My School-From-Home Workbook! (Day 53 - Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020) by Mark Giraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53 I will be sending a new one of these each school morning to your parent's e-mail! It'll contain all of our schoolwork for the day. Any assignment submissions can be turned in through our class site (Edmodo). You should aim for one hour of schoolwork each school day! Don't forget about Ms. Garbett's weekly French work (posted on her Brightspace site), which you can access through your BYOD page (https://byod.peelschools.org/), and Mr. Bieman's Music page, which you can access through Google Classrooms (https://classroom.google.com/). en-us 2020-06-15 14:28:30 UTC 2025-12-14 19:18:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f50b.png Interest Video of the Day markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/627441504 Can you solve the frog riddle?]]> 2020-06-15 14:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/627441504 Brainteaser/Riddle of the Day (June 23rd) markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/627441505 A basket has 15 apples, 8 oranges and 27 plums mixed randomly. If you close your eyes and grab a fruit from the basket, what is the mathematical probability of you getting an orange? (Answer in a fraction!)
Click here and post your answer!

Don't forget to either sign in (using your Google login, being your student number @pdsb.net) or include your name and riddle question on your post!
 
Mr. G will 'approve' the correct answers at the start of the next school day!
]]> 2020-06-15 14:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/627441505 Today we'll be taking one last look at coding, including creating a video game for each other to play! markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/634092205 Our activities will be Lightbot, Spritebox, and Play Lab (in order). If you're a coding pro, feel free to skip ahead to the final activity (Play Lab) and get to work on your game!

Please post a link to your game (along with your name) below in the comments section of the 'Play Lab Student Creations' column here on Padlet. Mr. Giraldi has already posted some examples!]]> 2020-06-19 23:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/634092205 Activity #1 - Lightbot Hour of Code markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/634093289 This is a Math-based introduction to coding, teaching students the basics of writing up coding procedures! It will teach you how to tell a computer to execute certain commands, including (very important) sequences and loops!

Play through each of the three levels, learning about...

Level 1 - How to input commands to a computer

Level 2 - How to create a 'pattern' or 'procedure' in order to better solve a problem (using less commands for the computer to read, which makes programs load faster and be more efficient)

Level 3 - How to 'loop' patterns, making a 'repeating procedure' line that never, ever ends! This is useful for solving very complex problems (or making your character make a lot of moves over and over)

Go to the following website on your Chromebooks. You will need to 'enable' or 'allow' flash to run after you click on the website link!

Lightbot Hour http://lightbot.com/flash.html

Remember that there are multiple ways to solve these problems, although the shorter way in code-making is usually the best of whatever options are available.]]> 2020-06-19 23:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/634093289 Activity #2 - Spritebox Hour of Code markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/634096271 If you beat the final level of Lightbot (Level 3-6) you're ready for a more difficult coding activity! It's an interactive adventure called Spritebox that requires more advanced coding/pattern-making to 'hack' the game as you go and complete each level!

Spritebox Hour http://www.spritebox.com/hour.html]]> 2020-06-19 23:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/634096271 Activity #3 - Play Lab Coding (Beginner) markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/634098090 Play Lab Coding
 
STEP ONE
Go to this website, and choose one of three themes to work with!
https://code.org/playlab
 
STEP TWO
Watch the Hour of Code introduction video!
 
STEP THREE
Work through the levels; once you've got a good grasp of the fundamentals of coding, move to the final level. From there, you'll be creating a free form story or game!
 
STEP FOUR
When you've finished your story/video game short, click 'Run', and then 'Finish'. You'll be provided with a video link of your completed product. Attach it to the comment section above!
 
EXAMPLES
1. Justin Trudeau's Hockey Game
https://studio.code.org/c/298948598
2. Mr. Giraldi's Ping Pong Game
https://studio.code.org/c/397701221
3. Mr. Waddles Survival Game
https://studio.code.org/c/223987674
4. Play Lab Smash Brothers
https://studio.code.org/c/217220362
5. Mr. Giraldi's World
https://studio.code.org/c/216843084
]]> 2020-06-20 00:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/634098090 Activity #3 - Play Lab Coding (Advanced) markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/634098738 Now that we've all got some experience with beginning to code (with Lightbot and Spritebox), we're going to be creating our own game, activity, or story using coding! 

EXAMPLES
1. Justin Trudeau's Hockey Game
https://studio.code.org/c/298948598
2. Mr. Giraldi's Ping Pong Game
https://studio.code.org/c/397701221
3. Mr. Waddles Survival Game
https://studio.code.org/c/223987674
4. Play Lab Smash Brothers
https://studio.code.org/c/217220362
5. Mr. Giraldi's World
https://studio.code.org/c/216843084

CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING, AND SUBMIT YOUR ACTIVITY (BY A WEBSITE LINK) HERE ON PADLET (IN THE COMMENT SECTION) ONCE COMPLETED!
1. Minecraft Designer
https://studio.code.org/s/minecraft/stage/1/puzzle/1

2. Star Wars Designer
https://studio.code.org/s/starwarsblocks/stage/1/puzzle/1

3. Frozen Designer
https://studio.code.org/s/frozen/stage/1/puzzle/1

4. Maze Designer
https://studio.code.org/hoc/1

5. Disney Infinity Designer
https://studio.code.org/s/infinity/stage/1/puzzle/1

6. Classical Play Lab Designer
https://studio.code.org/s/playlab/stage/1/puzzle/1

7. Gumball Designer
https://studio.code.org/s/gumball/stage/1/puzzle/1

8. Ice Age Designer
https://studio.code.org/s/iceage/stage/1/puzzle/1

9. Artist (Sketch) Designer
https://studio.code.org/s/artist/stage/1/puzzle/1]]> 2020-06-20 00:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/634098738 Feel free to play these! Don't forget to post your link, including your name also! markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/634099491 (Surya's Minecraft Game) https://studio.code.org/c/1156982721
(James Flappy Bird Game)
https://studio.code.org/projects/flappy/CvCUmk9pU6n2mFSe5BZKHwBiQ3zs1w8FOmH5OlnXO70]]> 2020-06-20 00:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/634099491 Phys. Ed Schedule for June 22nd to 25th markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/634176387 2020-06-20 03:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/634176387 Message from Mrs. Saxon! markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/637421184 Happy Tuesday Comets!  Tomorrow, Wednesday June 24th, will be our final Comets PE Live!

What you will need:

A safe, open space to move around
Items to catch (e.g., cotton balls, hair elastics, pencils, popsicle sticks, mini toys, coins, paperclips)
A plastic cup, any toy, a sock, and a pencil
Juniors, I’ll see you at 11am tomorrow.  I will post the link approximately 10 minutes before the Google Meet is scheduled to begin.  I hope you can make it!]]> 2020-06-23 12:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/day53/wish/637421184