8th Grade Units of Study
Typing Daily (18wks)
Design Challenge: Computer Workstation
Process:
Typing Daily (18wks)
- Home row
- Key characters
- Accuracy/speed
- Review home/apps
- Saving files
- Up/download files
- Working online
- Working on the desktop
- Classroom/assign
- Review tabs/tool ribbon
- Learning MLA format
- Setting document up for MLA
- Using review
- Advance Sketchbook
- Learning tabs/tools
- Using layers, drawing, tracing, and coloring shapes
- Learning SketchUp
- Advanced 3D Drawing techniques
- Learning tracing and coloring techniques
- Learning more about the brush library and brush properties
- Using layers, drawing, tracing, and coloring
Design Challenge: Computer Workstation
- Learning the engineering design process
- Going through the steps of the engineering design process and creating an original computer workstation design
- Intermediate Sketchbook
- Create a silhouette and fill with modified images of famous person
- Learning photo editing techniques
Process:
- Written project proposal
- Complete the project
- Written project reflection
- Video Production
- Egg Car Crash Device
- Derby Car Project
- Graphic Arts: original designs, zentangle, collages, mandalas
- 3D Drawing
- Game Design
- Screen printing
- Key Chain Designs/Woodworking
- Sewing