Volunteers at Maker Faire 2016!

Ms. Marzouk is looking for volunteers at the TechyKids.com booth at Maker Faire!  Students 4th grade and up can select a spot to volunteer for with parent permission.  Kids of all ages come to the Faire to Explore and Learn.  It is an AMAZING EXPERIENCE!

Click here to Sign up!  (Must have parent's permission)

 Maker Faire is the LARGEST Do-It-Yourself faire!  Find out more information here: http://makerfaire.com/
 

2015-2016 Classes

3rd Grade -
1. Type to Learn (First 25 Minutes, until 2:35)
2. Viking Website (Last 20 Minutes)
3. Cereal Box Project

Cereal Survey

4. Patricia Polacco Webquest
5. Research an Endangered Animal

1. 3rd Grade Blendspace

6. Typing Practice
7. Scratch

6th Grade:

6th Grade

3-D Modeling- Sketchup 

1. Download Fusion360 to your Computer, for FREE!  
2. Download Sketchup to your own computer, for FREE
3. Tutorials http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/training/videos.html
1. Part 1 (10:07)
2. Part 2 (8:31)
3. Part 3 (14:37)
4. Part 4 (12:12)
4. Need to watch Parts 1-4 by class on 10/8- (will be shortly quizzed)
5. Designed house due by end of class 10/15.
1. Must have all of the following:
1. Slanted roof
2. House addition (so it has more than one part, like a garage)
1. Additions must be connected from inside house
3. Slanted roof
4. Outdoor steps
5. Painted exterior
6. Windows, and at least one window with panes
7. 1 chair, and 3 other pieces of furniture inside that are imported
8. 1 imported thing outside of the house
2. Turn-in: File must be named as "6 house your_name" and turned in by putting into the shared folder- Groups>2016>1 Sketchup Houses

4th Grade -
1.  Watch this Video:

2. Go to Techykids.com and follow video instrutions

Robot Magic

1) Go here:  http://robotmagic.org/magic/wwuuc
2) Click Register:
       Username: firstlas321
       password: w*******
       email:  (ms marzouk's email)
3) Click "link"
4) Then Follow Installation instructions to add Chrome extension and Robot Magic Driver
5) Create a Drawing using the simulator that can fit on a piece of paper




6th Grade -

https://projectignite.autodesk.com/

• put in a birthday with your actual birth year (otherwise you cannot join my class)
• 6A-MCA9-2R0F
• 6B- KPLM-XDAB
• Username: firstlas321

Sketchup

Design Studio Iterative Design Project 4/12/2016

7th Grade:

Makey Makey Project
1) Complete Project
2) Submit Project to Techykids.com
3) Submit Project Files to Google Drive, Inside 7X Scratch Projects
       1) Presentation
       2) Video
       3) Scratch Files
4) Fill out Feedback Form
5) codecademy.com

8th Grade:

Capstone Action Piece Workbook

Action Pitch Template
Action Piece Pitch Information

Overall Action Piece Rubric

2014-2015 Classes

Kindergarten-

• Shapes 2-D and 3-D
• Building Blocks - Building with CD Cases
• Kindergarten Website Links
• Between the Lions Stories
• Simple Machines
• Recycle, Compost, Trash

Grade 1-

1. Shapes- copy the drawing as closely as you can to practice using the different drawing tools in KidPix
2. ABCya.com
3. kidsastronomy.com
4. Do Research on website and take notes with paper and pencil
1. kidsastronomy.com
5. Do some self learning and exploration on starfall.com
6. Do a kidpix drawing of an interesting fact in the form of a sentence from your assigned subject and illustrate the topic.  Your page will  be part of a class book on The Solar System.
7. Create a drawing of the Solar System
8. Record students reading page in book to create Solar System Movie
9. Power Point Slides
1. Complete the Slides
1. Measurements
2. World Religions
3. What I am Learning
4. Draw a picture with Shapes
2. Create slides from pictures in shared folder
3. Create slides on research from these sites. 
1. Digestive System
2. Respiratory System

Grade 2-

1. Google Earth
1. Intro
2. Find the different locations and mark them on map
2. Make your own map 9/29
3. Telling Time
1. Math- Telling time
2. Stop the Clock
3. Telling Time (Abcya)
4. Tynker.com - Beginnings of learning to program, do the tutorials
1. Username: firstla321
2. Password: land
3. Join Class 95082694
5. Scratch, Open Ended Programming Started 11/14
1. Tutorials: https://scratch.mit.edu/help/videos/
6. Taj
7. Taj Fun
8. Ppt Book
9. 2nd Grade Blendspace Page (Jan 7-22)
1. Research India with #1 and #2 and write notes with pen and pencil
1. The number for #2 is: 290481482807##
10. Create a powerpoint about China (Feb 14-April 3)
1. Presentation should look like this (Number 4 or 5), and should have pictures from internet research (Number 2 and 3)
11. Create a powerpoint about your State Animal.  Slides should include:
1. Cover Slide - State, Animal, and your name
2. Picture of State Animal
3. Physical Characteristics
4. Habitat
5. Diet
6. Reproduction
7. Fun Facts

3rd Grade

• Logins
• Acrostic Poem
• Cereal Box Project in Powerpoint
• Type up "Follow to Learn" Page in Word
• Research an Endangered Animal Start 1/6
1. 3rd Grade Blendspace
• Create a cover for the Endangered Animal Report
• Love Is... Poem
• Patricia Polacco Webquest
• Colonial Trade Projects
• Create a cover for the end of 3rd grade Yearbook

4th Grade Computers

• Typing, Type to Learn

Grade 4-

• Robot Introduction
• Class 1- Beginning Programming Lesson
• Class 2- Open Experiment
• Class 3- Create an interactive animal with programmed behaviors
• Building off Thymio
  Questions
• Drawing in PowerPoint
• PowerPoint Slides of Product Description and Programming
• Programming the Robot
• Package your Robot Project
1. Title slide + Group Members
2. Robot Name + Descriptions
3. In words, how it is programmed
4. Program (need pictures of program in slides, and actual program file in group folder)
5. Graphic Representation of Project that was drawn on computer
6. Picture of Robot
7. Advertisement
8. Video of Project
1. This is .....(Name of project) 
2. by.............(Group member FIRST names)
3. The purpose of our project is to....
4.  As you can see, it has....(Features of product)
5. We programmed it so it will.... (How it is programmed)
6. How it works + Demonstration
7. Thanks for watching!
9. Slide of Video Script
10. Create a Logo for your project - and Incorporate it with your slides
• Using iMovie to edited Project Video
• Upload and share Project to community

5th Grade Computers

• Internet Safety and Google Apps
• Digital Passport
• Appropriate use of Google Apps
• How to use Email on Gmail
• Type to Learn 4
• How to Set up your Calendar
• Add other Calendars
• Invite Guests
• Create Repeating Events
• How to use Google Docs
• Share documents
• Upload other files
• Create Folders
• Share Folders
• How to Create Contacts and Groups
• Create your class as a group
• Ed1stop Video Tutorial: http://youtu.be/-gQnMXOaIAI

6th Grade

3-D Modeling- Sketchup 

1. 123D Design Tutorials
2. Download Fusion360 to your Computer, for FREE!  
3. Tutorials http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/training/videos.html
1. Part 1 (10:07)
2. Part 2 (8:31)
3. Part 3 (14:37)
4. Part 4 (12:12)
4. Need to watch Parts 1-4 by class on 10/8- (will be shortly quizzed)
5. Designed house due by end of class 10/15.
1. Must have all of the following:
1. Slanted roof
2. House addition (so it has more than one part, like a garage)
1. Additions must be connected from inside house
3. Slanted roof
4. Outdoor steps
5. Painted exterior
6. Windows, and at least one window with panes
7. 1 chair, and 3 other pieces of furniture inside that are imported
8. 1 imported thing outside of the house
2. Turn-in: File must be named as "6 house your_name" and turned in by putting into the shared folder- Groups>2016>1 Sketchup Houses
6. Google Sketch Up to 3-D Printer
7. Hand draw given orthogonal objects on dot paper
1. Objects: 13, 14, 6, 11
1. Create those objects with correct dimensions in Sketchup
8. Inspiration Game for Product Creation
1. Group pick "Baby" "Carries" Inspiration: Firetruck

7th Grade

• Programming in Scratch 2.0
• Download Sample Programs
• woodland-school

8th Grade

1. Watched the Video about the persistent Engineer with a disability
1. How can you design your life better?
2. Creativity+Great Attitude+Skill= Success
2. Creating a Research Document
   • Using Google Docs with Table of Contents
   
   
   Bookmarking and Highlighting Sites on the Internet
   • Chrome Extensions: Diigo
   • Firefox: Wired-Marker
   
   
   Finding Appropriate Resources
   • Resources Useful for Everyone
   
   
   Using Search
   • Google Search Operators, Analyzing Google Search Results
   • Google Sear ch, Google News, Google Books, Google Scholar,   
   • Other Search Engines:
   • http://education.iseek.com/
   • 100 Search Engines for Academic Research
   Determining Proper Sources
   Critically Evaluating Online Information
3. Caption Action Piece Inspirations (11/11/2014)
4. Register for Tinkercad.com, and go through the tutorials
5. Finding your Passion - Capstone Project
1. Capstone Brainstorm - Goals

Extended Care

Links to Websites

Extra References

Adobe Premier Video Editing Tutorials

Robot Block Party & Maker Faire

Sign up to Voluteer:

Maker Faire and Robot Block Party Volunteer Sign up!

Video Glimpse of Robot Party 2014

Video Glimpse of Robot Block Party 2013 with Woodland Student

Maker Faire 2014 Video Glimpse

TechyKids Maker Faire Photos

 Maker Faire Schedule:


Friday, May 15: 1pm - 7pm - Maker Faire

Saturday, May 16: 10am - 8pm - Maker Faire

Sunday, May 17: 10am - 6pm - Maker Faire 

2013-2014 Finished Projects

Kindergarten Thymio Animals and Movie

A Lion, its Baby, and the Monkey

K2 The Lonely Dinosaur and the Mean Alligator

Tech Classes 2013-2014

Kindergarten-

• Shapes 2-D and 3-D
• Building Blocks - Building with CD Cases
• Simple Machines and Rube Goldbergs
• Building the Simple Machines from LEGO in collaborative teams
• Learn about the Thymio Robot to learn of motors and sensors and how things work
• Rubber band powered vehicles- Energy Conversion
• Shapes- copy the drawing as closely as you can to practice using the different drawing tools in KidPix
• Demonstration of turning 2-D shapes on the computer to 3-D shapes using Google Sketchup
• Using Powerpoint to draw shapes (layers)
• Kindergarten Website Links

Grade 1-

1. Typing Name and ABC's in order
2. Shapes- copy the drawing as closely as you can to practice using the different drawing tools in KidPix
3. kidsastronomy.com
4. Do Research on website and take notes with paper and pencil
1. kidsastronomy.com
5. Do some self learning and exploration on starfall.com
6. Do a kidpix drawing of an interesting fact in the form of a sentence from your assigned subject and illustrate the topic.  Your page will  be part of a class book on The Solar System.
7. Create a drawing of the Solar System
8. Record students reading page in book to create Solar System Movie
9. Power Point Slides
1. Complete the Slides
1. Measurements
2. World Religions
3. What I am Learning
4. Draw a picture with Shapes
2. Create slides from pictures in shared folder
3. Create slides on research from these sites. 
1. Digestive System
2. Respiratory System

Grade 2-

1. Google Earth
1. Intro
2. Find the different locations and mark them on map
2. Tynker.com - Beginnings of learning to program, do the tutorials
3. Scratch, Open Ended Programming Started 11/14
4. Taj
5. Taj Fun
6. 2nd Grade Blendspace Page
1. Research India with #1 and #2 and write notes with pen and pencil
1. The number for #2 is: 290481482807##
7. Create a powerpoint about China
1. Presentation should look like this (Number 4 or 5), and should have pictures from internet research (Number 2 and 3)
8. Create a powerpoint about your State Animal.  Slides should include:
1. Cover Slide - State, Animal, and your name
2. Picture of State Animal
3. Physical Characteristics
4. Habitat
5. Diet
6. Reproduction
7. Fun Facts

3rd Grade

• Logins
• Acrostic Poem
• Cereal Box Project in Powerpoint
• Type up "Follow to Learn" Page in Word
• Research an Endangered Animal Start 1/6
1. 3rd Grade Blendspace
• Create a cover for the Endangered Animal Report
• Love Is... Poem
• Patricia Polacco Webquest
• Create a cover for the end of 3rd grade Yearbook

4th Grade Computers

• Typing, Type to Learn

Grade 4-

• Robot Introduction
• Class 1- Beginning Programming Lesson
• Class 2- Open Experiment
• Class 3- Create an interactive animal with programmed behaviors
• Drawing in PowerPoint
• PowerPoint Slides of Product Description and Programming
• Programming the Robot
• Package your Robot Project
1. Title slide + Group Members
2. Robot Name + Descriptions
3. In words, how it is programmed
4. Program (need pictures of program in slides, and actual program file in group folder)
5. Graphic Representation of Project that was drawn on computer
6. Picture of Robot
7. Advertisement
8. Video of Project
1. This is .....(Name of project) 
2. by.............(Group member FIRST names)
3. The purpose of our project is to....
4.  As you can see, it has....(Features of product)
5. We programmed it so it will.... (How it is programmed)
6. How it works + Demonstration
7. Thanks for watching!
9. Slide of Video Script
10. Create a Logo for your project - and Incorporate it with your slides
• Using iMovie to edited Project Video
• Upload and share Project to community

5th Grade Computers

• Internet Safety and Google Apps
• Appropriate use of Google Apps
• How to use Email on Gmail
• How to Set up your Calendar
• Add other Calendars
• Invite Guests
• Create Repeating Events
• How to use Google Docs
• Share documents
• Upload other files
• Create Folders
• Share Folders
• How to Create Contacts and Groups
• Create your class as a group
• Ed1stop Video Tutorial: http://youtu.be/-gQnMXOaIAI

6th Grade

3-D Modeling- Sketchup 

1. Tutorials http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/training/videos.html
1. Part 1 (10:07)
2. Part 2 (8:31)
3. Part 3 (14:37)
4. Part 4 (12:12)
2. Need to watch Parts 1-4 by class on 10/8- (will be shortly quizzed)
3. Designed house due by end of class 10/15.
1. Must have all of the following:
1. Slanted roof
2. House addition (so it has more than one part, like a garage)
1. Additions must be connected from inside house
3. Slanted roof
4. Outdoor steps
5. Painted exterior
6. Windows, and at least one window with panes
7. 1 chair, and 3 other pieces of furniture inside that are imported
8. 1 imported thing outside of the house
2. Turn-in: File must be named as "6 house your_name" and turned in by putting into the shared folder- Groups>2016>1 Sketchup Houses
4. Google Sketch Up to 3-D Printer
5. Hand draw given orthogonal objects on dot paper
1. Objects: 13, 14, 6, 11
1. Create those objects with correct dimensions in Sketchup
6. Inspiration Game for Product Creation
1. Group pick "Baby" "Carries" Inspiration: Firetruck

7th Grade

• Programming Thymio - Watch the Video

8th Grade

1. Watched the Video about the persistent Engineer with a disability
1. How can you design your life better?
2. Creativity+Great Attitude+Skill= Success
2. Register for Tinkercad.com, and go through the tutorials
3. Finding your Passion - Capstone Project
1. Capstone Brainstorm - Goals

Elective Class

Getting Started Page

Other Links

Sub Plans

Second Grade Animated Story Books!

The Second Graders did a fabulous job creating original stories and then wrote them, illustrated, animated and read them.  Check out all of the amazing work below!

Here's a Page of all of the Youtube videos:

2A  Fish and Shark  Themi	http://youtu.be/_t0cFAsygZM
2A  Funniest Monster Truck  Cooper	http://youtu.be/GBp6UyEp3Gk
2a  Girl Who Loved Gum  charlotte	http://youtu.be/0o71fj6tsYc
2A  Girl who loved Icecream  Natalia	http://youtu.be/Rj9RYHs3J1c
2A  Girl Who Rode Horses  Holland	http://youtu.be/73_WP6uDvaM
2A  Houses  Alex	http://youtu.be/n5YTIYkDeOc
2A  Little but Big  Danielle	http://youtu.be/dL4UiPu4JME
2a  Missing Painting  Aneesh	http://youtu.be/iPXu2YS0Q3w
2b  Battle Adventure  james	http://youtu.be/7eOrigQy4hc
2b  Cat Rescuing Bird  eric	http://youtu.be/InRcdv1-d54
2b  Puff Balls Adventure  olivia	http://youtu.be/i4YwcmlQ5Ts
2b  The Dog who got Stuck in a Cage- Annika	http://youtu.be/JijWV1wlPIk
2B  Ralphy and Archy  Sasha	http://youtu.be/3fsspnqk2kw
2B  The Monkey-  Charlotte	http://youtu.be/BYG2Sa2oF7M
2B  War of 2 Puff Balls  Hudson	http://youtu.be/aAsf9nmgEkU
2b- Pig v.s. Huge Bunny Face- abby	http://youtu.be/S94IV2L1t2U
The Boy who Wished to go Swimming - Allison	http://youtu.be/qQ7dKU3CDls
The Lonely Snake by Foster	http://youtu.be/e74qW8Libuk
The Dragon who wants to be Free By Jack	http://youtu.be/YrzRghBe22M
2b Pinky and Dynamite by Rachel	http://youtu.be/I1xfuf7kyC8
2a Thymio Robot Show by scarlett	http://youtu.be/mpBG1mUofTM
2b alisha movie	http://youtu.be/kOaeB4kA8EQ
The Worm War By Jackson 2B	http://youtu.be/V7df_kKrMXk
The Worms Tree Nikhil 2B	http://youtu.be/S_b52PmX9EY