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July 6-9th, 2010 Explorers I (Scratch - Beginning, Pico Crickets, PLEO)

Explorer I Pictures - July 6-9th, 2010
Explorer I Green Screen Pictures - July 6-9th, 2010
Explorer I Projects - July 6-9th, 2010

Activities on nebomusic.net:
http://www.nebomusic.net/ICEAnimationExplorers.html


Overview and Schedule:

Key Concepts:
Conditionals
Looping
Variables
Objects
Methods
Properties
Events

Movement Activities:
Red Light Green Light
Old Brass Wagon
Zone Game
Tennis Ball Game

Pico Crickets:
Movers and Shakers Project
Sound Reaction
Light Reaction
Curious Creatures Project
Reaction Timer
Pickle Instrument (Resistance)

Scratch:
Introduction to Scratch - Chasing/Eating Game(Event Driven Movement, Conditionals, hiding-showing, scoring)

Pac Man
Baby Catch
Pong
Target Game
Dancing Animation
Polygon Art

Pong-Type Game
Red Light Green Light
Animation Simulation - Orbit Simulation
Old Brass Wagon Dance
Greeting Card
Baby Catch
Polygon Robot
Line Following BugBot

Tuesday:
Morning:
Pre-Survey

Watch Luxo Jr. Movie
Create our Own Artificial Life forms
"We make things that are alive!" - Animation
Pico Crickets
Motion Modules (http://www.picocricket.com/motion.html)
Kinetic_Sculpture (http://www.picocricket.com/pdfs/Kinetic_Sculpture.pdf)
Movers and Shakers (http://www.picocricket.com/pdfs/Movers_Shakers.pdf)

Lunch: 11:30 to 12:30

Afternoon:
CS Unplugged Activity - Binary Numbers
Introduction to Scratch: Chasing and Eating Game(User Event Driven Movement, Conditionals, Hiding-Showing, Scoring) (Note - If we have a tour - we will move Scratch to after Tour)
http://nebomusic.net/scratchlesson1/scratchexercise1.html

Pico Crickets: Adding Sensors to Kinetic Sculpture/Movers (Input)

Cleanup

Wednesday:
Morning: Scratch Lesson 2: Pong Game or Baby Catch
http://nebomusic.net/basicpongdirections.pdf
Scratch Lesson 3: Spinner Art (Random Numbers, Spin, Stamping)
http://www.nebomusic.net/spinner_art_scripts.html

Lunch

Afternoon: Pico Crickets
Reaction Timer Game (http://www.picocricket.com/pdfs/Reaction_Game.pdf)

Free Build - Select Projects for Friday

Thursday:
Scratch: Lesson 4: Dancing
http://www.nebomusic.net/redlightgreenlight.html
Pickle Instrument (Resistance)
http://www.picocricket.com/pdfs/Musical_PlayDough.pdf

Friday:
Scratch Lesson 5: Polygon Robot (If time)
Scratch: Select Project (Dancing, Pong, Chase-Eat, Spinner)
Pico: Select and Build Project

Lunch:

Prep for Parent Show:
Do Parent Show: (1:30 to 2:30)
Cleanup / Awards

Animation Explorers.ppt

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