Friday, November 20, 2015

Percents and the Engineering Design Process Day 3

Yea!  You came back!  Let's have some design fun!


“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” - Newt Gingrich

"Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments." - Henry ward Beecher



            -Winston Churchill


"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
-Thomas Edison

“And what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events, may, in fact, be the first steps of a journey.” -Lemony Snicket

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. ~Bill Gates


Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
~Henry Ford

Today's Schedule:

  1. Advice from 6th Graders
  2. Review the EDP.
  3. Discuss Create, Try It Out, and Make It Better
  4. How will we share our data?
  5. Share It!
  6. Scoring
  7. Survey
  8. Quote Visual

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Percents and the Engineering Design Process Day 2

Welcome back!  I'm glad you've decided to join us again.

Let's Review what we learned yesterday.

Today's Schedule:

  1. Video Discussion
  2. Kahoot Review
  3. Inch Worm Challenge 
    1. What's the Problem?
    2. Explore
      1. Read about Newton's Laws of Motion
      2. Videos on Newton's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Laws of Motion
      3. Video on all 3 Laws of Motion 
      4. Simulations on Newton's Laws of Motion
    3. Design

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Percents and the Engineering Design Process Day 1

Welcome to Mrs. Sopko's STEM Blog.  Let's begin our journey through the Engineering Design Process with a quick pre-test.  Go to Kahoot and join our game.

Today's Schedule:

  1. Fuzzy Stick Challenge
  2. What is a flipped classroom?
  3.   
    1. Watch Video
    2. Raise your hand to get your work checked.
    3. Complete the practice activity.
  4. Decimals and Percents Center
    1. Watch the Video
    2. Raise your hand to get your work checked.
    3. Complete the practice activity.
  5. Fractions and Percents Center
    1. Watch Video
    2. Raise your hand to get your work checked.
    3. Complete the practice activity.
  6. Kahoot Review