Coding

Hour of Coding

This week, on  November 28, 2017, our class participated in an hour of coding sponsored by Thomson Reuters. Our Volunteer was Marsha Skoman, a software designer from the University of Michigan. Ironically, she was an alumna of Pattengill Elementary School having had her fifth grade class in our current computer lab. How remarkable!

From a code crash course, students learned basic coding vocabulary culminating into playing Code Combat. Code Combat allowed players to plan their navigation route via simple functions using simple syntax and strings. Here is the link to CodeCombat, CodeCombat Students will have access to level 1 and more levels of the game with advanced skills.

Our class code will be sent via email.

3-5-ETS1-1 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost. 3-5-ETS1-2 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. 3-5-ETS1-3 Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

We're moving levels.

I'm a future engineer: I make this look easy.

"Does my function have the correct syntax?"

Marsha, computer software designer, and Pattengill Alumna

Girls can code too. 

I need to navigate this level.

Science: Matter, Ch-Ch-Changes

Matter

Matter will be one of our new science units this year. Below are the science unit that will be covered:

Robotics and Engineering
Matter, Phenomenal Science Unit, Ch-Ch-Changes
Human Body


The Common Core Standards for Matter are as followed:

• 5-PS1-1 Develop a model to demonstrate that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
• 5-PS1-2 Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that, regardless of the type of change that occurs, when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
• 5-PS1-3 Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
• 5-PS1-4 Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.