Monday, May 21, 2012

Day 1 - Asset Mapping

Step 1: click on hand out #2
Handout #2

Step 2: sign in and make a copy
Sign in
File
Make a Copy
Rename "Asset Map Data  Last Name, First Name Initial"
Step 3 - finish list of at least 20 community assets - share - make public.
 Other  Handouts
Hand out #2 Instructions
Rubric for Asset Mapping:

Hand out #1

Saturday, May 19, 2012

We're back from CST's!
FINAL PROJECT TIME FRAME:
Week 1 May 21st - May 25th
Monday:  Students will be assigned project. Students will do asset mapping of their community using a free version of GIS software.  Goal for the day: Students will map 12 different types of buildings that serve the community. They will choose one type for their project.

Tuesday: Students will go on a field trip to Cal Poly Pomona - Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies Goal for the day: Students will learn about strategies people use to design buildings that reuse waste and save energy.

Wednesday:
Short Day - Goal: Students will get started sketching their building

Thursday: .  Maria Gomez (M.Arch) will teach the basics of model making. Goal for the day: Students will get started on building models.

Friday: Students will continue working on scale model project. Visitor Nicole Velasquez will teach about affordable housing and green buildings. Goal for the day: Students will learn about affordable housing and will make changes to their building from ideas they gather from Ms. Velasquez' buildings. They will also have  a short quiz on green structures.

Week 2 - May 28 - June 1st

Monday: Students will have time to finish their 3d Models

Tuesday: Engineer Mr. Kit Wong will come and teach us the basics about working with Google Sketch.  Students will work on a digital design.

Project Due: Friday June 1st 2012.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Bully

Taking a break from cst prep to go see the documentary "Bully"

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Unit 7 Project

Unit 7-B Project

Promoting inquiry - students are to build a pyramid and measure the surface area and volume.

 Students will have to come up with the formulas.

We will demonstrate how it takes 3 pyramids to fill up a prism of the same base and height!

Handout:  Unit 7 b - Project - Pyramids

credit:
http://function-of-time.blogspot.com/2012/01/project-spiky-door.html

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

CST - Testing May 1 - May 11th

Extra Review

Geometry:  Logic & Geometric Proofs




Standard
Practice
Intensive Review
Mixed Review
1.0: Undefined Terms & Reasoning
Practice
Intensive Review
Mixed Review
1.0, 2.0, 3.0
2.0: Geometric Proofs
Practice
Intensive Review
3.0: Conditional Statements &
       Counterexamples
Practice
Intensive Review
4.0: Conguence & Similarity
Practice
Intensive Review
Mixed Review
5.0: Triangle Congruence & Similarity
Practice
Intensive Review
6.0: Triangle Inequality Theorem
Practice
Intensive Review
Mixed Review
7.0: Parallel Lines, Quadrilaterals, & Circles
Practice
Intensive Review


Geometry:  Angle Relationships, Constructions, & Lines


Standard
Practice Intensive Review Mixed Review
12.0: Classifying Triangles & Polygons
Practice
Intensive Review
Mixed Review
13.0: Angles and Polygons
Practice
Intensive Review
14.0: Pythagorean Theorem
Practice
Intensive Review
15.0: Using the Pythagorean Theorem
Practice
16.0: Straightedge & Compass Construction
Practice
Intensive Review
Mixed Review
17.0: Coordinate Proofs
Practice
Intensive Review






Geometry:  Trigonometry



Standard Practice Intensive Review Mixed Review
18.0: Trigonometric Functions
Practice
Intensive Review
Mixed Review
19.0: Solving Right Triangles
Practice
Intensive Review
20.0: Special Right Triangles
Practice
Intensive Review
21.0: Circles
Practice
Intensive Review
Mixed Review
22.0: Transformations
Practice
Intensive Review



Geometry:  Volume and Area Formulas



Standard
Practice Intensive Review Mixed Review
8.0: Perimeter, Area, and Volume
Practice
Intensive Review
Mixed Review
9.0: Volume and Surface Area
Practice
10.0: Area
Practice
Intensive Review
11.0: Changing Dimensions
Practice
Intensive Review









Monday, April 9, 2012

Extra Credit Opportunity - Surface Area - How can something have the same volume but different surface area?

video notes hand out:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bSFabhfyzmAcoDsZywdcpYoesUh99wX4mOtxJg2BCz4/edit

Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49nOs1OTFTI
Official Website: http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/surfacearea.html

Week 31- Surface Area and Volume

Monday:
Warm Up
Rabbit Proof Fence: How shapes have the same perimeter but different Surface Areas?
Notes: Surface Area
Homework: #1-5
Tuesday:
Warm Up
Video:

C+ - Surface Area
Video Notes: (see next post)
Homework:
Wednesday:
CST Prep
Thursday:
Time aloted for Unit 7 - Project
Chocolate FActory
Friday - Quiz
Project Due

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Week 30 - Weekly Agenda

Monday: 
Warm Up: review calendar
Stamps: review polygons
Lessons: Vocabulary of Regular Polygons
C+B+A+

Tuesday
Warm Up: CST'S questions

Stams: review special triangles
Lessons: Area of Polygons using special triangles and trigonometry
Classwork B+ 3-6 A+ 1-2

Wednesday
Warm Up:
Quick Review of Unit 1 & Unit 5

CST Practice Test #1
Test Solutions
Homework Assigned: Area of Polygons Practice Quiz
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School