This Week in the Lab - October 4-8

Kindergarten students will continue to work with different websites to practice their mouse skills.  First grade students will begin using Microsoft Word and will learn how to edit text for size, color, and font.  Second grade students will use a variety of keyboarding websites to improve their typing.  Third grade students will create a graph in Excel using the weather and latitude data they previously collected.  Fifth grade students will practice with latitude and longitude by searching famous landmarks using Google Earth and a list of coordinates.  Sphero Cities wrap up with a showcase on Friday for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade PEP/GEM students.

This Week in the Lab - September 26-30

Kindergarten students will continue practicing their mouse skills using various activities and websites.  3rd grade students will use Google Earth to find latitudes of a list of cities, the current high temperature of each, and then use Microsoft Excel to graph the data.  4th grade students will use Google Slides to create a collaborative presentation about themselves.  3rd, 4th, and 5th grade PEP/GEM students will learn how to program Sphero to drive through the city they created.

          

Google Slides
Albert
Esposito
Farquharson/Somers
Weiland

3rd Grade - Weather Underground

This Week in (and out) of the Lab - September 19-23

All students will receive information on their new code.org accounts.  These can be used to access the programming activities on the Internet.  These accounts can also be accessed from home, please use the link for "Code" on this blog.

Students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades will also be introduced to Chromebooks, including the features, apps, and shortcuts.

     

This Week in the Lab - September 12-16

All students will visit the computer lab for the first time this year and review procedures.  Kindergarten students will practice mouse skills using Tux Paint.  1st and 2nd grade students will practice logging in and out as well as keyboarding skills.  3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students will create blogs using Blogger.

  

Welcome Back to School!

Let's have a great 2016-17 school year!  See you in the lab!!!

6th Grade Minecraft - Part 3

Minecraft: War!
You fought in a "war" today; at least as much of a war as Minecraft can be.  Answer the following questions:

Part A: Your Own Reaction

1.) What were your emotions during the beginning?  If you were an attacker, what were you feeling leading up to the attack?  If a defender, how did you react when the attackers came?

2.) What were your thoughts during the "defend the beacons" stage?  What went well?  What went badly?

3.) How did it feel when a 3rd "army" (the monsters) came in?  Did you automatically stop fighting the other players, or did you continue your fight?  Why or why not?

4.) What were your thoughts and emotions when you looked over the ruin of the city?


Part B: Application to Social Studies

1.) You've been learning about Egypt, Kush, and Assyria.
• In our lesson, what group would be the "Egyptians"?  Why them?
• What group would be the Kushites?  Why?
• What group would be the Assyrians?  Why?

2.) What must it have been like for those who lived through the actual conquest of Egypt?  Would they have felt any of the same emotions you did?  What would have been different?

3.) Do you think there is such a thing as a "good" war?  Given the destruction and loss of (Minecraft) life that you saw today, is war ever "worth it"?  Why or why not?

This Week in the Tech Lab - May 23-27

6th Grade Data Analysis and Geometry Project
Students will collect baseline and experimental data and then analyze it using MS Excel.  Students will take this information and build a track in TrackMania that will result in the highest average speed.

This Week in the Tech Lab - May 16-20

3rd Grade Area and Perimeter Project
Students will use Minecraft to design and build a house.  First, students will use a grid to draw their rooms and layout, while also calculating area and perimeter for each room.  Then, students will use Minecraft to build their house by following their model.  Once students have successfully translated their foundation, they may build walls, floors, decorations, etc. to complete their house.

Killdeer Live Stream

Killdeer Video - May 3

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Check out these times:

4:30 - Walks away

40:40 - Walks back

2:12:40 - Eats and walks away

2:36:40 - Walks back