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.

Unit 2 (Graphic Communication): Workshop Activities (Tangram Project)

Hi everybody! We are finishing the Unit 2 and the term too. This and next week will devote the last 3 sessions to build an object to put away the tangram pieces we created in the first class activity. This is the goal for our second project this year. And here you have the activity. Good luck.

Unit 2 (Graphic Communication): Exam and Extra Activities

Hi! As you all know, we will be doing the exam for this unit next week. Here you have some clues to work on during this bank holiday:

• measuring objects with the ruler and angles with the protractor
• drawing parallel and perpendicular lines, rectangles, circles with the compass, objects to a certain scale
• identifying the views of an object
• drawing the views of an object (3 different objects)
• drawing objects in 3D (isometric perspective)
• vocabulary of the unit

Do not forget to bring your workbook the day of your exam (here the solutions). And get extra points by doing these activities. Good luck.

Unit 1: Assessment Elements and marks

Hi everybody! This post is intended to remind you the different items we have to calculate our final mark for the unit. We have 6 different elements:

• Class Activities (15%): your practical activities in pairs during the sessions in the classroom: the mystery bag and the string telephone.
• Workshop Activities (10%): the practical activity you did in the Workshop in pairs (3 sessions): Straw Bridges.
• ICT Activities (15%): the same activities you have in your workbook (virtual classroom) plus the on-line activities in our general website. You did these activities (in pairs) in 5 sessions in the Computer Room.
• Workbook Activities (10%): exercises in the Workbook to do in class and at home.
• Exam (50%): the exam you did individually (?) in the classroom.
• Extra (10%): Different ways of getting extra points: in the activities (class, workshop, ICT, workbook) and at home: The Parachute and the revision at Quizizz.

So I am going to give you a strip of paper with your marks. Your final mark for this unit is not your mark for the evaluation as we have to finish unit 2. Both units count the same (50%). I see you in class.

Unit 2 (Graphic Communication): Class and ICT activities

Hi everybody! We have just finished the first classroom activity (The Tangram Project 1/2) which was a kind of warm-up activity. If you feel like reviewing this activity click here and here.

Next week we will be doing ICT Activities in the computer room and completing the activities in the workbook. And we wiil spend another two sessions doing the second classroom activity. You need the same materials (pieces of cardboard, drawing tools, ...) in this activity in which you will learn how to draw the views of an object.

You have the possibility of getting use to it by doing these activities. So, let's get started.

Unit 1 (Technology and Design): Workshop Activities and Exam

Hi everybody! We are finishing this first unit: the project in the workshop, the debrief session and the exam (next week):

• Straw Bridges, in the work shop.

• The debrief session, to talk about what we learnt in this unit and the way we can improve for next units. Along with this chat we will do a review activity using our portable devices and this website.

•  Exam. The best way for you to prepare for the exam is redoing all the activities we have completed. For that, go to our General Website on Weebly.

See you in class.