FIFTH GRADE
Schedule Room 214
Monday @ 8:15, Thursday @ 2:00, Friday @ 1:00
Schedule Room 216
Monday @ 9:15, Thursday @ 1:00, Friday @ 10:30
CLASS 24 - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2016
Returning Theme 21: Biotechnology and Theme 22: Plant Motion Test
Completing Theme 24 Air Pollution: I Have a Right to Breathe Clean Air!
Students will discover the causes of air pollution and some of the ways to fight air pollution.
HW: THEME 24 VOCABULARY
CLASS 25 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016
Theme 1 Hardness: That's Hard! Hard as ...
Students will learn how to distinguish between flexibility, tenacity and hardness. Students will discover a method of comparing the hardness of one material with that of another.
HW: THEME 1 VOCABULARY
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 (Theme 23 and 24 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 26 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Completing Theme 1 Hardness: That's Hard! Hard as ...
Students will learn how to distinguish between flexibility, tenacity and hardness. Students will discover a method of comparing the hardness of one material with that of another.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 (Theme 23 and 24 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 27 - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Class review of Theme 23: Animal Adaptation and Theme 24: Air Pollution
Theme 1 Activity: Hard as Nails!
Students will learn a method for determining the hardness of materials and to realize that not all hard objects have the same hardness.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 (Theme 23 and 24 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 28 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016 ... REMEMBRANCE DAY
Theme 23: Animal Adaptation and Theme 24: Air Pollution TEST
CLASS 29 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Theme 2 Activity: To Rust or Not to Rust
Students will determine the materials that can rust.
PRACTICE FOR CARIBOU MATH CONTEST @ WWW.CARIBOUTESTS.COM - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
(for students who have opted to write the contest)
CLASS 30 - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2016
Completing Theme 2 Activity: To Rust or Not to Rust
Students will determine the materials that can rust.
Theme 2 Rust: Oh No, Rust!
Students will discover what rust is and various ways to prevent rust.
HW: THEME 2 VOCABULARY
CLASS 31 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2016
Completing Theme 2 Rust: Oh No, Rust!
Students will discover what rust is and various ways to prevent rust.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 (Themes 1 and 2 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 32 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2016
Lego Mindstorms NXT Robotics - Basic Model
Students will build a basic model and add the colour sensor, touch sensor and ultrasonic sensor.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 (Themes 1 and 2 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 33 - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2016
Theme 23: Animal Adaptation and Theme 24: Air Pollution TEST
Class review of Theme 1: Hardness and Theme 2: Rust
Lego Mindstorms NXT Robotics - Basic Model
Students will build a basic model and add the colour sensor, touch sensor and ultrasonic sensor.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 (Themes 1 and 2 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 34 - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2016
Theme 1: Hardness and Theme 2: Rust TEST
CLASS 35 - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2016
Hour of Code @ www.code.org
Students will participate in the HOUR OF CODE. Students will learn the basic concepts of Computer Science with Moana and MineCraft drag n' drop programming (similar to robotics programming). Students will also have an opportunity to code with Scratch and JavaScript.
CLASS 36 - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2016
Returned Theme 1: Hardness and Theme 2: Rust TEST
Continuing Hour of Code @ www.code.org
Students will participate in the HOUR OF CODE. Students will learn the basic concepts of Computer Science with Moana and MineCraft drag n' drop programming (similar to robotics programming). Students will also have an opportunity to code with Scratch and JavaScript.
CLASS 37 - MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2016
Continuing Hour of Code @ www.code.org
Students will participate in the HOUR OF CODE. Students will learn the basic concepts of Computer Science with Moana and MineCraft drag n' drop programming (similar to robotics programming). Students will also have an opportunity to code with Scratch and JavaScript.
CLASS 38 - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2016
Programming of Lego Mindstorms Robot on Ocean Mat - Action Blocks
Students will learn to make the robot move in different ways my using the various Action Blocks.
Challenge 1: Starting from Black Island, the robot must roll north for a distance of 6 rotations.
Challenge 2: Starting from Black Island, the robot must roll as close to the turtle as possible without rolling over it. You must find the right number of rotations without using a sensor.
CLASS 39 - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2016
Programming of Lego Mindstorms Robot on Ocean Mat - Action Blocks
Students will learn to make the robot move in different ways my using the various Action Blocks.
Challenge 3: Starting from Black Island, the robot must roll north for a distance of at least 6 rotations, then turn around and return to the starting point.
CLASS 40 - MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2016
Construction of Lego Mindstorms Robot
Students will build an addition to the front of their base model (Riley Rover) in order to pick up (push) different items on the Ocean Mat.
Programming of Lego Mindstorms Robot on Ocean Mat - Action Blocks
Students will learn to make the robot move in different ways my using the various Action Blocks.
Challenge 4: Starting from the port, the robot must go and pick up (push) the salmon and carry it up the river to the spawning grounds.
CLASS 41 - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2016
Programming of Lego Mindstorms Robot on Ocean Mat - Action Blocks
Students will learn to make the robot move in different ways my using the various Action Blocks.
Continuing Challenge 4: Starting from the port, the robot must go and pick up (push) the salmon and carry it up the river to the spawning grounds.
CLASS 42 - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2016
Programming of Lego Mindstorms Robot on Ocean Mat - Action Blocks, Flow Blocks and Sensor Blocks
Students will build the colour/ultrasonic sensor attachment and will learn to make the robot react when detecting speceific colours, using the colour sensor with the wait block.
Challenge 5: Starting from the port, the robot must detect a contaminated zone (shown as a colour on the mat). Once it has reached the zone, the robot must stop and repeat a sound (beep) 5 times.