Grade 8 - How to create a Screen Capture

To all EVEN section 8th grade classes:

The project which has students collect 10 images from the internet has begun. The students will capture them using the proper keystrokes, then using Paint save them onto their pc. They will then import them into a new Google Doc, and  label them with the proper titles. All students will be given 2 days to complete this project.

Any student who needs extra help or has any questions should speak with the teacher ASAP to get the help you need.

Grade 7 - Google Apps project has started

To all EVEN section 7th grade classes:

The project called "Google Apps and Network Storage" has started and will last for 2 classes. Be sure to check all your work with the included grading rubric before passing it in.

If you have any questions or need extra  help be sure to talk with your teacher ASAP to get what you need.

Engineering / Technology Dept now has a YouTube Channel

To all students, parents, and staff

Unfortunately our current set up with blogger  has a file size limit which our SuGo Competition is breaking. In order to get around this limitation we got ourselves our own YouTube channel to highlight student work.

A few things of note, any student can contact the teacher directly and obtain any video they are in. Also we have turned the comment moderation feature on so we won't have to put up with people who are less then positive.

At this very moment we are uploading SuGo competition videos. We hope you like them.

Here is but one of the many videos we are working on.

Grade 8 - We have a Sumo Bot Winner

They say football is a game of inches...

Well I say Robotics is a game of centimeters because that's how close the overtime final of the Sumo Bot competition turned out to be.  

Congratulations to .....

The Magical Walrus' who pulled out what can only be described as a down to the wire win. 

After 5 rounds of round robin play two teams ended up tied. 8-1 and 8-3. 

So we went to a tie-breaker. Each team then won a match so that meant it would all come down to one final match. We ran the clock but quite honestly we were going until someone won. When this did occur the difference between both teams were separated by mere centimeters. 

The ODD section has their winner and will now await the winner of the EVEN section winner some time towards the end of the school year.

Work has already begun on getting all the finals matches online for all to see.

Grade 8 - Congrats to our Sectional winners, now for the Sumo Finals

Here are your Grade 8 Sectional winners for the Sugo Competition.

If you can't make it and would like to follow along we have a live scoring page that anyone with net access can watch the scores as they come in.

http://tournamentscheduler.net/schedule/NTA2NDEwNDE4MQ

You can also watch ranking page to see who is currently leading:

http://tournamentscheduler.net/schedule/NTA2NDEwNDE4MQ/results




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Grade 7 - CO2 car designs

With the end of the term quickly approaching a number of students were feverishly working to get their CO2 dragster finished. The last photo shows a student who has decided to go for the artistic method and forgo being race ready.

Grade 8 - Sumo Practice Video

With time running out for the ODD section 8th grade SuGo project, a few students decided to give their robots a real world try. The video is a result of one of those attempts.