TechWife Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Here are my curricula plans for 7th grade, how does it look? Does anyone see any glaring omissions? Grammar: Analytical Grammar Vocabulary: Vocabulary from Classical Roots, Book A Spelling: Apples 2 (review only) History/Literature/Writing: History Odyssey: Early Modern Times, Level 2 Science/Writing: Science Explorer: Life Science and Thames & Cosmos MS-1 Lab Kit Math: Chalkdust Pre-Algebra Art: Artistic Pursuits, Middle School Book 1 Bible: Wise Up & Daily Reading Programming: Continuing Intro. to Java Logic: Logic Spiders CD game, Fallacy Detective Extra Curricular: Boy Scouts, FIRST Lego League We will use co-op for additional art and possibly PE, depending on what they offer. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two great kids Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 I was just wondering if you could tell me more about the Intro to Java? Is this programming? My ds would really love to do programming. He has been using game maker which is drag and drop mostly. Unfortunately I do not have any experience with programming so I don't know how to help him. He really wants to learn though. So could you tell me more about what this is. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted June 19, 2009 Author Share Posted June 19, 2009 My son started a programming class in co-op last year. He is continuing it at home w/his father as a tutor. Is your son familiar with the following, free on-line resources: http://scratch.mit.edu/ - this is a programming language developed at MIT for creating games & animations. Great fun! http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=what_is_alice/what_is_alice - this is a programming language developed at Carnegie Mellon. The purpose is to interest younger kids in computer sciences. Storytelling Alice is for Middle School, Alice 2.2 for high school and college. My son jumped into 2.2 right away as a middle schooler. It is more complex than scratch. Version 2.2 is out now, version 3 is in beta testing. Version 3 will include Java. It is available for download now. There are several texts available to use with Alice as an intro. to Java. You can see them here: http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=documentation. You can access instructor helps here: http://www.aliceprogramming.net/ Let me know if you have any questions about these two & I'll have my son answer for you! Also, does he have a Lego Mindstorms NXT? They are great fun and involve a lot of programming. You can also join a team for competions. See this website for info. on the competitions: http://www.usfirst.org/community/fll/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessedwith7 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 (edited) Sorry this post was in reply to a different thread. Ooops Edited June 19, 2009 by blessedwith7 Wrong Thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two great kids Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 My son started a programming class in co-op last year. He is continuing it at home w/his father as a tutor. Is your son familiar with the following, free on-line resources: http://scratch.mit.edu/ - this is a programming language developed at MIT for creating games & animations. Great fun! http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=what_is_alice/what_is_alice - this is a programming language developed at Carnegie Mellon. The purpose is to interest younger kids in computer sciences. Storytelling Alice is for Middle School, Alice 2.2 for high school and college. My son jumped into 2.2 right away as a middle schooler. It is more complex than scratch. Version 2.2 is out now, version 3 is in beta testing. Version 3 will include Java. It is available for download now. There are several texts available to use with Alice as an intro. to Java. You can see them here: http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=documentation. You can access instructor helps here: http://www.aliceprogramming.net/ Let me know if you have any questions about these two & I'll have my son answer for you! Also, does he have a Lego Mindstorms NXT? They are great fun and involve a lot of programming. You can also join a team for competions. See this website for info. on the competitions: http://www.usfirst.org/community/fll/ Thanks for all of the valuable resources. My ds is 10 going into 5th grade so I will take a look at all of the links you sent. Thanks a million. I never even thought about the lego mindstorms. He loves legos, but we have never done the mindstorms. I will have to look into that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Looks great to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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