BE POSITIVE
BUILD A ROUTINE
Get Organized
USE YOUR RESOURCES
I am sure we all know many resources that we can use in order to assist us in our school work. Your textbooks, library, online tools, and trusted websites are the typical resources that come in mind when needing assistance. If you still can’t find what you are looking for don’t forget to seek help from your parents, teachers, or even school counselors.
SET GOALS
You can’t accomplish your goals if you don’t set any! Create a list of goals so you can work your way to accomplish them. As you start off the school year it is great to create a semester goal, a yearly goal, and a 5 years from now goal. Your goals are your dreams with a plan. It is difficult to chase your dreams if you can’t see them. So DREAM big, BELIEVE in yourself, and in time you will ACHIEVE them.
ROBOTICS CLUB
Come have fun learning how to make LEGO EV3 robots do exciting things at Robotics Club! Any 4th – 8th grade student interested in learning how to build and program EV3 robots should join the fun. Each week students will work to build and program robots in order to accomplish a mission or goal. This could be getting through a maze, making art, dancing, dropping off or retrieving objects, using sensors and more! Robotics club is an excellent way to get familiar with the EV3 robots used by the competitive First LEGO League teams at Nevada Virtual Academy. The goal of this non-competitive club is to simply have fun and learn robotics and programming along the way. Students do not need any previous robotics or technical experience. We provide the robots, computers, and will teach you what you need to know.
Who, when and where?
* Any student in grade 4-8
* Fridays from 12:30-3:00pm
* NVVA Sandhill Campus (4801 S. Sandhill road, Las Vegas, NV 89121)
* September 16 – November 18 (10 weeks)
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CODE CLUB
Code Club is about fun, creativity, and learning through exploring! Other benefits of Code Club include learning about computational thinking and developing expertise in coding.
During Code Club students in grades K-12 will:
* Create games, animations and interactive applications
* Use design thinking and logic to translate their ideas into working applications
* Apply math and science concepts they learned in school while programming
* Use computer science concepts such as loops, conditionals, and variables
* Develop their problem solving and debugging skills to make things work
Code Club will meet on Wednesdays from 12:30-3:00pm according the grade levels and schedule below. All club sessions will be held at the Nevada Virtual Academy Sandhill Campus (4801 S. Sandhill Road, Las Vegas, NV 89121)
Grades K-3
Sept. 14 - Oct.26
will meet every Wednesday from 12:30 - 3:00pm
Grades 9-12
Nov. 2 - Dec.14
will meet every Wednesday from 12:30 - 3:00pm
Grades 4-8
Jan. 4 - Feb.15
will meet every Wednesday from 12:30 - 3:00pm
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First LEGO League Tryouts
Are you interested in working with a team, completing research projects, solving challenges, building and programming robots, and competing in tournaments? First LEGO League (FLL) might be the hardest fun you ever had! FLL combines teamwork, robotics building and programming, a research project and Core Values poster presentation. Student teams present their projects to community organizations and compete in local and state tournaments.
Tryouts: who, when and where?
* Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00-6:00pm (September 6 – September 15, 4 days total)
* A mandatory parent/student meeting will follow the first tryout/practice at 6:00pm on September 6th
* FLL is open to students in grades 4th – 8th (ages 9 to 14)
* All tryouts and practice: NVVA Sandhill Campus (4801 S. Sandhill road, Las Vegas, NV 89121
What skills make a good FLL team member?
* Willing to learn and follow directions
* A “team” mentality (teams usually between 4-6 members sharing 1 robot)
* Strong research skills
* Strong presentation and public speaking skills
* Dedicated work ethic to accomplish tasks on time
* Experience with LEGO EV3 and/or LEGO Technic (not regular LEGO) construction
* Working knowledge of simple and complex machines (levers, pulleys, wheel and axle, motors, and gears)
* Prior experience programming robots to include use of sensors (touch, ultrasonic, gyro, color)
If chosen for the team when will the FLL teams practice and compete?
* Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00-6:00pm (September 20 – January 31)
* Saturday December 3, 2016 (7:00am-5:00pm)
* Saturday January 28, 2016 (7:00-am-5:00pm)
* Other date(s) for community project presentations (TBD)
What if you don’t make the team?
* No worries! NVVA offers a non-competitive robotics club on Fridays from 12:30-3:00pm
* Robotics club is an excellent place to learn robotics building and programming skills without the time commitment of being on an FLL team
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High School Game Design
High School Game Design is a semester long elective course for anyone who loves gaming and wants to design and build their own games from scratch. Students learn how to use popular game-development software to create engaging, interactive games in a variety of styles. After learning about game genres, students learn about all aspects of the game-design process. From there, it's on to a series of increasingly challenging hands-on projects that teach the elements of successful game development. This course provides a solid foundation in the essentials of game design.
Class starts August 30, 2016 and ends January 20, 2017. Online class connect sessions are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00-9:00am. This class is one semester and is for high school elective credit.
Game Design students will:
* Meet online two days per week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) 8:00-9:00am
* Have weekly assignment due dates
* Develop the storylines that makes playing games engaging and entertaining
* Learn game design principles of design, development in addition to game play
* Apply math and science concepts learned in school while programming and engineering
* Use computer science concepts such as loops, conditionals, and variables
* Develop problem solving and debugging skills to make things work
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Scalable Game Design
Are you interested in making your own video games and learning computer science at the same time? Then the “Scalable Game Design” class is for you!
Create your very own 3D video games like Frogger, Journey, Pac-Man, Space Invaders and more! After the games have been created they are saved online so you, your family, and friends can play. You can also play games created by other students!
Scalable Game Design is a computer science course targeted at middle school grade levels. Students participating in the course will be required to complete short surveys and return a parent permission slip to participate in the class as part of a grant project funded by the National Science Foundation in partnership with the University of Colorado.
Who can participate and when is class?
* Scalable Game Design is open to all students in grades 4th – 8th
* Tuesdays from 1:30 – 2:30pm (online class)
* Thursdays from 1:30 – 2:30pm (online help session)
* Class begins September 20 ends December 16 (13 weeks)
Computer requirements:
Scalable Game Design is taught using AgentCubes Online. The software is browser based (no downloading required) but each student computer will need to be compatible with HTML5 and WebGL. Chrome, Firefox (PC) and Safari (Mac) are the recommended web browsers. Chromebook computers with the Chrome web browser will work. Computers with only Internet Explorer version 10 or older will NOT work. A system test web link will be given to each student in order to make sure their computer is compatible.
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STEM Girls
Are you a girl interested in solving real-world problems using science, technology, engineering and mathematics? Maybe you want to learn how to design in 3D, build and program a robot, or compete with other girls to win awards for yourself and your school. STEM Girls is for you! Come join other girls interested in STEM without any of the pesky boys around!
STEM Girls participants in grades 6-12 will:
* Meet every Thursday from 12:30 – 3:00pm starting September 15, 2016
* Work together with other girls to learn STEM skills (coding, robotics, engineering, 3D design)
* Translate ideas into working applications and solutions to solve real world problems
* Apply math and science concepts learned in school while programming and engineering
* Use computer science concepts such as loops, conditionals, and variables
* Develop problem solving and debugging skills to make things work
* Compete in teams to earn awards for yourself and your school
All club sessions will be held at the Nevada Virtual Academy Sandhill Campus
(4801 S. Sandhill Road, Las Vegas, NV 89121)
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