Addition Practice using online program. Use of the Arcademics online program "Jet Ski Addition"
to give students practice with single digit addition.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
During today's Computer Lab lesson, an online program titled "Jet Ski Addition" was used for single digit addition practice. Both Teddy and Remi were well focused and engaged in this fun addition practice race game.
Learning To Fly: Online program involving several variables/effects which could enhance the "flight" of an emperor penguin.
Lesson Outline
Learning To Fly: Online program involving several variables/effects which could enhance the "flight" of an emperor penguin. Amount of money earned per flight increases with flight time and elevation. Acceleration, ramp height increase, air resistance, gliders etc. can be purchased with the flight earnings. Students' skills with Math and decision-making are involved with each flight trial.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Today's Computer lab lesson with Remy, Libby, and Teddy was a productive and enjoyable learning experience. Using the Learning To Fly online program, the students engaged their decision making and mathematics skills while enjoying the visual effects of an emperor penguin flying.
Learning to Fly: Cool Math Skills Game : This thought provoking online "game" requires the student to use various parameters such as angle. ramp length., acceleration, ramp height, gliders, small rockets etc. to maximize a "penguin's flight" time and elevation. For each successful flight with the penguin, the student earns $$ which can be spent on flight boosting such as Gliders, acceleration, rocket fuel etc.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
During today's computer lab session, Remington was shown instructions within a "Learning to Fly" CoolMath game which was thought provoking. Remi was challenged to think through several specific flight-enhancing options that were available to choose and then saw the results/effects of these specific choices.
Using the computer to research Tornados, watch instructional videos, and review actual films/clips of F-5
highly destructive videos. Explanation of the cause and effects of dangerous tornados.
Lesson Outline
Using the computer to research Tornados, watch instructional videos, and review actual films/clips of F-5
highly destructive videos. Explanation of the cause and effects of dangerous tornados. Origin/cause of tornados due to clash/mixing of warm and cool air masses resulting in a swirl/severe vortex of wind and rain. Views of Moore, Oklahoma F-5 tornados and after-effects from 1999 and 2013.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
During today's computer lab session with Remington, the internet was used to research the cause and effects of dangerous tornados. Short instructional videos of tornados and actual Youtube videos of F-5 tornados in Moore , Oklahoma were viewed to demonstrate the power of severe weather. Remi was particularly interested in this topicbecause at 4 years old he witnessed his mother's restaurant being heavily damaged by a tornado in Palm Beach county.
Introduction to Keyboarding, Cool Math Games: Operating "Lemonade Stand" involving budgeting and spending for lemonade stand materials. Student used simple mathematics, subtraction, and unit quantities to make decisions that would lead to higher lemonade cup sales based upon given specific weather conditions.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
During today's introductory Computer Lab session, Remington was introduced to a Cool Math "thinking game" involving lemonade stand which kept his attention and drew upon several basic math skills.
