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.

TPR1 Unit 1 and Unit 2: Extra Activities

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Hi there! Here you have the extra activities you can do to get extra points for your final mark in this term (Unit 1 and Unit 2). You have to go to our General Website and the click first on Unit 1, then on Extra Activities and read the instructions. The same procedure with Unit 2. Be sure you enter your name following the model provided. You will get a 5% extra in your final mark for Unit 1 and Unit 2.
See you in class.

TPR2 Unit 1 (Algorithms and Flowcharts): Extra Activities

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Hi! Here you have the activities you can complete to get extra points for your final mark in this term (evaluation). You have to go to our General Website, click on Unit 1, then on Extra Activities and read the instructions. Be sure you enter your name following the model provided. You will get a 10% extra in your final mark for Unit 1.
See you the coming week.

TPR1 Unit 1 (Technology and Design): Exam and Extra Activities

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Hi everybody! Te coming week we are taking the first exam, as follows:
- Groups 1F and 1D: 6th of November
- Group 1E: 8th of November
We finished all the activities for Unit 1: ICT Activities in the Computer Room (5 sessions in total), Class Activities (2 sessions) and Workshop Activities (3 sessions). Group 1E has to finish the third session of Workshop Activities. So, in order to prepare this exam, you must redo all these activities:
- ICT Activities: Hardware and Software and Problem Solving Steps from our General Website,
- Virtual Classroom Activities, the activities that covers the whole unit
- Workshop Activities: Straw Bridges
- Workbook: The same activities you completed in our Virtual Clasroom but in paper (download the file) and the solutions to these activities
- Theory: my presentation
- Extra Activities: now, only a quiz about technologies
 Good luck everybody!

TPR2 Unit 1 (Algorithms and Flowcharts): Exam and Extra Activities

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Hi everybody! As you all know you will be doing the first exam next week.
- Groups 2A, 2B, 2C and 2F: 29th of October
- Group 2E: 30th of October
- Group 2D: 31st of October
This week we are doing our last session in the Computer Room (5 sessions in total) and in the Workshop (3 sessions). In order to prepare the exam of the unit, you must redo all the activities. Let's see:
- ICT Activities: revision of Computers and Flowcharts
- ICT Activities, in our Virtual Classroom: Flowcharts and programs
- Workbook: Class Activities (download the file) and have a look at the solutions to these activities
- Theory: my presentation
- Extra Activities: only one quizz about the components a computer system is made up of
Good luck everybody!

Welcome to the 2018/19 school year

Hi everybody! This is my blog for my students of 1st and 2nd year of ESO. Welcome everybody! This blog has the purpose of communicating important information (activities, exams...) to my students so that they keep track on what is going on our lessons. Besides, on the right side of this blog you will find the access to our general websites (General Website TPR1 and General Website TPR2) from which you all can complete the activities we do at school. See you.

See you next time, Valdebernardo

Hello and goodbye! I have been working here for 4 years and next year I will be opening my path in a new school: IES Alfredo Kraus. So thanks everybody, school management team, colleagues, students and everybody else working at this school. Thank you all and see you soon!

Final exam (extraordinary exam): June 19, 2018

Hi! As you know students who didn’t pass the year (course), you will have another opportunity in June. So you will need to take a global exam in which you will be asked to answer questions about the six units we have studied this year. In order to prepare the exam here you have a selection of the activities which help you to pass this exam:

• Unit 1 (Technology and Design): technological process
• Unit 2 (Graphical Communication): drawing parallelograms, drawing the views of an object
• Unit 3 (Materials): classification and properties of materials
• Unit 4 (Electricity): components and symbols, how an electric circuit works and different types of connection
• Unit 5 (Computers and the Internet): what is the Internet?
• Unit 6 (Programming): programs with Scratch

And the activities in your workbook:

• Unit 1 (Technology and Design): activities 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22; 
• Unit 2 (Graphical Communication): activities 04, 06,08, 09, 13, 14, 16 and 17.
• Unit 3 (Materials): activities 07, 08, CA1.
• Unit 4 (Electricity): activities 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 25, 26, 27 and 28.
• Unit 5 (Computers and the Internet): on-line exam.
• Unit 6 (Programming): activities 01_02, 04 and 07. 

Remember you have all the solutions to the workbook in our genereal website. Good luck. 

Unit 6 (Programming): Exam and Extra Activities

Hi everyone! We are about to finish this (academic) year and so the last exam for almost all of you. At the moment we are learning how to program using Scratch. The exam is in the classroom and it is about the ideas we need to have in mind when programming. All these ideas are taken from our workbook. All the questions in the exam are in your workbook (as well as in the activities in our virtual classroom). The schedule for the exam is as follows:

• group D, on the 31st of May,
• groups B, C and A on the 1st of June,
• group C, on the 4th of June

The best way to prepare the exam is redoing the activities we have been working on over the last 3 weeks. Here you have the activities:

• Extra activities: Virtual Classroom.
• Workbook: solutions to the activities in our workbook.
• ICT activities: review.

Good luck!

Unit 5 (Computers and the Internet): Exam and Extra Activities

Hi everyone! Today we have finished Unit 5 and we will start Unit 6 (Programming) the coming Monday. And you will be doing the exam for Unit the week after:

• groups A, C and E, on the 14th,
• 15th of May is a holiday (hooray!!)
• groups B and D on the 16th.

As you all know, you will be doing this test in pairs (with the partner you did the ICT Activities for Unit 5). This exam will be an online test using the web Quizizz. The test consist of two parts (Computers, 20 questions and the Internet, 22 questions). For each question you will have 30 seconds to answer.

If you want to review the activities we have been working on, here you have them:

• Extra activities: Virtual Classroom.
• Workbook: solutions to the activities in our workbook.
• ICT activities: review.

Good luck!

Unit 4 (Electricity): Exam and Extra Activities

Hi everybody. We are now on holydays and so we have a little time to prepare the end of unit 4. After these Easter Holydays we will devote two sessions to complete the unit: ICT activites, session with the mobile phone and debrief session (to review what we have been doing during this unit). And then, the exam:

• groups B and C on the 10th,
• group A on the 11th and
• groups D and E on the 12th.

Here you have the activities to work on:

• Extra activities: session with the phone and Virtual Classroom.
• Workbook: solutions to the activities in our workbook.
• Class activities: review.
• ICT activities: review.

I wish you a happy Easter Holidays and keep up the good work.

Unit 4 (Electricity): Class Activities

Hi everyone! We are starting Unit 4 (Electricity) this week. So we will be working on class activities (first session) in the workshop and ICT activities in the Computer Room.
For the first session you need two balloons, 1 m of string, 12 paper clips and a piece of cardboard. For the second session (next week) you have to bring the material the picture below shows (electrical kit): a 4,5 volt battery, a bulb (and a bulb holder) and connecting wires. You will use these materials in the second class activity as well as the final project at the end of the unit. Good luck.

Unit 3 (Materials): Exam and Extra Activities

Hi everybody! As you all know (previous post) you will be doing the exam for this unit after the coming bank holiday. Here you have some clues:

• Identify the materials we used in this unit
• Classify those materials into the correct type of materials (metals, plastic, wood...)
• Identify different properties of materials
• Link those properties with the purpose of the object
• Differentiate the different parts of an object and their purpose

To prepare this exam go back to the activities we have completed and work on your workbook. The solutions are already published in our general website. And do not forget to do the extra activities: Virtual classroom and Quizizz. Good luck.

Unit 3 (Materials): Completing the unit and Exams

Hi everybody! We have two weeks left to finish this unit. This week we are completing the workshop activity and the last session in the computer room. Next week (only three days), we will be doing the debrief session and we will start Unit 4 (Electricity). After the bank holiday you will do the exam for this unit:

• groups A and C on the 19th,
• groups B and D on the 20th and
• group E on the 22nd.

The link below shows you a session in the workshop during the Spaghetti Challenge. See you in ... workkshop?

Unit 3 (Materials): Activities for the unit

Hi everybody! We are now working on Unit 3 and completed the first week (3 sessions out of 18). This unit is all about the objects we use to perform a certain task, these objects are made of materials, and the materials have properties. What we need to learn is how to link tasks and object's properties. As you all know, in this unit we have the following activities:

• Class Activities (6 sessions) in the classroom, around the school and 1 session in the workshop

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 (6 sessions) in the computer room

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

• Workshop Activities (4 sessions)

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

• Debrief session, including the revision of the unit using our digital devices)
• Exam

As you can see, you must complete your workbook during the sessions in the computer room and at home. See you in class.