Y6: What do I hope to learn from my survey?

May 162016
 

Fieldwork week

Here are some ideas for you to use…

1 Google maps

  1. Log into your school Google account and go to Drive
  2. Click on NEW then More… the Google My Maps
  3. This will create a new map – explore the tools
    1. Add a pin to a location
      1. Give it a name
      2. Attach some information
      3. Can you attach a photo (these need to be online – you attach them by copying a web address)
    2. Add a route – perhaps the walking route you will take to your fieldwork
    3. Add an area

2 Scratch interactive map

3 j2e interactive map 

Google form

  • What we will learn from our survey?
  • So what?
  • What will the benefit of our survey be?
  • How will we look after the data?
  • What are our responsibilities?
  • Do we need to promise anonymity?

Success steps:

log into Google; go to Drive; create a new form; use a range of form tools; publish form on shared document; consider safety and responsibilities; be curious; be sociable

Next – fill out each others’ surveys and analyse the results.

Y3: How do I create mixed pages in JIT?

May 112016
 
  1. Log into j2e and go into JIT
  2. Close the templates box and select “mix”
  3. Choose picture + text then tick
  4. Add the title What forms of transport did Chestnut use at the weekend?
  5. Draw a picture in the picture box of some forms of transport
  6. Click on the + which will make a new page
  7. Choose the 4 boxes with graph, text, text and picture
  8. Graph – click on the folder to load your graph
  9. Text – write about what your graph shows
  10. Text – write a sentence about one of the forms of transport
  11. Picture
    1. Laptops
      1. Click * then “pictures” then camera then the picture button
      2. Search for a picture using the world button
      3. When you have found a picture, double click then ok then cancel
      4. Click * then pictures and you should see your new photo – click on it
    2. PCs
      1. Go to  j2e5, click on pictures, search for a picture using the world button and drag it onto your page
      2. Go back to JIT, click * then click on your picture

Y4 What is a mindmap and how can I make one?

May 032016
 
  1. Watch the video about mindmaps.
  2. Explore the tools on
    1. www.text2mindmap.com
    2. Coggle (Log into Google, go to Drive, create New – more – Coggle)
    3. Mind Mup (same steps as Coggle)
  3. Use one of these tools to create a mindmap about what you know about the Egyptians

Success steps

  • recall ideas from topic;
  • classify ideas;
  • understand branch structure/rules of mindmaps;
  • explore new software with curiosity and positivity;
  • load blog.

Try copying and pasting this into www.text2mindmap.com then add your own tabs.

St Mark’s
Year 3
Ash
Beech
Chestnut
Year 4
Elm
Miss Adkins
Fir
Mrs Banfield
Mrs Corfield
Holly
Mrs Grey
Mrs Stoneham

Measuring the speed of sound!

Apr 302016
 

We went out onto the playground to measure the speed of sound armed with only a piece of string and a weight – here’s how we did it:

  1. We figured that speed was something to do with time and distance, so we needed a way of measuring both.
  2. Distance:
      1. Mr Williams (stood on a few whiteboards!) is 1.75m so we measured that with string 4 times making 4 x 1.75 = 7m.
      2. Then we folded the string into 7 equal lengths to make 1m.  We cut another piece of string to this 1m length.
  
  1. Time:

    1. Fact – a 1m long pendulum swings every 1 second.
    2. We made a 1m long pendulum using our 1m measure and tying the weight to the end.
  2. Speed of sound:
      1. Speed = distance divided by time
      2. The aim was to use a pair of claves to make a sound and bounce the sound off a wall from 50m away continuously for 100 seconds.  The sound would travel 100m between hit and echo (and by hitting in a regular beat would travel another 100 before hitting the claves again)
      3. We measured 50m by using the 7m string 7 times then the 1m once.
      4.  The pendulum kept swinging off course and hitting the goalposts to which they were tied.  Eventually we managed 38 seconds, during which we had hit the claves 59 times which worked out to be 329m/s for the speed of sound
      5. The real speed of sound is 340m/s so we were only 11m/s out – only using string to work it out!

Y56 LQ: What have I learned about programming?

Apr 282016
 
  1. Spend a short time finishing or adding something to your project
  2. Play at least three games by a range of people in the class
  3. Complete the End of unit reflection under How did that go on the menu bar above?
  4. Save your Scratch project as your name, eg “Y6 game Bob H.sb2” in your folder
  5. Screenshot (Printscreen) some views of you game and code – copy them into your Scratch j2e file.
  6. Add a comment to your j2e file, perhaps saying what went well (WWW) and what could be better (EBI = even better if)

Y4: What have learned about programming?

Apr 262016
 
  • Play own and others games;
  • Save Scratch project in your folder
  • Fill out Maze game reflection form in
  • Make a j2e5 page called Scratch Maze Game
  • Look at the colour levels on j2review – what colour do you think you are? Do you think you are “Basic” = following instructions;  “Advancing” = changing and adapting code; “Deep” = coming up with your own code?
  • Write this in a learning coversation on your Scratch Maze Game file
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