Week13: Nov 26th–Nov 30th

Highlights for the week:

  • View the BMS Public Calendar for this weeks events!
  • Tip: Use ctrl+F and enter the date (like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.) to jump quickly to the Blog entry for today!
  • Some notes for Parents/Guardians who view this Blog:
    • Everything we do in this class is listed on this Blog (so students who are absent can easily find what they’ve missed and even complete it while they are absent!)
    • Nearly every assignment can be completed at home or anywhere with an internet connection (use the Paint program rather than ‘Interwrite’ where you see it on this Blog)
    • Friday’s are makeup days so students who have trouble completing assignments have this extra time every week to get caught up!
    • You can see examples of every project we do at this Public Examples Folder Link

Monday 26th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

  1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
  2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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    • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
      • Use IW to complete this Frosty the Snowman Word Search.  In your warmup for today, please send me the number of words you are able to find (there are 42 words in the puzzle). This is challenging, so get help from the students next to you if you need it! 
      • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I was able to find ___
    • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
    • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
    • Here are your responses from your reflection questions from the week before Thanksgiving:

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    - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

    1. Explore Scratch
    2. Copy the scratch folder from my J-drive to your desktop
      • Open the practice program file called Move-Stage
      • Click on the blue blocks and observe how the sprite moves
      • Click on the stage icon to change stages
      • View the Lesson 1: Start Moving Tutorial at the link below
      • http://learnscratch.org/learnscratch/GS_01.html?ml=1 
    3. Experiment with Motions and Stages

    - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

    1. Here are the basic control features of the Scratch Program using the Move-Stage Scratch file

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    - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

    1. Checkout this Scratch Tutorials List 

      Tuesday 27th:

      - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

      1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
      2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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        • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
        • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
        • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

        - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

        1. Capture a picture in IW which shows that you can do these things: 
        2. Capture a picture in IW which shows that you can draw on the stage with different colored lines
        3. You can use one picture for both of the above if you like… here’s an example: 
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        4. Write a program to have Scratch draw a line for you
          • View Video Demo: http://youtu.be/QEsZ8KHP3_Q
          • Capture your program and stage with IW
          • Here’s my example, (but yours will need to draw the line in a different color and in a different location!)
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        5. Save your IW file with your work from today to your desktop as Scratch for use later on in a project.  It should look something like this:

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        - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

        1. Use this Prezi to help you!

        - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

        1. Checkout other Scratch example projects from the Scratch File Menu:
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          Wednesday 28th:

          - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

          1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
          2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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            • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
              • Use IW to complete this Santa’s Reindeer Word Search. In your warmup for today, please send me the number of words you are able to find (there are 22 words in the puzzle).
              • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I was able to find ___
            • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
            • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

              - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

              1. View my example Scratch Presentation
              2. Create a new presentation in your 103 Student Folder called 2 Scratch 
                • Slide1 Title:  Scratch
                • Slide2:  Sprites and Lines
                • Slide3:  Draw a line program
                • Slide4:  Make a shape program
                • if you would like to work ahead on tomorrow’s assignment, here’s what we will be adding to our presentation:
                • Slide5:  Make a letter program
                • Slide6:  Something fun
              3. Open the Scratch by-the-numbers Template for use in today’s assignments:
              4. Create Draw a shape program using the by-the-numbers template
                • I’ll demonstrate how to do this in class today
                • Capture your program with IW
                • Copy/paste it into your presentation

              - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

              1. How to create a new presentation
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              - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

              1. Checkout this Scratch Shapes Program for some ideas:

                Thursday 29th:

                - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                  • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                  • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                  • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

                    - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

                    1. View my example Scratch Presentation (including slides 5 & 6 for today), as well as some additional programs from the help section below for ideas 
                    2. Complete your 2 Scratch Presentation which should have the following 6 slides after today (purple slides are new for today):
                      • Slide1 Title: Scratch
                      • Slide2: Sprites and Lines
                      • Slide3: Draw a line program
                      • Slide4: Make a shape program
                      • Slide5: Make a letter program
                      • Slide6: Something fun
                    3. Open the Scratch by-the-numbers Template for use in today’s assignments:
                    4. Create Draw a letter program using the by-the-numbers template
                      • Write a program to draw the first letter of your name
                      • Capture your program and stage with IW
                      • Add it to slide 5 of your 2 Scratch Presentation
                    5. Create Something Fun using Scratch for your final program
                      • Consider adding a different background or having your sprite talk (like the Scratch goes to the movies example above)
                      • Capture your program and stage with IW
                      • Add it to slide 6 of your 2 Scratch Presentation

                    - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                    1. View some Scratch example programs for your Something fun slide:
                    2. View my example 2 Scratch Presentation in the 103 Student Demo folder  
                    3. Use any of the tutorials from this Scratch Tutorials List

                    - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

                    1. Checkout the Scratch Homepage

                      Friday 30th: Folder checks every Friday!

                      - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                      1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                      2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                        • Friday Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                          • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week! Please write 3 complete sentences in the big blocks of the form to get full credit!
                        • Friday Warmup Response:
                        • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

                          - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

                          1. Complete your 2 Scratch Presentation which should have the following 6 slides  
                              • Slide1 Title: Scratch
                              • Slide2: Sprites and Lines
                              • Slide3: Draw a line program
                              • Slide4: Make a shape program
                              • Slide5: Make a letter program
                              • Slide6: Something fun
                              • View my example: 2 Scratch Presentation
                            • View the video clips selection for this week 

                            - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                            1. View some Scratch example programs for your Something fun slide:
                              1. View my example 2 Scratch Presentation in the 103 Student Demo folder
                              2. Use any of the tutorials from this Scratch Tutorials List

                              - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

                              1. Checkout the Scratch Homepage

                              Week12: Nov 12th–Nov 16th

                              Highlights for the week:

                              • View the BMS Public Calendar for this weeks events!
                              • Tip: Use ctrl+F and enter the date (like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.) to jump quickly to the Blog entry for today!
                              • Some notes for Parents/Guardians who view this Blog:
                                • Everything we do in this class is listed on this Blog (so students who are absent can easily find what they’ve missed and even complete it while they are absent!)
                                • Nearly every assignment can be completed at home or anywhere with an internet connection (use the Paint program rather than ‘Interwrite’ where you see it on this Blog)
                                • Friday’s are makeup days so students who have trouble completing assignments have this extra time every week to get caught up!
                                • You can see examples of every project we do at this Public Examples Folder Link

                              Monday 12th:

                              - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                              1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                              2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                  • Explore the Prezi at the link below and answer the following 2 questions in your warmup for today 1) Have you ever heard of Prezi before? 2) Does it look more interesting to you than PowerPoint or other slideshow programs? 
                                  • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I (have/have not) heard of Prezi before and  ___
                                • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                                • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

                                - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

                                1. Checkout this Google Storybuilder Demo 
                                2. View Prezi Intro and Tutorial Video clips
                                3. Create an account at Prezi.com
                                4. Explore this Demo Intro to Prezi as a class: http://prezi.com/lrevacgsnqr9/intro-to-prezi/
                                5. Create your own Practice Prezi (name it Practice Prezi)
                                  • Open the Process Template
                                  • Experiment with the Features of Prezi
                                  • Try other themes
                                  • Create more Prezis using different themes

                                - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                                1. Use the Intro to Prezi to help with the toolbar functions

                                - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

                                1. Checkout this Kaleidoscope Painter

                                  Tuesday 13th:

                                  - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                                  1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                  2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                    • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                      • Explore the Prezi at the link below, and in your warmup for today tell me 1) if you like it and 2) what you think might make it better 
                                      • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I (liked/didn’t like) the Prezi and I think ___
                                    • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                                    • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

                                    - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

                                    1. Open this Prezi to help you with today’s assignments (I’ll be projecting it in class)
                                    2. Create a new folder in your 103 Student Folder called 2nd and move all assignments from the 2nd 6 Weeks into that 2nd folder 
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                                    3. Experiment with the Kaleidoscope Painter 
                                    4. Create a new Prezi called Practice2 

                                    - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                                    1. Use this Prezi to help you with today’s assignments 

                                    - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

                                    1. Experiment some more with the Kaleidoscope Painter

                                      Wednesday 14th:

                                      - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                                      1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                      2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                        • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                        • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                                        • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
                                        • Here are the results of last week’s reflection questions:

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                                          - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

                                          1. Experiment with the sites below  (if any are clocked, just move to the next one on the list; they should all be open soon though)
                                          2. Begin your 1st Project of the 3rd 6 Weeks 
                                          3. Complete yesterday’s Practice2 Snowflakes Prezi

                                          - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                                          1. Here is the Prezi which will help you with today’s new project assignment 
                                          2. …and the Prezi which will help you with yesterday’s assignment

                                          - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

                                          1. Continue to explore any of these sites

                                            Thursday 15th:

                                            - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                                            1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                            2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                              • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                              • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                                              • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

                                                - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

                                                1. Explore Google Search Stories 
                                                2. Continue working on your 1 My Animations project Prezi
                                                  • Check the help section below for links 

                                                - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                                                1. Here is the Prezi which will help you with your 1 My Animations project assignment

                                                - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

                                                1. Continue to explore any of these sites

                                                  Friday 16th: Folder checks every Friday!

                                                  - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                                                  1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                  2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                                    • Friday Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                      • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week! Please write 3 complete sentences in the big blocks of the form to get full credit!
                                                    • Friday Warmup Response:
                                                    • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

                                                      - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

                                                      1. Complete your first project of the 3rd 6 Weeks - 1 My Animations project Prezi  
                                                        • See the help section below
                                                      2. Folder checks to see how your projects are going!
                                                      3. View the Friday video clips selection for this week

                                                      - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                                                      1. Here is the Prezi which will help you with your 1 My Animations project assignment

                                                      - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

                                                      1. Have a Great Thanksgiving Break!!! 

                                                      Week11: Nov 5th–Nov 9th

                                                      Highlights for the week:

                                                      • View the BMS Public Calendar for this weeks events!
                                                      • Tip: Use ctrl+F and enter the date (like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.) to jump quickly to the Blog entry for today!
                                                      • Some notes for Parents/Guardians who view this Blog:
                                                        • Everything we do in this class is listed on this Blog (so students who are absent can easily find what they’ve missed and even complete it while they are absent!)
                                                        • Nearly every assignment can be completed at home or anywhere with an internet connection (use the Paint program rather than ‘Interwrite’ where you see it on this Blog)
                                                        • Friday’s are makeup days so students who have trouble completing assignments have this extra time every week to get caught up!
                                                        • You can see examples of every project we do at this Public Examples Folder Link

                                                      Monday 5th:

                                                      - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                                                      1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                      2. This is the last week of the 2nd 6 weeks grading period.  Check your grades in all of your classes throughout the week to make sure you have completed all of your assignments!
                                                      3. There’s a Pep Rally today!  :)  Here’s the Bell Schedule:
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                                                      5. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                                        • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                        • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                                                        • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

                                                        - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

                                                        1. Explore Google Earth using the kmz file below 
                                                          • Click here and save the Local Places fall2012 kmz file to your desktop
                                                          • Double-click on the Local Places fall2012 kmz file to open it in Google Earth
                                                        2. Create a new presentation in your 103 Student Folder called 6 Google Earth Project 
                                                          • View my example presentation here: http://goo.gl/6dKPY
                                                          • Your first two slides (1&2) should look something like this:
                                                          • Follow the directions on the project page in the help section below!

                                                        - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                                                        1. For help with this project, please use the project page link below

                                                        - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

                                                        1. Check your grades in all subject areas! This is the last week of the 2nd 6 weeks grading period. 

                                                          Tuesday 6th:

                                                          - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                                                          1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                          2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                                            • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                            • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                                                            • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

                                                            - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

                                                            1. Please provide feedback today on the Chrome Browser which we should all be using now (Start/Programs/Google Chrome).  Use (click-to-comment) to send me your comments about how well it works for you and what you like or don’t like about it!
                                                            2. Explore Google Sky using the kmz file below
                                                              • Click here and save the SkyTour kmz file to your desktop
                                                              • Double-click on the SkyTour kmz file to open it in Google Sky
                                                              • Make sure you switch to Sky Mode to view the tour
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                                                            3. Continue working on your 6 Google Earth Project Presentation 
                                                              • View my example presentation here: http://goo.gl/6dKPY
                                                              • add the next two slides (3&4) on Sky which should look like this:

                                                              • Follow the directions on the Project Page in the Help section below 

                                                            - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                                                            1. For help with this project, please use the project page link below

                                                            - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

                                                            1. Check your grades in all subject areas! This is the last week of the 2nd 6 weeks grading period. 

                                                              Wednesday 7th:

                                                              - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                                                              1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                              2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                                                • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                                  • The winning times from yesterday’s maze were in the 30-40 second range.  Lower times were posted, but those were not on the first try or the timing began after the maze was partially completed.  We’ll try this again another time and I’ll run 1 clock and provide a link so that nobody can complete it unfairly :)
                                                                  • Explore the Google Election Results Map at the link below.  In your warmup, please tell me how you feel about the results of the election! 
                                                                  • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I feel  ___
                                                                • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                                                                • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

                                                                  - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

                                                                  1. Explore Google Mars using the kmz file below (view Mars demo video clip
                                                                    • Click here and save the MarsTour kmz file to your desktop
                                                                    • Double-click on the MarsTour kmz file to open it in Google Mars
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                                                                  2. Continue working on your 6 Google Earth Project Presentation
                                                                    • View my example presentation here: http://goo.gl/6dKPY
                                                                    • add the next two slides (5&6) on Mars which should look like this:
                                                                  3.  

                                                                  - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                                                                  1. For help with this project, please use the project page link below

                                                                  - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

                                                                  1. Check your grades in all subject areas! This is the last week of the 2nd 6 weeks grading period. 

                                                                    Thursday 8th:

                                                                    - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                                                                    1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                                    2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                                                      • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                                        • Use this timer link (multi-funtion timer – click on the green ‘up’ arrow) to time how long it takes you to solve the maze at the link below. Capture the maze with IW and use the highlighter to mark your path through it.
                                                                        • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I was able to solve the maze in ___
                                                                      • Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                                                                      • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

                                                                        - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

                                                                        1. Answer this question
                                                                          • Why do you think we should (or should not) explore the Moon, Mars or other planets we can reach?
                                                                          • Use (click-to-comment) to send me your answer
                                                                        2. Explore Google Moon using the Apollo Missions and any other Layers of your choice and view the following related video clips
                                                                          • Moon demo video clip
                                                                          • Kaguya satellite imagery
                                                                          • Apollo video restoration project
                                                                          • Google Earth 3D building construction
                                                                        3. Continue working on your 6 Google Earth Project Presentation
                                                                          • Add your last 2 slides (7&8) from Google Moon

                                                                        - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                                                                        1. For help with this project, please use the project page link below
                                                                          • Google Earth Project Page 
                                                                          • You do not need to download anything for your Moon slides today
                                                                          • Open Google Earth and switch to Moon mode
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                                                                          • Slide 1 should have 3 images from the Apollo Missions Layer
                                                                          • Slide 2 should have 3 images from any other layer in Google Moon
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                                                                        2. Your 6 Google Earth Project Presentation slides should look like this:
                                                                          • View my example presentation here: http://goo.gl/6dKPY
                                                                          • The last two slides (7&8) on Moon which should look like this:

                                                                          Here’s an image of all of the project slides in my example presentation:

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                                                                        - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

                                                                        1. Check your grades in all subject areas! This is the last week of the 2nd 6 weeks grading period. 

                                                                          Friday 9th: Folder checks every Friday!

                                                                          - Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

                                                                          1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                                          2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                                                            • Friday Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                                              • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week! Please write 3 complete sentences in the big blocks of the form to get full credit!
                                                                            • Friday Warmup Response:

                                                                            Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

                                                                              - Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

                                                                              1. Conduct folder checks for the 2nd 6 weeks grading period
                                                                              2. Complete your 8 slide 6 Google Earth Project Presentation 
                                                                              3. View the Friday Video Clip selections for this week 

                                                                              - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                                                                              1. For help with this project, please use the project page link below

                                                                              - Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

                                                                              1. Check your grades in all subject areas!  This is the last week of the 2nd 6 weeks grading period.