This is our last class together. You are a great class and have accomplished much.
The final exam is held on Tuesday, 1 June 12:00 – 2:30 pm
There are questions on GeoGebra and spreadsheets. Be sure you are familiar with these concepts.
It has been a great year. I am very pleased with this class. You work well, try new things and are fun to be with. Well done. All the best for your future.
Grade 9 students are to hand in their presentations. We will watch them in class today.
Students need to show Mr Richard their character head from our Blender project.
We only have five classes left. We will use one for review for the final exam. In the remaining four classes, students will choose an extension exercise to 3D design. We will probably run out of time, but since the software is free, you can always complete the projects on your own.
Here are your choices:
Mr Richard will not be at school this week. Students are expected to continue their work. Here are your tasks:
Complete the NIS Campus in SketchUp.
On your computers My Documents –> Class Files –> Grade 9 –> NIS Campus Kit … you will find the two buildings we completed.
Start with either the High School or Wooden building
Turn off all unnecessary layers. You only need the foundation
Two students go out and get a rough estimate of how many meters the buildings are apart. You may use Google Maps to get a reference.
Students should divide the work and share results. Create the auditorium, gym, store and pool. Use layers to turn off complete buildings to avoid lag.
In the end, everyone will have a completed NIS Campus.
This is a lot of work. Students must use their time wisely. Be good, work hard and I will see you next week.
Mr Richard
PS, if students want to update SketchUp, the installation files on a couple of the new computers. You may use it to update.
Today is the last period for working on your presentations. If you have it finished, transfer the presentation to the computer with the projector. Make sure it works.
Next day we will watch the presentations.
Use your time wisely.
Students are encouraged to use their time wisely. You have class time to conduct research and prepare your presentations. It is important for you to use this time well. It saves you doing it for homework!
Remember to ask classmates for help.
You will present your findings to the whole class after Songkran.
Students are to use class time efficiently and effectively to prepare their presentations. Conduct research, experiment with design and try out software.
In class we will review a few concepts and techniques in creating a presentation.
Here is your marking guideline: presentation assessment
Students are reminded to send in their last GeoGebra assignments today for assessment.
We begin a new topic in class today. Students will select a topic, conduct research and present their findings to the class. This unit of study aims to help you develop your presentation skills and cover content for the course. Your classmates will learn from your presentations.
We will discuss possible topics for your presentations in class and come up with a list. We will take a look at some sample presentations to get ideas of the possibilities.
Last day, students in grade 9 produced a dynamic model of a musical note. Hmm, … I think this is a little bit beyond grade 9. You are amazing. This is proof you can do anything you want to. We will complete two more models today and that will end our unit of study on math software.
We will leave this unit on creating dynamic math models for other projects. You have a number of tools you can use now. Our next unit of study will put these together to cover some content in the course.
Here is a model from a student of a musical note:
Class, as we progress through our study guide on GeoGebra, students are to submit each model we create to niscomputers@gmail.com The models are worth 2 marks. One for completing it, and one if it is correct. So far, students who have done this are earning an ‘A’ in this unit of study.
We will continue to progress through the GeoGebra workbook.
Today we begin a new unit of study. We will learn how to use GeoGebra. GeoGebra is dynamic mathematics software that combines geometry, algebra and calculus. For our purposes, we will not learn math in our class. We will learn how to use this program to help us learn mathematics.
The idea behind GeoGebra is to combine manipulations on the spreadsheet view, the algebra view or the geometry view. You can enter formulas right out of your math book, or draw in geometry area.
You are all going to become math nerds! You will be surprised how easy this is to do.
On your computers is a folder with a number of lessons in ebook form and some files. GeoGebra main website
