TPR1 Unit 4 (Computers, the Internet and Programming): Exam and Extra Activities

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Hi! Here you have some ideas to prepare the exam (unit 4)  we are taking this coming week. As you know, we have 2 different parts:

• Computers and the Internet: you all will do the exam in pairs, in the computer room. For this first part (50%) you will do 2 online tests.
• Programming: the second part (50%) is an individual paper test about programming: flowcharts and programs with Scratch

To prepare this exam and get up to 2 extra points you can review the following activities:

• ICT Activities

1. Computers: Hardware and Software. Identify the different components and classify them into System Unit, Storage Devices and Peripherals. You also need to diffrentiate between input and output peripherals.
2. Computer Networks: Identify the different components we find in a computer network and list the things you need to hace access the Internet (a website).
3. Programming: flowcharts (algorithms) and programs. You have a version of Scratch in our virtual classroom to practice.

• Workbook

1. Have a look at the solutions to the Virtual Classroom Activities in our workbooks: computers and the Internet.

• Extra Activities

1. Complete 3 extra activities in Quizizz (10%). The dead line is 22nd of May.
2. Download the workbooks (Computers and Programming), complete the activities and hand in it the the day of the exam (5% each).

Do not forget your notebook the day of the exam and good luck.

TPR2 Unit 4 (Electronics & Robotics): Exam and Extra Activities

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Hi everybody! As all of you know, we are taking the exam for unit 4 this coming week. We have devoted 6 sessions in the computer room completing both class and ICT activities. And now we are completing the practical activities with Crumble, the microcontroller (3 sessions).
Here you have some clues to prepare the exam and, if you want, to get 1 extra point you:

• Electrical symbols, electric circuits and circuit diagrams
• Types of connection
• Measuring current and voltage
• Ohm's Law
• Electronic components, Inputs & Ouputs
• Analogue and Digital components
• Electronic circuits
• Microcontrollers and Programming (workshop activities)

You also can have a look at the solutions to the class activities (workbook) and get up to 1 extra point by completing the two extra activities.
Do not forget your notebook the day of the exam and good luck.

TPR1 Unit 3 (Materials): Exam and Extra Activities

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Hi everybody! We have finished Unit 3 and now it's time to see what we have learnt about technicals materials. So next week we are doing an exam:

• group 1ºF on the 27th of March,
• groups 1ºD and 1ºE on the 28th of March

In order to prepare the exam and get up to 1 extra point for the unit, redo the following activities we have been doing over the last weeks:

• Class Activities in the workshop and around the school

1. What do you know about materials (warm-up activity)
2. Properties of materials (card-game activity)
3. The Jumble Box (it includes Spaghetti Challenge in the workshop)

• ICT Activities in the computer room

1. on-line activities in our general website
2. activities using our virtual classroom

• Workshop Activities

1. Mars Exploration Rover, activity in which we had to select the appropriate materials to build the vehicles we need to use to reach Mars and explorer it.

• Extra Activities

1. Download the workbook, complete the activities and hand in it the the day of the exam
2. Do the extra activities in Quizizz

Good luck everybody! See you all in class.

TPR2 Unit 3 (The Internet): Exam and Extra Activities

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Hi everybody! Next week we are taking our exam for unit 2. We have devoted 9 sessions in the computer room completing both class and ICT activities. Now we will see what we have learnt. The exam consists of two parts: in the first part (50%) you will do an online test in pairs. The second part (50%) is an individual paper test about computer devices and IP addresses in a local network.
To prepare the exam and get 1 extra point you can review the following activities:

• Virtual Classroom Activities.
• ICT Activities from our General Website (class activities and ICT activities)
• Workbook: more or less the same activities as ICT activities. Download the file and complete the activities with solutions to these activities
• Theory: have a look at it to revise what we have been doing over the last 6 weeks.

• Extra Activities: complete the two test at Quizizz and get an extra 10%
• Do not forget your notebook the day of the exam

Unit 2: You can improve your final mar by redoing the workshop activities. Build the straw bridge and I will update the final mark for this part of the project.
See you next week. Good luck

TPR1 Unit 2 (Graphic Communication): Exam

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Hi everybody! As you all know, the coming week we are taking our second exam. We are now completing the workshop activities (the Tangram Project). To prepare the exam you can work on the following activities:

• Virtual Classroom Activities: 01,04, 06, 07, 09, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19.
• ICT Activities from our General Website (class activities and ICT activities)
• Workbook: The same activities you completed in our Virtual Clasroom but in paper (download the file) and the solutions to these activities. I will give 10% of the mark you get if you hand in the workbook the day of the exam.
• Workshop Activities: The Tangram Project 2/2
• Theory: have a look at it to revise what we have been doing over the last 6 weeks. 
• Extra Activities: now, the workbook and Packages (hands-on activity)

 Good luck everybody!

TPR2 Unit 2 (Structures and Mechanisms): Exam and Extra Activities

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Happy New Year to all!
We are completing Unit 2 so we will have an exam on it in two weeks. this is our plan:

• Next week (8th to 11th): some of you will be having the last session completing ICT activities or Class activities. Other will be starting the first session (out of 2) of the project in the Workshop.
• Straw bridges: this is the 2-session project you will do in groups of 3 people (exceptionally 2). With this hands-on activity we will complete Unit 2.
• Exam: we will be taking the exam during the fourth week of January (21st to 25th), in the first of the two sessions we have.

Redo the following activities to prepare the exam:

• Virtual Classroom Activities
• Class Activities online and Workbook with solutions from our General Website

• Extra activities from Quizizz. I will give 10% extra for the three quizzes

So, see you next week.