This Week in the Tech Lab - October 26-30

6th Grade Astronomy

6th grade students will use Kerbal Space Program to build and fly a rocket into orbit.  If successful, students will attempt to complete other challenges.

This Week in the Tech Lab - October 19-23

Kindergarten - Students will continue to work on mouse and basic computer skills utilizing various programs and games.



1st and 2nd Grade - Students will create a "FALL" acrostic poem using Microsoft Word.  Students will edit text and insert an image.



3rd Grade - Students will learn how to insert an image into a blog post.  Students will create a new blog post about fall including their chosen image.



5th Grade - Students will use math concepts to program Sphero to complete various challenges.

This Week in the Tech Lab - October 13-17

Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grade - More with Code

Students will learn the new vocabulary words "algorithm" and "program" and practice using direction commands using Kodable.  Students will then log in to their code.org accounts and continue in Course 1.



4th Grade - Sphero SPRK Lesson 1 - Time, Speed, and Distance

Students will experiment with time and speed for Sphero to see its relationship to distance.  Students will practice measuring, division, and other math concepts.

This Week in the Tech Lab - October 5-9

5th Grade Music Production Project

5th grade students will learn how to create and edit an audio file.  Students will use Audiotool to create a background track, import into Audacity, record their audio track using Audacity, and then export and publish to the web.  Final projects will be posted to student blogs on Blogger.