Tuesday 28 April 2015

Modelling Unit - Lesson 3

Your tasks this lesson!

1.  Go to Learning Computing - Year 8 - Unit  8 Modelling - Lesson 3

2.  Click on the link on Activity 1.  This is a simulation for making and selling lemonade to try and make a profit.

3.  Try and see how much profit you can make in the time I allow you on this.  Print screen your results (you click on the results button on the simulation at the end).

4.  On a new Google doc (called Lemonade Modelling), paste your print screen and explain underneath all the rules and variables you had to consider when trying to make a profit in your lemonade business.

5.  Write a definition and explanation of what a rule and variable are in this simulation.

6.  Share your Google doc - click Share - Advanced and change it from Private to Anyone with the Link - Click Save/Done and copy/paste the link to a new Blog post for today.

7.  Title your Blog post the same as this Blog post and click Publish!

Thursday 23 April 2015

Modelling Lesson 2

Modelling Lesson 2

Your tasks for this lesson!

1.  Go to Learning Computing - Year 8 - Unit 8 'Modelling' - Lesson 2.

2.  Read through the teacher's presentation.

3.  Click on the link in the Starter activity and make a list of 3 groups of people who use computer models.

4.  Follow the instructions in Activity 1: Research Task to create a Prezi (the link is in that section) explaining who those 3 groups of people are, how they use computer models and why.

5.  Prezi - choose the free version and log in with your school email & choose one of your regular passwords so you don't forget it.  Remember your log in details for the future

6.  When you have finished your Prezi (or near the end of the lesson), you will need to click 'Share' under the presentation, change the slider pointer to 'Hidden', copy the link and paste it to this lesson's Blog post.

7.  Call this lesson's Blog post 'Modelling Lesson 2' and click Publish

6.  If you don't finish the Prezi, please finish for homework.

Wednesday 15 April 2015

Modelling Unit - Lesson 1

Modelling Unit - Lesson 1

Tasks for this lesson!

1.  Watch the starter video

2.  Do Activity 1 - creating a mind map or spider diagram using Popplet.  You don't need to sign in, just use the 'Try it out' button.

3.  When you've finished your Popplet mind map, take a screenshot of it and paste this to a Google doc.

4.  Under your screenshot, explain what it is showing.  Include other information about computer modelling that you learned from the starter video.

5.  Share your doc correctly - Share - click on Advanced - then change Private to Anyone with the link.  Copy the highlighted weblink (URL) and paste to your blog post for this lesson.

6.  Click Publish