Friday, April 17, 2015

Week of April 20th - 24th, 2015

Here's an interesting article that might be useful for part 3 of your robotics/AI paper

Monday:
signup for AI/Robotics topics begins at 7:30
continue with Arduino labs

Tuesday:
Wrap up Arduino labs (tentative)
(Mrs. Silva visits at end of 1st/beginning of 2nd periods)

Wednesday:
Group 1 current events can be handed in:
p1: Emily A., Tait, Mary, Charlie, Kunal, Nick H., Sarah, Katie, Nicole
p2: Robert, Aaron, Deanna, Jason, Cat, Alex, Kyra, Alice


Hand out "Cool Arduino Project" homework
Arduino consolidation day - review some basic concepts
Experiment with other projects from SparkFun Inventor Kit

Thursday: Introduce programming with Scratch:
Why learn to code? (video, 9:34)
Introduction to Scratch 2.0 (video, 1:37) and Getting Started With Scratch (video, 2:24)
Run scratch in your browser: go to scratch.mit.edu and click on "Try It Out"
Start working on "Getting Acquainted with Scratch" worksheet


Friday:
"Cool Arduino Project" homework due

Continue to work on "Getting Acquainted with Scratch" worksheet
Start "Walking Boy" project if finished