Sabin SchoolTechnology at Sabin
In addition to students mastering the PPS Technology Standards, Sabin students will be working on improving their writing and research skills while they are in the computer lab.
Latest IB MYP Design Projects:
Quasar and Supernova will be designing a PowerPoint presentation that explores the issue of plagiarism. Here is the design folder for this project. Make sure to note the Plan section, which includes the timeline for this project.
| Nebula Calendar Design Folder | Quasar Duct Tape Wallet Design Folder | Supernova Business Card Design Folder |
Spanish Language Learning Games
Reflections on 9/11
Spanish Language Learning Games
Test Your Computer Knowledge
Learning the Human Skeletal System
Really Cool Oregon Trail Site
Health Disparities in the United States
Ancient Chinese Inventions
Nebula: Create a brochure using MicroSoft Publisher educating others about the 7 most significant inventions/technology that were developed in Ancient China. Do your research, then make your decision about the 7 that were most significant in your opinion. Include pictures, purpose of invention as well as benefits. Is the invention still in use?
Newspaper from 1936 - in the time of "Bud, Not Buddy"
Third Grade Country Reports - try: Yahoo Kids
Animal Report and Poster - Instructions in addition you will be creating a PowerPoint. You will need to have a minimum of 8 slides. The last slide will be a list of the resources you used to create your report. Use This citation maker
Becoming a whiz using Microsoft Word.
Travel the Oregon Trail
6-8th Grades Researching the Alvin Ailey Dance Group in preparation for March 16th
Alvin Ailey Dancers-Ambassadors to the World - use this link to find all the places that the dance group has visited. Using Google Earth, place push pins on each location and the year the dance group was there. White Bird in the Oregonian
Understanding Our Solar System - Step 1 Gather information
Black History Month Fact Find - 3rd and 4th Grade
Black History Month Fact Find - 5th Grade
Working with charts and graphs: Excel Spreadsheet - Mrs. Shaw
Calendars
6th Grade Unit - November - December
Step 1: Research How Does Planning Enhance Our Lives?
Step 2: Creating your Calendar - Rubric
7th Grade Unit: Design Specifications towards making a duct tape wallet.
Outlining an article about computer crime
Making a Graph Using Census Data
- Using the data from this site, creat a bar or pie chart in Excel.
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/population/ethnicity/719.html
- Using the Design Cycle you will design, build and test a whirligig that represents your life. Before building, of course, you need to keep track of the process of the design. Please click on the link below and start to get ideas of what your whirligig might look like. Don't forget to save this document to your file.
Rubric for MLK Speech PowerPoint
Career Planning
Global Issues for Mrs. Hunt's Class
Symmetry for Mrs. Shaw's Class
Paper Airplane Flight Simulator
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/index.html
Culture Grams - The username and password is Stars ----Click on Kids Edition
Brochures from Three CountriesBrazilian History and the Capoeira
Sample African American Biography
Use these websites to find information for your African-American Biographies Project
| Information please | Yahoo Kids | Cyber Sleuths | Social Studies for Kids |
Writing a Friendly Letter Lesson
Science Inquiry Project
| Introduction | Due Dates | Inquiry | Framing the Investigation |
| Research Question and Hypothesis | Procedure | Collecting and Presenting Data | Analyzing and Interpreting Results |
| Rubric 1 | Rubric 2 |
This is a great page to look at when you are planning your Research Question
States and Capitals
Your job will be to create a U.S. States Database
Open Excel and create a spreadsheet that looks like this. Notice that in the first column you will be typing a number. Of course you'll go all the way to 50.
| State | Capital | |
| 1 | ||
| 2 |
Now in Rows 2-51 type in the name of the state in column B and in column C type the state’s capital. To get the information you need, click on this site http://www.50states.com/us.htm. We’ll be adding more information at another time. Note: It doesn't matter in what order you type the state and it's capital. After you finish, save your work and now the fun begins. Go to this site and see how well you can do. Take this test a couple of times
Story of Stuff
Today we are starting a new project and I'm very excited about it. You will be viewing a video on YouTube and it's a class assignment. Wow. The catch is that you need to respond to the video as you view it. That means that as you watch it will be totally fine to pause the video and write. Keep doing this until you have answered all the question on the worksheet.
So the first thing is to download the worksheet. Save it right away in your file. Call it STUFF. Answer the first question and then start watching the video. Save the worksheet again before you leave the class. I'll be back tomorrow and I'll be all fired up to discuss your work with you. Please be the best students you can be. Make me proud!
Related to the Story of Stuff are websites that can give us more insights into what we buy and what we want to buy.
Bridges
Using the Design Cycle, you are going to tell me how you are going to build a bridge that is good enough to get you to the 8th Level of our bridge building simulation.
First of all you need to get an idea of what the challenge is going to be. So go here FWG Bridge 2 read the Instructions and then come back. It is now time to create your Design Brief. (create it in Word).
What is a design brief?
A design brief is a written document outlining, in complete detail, the objectives and corresponding design strategies for a design project. Among a number of other things, the most critical elements of a design brief are:
- a complete description of the project—what is it that is trying to be done;
- why is this needed now;
- what outcomes are expected;
- who is this being done for (the target audience);
- and who are the key stakeholders in this project.
The design brief must also address
- the competition,
- time-line,
- budget and
- measurement of success.
Spread Sheet Shopping Spree
Congratulations, you have just won a $1,000.00 shopping spree at PacSun!. Go to this address http://shop.pacsun.com/girls/index.cat and decide what you are going to buy. You’ll record your purchases by using an Excel spreadsheet. Watch the mini lesson with Ms. T. and then start shopping!
Lincoln
Go to www.unitedstreaming.com
user: Sabinlib
Password: Sabin
Search for Abraham Lincoln. Complete in full sentences these questions
Motion
- In Science class you will be learning about Force and Motion. Today in Tech lab you will go to the Discovery Education site.
- Sign in
- Username: Sabinlib
- Password: Sabin
- and view the video Let's Move It: Newton's Three Laws of Motion.
After you are done, open this and answer the questions. The student who gets the most questions correct will win a prize. Don't forget to save this to show me on Thursday.
Internet Reliability
I was driving home the other day and was listening to a story on NPR (National Public Radio) about the astrophysicist who is getting all these panicky calls from people about the end of the world. These calls most likely are coming for the release of the new movie "2012". Your job today is to research what you can find out about the importance of the year 2012. I need you to:
Locate 5 sites that address the issue of 2012.
Write a one paragrah summary of the article.
Who wrote the article for the website?
Find out where the aurthors got the information for the website.
Tell me why or why not you believe what's on the website.
In the Time of the Oregon Trail
Continue working on you Oregon Trail Powerpoint. You will need some pictures. You'll also have decide who your Oregon Trail traveler is. How old are they? What skills do they have? Why are they traveling West? To get this information, use the following websites. Use your imagination and make a really creative Powerpoint.
Newton's Laws of Motion
Click on this site Newton's Laws of Motion and go through all the assignments.
When you get done, you should be able to answer all the questions on the quizz.
Copy and paste the quiz on to a page in Microsof Word.
Answer all the questions by typing the answer after the question (user a different font color for your answer).
Finally check your answers. Retype any answer that you didn't answer correctly. Type your name at the top of the quiz and have it ready to show me on Thursday.
Good luck!
