Monday, April 22, 2024. Day 3

Homeroom

CLASSWORK DUE:

  • SPANISH:

  • SCIENCE: Simple Structure: Your Home due tomorrow

  • ELA: Webquest due tomorrow and Memorial Day Poem due Wednesday

  • CIVICS:

  • SCITECH:

  • MATH:

Do Now:


Homework:

April Break Structure Assignment due Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

Wave Properties, Behavior,a nd Communication Quiz

  • Friday, April 26.

Today’s Agenda:

Waves and Communications

How a wave transmits Digital Information.

  • Amplitude Modulation (AM) - Frequency Modulation (FM)

Wave Behavior - demonstrations

  • Reflection - laser, mirror, white paper

  • Refraction - visible light, prism

  • Absorption - laser, black paper

  • Transmission - laser, plate glass

Final Waves Properties, Behavior, and Communications Quiz Study Guide

Time Remaining Questions and Finish:

  • Simple Structure: Your Home

    • Project in GC

Friday, April 12, 2024. Day 2

Homeroom

CLASSWORK DUE:

Per other MS teachers.

  • SPANISH: Quiz today

  • SCIENCE: 

  • ELA: Extra Credit Poem

  • CIVICS:

  • SCITECH:

  • MATH:

Do Now:


Homework:

April Break Structure Assignment due Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

Today’s Agenda:

Pass back and review quiz

Rewatch: BrainPOP Analog to Digital Recording

Mapping a Digital communication system

A couple of new parents uses a technological device to make a recording while singing “Happy Birthday” to their one year old and sends it to the child’s grandparents in another state.

  • Complete the activity in GC

  • Discuss

Time Remaining - Introduce April Project in GC

After Break - Reflection, absorption, transmission of waves

Thursday, April 11, 2024. Day 1

Homeroom


CLASSWORK DUE:

Per other MS teachers.

  • SPANISH:

  • SCIENCE: 

  • ELA:

  • CIVICS:

  • SCITECH:

  • MATH:

Do Now:


Convert the following number from Base 2 into Base 10

1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0

Homework:



Today’s Agenda:

Practice worksheet

  • Complete as HW

  • 72 in base 2

  • 99 in base 2

  • 15 in base 2

  • 234 in base 2

  • 72 in base 3

  • 99 in base 4

  • 488280 in base 5

  • 6725600 in base 7

Show: BrainPOP Analog to Digital Recording

  • amplitude

  • wavelength

  • frequency

Share and discuss

Time Remaining - Introduce April Project in GC

Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Day 6



Homeroom



CLASSWORK DUE:

Per other MS teachers.

  • SPANISH:

  • SCIENCE: Readworks Corrections Due

  • ELA:

  • CIVICS:

  • SCITECH:

  • MATH:

Do Now:

PLEASE GET OUT YOUR READWORKS and pass it in.

Stapling Order:

  1. Correction Sheet

  2. Answer Sheet

  3. Original Article

What number is Tim wearing (in Base 10)?

Late Submissions?

CORRECT READWORKS: ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM

  • Use a RED PEN

  • No other writing tool permitted on desk.

  • check answers / self correct

  • Your answer is complete and correct - 3

  • more than half correct/complete, but some errors or omissions - 2

  • some correct information but less than half correect/complete - 1

  • no relevant correct information - 0

Homework:

Practice worksheet

  • Complete as HW

    • 72 in base 2

    • 99 in base 2

    • 15 in base 2

    • 234 in base 2

    • 72 in base 3

    • 99 in base 4

    • 488280 in base 5

    • 6725600 in base 7



Today’s Agenda:

YETI Green Prizes

BrainPOP Binary Review

  • Binary Number Writing Exercise

Practice worksheet

  • Complete as HW

  • 72 in base 2

  • 99 in base 2

  • 15 in base 2

  • 234 in base 2

  • 72 in base 3

  • 99 in base 4

  • 488280 in base 5

  • 6725600 in base 7

BrainPOP Analog to Digital Recording

  • Finish Key Notes

  • Discuss

  • Class discussion:

  • How can a wave signify a 0 or a 1?

  • amplitude

  • wavelength

  • frequency

Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Day 5


Homeroom

CLASSWORK DUE:

Per other MS teachers.

  • SPANISH:

  • SCIENCE: 

  • ELA:

  • CIVICS:

  • SCITECH:

  • MATH:

Do Now:

PLEASE GET OUT YOUR READWORKS.

Homework:

Electromanetic Sprectum Corrections due tomorrow.

Lined Paer, neat with proper heading.

For M/C items, hilight text in the passage that supports the correct answer.

  • Number it. State the correct answer on the lined paper.

For OR Items

  • Rewrite your response the way you wanted it.

  • Submit all three omorrow.

Today’s Agenda:

CORRECT READWORKS: ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM

BrainPOP Binary

Binary Number Writing Exercise

Class discussion:

How can a wave signify a 0 or a 1?

  • amplitude

  • wavelength

  • frequency

Analog to Digital Recording

Key Notes?

Discussion points - both videos

Class discussion:

How can a wave signify a 0 or a 1?

  • amplitude

  • wavelength

  • frequency

Monday, April 8, 2024. Day 4

Homeroom

CLASSWORK DUE:

Per other MS teachers.

  • SPANISH:

  • SCIENCE: 

  • ELA:

  • CIVICS:

  • SCITECH:

  • MATH:

Do Now:

Prepare for a quiz.

  • Desks are clear.

  • Phone off and in your bag - NOT your pocket.

  • Get your luck writing tool.

  • After receiving your paper, spread out so you are not next to another student.

Homework:

FINISH Readworks if needed.

Today’s Agenda:

Quiz - Wave properties II

On paper.


Readworks: Electromagnetic Spectrum

  • Read the article. 

  • Respond to each question.

  • You must include evidence front he text (quotes) on the open responses



Friday, April 5, 2024. Day 2

Homeroom

This Week:

Crayon Project - Launch Planning

CLASSWORK DUE:

  • SPANISH: Unit Test Today

  • SCIENCE:

  • ELA:

  • CIVICS:

  • SCITECH:

  • Math:

Do Now:

Homework:

quiz on Monday - Wave properties II

  • rescheduled due to school cancellation

Today’s Agenda:

Activtiy 2: Transmitting Information

  1. Pick a partner.

  2. Sit back to back in your own corner of the room.

  3. I will pass out all paper (blank or with image)

  4. Activity Rules!

    • Encoding Information

      • Use a pencil.

      • mark every square as follows:

      • if it is empty blank), mark it a zero.

      • If it has a line going through it, mark it “1”

      • Create a coded map of your image

      • Use a blank grid

        • Write a “1” in every square that is shaded on your image.

        • Write a “0” in every empty square.

    • Transmitting Information

      • Use a blank grid and copy the 1’s and 0’ exactly onto it

      • Pass the coded Image Map to your partner.

    • Decoding Information

      • Use a blank grid.

        • shade every square thet has a “1” on the image map.

        • leave all others blank.

  5. Compare to the original coded image.

  6. compare to the original uncoded image.

  7. Class share, discuss, and assess

Brainstorm - How could we improve the description to make a better quality copy of the image by Partner 2

Activity 2

BrainPOP
  • Binary
  • Analog and Digital Recording

Review Frequency

Answer Key

CER due Wenesday.

Quiz study guide due tomorrow.

Time to fill out in class.

Quiz Monday

Wonkavision

input encoder transmitter decoder output

How do you send a text/picture/ video/ etc

BP Binary

BP analog vs digital

Digitizing images

digital versus analog transmission

Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Day 1

Homeroom

This Week:

Crayon Project - box construction

CLASSWORK DUE:

  • SPANISH:

  • SCIENCE: Frequency Activity finished, CER due Tomorrow

  • ELA:

  • CIVICS: Quiz/Test today

  • SCITECH: Quiz today

  • Math: Algebra Test today

Do Now:

Homework:

CER Should be finished and turned in.

quiz on Friday

Today’s Agenda:

PhET Waves Basics

  • Review of Frequency Results

Activtiy 1: Transmitting Information

  1. Pick a partner.

  2. Sit back to back in your own corner of the room.

  3. I will pass out paper (blank or with image)

  4. Partner 1 - describe image to Partner 2

  5. Partner 2 - draw image based on description

  6. Do not show the image until the drawing is done!

Class share and assess

Brainstorm - How could we improve the description to make a better quality copy of the image by Partner 2

Activity 2

BrainPOP
  • Binary
  • Analog and Digital Recording

Review Frequency

Answer Key

CER due Wenesday.

Quiz study guide due tomorrow.

Time to fill out in class.

Quiz Monday

Wonkavision

input encoder transmitter decoder output

How do you send a text/picture/ video/ etc

BP Binary

BP analog vs digital

Digitizing images

digital versus analog transmission

Tuesday, April2, 2024. Day 6

Homeroom

This Week:

Crayon Project - box construction

CLASSWORK DUE:

  • SPANISH:

  • SCIENCE: Frequency Activity finished, CER due Tomorrow

  • ELA:

  • CIVICS: Quiz/Test today

  • SCITECH: Quiz today

  • Math: Algebra Test today

Do Now:

Handout at Door

Homework:

Finish the CER for tomorrow.

  • Turn it in in Google Classroom!

Study Guide due tomorrow

quiz on Friday

Today’s Agenda:

PhET Waves Basics

  • Review of Frequency Results

Complete CER for tomorrow.

Quiz study guide due tomorrow.

BrainPOP
  • Binary
  • Analog and Digital Recording

Review Frequency

Answer Key

CER due Wenesday.

Quiz study guide due tomorrow.

Time to fill out in class.

Quiz Monday

Wonkavision

input encoder transmitter decoder output

How do you send a text/picture/ video/ etc

BP Binary

BP analog vs digital

Digitizing images

digital versus analog transmission