Programming Hanukkah Cards

In math class, we were told to make Hanukkah cards on scratch. If you don’t know, scratch is a completely free block coding website designed for kids to learn the basics of coding. Personally, I have used scratch numerous times and it has successfully taught me much of what I know about coding. Anyway, we had to make our own Hanukkah card on scratch. The link to mine is down below. You simply click the link and it will take you to my project. You may have to enable flash.

 

 

 

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/268535177/#editor

Building Reflection

What about the building process was challenging?

Half of our group spent the entire making slime and the other half had to do the entire rest of the project.

How did your build differ from your plan? (If your build was different than your plan, update your plan!)

It did not.

How did your group work well together during the build? What would you do again?

I would paint the tower blue again because you can’t go wrong with a blue tower.

How did your group struggle during the build? What would you change?

I would move away from the slime and try to use something else to cushion the princess’s fall.

Explorers Reflection

 

What about this project went well for you? Explain.

I found all my research pretty easily. Everything I needed was easy to find.

What about this project did not go well for you? Explain.

I could not get my video working. I couldn’t present to the class.

How can you create a better project next time?

Talk slower in my video. Make it clearer.

How did you think the planning process went? Were you able to find all the information you needed?

Yes, it was all easy to find.

What could Adon Kaufman and Gev. Noorlander do differently next time?

Be clearer on how big a project is so we know how we should pace ourselves.

What impact did explorers make?

 
They searched in places no one else had searched before. If explorers weren’t there, everyone would still be living in the exact same place they were born. They might not even leave their house. 

Dissection Reflection

  • What is the value of dissecting?

Dissecting helps you see things that pictures can’t tell you. They might not be things you want to see, but helpful nonetheless. Also, you know how those pictures got taken. Someone had to dissect a fish to get those pictures. Humans wouldn’t know anything about the insides of fishes if they didn’t dissect.

  • How did the dissection help you understand what is happening between the sea lamprey and the trout?

It explained just how the sea lamprey is killing the trout and what an exchange between the 2 species might have looked like. Before the sea lamprey was a 2-inch picture in the corner of our page. Now, it’s a real fish to us. 

  • How did you feel about dissection? If you enjoyed the process, why did you enjoy it? If you did not enjoy it, what was difficult about it?

Dissection for the perch was not bad at all until some kids started taking out the eyes from the fish and squeezing them. It was actually kind of fun. We got to cut open a fish and look at the insides it was kind of cool. The sea lamprey was a different story. I had trouble just touching it. I mean, just look at it. How can you really blame me? Although I actually did stay in the room (about half left), it was pretty disgusting. I didn’t actually dissect it (Gev. Mcadams did) but I did look inside of it.