Y3 LF: Bar chart in j2e5 (1) – Around the World

Apr 202020
 

Activity 1 – Make a table

  1. Start a new j2e5 page
  2. Make a new table   with 1 column and 7 rows
  3. Copy this information into your table
    1. (Continent)            Million people
    2. Africa                        1276
    3. Antarctica                0.002
    4. Asia                           4561
    5. Europe                       746
    6. North America          583
    7. Oceania                        42
    8. South America           424
  4. Save the page as:  World information

Figures from Wikipedia

**Why might the numbers be different from the ones I have given above?

** Look at this live World Population Counter

 Video instructions for Activity 1

Activity 2 – create a bar chart

  1. Create a bar chart from your table by selecting it (click on top left box) and clicking the graph button 
  2. Move the table and bar chart next to each other.
  3. Add the following title:

  4. A bar chart to show how many million people live in each continent.

Video instructions for Activity 2

Activity 3 – Make a poster

  1. Add a picture of  the world’s continents
    1. I have shared a blank one that you could label
  2. Add a title: The continents of the world
  3. Add some facts, for example from these websites:
    1. https://www.q-files.com/geography/
    2. https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/continent-facts.html

Video instructions for Activity 3

Activity 4 – Finish your poster

  1. Make the page into an attractive poster – fill the page, addnore pictures and information.
  2. Success criteria
    1. Fill the page
    2. Graph and chart together
    3. Fact box
    4. Big title
    5. Even spacing – no big gaps or squashed items

Follow on activities

1 Cool text

When you have checked the success criteria, then you could do this extension task to make a more interesting title.

  1. Go to https://cooltext.com/
  2. Choose a suitable style
  3. Type “Continents of the World”
  4. Change settings – you can choose a better font here too
  5. Drag onto your j2e5 page instead of your title

Activity 5 Perfecting your poster

For a perfect poster, make sure:

  • lots of pictures and information filling the page
  • things are spread evenly – no big gaps or squashed bits
  • gaps between things the same

More pages

Add a page to your file by clicking on the  in the bottom right corner of your page. You could make a page about:

  • one of the continents
  • the land area of the continents including another table and graph
  • information about the sea and oceans
  • a table and chart of highest mountains of the world, longest rivers, etc

Day 1 challenge

Mar 232020
 
  • Use any drawing tools in j2e5 to make a picture out of this scribble
  • Rules
    • Only take 5 minutes
    • Scribble must be still visible
    • Scribble must be part of the picture
    • Put your first name on your picture if you are happy for it to be shared

If you have an iPad, you could use the free j2launch app.

Well done to those that had a go – here are the pictures!

Y4 LF Hyperlinking pages in j2e5

Jan 072020
 

Lesson 1

Video tutorial

  1. Open “linked pages template” in shared files, st-marks
  2.  Making the hyperlinks:
    1. Select “Next”
    2. Click “link” on the tool panel
    3. Type “#page 2”
    4. Click “ok”
    5. SAVE
  3. Testing the link
    1. Make sure you have saved
    2. Click “view”
    3. Click on the link
  4. Now create the link back to page 1 from page 2
  5. You could also have the page numbers at the bottom so you can skip to any page.
  6. Can you make a button with shapes and text?
  7. Add a link to my blog:  https://st-marks-wilts-sch-uk.j2bloggy.com/MrWs-Computing-Blog/

More to think about

  • HTML is the language that is used to make webpages.  Click on this link to see how links work in HTML : HTML links
  • Make a simple adventure game by creating pages with doors which are links to a new page.  It could be a maze…

Lesson 3

  1. Template file – Chinese Palace
  2. Make doors links to explore the palace
  3. Make simple adventure game
  4. ** Make a map (site map)

 

Y5 Book covers

Oct 012019
 
  1. Copy Stormbreaker cover
    1. Save with a different name
  2. Create complete cover with spine and back cover
    1. Match the style of the front
  3. Copy another front cover
  4. Design your own front cover

Y3456 T1 skills

Sep 302019
 

j2e5 skills

Year 3

  • Enter username and password
  • Select items (arrow tool – double click – blue squares)
  • Delete items (select, backspace)
  • Undo
  • Click and drag
  • Resize, rotate, reposition items
  • Change effects – colours, thickness, bold,…
  • Use tools
  • Duplicate items (drag )
  • Search for media within j2e ()
  • Save ()
  • Locate work

Year 4

  • Attention to detail
  • Choosing fonts
  • Layering items
  • Crop images
  • Drag select more than one item

Year 5

  • Use websites to generate content eg cooltext
  • Stretch images in j2e (shift-drag)
  • Attention to detail
  • Group items
  • Shape crop images

Year 6

  • Attention to detail
  • Independently use tools
  • Focus on audience, purpose
  • Actively solve problems

Learning skills

  • Is positive when exploring new tools
  • Has a “hands down and have a go” attitude.
  • Is sociable – ready to help, accepts help

Y3 Finishing our topic pages

Mar 052019
 

LF Using j2e5 tools

Success steps

1 Finish border

  1. Finish your border – see last blog

2 Title

  1. Add the title:  EXTREME EARTH
    1. You could use the cool text website
      1. Choose a style
      2. Type the title
      3. Create logo
      4. Drag and drop to j2e5
      5. or
      6. RH click on the title – copy image
      7. In j2e – CTRL-V to paste

3 Add pictures + text

  1. Search volcano, earth, earthquake pictures in j2e5
    1. resize, position
    2. crop
      1. drag the middle blobs
      2. choose a crop shape
  2. Add words to do with the topic:
    1. mantle, magma, lava, volcano,…

4 Add name

  1. Add your name and class at the bottom

5 Editing

  1. Space things out evenly – no big gaps, pictures paced evenly
  2. Look at some book covers to help you with your design

6 DON’T FORGET TO SAVE!

Y3 LF Drawing, grouping and duplicating in j2e5

Feb 272019
 

1 Making a page border with your own drawing

  • Use this video to help you make a page border with your own drawing.

Success steps

  1. Start a new j2e5 page
  2. Use the drawing tools to draw a SIMPLE picture
  3. Change colours
  4. Use group button – to make it one picture
  5. Move items with the mouse
  6. Use grid and snap
  7. Use duplicate tool to copy shapes
  8. Select more than one item by dragging a box
  9. Be resilient – take care when lining up shapes
  10. Save with a useful name

Finished?

Put your name in the bottom right hand corner.

Make the page into a topic title page:

  1. Add a BIG title:  Extreme Earth
  2. Use the picture search in j2e to find pictures of the Earth, volcanoes,…
  3. Fill the page

Y4 LF Coding eBooks

Jan 172019
 

Work through these videos in order.  Don’t forget to save!

  1. Video tutorial – seeting up page links in j2e5
  2. Video tutorial  – setting up page links in Scratch
  3. Video tutorial 2 – using page numbers as links in j2e5
  4. Video tutorial 2 – Making page links and hiding links in Scratch
  5. Video tutorial 3 – Show what page we’re on – in Scratch

Now you have set up the links for an eBook in j2e5 and Scratch.

Using your knowledge from your Roman topic, create the content for your eBook.  Choose a small topic, eg Roman Food.

  1. An attractive title page
  2. 3 more pages of information with one sentence on each and a picture.
    1. Whe you search for pictures – use “Images – tools – usage rights – labelled for non commercial use“

Y4 How do I link pages with hyperlinks in j2e5?

Jan 052019
 
  1. Create and save two pages in j2e5:
    1. Page 1
    2. Page 2
  2. On Page 1 you need
    1. Title:  “Page 1” – make it big!
    2. “Link to page 2”
  3. On Page 2 you need
    1. Title:  “Page 2” – make it big!
    2. “Link to page 1”
  4.  Making the hyperlinks:
    1. Select “link to page 2”
    2. Click “link” on the tool panel
    3. Click “browse…”
    4. Select Page 2
    5. Click “ok”
    6. SAVE
  5. Testing the link
    1. Make sure you have saved
    2. Click “view”
    3. Click on the link
    4. If it doesn’t work, try step 4 again.
  6. Now create the link back to page 1 from page 2
  7. Can you make a button with shapes and text?
  8. Add a link to my blog:  https://st-marks-wilts-sch-uk.j2bloggy.com/MrWs-Computing-Blog/

More to think about

  • HTML is the language that is used to make webpages.  Click on this link to see how links work in HTML : HTML links
  • Make a simple adventure game by creating pages with doors which are links to a new page.  It could be a maze…
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