Sphero Game

In DTE we have been learning to code using a variety of programs. At the start of the topic, we used a web program called RobotMagic in which we coded a robot called Bob to do tasks we are assigned to do. It was an entrance to block code, which we would be using to command Sphero's

Spheros are little robot spheres that are commanded by many different types of code. You download the app on a mobile device such as an Ipad or phone, and you can control it from there. At the start of using them, we controlled the spheros manually via the app where we could use a joystick sort of control and we could change the colour. After we moved onto coding. We started with block coding and went through some activities wherein the first activity we learnt the basics of coding. Then in the following activities, we made games that we played. We made two games, a toss game where you had to throw the sphero and whoever held it after the tenth or so toss was out, and a hot potato game where the game is similar to the toss game but there was a time limit. Then we were given another task, make our own game. Here is mine:

The game I plan to make is a game where you have to roll the ball to another person manually as many times as you can in 60 seconds. However, if the roll hits over 3G’s, then you lose.

The program goes

Stabilizer: Off

Loop Forever

If Total Accelerometer > 3 Then

  Play Fail Sound and Wait

  Strobe Red for 0.2s 10 Times

  Raw Motor left 255 right 255 fr 5s

 Else

  Main LED Blue

The program uses an if then else statement so that if the total accelerometer (X, Y, Z) exceeds 3 g’s then play the fail scenario but the else statement keeps on going

I've enjoyed playing with the spheros this term and I am excited about moving on to the next topic. Next time I want to work with people to create a game together and/or combine the games.

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Acid Rain

Acid Rain is a phenomenon that is the event of rain that has an unusual acidic level. This comes from pollution and is common in China, some parts of the United States of America and other places that produce pollution in mass amounts. It is a common event in those places and usually, when it happens you don't even realise.

 
Acid Rain Explained

Acid rain results when gases are sent into the atmosphere by factories and transported by wind.  These gases include SO2 and NO-x and once in the air, they react with water, oxygen and other chemicals to form sulfuric and nitric acids.  These then mix with water and other materials before falling to the ground.

The effects of Acid Rain include corrosion of stones and metals, damage to the environment and even lethality to animals. The melting of acid snow can also pollute rivers and lakes.

We can stop acid rain by shutting down factories and manufacturing plants to prevent the creation of greenhouse gases

4 Thing I Covered in Science - Atomic Science

In science for the past few weeks, we have been doing the topic of Atomic Science. Atomic Science is the study of atoms, elements and different forms of element groups. Here are four things covered.

• Chemical Change vs Physical change: Chemical Changes are changes that involve this such as, colour change, heat is absorbed or released and cannot be easily reversed. Changes happen every day like when you fry an egg or bake a muffin 
• Atoms: Atoms are particles that make up everything, solids, liquids and gases. Atoms are made up of Protons, Neutrons and Electrons and the amount of these depend on which element is. Example: Hydrogen has, 1 Proton, 1 Electron and 0 Neutrons.
• Elements: The elements are the things that make up many things in the world. They are made of atoms and each element contains a different amount of Protons, Neutrons and electrons. Example: Hydrogen has 1 Proton, 1 Electron and 0 Neutrons. However, Chlorine has 17 Protons, 17 Electrons and 18 Neutrons.
• Atomic and Mass Numbers:  Each element on the periodic table has an atomic and mass number. The atomic number gives you the number of Protons and Electrons. The way to calculate the number of Neutrons is subtract the Atomic number from the mass number. An example is Carbon, it is sixth on the periodic table meaning its atomic number is 6. It's mass number is 12.0. 6 taken away from 12 is 6, so Carbon has 6 Protons, 6 Electrons and 6 Neutrons

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PE - Floor Hockey

In PE we have been doing floor hockey. Floor hockey is hockey but an indoors version with plastic sticks and tennis balls. We were given some questions to answer

1. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your participation in the previous lesson: 8.5 
2. Why that rating: Because I only got one turn in the game
3. What do you think you did well: I worked with everyone very well and I did good defence
4. What skills did you use: I did really good defence when people tried to get the ball
5. What do you need to work on next time: More involvement with the game at the start

That is my review on the previous lesson, I had really good fun

Improv in drama

In drama today we did stuff to do with theatre sports. Theatre sports is a thing where you get into groups and do improvisation. It is an interesting idea of something to do but it greatly helps with improv skills. The game we played was a game where we could only speak in three worded sentences, but that evolved into a game where we had to create an object and make a scene based off of that. My scene with Kaiden was making beans on toast for dinner. I liked the game, but another game I would like to play would be Pop-up storybook. Pop-up storybook is when you are given a scene and you must make a book about that place or scene.

I had fun in drama this week and I look forward next week and when we do our musical