Y4 LF Saving mind map (4)

May 212018
 

Checklist

  • Tree-like
  • Rectangular shape – size of screen, no gaps
  • No overlapping branches/labels
  • Text size – no tiny text
  • Add your name as an unconnected idea – RH click in a space

Saving and uploading to j2e

  1. In Coggle – click download 
  2. Download pdf AND download image (RH click – save image)
  3. In j2launch – upload 
  4. Choose files…
  5. Upload both pdf and png files to j2e
  6. Make a new j2e5 page
    1. landscape
    2. mind map as big as possible
    3. save as “river mind map”

Finished…?

Have a go at this blog post

Y6: LF: Create a Google form (1)

May 182018
 

LF: Explore Google Forms

  1. Go to Google Drive
  2. Click NEW, More then Google forms
  3. Explore as many tools and options as you can, including:
    1. Naming the form
    2. Changing the theme
    3. Trying each question type
    4. Adding sections and titles

LF: Plan your research project

  1. Think about what you would be interested in finding out by doing a survey.  I can get children in Year 6 to complete the surveys.
  2. Think carefully about:
    1. What questions to ask
    2. Which type of question
    3. What data you want – words, sentences, numbers,…
    4. Do you need names?
  3. Design your form

Looking after data – by doing a survey, you have a responsibility to look after people’s information safely.  How do you think you should do this?

LF: Share your form

  • Allow anyone at St Mark’s to view your form
  • Find and copy the share link for your form
  • Fill out this form to share your form information

Y5 LF Planning a game – decomposition (2)

May 142018
 
  1. Finish your game plan (Google drive – classroom)
  2. Decomposition means breaking a problem or situation down into simple pieces.  When we are programming, we need to break the game down into simple bits that we program one at a time.
  3. Start with one part of your plan, eg how the main character moves.
  4. Break it down:
    1. Animation, eg walking
      1. Draw two or more costumes
      2. Example walking animation
      3. Make them swap all of the time when the greem flag is pressed.
    2. Controls
      1. Arrow keys
        1. Left – change x by -5
        2. Right – change x by 5
        3. Up – change y by 5
        4. Down- change y by -5
      2. Point int the right direction
        1. Left – point in direction – left
        2. Right – point in direction – right
      3. Rotation style: Left-right
  5. Now choose another element of your plan to work on
    1. Break it down…

Y6 Yearbook and Music Survey

May 112018
 
  1. Fill out the Y6 Yearbook Form
  2. Please fill out this survey to help Wiltshire Council provide better services for music education (especially for those in Y7 next year…).
  3. Typing practice
  4. If you have time, practice some Maths or English skills

Y5 LF Planning a game (1)

May 082018
 

Think…

  1. We are going to plan and create a Greek themed game using Scratch.
  2. Think about some of the stories you have learned about –  Greek gods or heroes.
  3. What stories could you make a game about?
  4. Games could include
    1. Action – running,  jumping,  fighting,  climbing, flying
    2. Questions
    3. Choices
    4. Mazes
  5. Characters (sprites)
    1. Animated (costumes)
    2. Variables – lives, strength
    3. Controls
    4. Main character
    5. Other characters
    6. Other sprites
  6. Screens (Backgrounds)
    1. Title
    2. Instructions
    3. Level 1
    4. More levels

Tasks

  1. Go to Google classroom to find the planning sheet
  2. Start filling it in
  3. Include sketches of characters using drawings
  4. Go to Scratch to remind yourself of how it works
    1. Comment any “How do I …?” questions on Google Classroom

Y4 LF: Mindmaps (3)

May 022018
 

Previous post – Mindmaps (2)

Open and add

  1. Go to Google Drive
  2. Open your mind map from last week
  3. Add ideas to your mind map

Share your Coggle

  1. Share your Coggle by entering my email address

More techniques

  1. Create an unconnected idea.
  2. Create links – dashed lines – between ideas
  3. Insert symbols – label most important/interesting facts with !
    1. Create a key idea to show what the symbols mean
  4. Questions and comments
    1. Add a ?  symbol to an idea – then add a comment to that idea – a question about rivers
  5. Add hyperlinks to websites about Rivers

Preparing to print

  1. Fitting to print area
    1. Fit your Coggle on your screen – with not much spare space
    2. It will then be the right shape to print on A4 landscape
  2. Exporting
    1. Save the Coggle as a picture
    2. Email the picture to me
    3. Copy the picture into a j2e5 page

 

Checklist

  1. TEXT  Biggest in middle, then getting smaller
  2. PICTURES  Simple, cartoon/clip art pictures for some branches
  3. STRUCTURE – Title –> Chapters –> Sections –> Info –> Details
  4. SHARE with me
  5. SYMBOLS – for most important info and ?s
  6. FIT to rectangle – fill gaps

 

More information on Rivers

  1. You could get some ideas for main branches and information here:

Y3 LF: Bar charts in j2e5 (3)

May 012018
 

Choose one of these projects:

Spiders!

  • Visit this website about British spiders:
  • http://britishspiders.org.uk/wiki2015/index.php?title=Category:Spider_Species
  • For each type of spider:
    • Find its length in cm.  You could use CTRL-F and enter cm to find it quickly on the page
    • On another tab, search for a picture of the spider – use “.png ” in your search to find pictures without a background, eg “huntsman spider .png”
    • Copy and paste the image to your j2e5 page
    • Use the ruler or measuring tool to make the spider the correct size
    • Label the spider

Rivers

  • Start a new j2e5 page
  • Make a new table with 1 column and 10 rows
  • Visit this website to find out the longest rivers in the world and their lengths:  http://www.ducksters.com/geography/worldrivers.php
  • Put the information in your table
  •  Create a graph from your table by selecting it and clicking the graph button
  • Add a picture of the world with the rivers labelled (in shared pictures)
  • Add a title and make the page into an attractive poster – make things as big as possible to fill the page.

Mountains

  • Create another poster about the tallest mountains on each continent
  • Use the information here:  http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/li/List_of_mountains
  • Search for “seven summits map” to find a map of the world with these mountains marked on – add it to your poster
  • Add a title and some pictures
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