Digital Media, week 6

Break photo assignment

Monday

• Break photo assignment
• get all the photos you need for your story

Tuesday

• Break photo assignment
• get all the photos you need for your story

Wednesday

• Pixlr Editor on the Google Drive (extension)
• Choose a background, and using the lasso and re-sizing tool, add people to your background as well as text on your photo.

Thursday

• Share your Pixlr Edited pictures.
• Send Mrs. Rose your un-edited pictures.
• Cut and paste time!

Friday

Conservation, week 6

Monday

1. National Park presentation - Isle Royale
2. Air Pollution
1. Article 1
2. Article 2 

Tuesday

1. Air Pollution worksheet

Wednesday

1. Finish air pollution discussion
2. Start: Why is topography important when dealing with pollution contamination?
• What is a topographic map?
• How do I read a topographic map?
• Why are they important in life?
• How do I create a topographic map?
3. Create your own topographic map using the data provided.
• Worksheet

Thursday

1. How to create a topographic map
2. Go back to yesterday's map and make sure that you have the correct lines.
3. Map discussions

Research Investigations, week 6

Students will be able to create a movable parade float using only the materials provided. Students will be able to use research skills to present information on a science misconception. 

Monday

1. turn in language stories
2. Design a parade float
1. Create a parade - What are they celebrating? What is the name of the parade?
2. Design your person (toliet paper roll)
3. Your parade float will be graded on (1) whether or not it moves, (2) creativity - it is a parade float! -, and (3) the above parade info.

Tuesday

Web site

Now, find a science misconception of your own!

Wednesday

1. Parade floats: 15 minutes
2. Science misconception projects

Thursday

1. Parade floats: 15 minutes
2. Science misconception projects

Friday

1. Presentations!
1. Languages
2. Parade floats - do they move?
3. Science misconceptions.

Conservation, week 5

We will be able to discuss pollution and how it impacts our world.

Monday

• Article - read this article. Turn to me when you are done and shout your name out.
• How can air pollution be combated?
• Sound Pollution
• Ocean Pollution presentation 2

Tuesday
Wednesday

• Light Pollution
• Soil Pollution
• Water Plant

Thursday
Friday

Research Investigations, week 5

This week, I will:

1. test my egg catching contraption.
2. create a language and story using that language.

Monday

• Egg drop - round 1
• write a story with the starting sentence: "Once upon a time, there was a clumsy engine mechanic who collected space trash."

Tuesday

• Share stories
• Egg drops - round 2, 3, 4
• Language creation time

Wednesday

• Problem of the day: grab the worksheet
• Who done it? videos
• Language creation time

Thursday

• Reflection - Naked Egg Drop
• Language creation time

Friday

• Problem of the day: grab the worksheet
• Language creation time

Digital Media, week 4

Monday
1. Embedding videos onto our web pages
2. Code.org  OR Code Academy

Tuesday

1. Photo scavenger document 
2. Code.org  OR Code Academy

Wednesday

1. Photo scavenger document 
2. Code.org  OR Code Academy

Thursday

1. Photo scavenger document 
2. CODE (new activity - click on the document)

Conservation, week 4

Monday
Question: There is a bill going through the state of Michigan to make it legal to burn plastics and rubber tires. Is this a good or bad idea? Why?
News article

Tuesday
Question: What are the environmental impacts of a meltdown of a nuclear power plant vs. a trash burning power plant?

Wednesday

• Find a current event that has to do with conservation. Post the link to the article and a short summary of it in the comments section. Comment (as a reply) on two other people's post.
• Expectations for tomorrow
• Presentation: Air Pollution

Thursday

• After yesterday's presentation, what other questions do you still have on air pollution that you would like answered? (Post any questions as a reply to the comment "Air Pollution") This is not saying that yesterday's presentation was not great (it was), but sometimes presentations make us want to know more about a topic.)
• Either:
•  design a national park of your choosing (it can be completely imaginary)
• Done INDIVIDUALLY
• Name your park.
• What can I do there?
• Where would it be?
• Map of the park
• Using your field of pollution, create a document/video/song informing people how they can help reduce the pollution problem.
• Example: Air Pollution could create a video telling people why they should not smoke. (This one cannot be done.)
• Another example...  (This one has lots of ways, but you can only do one. Be sure to include HOW this helps reduce pollution. Ex: Why does driving the speed limit reduce air pollution?)

Friday
Turn in your work from yesterday
Ocean Pollution presentation 1