at these structures and comment |
- Check your 2nd quarter grade. If you want your work reviewed fill out a purple paper with everything you think should go on your gradesheet, i will also review all missing, incomplete and blank assignments for the quarter for your grade when i re-evaluate.
- Programming in BlueJ, variables and loops. .Fill out the TAG when done. TG: count by 10's
- Copy this program that asks you to press the Orange ENTER button. Change the program and show me.
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SWBAT: declare integer variables and use a counter in a loop. Detect a button press. |
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Clear out the old data in your warmup file. Look at the 6 areas of computer majors and tell which is the best fit for you and why. |
- Academies: Go over the Howard County academies.
- How a while loop works. Take notes.
- Finish this program that asks you to press the Orange ENTER button. Change the program and show me.
- Program robots to respond to button presses in loops. Show me.
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SWBAT: Use conditions in loops to repeat code |
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What are the letters in the musical alphabet? (Click here if you need a hint) |
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SWBAT: use touch sensor and generate musical tones. |
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What's good and bad about the new iPad? What do you think? |
- FInish playing music and touch sensor.
- TOP GRADE create a recognizable tune of at least 12 notes to play on the robot after the touch sensor is pressed.
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SWBAT: control sound output on robot |
| February |
| 1 |
Change seats to work with new robot partners for the next 7 class days, then you'll be able to choose your own partners for the next part of robotics. |
- Work with partners for this week and next:
- Choose the best built robot that the 2 of you will use.
- Come up with a noticeable decoration to uniquely identify your robot that can be attached with only rubberbands or string: a flag, a hat, a shirt, etc.
- Review the LCD screen and making music: Create this star display program and fill out the TAG sheet.
- Review: Using sensors:
- Sound sensors, fill in the answers together and hand in the paper
- If you didn't both finish the touch sensor rising notes program do it and be sure both understand how the program works.
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SWBAT: use sound sensor and loops with sensors |
| 2 |
Figure out this robot sensor code |
- Presentation: sensors and ports
- Learn how your robots move. Fill in the table on making the robot move.
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SWBAT: control sensors and movement |
| 3 |
Learn the difference between float and stop |
- Finish making robots move and create the square around a chair leg program. TOP GRADE: letter "W"
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SWBAT: explore straight movement and turns by controlling motors |
| 4 |
in warmup: how is the command Motor.A.forward different from Motor.A.setSpeed? |
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SWBAT: use dead reckoning to navigate a course |
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get robots |
Navigate the maze. Top Grade: Create a figure 8 around 2 chairs (the robot goes completely around both chairs, crossing in the middle, without going under either) |
SWBAT: do advanced dead reckoning |
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~*~*~ snow ~*~*~ |
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| 12 Conferences |
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~*~*~ snow ~*~*~ |
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Review the difference between float and stop |
- Work together to get your robot to move forward exactly 2 feet at a speed of 720. Time and measure results. Cut time exactly in half and measure results
- Write the code to make your robot turn around 180 degrees at a speed of 450 and time how long it takes.
- Start the robotic dead reckoning page of your website.
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SWBAT: compute and measure dead reckoning results of robotic movement |
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Do this jumble of robot methods |
- Using Fireworks to annotate photos
- Finish maze/ figure 8 challenges.
- Work on robot webpage
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SWBAT: document results of dead reckoning. |
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in warmup: if you had an equation to tell you the exact settings to move the robot a certain distance forward and turn a certain angle using measurements for the maze, how long do you think it would take to create a program to navigate the maze? Explain why. |
- Video your robot's best attempt at one program: navigating the maze, letter "W" or square around the chair leg
- Finish robotic dead reckoning webpage
- TOP GRADE: Using Flash to edit videos
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SWBAT: control motion as exactly as possible, video robot movement and present on a webpage. |
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Go to the page of student Flash movies and see what can be done with Flash. |
- Short intro to Flash. Learn to Morph. Create a movie where your name morphs into a picture. TOP GRADE: make the picture morph back into your name in a continuous loop.
- Video editing in Flash
- Finish robotic webpage.
- TOP GRADE: Using Flash to edit videos to highlight how the robot works.
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SWBAT: use Flash to create animated content for websites. Import and edit video clips in Flash. |
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A servo is a motor used to move, rotate or bend a part. How many servos would you guess are used in this robot? Why? (Answer in warmup) |
- Please respond to this survey on how you would like the next partners assigned for the robot basketball challenge.
- Short intro to Flash, Create a movie with a simple motion tween bouncing ball that bounces down and up. TOP GRADE: let the ball bounce off all 4 walls with varying speed, sometimes fast and sometimes slow by changing how close together the keyframes are.
- Finish Video editing in Flash and robotic webpage. TOP GRADE: Using Flash with motion and shape tweens to edit videos to highlight how the robot works.
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SWBAT: create motion tweens in Flash . Complete web page documenting robot dead reckoning. |
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Open your robot web page in internet explorer or firefox to show me. |
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SWBAT: use loops with sensors to detect when to stop. |
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Do a quick review of sound. |
SWBAT: use light sensor to detect objects and react |
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Review the sensor crossword |
| March |
| 1 |
Look at the basketball hoops, which sensors could be used to tell if a robot is ready to shoot a basket? |
- Continue programs from last week:
- Finish ultrasonic sensor. and light sensor follow a line.
- Be sure to use touch, ultrasonic, sound and light sensors in a program. The more creative your program, the more points it's worth(can your robot dance, or complete a mission?)
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SWBAT: create an original program using all types of available sensors. |
| 2 |
Look at this program to move without jerking. |
| 3 |
in warmup: what is the statement that goes at the top of every robot program to connect your program to all the robot methods? |
- PowerPoint: brainstorming
- finish original multi-sensor programs, don't just copy and paste old code! this is supposed to be something new and creative! Think about
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SWBAT: use brainstorming to come up with original ideas. |
| 4 |
Do the robot method crossword |
- The design process. Fill in the first page of design portfolios.
- Work on original multi-sensor programs.
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SWBAT: consider the design process in developing projectsS |
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in warmup: list some methods your robot might use to shoot baskets. |
- Engineering design process: Fill in step 2 of design portfolio for the basketball playing robot.
- Finish original multi-sensor programs.
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SWBAT: brainstorm and come up with alternate solutions |
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which are goals for this project? |
- Engineering design process: Fill in step 3 of design portfolio for the basketball playing robot.
- Show all original multi-sensor programs.
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SWBAT: define goals, constraints, and design choices |
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which are constraints for this project? |
- Presentation: conditions in loops and the basketball skeleton code
- last day for multi-sensor programs.
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SWBAT: develop goals, constraints and design choices |
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in warmup: engineers keep a change log to show what they changed. why could this be useful? |
Evaluate your ideas. Fill out section 4 in your design portfolio telling the advantages and disadvantages of your selected design. Continue hardware and software design |
SWBAT: evaluate design choices. continue developing |
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Create one multiple choice question that could go on the quiz about robots next week. If it's a good question and i use it you'll get a bonus point for the quiz. |
Continue with hardware and software design. Test with baskets. |
SWBAT: develop hardware and software |
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What is true about the design process? |
- You should be finished building your first design to test, be prepared to alter the design if necessary.
- Fill in through step 5 in the design portfolio and hand in at the end of class.
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SWBAT: choose and develop the best design. Fill in design portfolio through step 5 |
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Answer the questions about the program to move without jerking. |
- Discuss portfolios in detail.
- Sometime today or tomorrow scan your sketches from your design portfolio and save them to your Z drive to use at the end of the week when we do our web pages.
- Work on basketball programming
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SWBAT: refine programming part of project |
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Do the robot method jumble |
- Test robots, fill in results, changes, observations, test data in your portfolio.
- Scan a sketch from your design portfolio.
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SWBAT: observe & record test results, modify hardware and software based on results. |
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In warmup: Look at the top 10 paying college majors. What do you notice about them? |
- Gather some test data, how repeatable is your code? Does it come close every time? within an inch? a foot?
- Fill in sections 6,7,8 of design portfolio. cross out #9.
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SWBAT: refine hardware and software |
| 18 |
In warmup: how long do you need to complete your robot construction and programming? |
First official test runs. Get initial rankings |
SWBAT: demonstrate results of project |
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What skills and prior knowledge did you use in solving this basketball problem? |
Test runs for points. |
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Watch this short video to define in warmup what a big idea is. |
- Discussion: the Big Idea: skills used, learned, needed.
- First set of official timed runs. See brackets for your placement.
- Final page of design portfolio
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SWBAT: describe big ideas, skills used and things learned from robot basketball project |
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get together with robots for a group photo |
- Final runs for robots.
- Start disassembling and inventory
- FInish design portfolios and turn in.
- Look for your video on the hand out drive in robots/videos. Do you need another one?
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SWBAT: test designs |
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- Assembly 10th and 12th graders.
- deconstruction/inventory
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in warmup: what went right with your robot, what went wrong? |
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SWBAT: create web page documenting robotics skills. |
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Go in Dreamweaver. Is the home page of your website named index.html? If not, fix it. |
- Work on robotics web pages
- Hand in design portfolios
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SWBAT: document software and hardware decisions and learnings |
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enter your email so i can join you to the energy wiki |
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SWBAT: identify sources of renewable energy and options for the future |
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in warmup: what are the 4 main kinds of renewable energy? |
- Research energy issues and post URLs for at least 4 resources on your topic. On your page on the wiki, write down what each link is useful for and a summary of what you learned by visiting each link.
- Work on robotics web pages
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SWBAT: research improved sources or uses of energy |
| April |
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in warmup: look through at least 3 pages on the MD gov energy site and list what you think is the most significant information. |
- Find pictures that relate to your topic, do more research. Post to the wiki writing 2 sentences for each telling how it is relevant. Cite your sources.
- Last day for robotics web pages.
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SWBAT: find supporting data and content for renewable energy project |
| Spring Break |
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in warmup: what is it called when you copy somebody else's work and present it as your own? |
- Look at the 2 wiki pages with the question numbers after yours, add a comment to each page on what you think is valuable on that page and is needed on that page.
- Work on renewable energy. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE
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SWBAT: contribute to a wiki in a productive way |
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brainstorming session: fill out a keywords and key questions paper. |
- The whole point of doing research is to come up with a unique product that nobody else has done before that increases your understanding of a topic. Discuss together and review these guidelines.
- Do some high quality research and post to your wiki page
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SWBAT: do quality research that has value for a goal |
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go to the site recommended to you by the paper you got yesterday and tell in warmup why it is worthwhile |
- Do quality research. Compare/contrast, find backup sources for the facts you have, expand.
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SWBAT: expand research, find backup sources |
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read purple comments on your wiki page on what to change/add to your information when creating your presentation |
- View short presentation together on MD recycling
- Create PowerPoint presentations: 4-5 slides (no title slide) on your topic. Write sentences in notes, outline on slide. Keep in mind the goal is to say what kinds of energy are right for Maryland.
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SWBAT: arrange research information into a presentation |
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Look at these resources, have you used any of them? |
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Type what you consider to be the 4 most significant facts about your presentation in a word document. Save as energyFactsYourName on Z. Close. |
- How to create good transitions (at least 2)/ animations (interesting and not overdone)/ layout (easy to read, should use a background)
- Refine presentations.
- Copy your energyFacts document to turnin drive. Highlight your 4 facts in your presentation (make them bold, different color, or underline)
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SWBAT: emphasize most significant facts, add transitions, animations and good formatting. |
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Check the hand-in drive to see if your energyFacts document is in the Meskauskas/ cs1/ energy facts folder. If not, why not? |
- Fill in summarizing statements, print out and hand in.
- Does your name appear anywhere obvious on your PowerPoint? It should.
- Print your notes sheet from the powerpoint, be sure your name is the first thing to print.
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SWBAT: summarize what can be learned, practice notes. |
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Copy this fact sheet into your website folder. |
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SWBAT: describe current accomplishments in renewable energy. record significant energy facts. |
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Display your fact sheet on your screen. |
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SWBAT: describe renewable energy facts that apply to MD |
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How many wind turbines are in Charles County Maryland so far? Extra credit for anybody who can find out where another one is in MD. |
- Finish giving presentations
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