A.M.

Maths:  Horizontal & Vertical lines

Literacy:  Spelling

Topic:  Pressing the button.

P.M.

Topic:  Advert

Maths

Sum3.7.5 – Horizontal and vertical from White Rose Maths on Vimeo.

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Literacy 1:

Choose 10 words to work on from our list, that are still giving you some trouble.  Write them out just adding one letter each time.  Like this:

b

be

bec

beca

becau

becaus

because

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Topic 1:  Game Inputs (How you press the button!)

One of the best parts of visiting a video game arcade is that you get to play the games in a unique way that makes them more fun!  For example, if you play ‘Whack-A-Mole’ at the arcade, you get to use a big, plastic hammer and the moles actually pop up.  This just isn’t the same when you play the home version and just have to click on them with your mouse!

There are dozens of games that are more fun because of the input method you get to use:

Sonic Blast Man    You have to PUNCH the machine!

 

Track & Field  Waggling the joystick makes the runner’s legs move.

 

DaytonaYou sit in a real car seat with a steering wheel

 

We are going to be using our Makey MAkey devices in class to allow us to use almost ANYTHING as a button to play our games.  Take a look at a few of the ideas people have used a Makey Makey for to give you an idea of what they are capable of…

 

Challenge:  Can you invent some fun ways of playing the games I have suggested, by making the input fun and unusual?

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Topic 2:  Advert

As you can see, we can easily use a Makey Makey to create our own game controllers and buttons, using a variety of everyday objects such as play-doh, fruit and even pencil lead!   Here is a page about HOW we can make our switches back in class…we want to find ways TO MAKE PEOPLE HAVE TO PHYSICALLY WORK HARD TO PLAY OUR GAMES!!!

CLICK ME            or                                      CLICK ME                           to find out how these are made.

Video games get a bad press!  They can be seen as a cause of laziness and an unhealthy life style.  That is why we are going to make our games ACTIVE!!!  To play our video games, you are going to have to get out of breath and work your muscles.

I can quite easily see how a really big version of this would be good for making someone flap their arms to fly on a game or steer a space ship up and down!

Here is a school that have had the same idea…

If you are making a running game, the players will have to MOVE.

Click me to see how this is made!

 

Challenge:  Advertise your ACTIVE game!

I want you to create an advert for your game, telling people about the health benefits created by the active way you have to play it!  the way you create your advert is UP TO YOU!

If you’re short on time, you could just make a poster.

OR, you could make it like a pretend article in a magazine telling us all about the latest gaming craze.

 

OR…you could make a TV advert! 

Using screen shots from your game (log into scratch to take them) and photos or video of you pretending to play or demonstrating how you will have to move!

The choice is yours.

Message to everyone at home

I know that this is not the way we wanted to continue with our project.  Most of the activities for the last 2 weeks I had made to be practical and hands-on, using lots of lovely resources that I’ve bought especially for us.

I’ve tried to do preserve what we were going to do in class, online but I know it’s not the same as doing these activities together in class.  Sometimes I’ve adapted what I’ve already prepared for lessons and it’s not quite worked at home the same as it would in class.  I’ll keep trying to find ways of making things fun and making our next 5 days of online learning the best that they can be.  Don’t be shy in letting me know what works and what doesn’t so I know how best to do this.

Thank you for keeping turning up every session and having a go at the activities.

Don’t worry, when we get back to school, all of the science and gaming activities I’ve given you will make complete sense.

Keep sending me what you do and we shall add it to our books back in school.  Thanks everyone!

Mr Swallow