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Swimmy Fish My second favorite project in the course Exploring Computer Science was the Scratch game project. In the Scratch game project we had to create a game using the block programming language Scratch. I created a game called Swimmy Fish. The goal of Swimmy fish is to guide a fish to different depths(levels) of... (Read more)

My favorite project in the course Exploring Computer Science was the HTML website project. In this project I was required to make a webpage with four pages about a certain topic, which included elements like background, rollover images, headings, links, layout styles and images. My topic of my webpage was about weightlifting. I weight lift... (Read more)

Epigenetics are the genes that are changed and influenced as life progresses, and it what makes even identical twins different and unique in genetic coding. Twins are two siblings that are born at the same time, and are either fraternal or identical. While fraternal twins are two different eggs being fertilized,... (Read more)

One of my favorite projects in Exploring Computer Science was our Scratch game, which my partner and I created.  In the game you (the player) are the planet Earth.

This is a video about the affect that climate change has on animals. We used the computer program Powtoons. I made this in Mrs. Dwyer’s eight grade science class.

This is a powtoon documentary on how climate change affects animal species and habitats. It was a group project that we created in our eighth grade science class.

This week only, Codegirl a documentary, producer Lesley Chilcott, focuses on the Technovation Challenge, a global competition for young women that promotes entrepreneurship and computer science.  This week only, November 1-5, viewers can watch in English, Español,  Português, or even Hindi.   On November 6, you can pay to view with sources such as Amazon Instant... (Read more)

Alina Spaulding and I are taking part in a pilot course titled Mobile CSP or Mobile Computer Science Principles during second semester of 2015-2016.  This course is designed to introduce students to computer science while preparing them for the AP CS exam.  No experience is required!  If you are interested in learning more, visit (Read more)

In December of 2014, I was recognized along with 99 teachers from across the United States, as a leader in Computer Science education.  Educators from across the United States traveled to the 100 Teachers Meeting in Washington D.C. for a 2 day workshop thanks to the National Science Foundation, NSF, and National Center for Women &... (Read more)

The Hour of Code is a global initiative to expose students k-12 to computer science through a series of programming applications both on and off line.  Code.org co-founded by Hadi and Ali Partovi, launched in 2013.  View Hadi’s inspirational Ted Talk in playlist below.

This movement, the largest in educational history, has introduced... (Read more)

The Hour of Code is a global initiative to expose k-12 students to computer science through a series of programming applications both on and off line.  This year our ECS, Exploring Computer Science, students as well as students that helped out the year before acted as ambassadors, traveling to four middle and elementary schools combined to assist... (Read more)

Description: A short three minute video on how climate change has affected us and how we can make it better. This video includes back ground music, cartoons, and pictures to go along with each slide.  Throughout the project, we edited a lot and tried to make each slide enjoyable.  I had three partners and it... (Read more)

My beginning essential question for my project on parkinson’s disease is if it is hereditary or not. I am interested in this topic because my grandmother had parkinson’s so I wanted to do a bit of research to see if I had a chance of getting it. I am very interested in different types of... (Read more)

This project is a powtoon video about climate change. The video includes many facts about climate change, like how it will affect us for example.

This is a Powtoon documentary about how climate change affects animal and their habitats. We created this in our eighth grade science class. Each one of our group members had a different job and I was in charge of research. Overall, I think our group worked really well together to produce and good documentary.

my group the spongebob fan club of science . we all worked together to make a wevideo the main purpose  of the video was how climate change effects the earth.In a entertaining way.

Introduction: The Great brain at camp is about a boy named Peter that has many astonishing plans. First his mom forces him to go to camp. He arrives there and gets bullied, but throughout camp he starts to like camp. When he gets home he definitely wants to go back to camp next year.

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A few friends and I made a we-video as a climate change video for our 8th grade science class.  Ir’s about climate change and includes some of the characters from spongebob.

Heather Salemme    UDL assignment #1        8/10/2015

What is the most important guideline, in your opinion? Which guidelines would be the most difficult for you to implement and why?

In considering the UDL guidelines, the goal of inspiring motivation to learn a given topic is the most important and also the most difficult to implement. As... (Read more)

Description:  We made a powtoon explaining how climate change is dangerous and how we can fix it and make it better. It was about 3 minutes and was for our science class for Mrs. Dwyers 8th grade class.  I had 3 partners that helped out a lot.

Presentation about how climate change is affecting Earth and what we can do. My question for the climate science PowToon was “What can we do to stop/slow climate change?”. There is also a document with the citations and the script for the presentation.

This is a science project, I did on dark matter in space.

I made a Powtooon with Carolyn, Rachel, and Bronwyn.  Our topic was “Why is climate change dangerous?”.  This was made is Mrs. Dwyers 8th Grade Science class.

Hello all,

This is my group’s video that we made for Science. Check it out!

-Pedro

Forensic Science
Unit 2: Physical Evidence

The Atlanta Child Murders: A Case Study in Fiber Analysis

Please research the Wayne Bertram Williams case and answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.

Who was Wayne Williams? 23 year old african-american freelance photographer
Tell me generally about the victims (the 5 W’s).... (Read more)

FORENSIC SCIENCE CASE STUDY TEMPLATE

You will need to research the case of Richard Munoz Ramirez (The “Night Stalker”) and answer the following questions.

I Background:  Detail the following:

1. Where was he from? El Paso, Texas
2. Who was his family? seven siblings, born to Mercadies and Julian Ramirez,
3. Who influenced him greatly in... (Read more)

Name:  __Jordan Dorff_______________________ Date: ________2/5/15_______________

Landmark Forensic Science Cases

For this assignment, you are to research the Frye v. United States and Daubert v. Merrell Dow cases.

1. Compare and contrast them in terms of how they relate to admissibility of scientific evidence in the courtroom.
2. Find real criminal cases on which each of these... (Read more)

Based on all of the ballistics activities done in class, I have concluded that ballistics requires a great amount of patience, precision, and perseverance, and that it is easy to make errors in attempting to match bullets. I learned a lot about ballistics from the powerpoint, which included related vocabulary, procedures, and general concepts. I... (Read more)

In February 1997, during the investigation of the murder of Marion Ross in Kilmarnock, Scotland, policewoman Shirley McKie was accused of leaving her fingerprint on the crime scene. During the murder trial of David Asbury, she testified that  she had not been on the premises. A few months later, McKie was accused of perjury and... (Read more)

Frye v. United States and Daubert v. Merrell Dow both set precedents for the use of evidence in future court cases by discerning the types of scientific evidence admissible in the courtroom.

In Frye v. United States, Frye, who was convicted of second-degree murder, attempted to call an expert witness to testify that he had... (Read more)

After reading A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle and “Do You Think Like Sherlock Holmes?” by Maria Konnikova, I have concluded that mental alertness is essential to succeeding at scientific methods of detection and investigation. Without mindfulness, it is difficult to be observant of crucial details.

In A Scandal in Bohemia, Sherlock Holmes... (Read more)

FORENSIC SCIENCE CASE STUDY TEMPLATE

You will need to research the case of Richard Munoz Ramirez (The “Night Stalker”) and answer the following questions.

I Background:  Detail the following:

Where was he from?

Richard Ramirez, also known as “The Night Stalker” was born and raised in El Paso Texas.

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https://docs.google.com/a/gdrsd.us/document/d/1MD-tuW9CQFa7nOw4dG6-uYW1ukxGE2_Le3ZIifsg9aA/edit

I really enjoyed this case study and the gruesomely interesting story of Richard Ramirez’s life. His back story explained why he was so insane as an adult, and his purposeless, merciless crimes were so brutal that it felt like I was reading a script for a horror movie. There were also a few aspects... (Read more)

I have learned a lot about crime scene management and evidence collection. For one thing, I have learned all of the steps that go into managing the scene. The very first thing is safety. The police officer who first arrives will make sure that any victims are okay, confirm the person is dead (if there... (Read more)

In this study, I researched the difference between the Frye and Daubert standards. I learned a lot from doing this research. I also worked hard to improve this study by adding more details to my writing.

Compare and contrast them in terms of how they relate to admissibility of scientific evidence in the courtroom.

They... (Read more)

I have fingerprinted in two different ways, using a stamp pad and then putting my fingerprint on a piece of paper, and leaving my fingerprints on a glass beaker and collecting my print using dust powder and putting tape over that and then onto a piece of paper. Neither of these resulted in great prints,... (Read more)

Let’s talk about the most famous detective (or should I say private consultant?) to ever exist: Sherlock Holmes. Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published for the first time in 1888, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson and their criminal adventures are, even 120 years after being published, still, not only a literary success, but also a massive... (Read more)

1. In Frye v. United States, James Frye was accused of the murder of a physician. Frye first admitted that he had committed the crime when he was first arrested, but later took back his statement... (Read more)

Kids should not have homework because they should play outside and they already do to much work in school.  This makes me feel that kids should not have homework and do more stuff like sports.

One reason that kids should not have homework is that they should play outside. For... (Read more)

Dear Dr. Katie Novak.

Have you ever stayed up all night doing your homework? Well I have and it stinks. Once I even fell asleep doing my homework.  Teachers should not give out homework to kids.

One reason that teachers should not give out homework to kids is that... (Read more)

Do you think that kids spend lots of time doing homework instead of playing outside or going to sleep early because they are so tired from doing all the work in school?  If so, read on to find out why kids should not be given homework.

Kids should not be given... (Read more)

Do you know that when I finish my homework it is usually dark out or that I do so much work  in school?   Well, kids should  have no homework and here are some reasons why.

One reason that kids should have no homework is because when they finish their homework, it... (Read more)

You have had a couple of experiences with fingerprinting, what do you think?  Do you agree that fingerprints are a good identifier of someone?  Was it easy to leave fingerprints on objects? Was it easy to locate and lift fingerpirnts?  What did this unit demonstrate/teach you about evidence collection?

I think that fingerprinting... (Read more)