This kids video about eating healthy is really fun, animated and great soundtrack.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
STEM: Nutrition Fun Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdL-gjTEpMs
This kids video about eating healthy is really fun, animated and great soundtrack.
This kids video about eating healthy is really fun, animated and great soundtrack.
STEM: Nutrition Video Disney
http://youtu.be/8VRKvJEk1A8
This very old Disney Video has lots of good concepts in it for kids. Planting food gardens at home can help us to eater better. Back then the thought on dividing food into groups was that there is three groups of food. Now we have six. How times have changed! Check out the video at the link above.
This very old Disney Video has lots of good concepts in it for kids. Planting food gardens at home can help us to eater better. Back then the thought on dividing food into groups was that there is three groups of food. Now we have six. How times have changed! Check out the video at the link above.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Action Game: Add Game Ingredients
Write about a problem you overcame while working on the code for one of your game ingredients.
Action Game: Add Enemy
Write a blog post about what sorts of enemy behaviors you'd think would make your game more interesting.
- Try to write about two or three different types of enemies.
Action Game: Scoring
Do you like games which you need to achieve a high score, or do you prefer games in which the objective is to get to the end? Support your answer by stating why.
Action Game: Collectable Objects
Write a blog post about collectable objects. What will your players earn for collecting your collectable objects and how will that enhance the educational value of your game?
Action Game: Move With Game Loop
Write about other actions you'd like your player to perform. How do you think you might accomplish this with code?
Action Game: Program First Action
- If changing the value of _x moves the player left and right, what do you think changing the value of _y would do?
- Did you try experimenting with different values?
- What were the results?
- Did any of the results surprise you?
Action Game: Create A Movie Clip
Write a blog post about the player's backstory. Include information about his or her motivations and their characteristics.
Action Game: Make and Trace a Paper Prototype
What problems did it help you to solve with your game idea?
Action Game: Prototype and Trace
Write about making a paper prototype. What problems did it help you to solve with your game idea?
Action Game: Choose Learning Topic
Answer these questions in your blog after researching your game topic.
What new information or ideas surprised you about the topic you were researching?
In what ways can you use a game to better teach this topic than other forms of media?
Action Game
I'm working on a new action game this summer in preparation for the Fall 2013 semester.
- What kind of ideas did you get for your own game?
I think my game will be about running around a school, trying to collect good grades.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
STEM: Ecosystems Games and Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47CIdUld8eQ
Deep Sea Ecosystems
Games
Create Your Own Pond
http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/activities/pond2.html
Interactive Learning Game About Life Cycles
Hams Hall Pond
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/science/hamshall/index.htm
Pond Food Chain interactive game
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/pond_activity.html
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
STEM: Ecosystem. Sundarbans
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130212-sundarbans-natures-bioshield
The Sundarbans is Bangledesh and India's giant mangrove forest, home to the Bengal Tiger. It is an ecosystem that is being destroyed and turned into a shrimp farm. But this forest protects one of the world's most populated areas from cyclones and storms.
The Sundarbans is Bangledesh and India's giant mangrove forest, home to the Bengal Tiger. It is an ecosystem that is being destroyed and turned into a shrimp farm. But this forest protects one of the world's most populated areas from cyclones and storms.
STEM: Ecosystems, Sahara
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130205-sahara-life-giving-sands
How does the Sahara Desert help the Amazon Rainforest?
Wind blows the nutrient rich dust from the Sahara over the Atlantic Ocean where it ends up in the rain over the Amazon in South America. Rugged and brutal yet life giving.
How does the Sahara Desert help the Amazon Rainforest?
Wind blows the nutrient rich dust from the Sahara over the Atlantic Ocean where it ends up in the rain over the Amazon in South America. Rugged and brutal yet life giving.
STEM: Ecosystems, Amazon Rainforest
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130226-amazon-lungs-of-the-planet
Deforestation is a big problem in the Amazon. The Amazon rainforest regulates the atmosphere by storing carbon and creating oxygen. Half of the world's wildlife lives there. This 4 minute video explains the crucial role that the Amazon plays in the health of the earth.
STEM: Ecosystems Coral Reefs
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130219-coral-reefs-the-oceans-larder
Corals are more like plants than animals. Every species is food for another in the food web. Coral reefs are ocean nurseries. One fourth of all ocean species live in coral reefs. Many costal communities only access to protein is the coral reef. Catching fish is essential for the health and nutrition for fishing communities. Coral reefs are under stress from international fishing industries.
Corals are more like plants than animals. Every species is food for another in the food web. Coral reefs are ocean nurseries. One fourth of all ocean species live in coral reefs. Many costal communities only access to protein is the coral reef. Catching fish is essential for the health and nutrition for fishing communities. Coral reefs are under stress from international fishing industries.
STEM: Ecosystems, Antarctic Ocean
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130305-antarctica-engine-of-ocean-life
This is a 4 minute film about the oceans surrounding Antarctica. That southern ocean around the earth's remotest, coldest, windiest, loneliest place is essential to all of the world's ocean life.
Even though it is a cold and desolate place, it supports an amazing number of animals. All of that life relies on the sea for food. The sea around Antarctica is full of plankton. Nutrient rich waters of Antarctica is key to the global ocean system. This is the point where the world's oceans connect.
This system generates a huge amount of nutrient cycling, where the world's largest mammal, the whale, can feed.
This is a 4 minute film about the oceans surrounding Antarctica. That southern ocean around the earth's remotest, coldest, windiest, loneliest place is essential to all of the world's ocean life.
Even though it is a cold and desolate place, it supports an amazing number of animals. All of that life relies on the sea for food. The sea around Antarctica is full of plankton. Nutrient rich waters of Antarctica is key to the global ocean system. This is the point where the world's oceans connect.
This system generates a huge amount of nutrient cycling, where the world's largest mammal, the whale, can feed.
STEM: Space Photo Each Day
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/01/space-photo-of-the-day-2/?pid=7226
This site is really cool. This page is a space photo each day. Awesome! I love it when science, technology and art all unite to create something beautiful. This image below is five views of the planet Venus.
This site is really cool. This page is a space photo each day. Awesome! I love it when science, technology and art all unite to create something beautiful. This image below is five views of the planet Venus.
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