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STEM:IT High
STEM:IT High School includes cross-curricular STEM challenges in which students are faced with real-world problems and use the engineering design cycle to lead them through the process of solving them. Each of the 20 challenges included aligns with state standards and incorporates multiple subject areas. Post-challenge reflection, 3D design & print projects and career exploration opportunities are key parts of each challenge. How to collaborate and work well in a team environment How to successfully use the Engineering Design Cycle to solve a variety of problems
Real-world critical thinking and problem solving skills
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Presentation, 3D design & printing skills How to use digital tools research, critial for research thinkging, and learning
Career opportunities in a variety of fields
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What’s needed? Each challenge varies, but materials needed are common household or easily accessible items Students will need access to the internet. 3D Printer is optional.
STEM:IT High School Challenges Space Exploration (Science/Engineering/Math/ELA) - Budget a space mission to a known planet within the Universe, taking scientific feasibility, spaceship design, & human safety into consideration. 3D Project - Spacecraft
Wearable Technology - (Engineering/Health/Business/Tech)
- Design the latest piece of wearable technology to improve consumer lifestyle and health. 3D Project - Headphone Holder
Pet Toy Innovation (Engineering/Business/Math/Tech/ELA) -
Design, engineer, and market a prototype for this season’s hottest pet toy. 3D Project - Pet Toy Product
Top Chef (Family & Consumer Sciences/Social Studies/Math) -
Explore trade history and research the history of a general ingredient and host a top chef competition featuring that ingredient. 3D Project - Serving Dish
- Engineer the strongest nest constructed out of natural materials, after researching real bird nest examples. 3D Project - Model of Nest
Build-a-Nest: Engineering Challenge (Engineering/Science/ELA)
The Golden Ratio (Math/Arts/Tech/Science) - Create a piece of digital artwork inspired & mathematically supported by the Golden Ratio. 3D Project - Golden Ratio Spiral
Once Upon a House (ELA/Math/Tech/Art) - Why did fairytales come into existence? Using a fairytale, design a blue-print and illustration showing the inspired home design for a fictional character. 3D Project - Character
Crime Scene Investigation (Science/Tech/Math) - Use forensic methods like fingerprinting, blood spatter, and the Law of Cooling to solve a crime scene. 3D Project - Fingerprint
Vaccines & Public Media (Health/Science/ELA/Tech) - Create a
Robots in Dangerous Places (Engineering/Science/Tech) - Research
Mythbuster: The Scientific Method (Science/Engineering/Tech/ ELA) - Choose from a list of common myths and use the scientific method
Win with Physics (Science/Technology/Math) - Act as a team
to bust or confirm it. 3D Project - BUSTED or CONFIRMED
consultant for athletes and coaches to increase their technique and competitive edge using physics. 3D Project - Sport Ball
Biomimicry (Science/Technology/Art) - Develop a product inspired by a mechanism or organism found in nature. 3D Project - Prototype of Product
Digital Storytelling (ELA/Tech) - Use multimedia technology to transform writing/poetry into a digital work of art. 3D Project - Quote or Poem
The GMO Debate (Science/Social Studies/ELA) - Serve as a
Restaurant Wars (Family & Consumer Sciences/Business/Math/ Art/Science) - Create a unique concept for a healthy restaurant and
public service announcement regarding vaccines and safety using digital and video technologies. 3D Project - Soap Dish
consumer, farmer, environmentalist, or scientist to debate the social and scientific concerns behind GMOs. 3D Project - GMO Stamp
Spiders: Nature’s Musicians (Music/Science/Engineering) - Explore the science of musical vibrations through spiders and their webs. 3D Project - Soundwave Jewelry
My Inner Mask (Art/ELA/Psychology) - Create a tangible mask of the inner self - representing one’s life, dreams, and accomplishments. 3D Project - Mask
It’s all about learning.
and design a robot that could take the place of humans in a dangerous place or situation. 3D Project - Robot
compete against other groups in menu design, cuisine execution, and best TV commercial. 3D Project - Restaurant Logo
Currency (Social Studies/Art/ELA) - Propose new currency for the United States, featuring important historical figures or events. 3D Project - Change Bank The American Song (Music/Social Studies/ELA/Art) - Study the
history of American music and write a modern day anthem. 3D Project - Recorder/Flute
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GAME:IT High Introduction
Created by technology teachers for the purpose of attracting students to technology and STEM related courses, GAME:IT exposes your students to a wide range of concepts that will greatly help them succeed in the future. By using game design & development as the teaching vehicle, GAME:IT’s learning objectives were designed to align with ISTE. NETS, 21st Century Skills and your state’s technology & programming standards.
Using appropriate, accessible digital tools for research and learning
Technical skills related to software development, computer programming & graphic design
It’s all about learning.
Communication & collaboration as an individual and part of a team
Creative, innovative & critical thinking
Using engineering, physics & mathematical concepts critical to game development
Post-secondary and career options & resources
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GAME:IT High Introduction is a beginner’s programming & design course. You and your students DO NOT need experience in programming or graphic design. We have written our game projects using Construct 2, a powerful ground breaking HTML5 game creator designed specifically for 2D games. It allows anyone to build games — no coding required! Plus, these games can be published to any website and played on any device with internet access.
GAME:IT High School Introduction Curriculum Start
Unit 1
Teacher’s Guide
Unit 1 Teacher’s Guide
Teacher Facing Guidge
Course Objectives
Learning Objectives
Gaming Can Make a Better World Worksheet
Getting Started Guide Construction 2 Dowload Guide
Gaming Can Make a Better World Key Designing Good Games
Unit 2
Designing Good Games Worksheet STEM Fuse Arcade Game Critique Gaming and the Engineering Design Cycle Gaming and the Engineering Design Cycle Worksheet
Unit 3
Unit 2 Teacher’s Guide
Asteroid Destroyer Worksheet
Unit 3 Teacher’s Guide
Flip the Robot Monkey Section3
Careers in Gaming
Asteroid Destroyer Worksheet Key
Construct Intro
Asteroid Destroyer
Teacher Solutions
Bovine Battle
Thinking Like a Programmer Presentation
Flip the Robot Monkey
Bug Smash
Flip the Robot Monkey Assets
Silly Salmon
Physics and Math Vocabulary
Thinking Like a Programmer Worksheet
Flip the Robot Monkey Section1
Assessments
Physics and Math Formulas
Quizzes
Choosing a College Job Search Worksheet (Monster) Physics, Math and Games
Flip the Robot Monkey Section2
Physics used in Game Development
Unit 4 Unit 4 Teacher’s Guide
Game Submission Process
Game Proposal Assignment
Unit 4 Game Evaluation
Unit 4 Final Projects
Game Idea Generation
Game Submission Worksheet
Course Survey
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GAME:IT High Intermediate
GAME:IT Intermediate is the follow up courses to the Introduction level, here students will follow step-by-step lessons to build 3 complex games. Students will then form game development teams and design original games. There will be many checkpoints and assignments along the way as the students follow the same steps game development companies follow when bringing a new game to market. This will give them a “real-life” look at that process while adding to their game design portfolio.
1. Technical skills related to
2. Using appropriate, accessible
3. Using engineering, physics &
4. Communication & collaboration as an
5. Creative, innovative &
6. Post-secondary and career options
software development, computer programming & graphic design
individual and part of a team
It’s all about learning.
digital tools for research and learning
critical thinking
mathematical concepts critical to game development
related to STEM
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With GAME:IT High Intermediate students will use Construct 2 to build the games and put into practice the following skills: How to analyze a complex problem and break the problem down into sequential steps. How Construct 2 behaviors can be used to speed up the game development process How to logically group programming commands What programming arrays are and how they are used The difference between one dimensional, two dimensional, and three dimensional arrays Game physicas (velocity, acceleration, gravity, collisions, and more) Geometry (angles and distance between objects) How to use mathematical equations to solve complex problems
GAME:IT High School Intermediate Curriculum Start
Unit 1
Teacher’s Guide
Unit 1 Teacher’s Guide
Teacher Facing Guidge
Course Orientation
Learning Objectives
Intellectual Property and Copyright
Getting Started Guide
GAME: IT Design Cycle
Construction 2 Dowload Guide
Game Engines/Programming Language/Operating Systems
Unit 2 Unit 2 Teacher’s Guide Planning and Paying for College Resume Overview Creating a Resume Worksheet Intermediate Game Physics Intermediate Game Physics Worksheet
Unit 3
Intermediate Game Physics Worksheet Key
Unit 3 Teacher’s Guide
Star Defender Section2
Intermediate Programming and Computer Systems
Construct Intro
Star Defender Section3
Teacher Solutions
Crash Zone
Binary Conversion Worksheet
Star Defender
Jigsawed
Binary Conversion Worksheet Key
Star Defender Assets
Assessments
Star Defender Section1
Quizzes
Unit 4 Unit 4 Teacher’s Guide
Group Projects
Marketing Strategy
Weekly Status Report
Developing Games in Teams
Game Idea Generation
Game Development Timeline
Game Submission Process
Game Design Document
Game Proposal Assignment
Unit 4 Group Game Evaluation
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GAME:IT High Advanced
Game Design is an all encompassing technical field, where cutting edge technology is combined with some of the most creative minds to produce the most engaging entertainment available. GAME: IT Advanced will allow students to discover passions towards technology in ways that resonate with their interests. This course will act as an intro to 3D game development, covering a wide range of topics include: brainstorming activities, group projects, writing activities and step-by-step lessons to teach the basics of Basic object-oriented programming concepts C# Scripts, If Statements, Lists and Loops, Animation, UV Mapping/Texturing and more!
Technical skills related to game design and development & computer programming including the basics of C# and 3D Modeling.
Creative, innovative & critical thinking
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Problem-solving through testing and debugging activities
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Abilities to communicate and collaborate on group based projects and metacognitive writing activities
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Using appropriate and accessible digital tools for research and learning
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Learning and practicing concepts related to the design process, which may translate into other fields
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Software needed for GAME:IT High Advanced Software used in this course is free and will run on both Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.
http://unity3d.com
http://www.blender.org
http://www.gimp.org
GAME:IT High School Advanced Curriculum Unit 1 – Intro to Game Design (10 hours)
Unit 2 – Game Objects & C# Intro (3-5 hours)
Lesson 1: Introduction to Unity’s Interface (1 hour)
Lesson 1: GameObjects (1 hour)
Group Activity: Brainstorming Exercise (30-60 min)
Lesson 2: C# Scripts (1 hour)
Group Activity: “Best Game of All Time” (30-60 min)
Lesson 3: Variables (1 hour)
Group Design/Presentation Project: “Kick-Starting a Game” Part 1 (4 hours)
Activity: Debugging (30-60 min)
Post-Project: Metacognitive Activity (30-60 min) Unit 3 – If/Else Statements (3-5 hours)
Unit 4 – 3D Design in Blender & Gimp
Lesson 1: Introduction to If Statements (1 hour)
(15 hours)
Lesson 2: Compound If Statements (1 hour)
Lesson 1: Introduction to Blender (1 hour)
Lesson 3: Nested If Statements (1 hour)
Lesson 2: Mesh Manipulation (1 hour)
Activity: Debugging 2 (30-60 minutes)
Lesson 3: Modeling a Spaceship (1 hour) Student Workday 1 - Creating Your Own Ship (3 hours) Lesson 4: Introduction to UV & Texture Maps (2 hours) Lesson 5: UV Mapping the Spaceship (1 hour) Lesson 6: Texturing the Spaceship (1 hour) Student Workday 2 - Texturing Your Own Ship (2 hours) Lesson 7: Rigging & Animating the Spaceship (1 hour) Student Workday 3 - Rigging and Animating Your Own Ship (2 hours)
Unit 5 - Arrays, Lists, and Loops: What they are, and how to use
Unit 6 – Gameification (16+ hours)
them (15 hours)
Lesson 1: Importing a Ship (1 hour)
Lesson 1: Importing FBX Into Unity (1 hour)
Lesson 2: Weapons (1 hour)
Lesson 2: Arrays (1 hour)
Lesson 3: Destroying (Asteroids & Player) (1 hour)
Activity: Debugging 3 (30-60 minutes)
Lesson 4: GUI (Graphic User Interface) (1 hour)
Lesson 3: Lists (1 hour)
Lesson 5: Keeping Score (1 hour)
Lesson 4: Loops (1 hour)
Lesson 6: Polish (1 hour)
Activity: Debugging 4 (30-60 minutes)
Lesson 7: Group Project (part 2): Game Treatment (10+ hours)
Group Project (part 1): High-Concept Document (10 hours)
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MOBILE APP :IT
This semester-long, project-based course will act as an introduction to Java programming and the development of mobile applications for Android devices. MOBILE APP: I T focuses on the introduction of developing applications for mobile devices, as well as the technologies, programming and soft skills required to be successful inthis industry. The curriculum includes step-by-step instructions that will take the student through the fundamentals of Java programming, testing/debugging, object-oriented programming concepts and deployment of mobile apps. Communicate and collaborate on group based projects and metacognitive writing activities
Creative, innovative & critical thinking
Technical skills related to mobile app development & computer programming.
It’s all about learning.
Learning and practicing concepts related to the design process, which may translate into other fields
Using appropriate and accessible digital tools for research and learning
Problem-solving through testing and debugging activities
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Software needed for MOBILE APP:IT Software used in this course is free and will run on both Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.
https://developer. android.com/studio/
http://browxy.com
Any Text Editor
Internet Access
Video Player (i.e., Windows Media Player)
MOBILE APP:IT Curriculum Lessons for this course are presented as a combination of videos and interactive presentations. Unit I – Intro to Android Studio and Programming (6-10 hours)
Unit II – Fundamentals of Java (12 hours)
Lesson 1: Thinking Like a Programmer (1 hour)
Lesson 1: Understanding Basic Java Structure (1 hour)
Group Activity: Brainstorming Exercise (30-60 minutes)
Lesson 2: Variables, Types, & Assignments (1 hour)
Group Activity: “The Most Useful App” (30-60 minutes)
Lesson 3: Operators, Boolean Expressions, & If Statements (1 hour)
Group Design/Presentation Project: “Kick-starting An App” Part 1 (5-10 hours)
Lesson 4: Writing A Method & Loops (1 hour)
Post-Project: Metacognitive Activity (30-60 minutes)
Activity: Individual Project - Debugging (30-60 minutes)
Lesson 5: Classes (1 hour) Student Workday 1 - Text Based Games (7 hours)
Unit III – Introduction to App Development (8 hours)
Unit IV – Pong (10 hour)
Lesson 1: Hello World (1 hour)
Lesson 1: Drawing a Paddle and Ball with Physics (1 hour)
Lesson 2: Intro to Pong - Moving Box (1 hour)
Lesson 2: Refactoring (1 hour)
Lesson 3: Intro to Pong - Button Press (1 hour)
Lesson 3: Adding an AI Controlled Paddle (1 hour)
Activity: Debugging Exercise 2 (30-60 minutes)
Lesson 4: Keeping Track of the Score and Repositioning the Ball (1 hour)
Student Workday 2 - Text Based Game (5 hours)
Lesson 5: More Refactoring and Adding Game Over Screen (1 hour) Activity: Debugging Exercise 3 (30-60 minutes) Student Workday 3 - Text Based Game (5 hours)
Unit V - Final Project (20 hours)
Unit VI – Design, Research, and Marketing (15 hours)
Lesson 1: Tic Tac Toe Final Project (5 hours)
Lesson 1: Developing an Idea (1 hour)
Lesson 2: Design Project (5 hour)
Lesson 2: Assessing the Value of an Idea (1 hour)
Activity: Debugging 4 (30-60 minutes)
Lesson 3: Development Process (1 hour)
Group Project (part 1): High Concept Document (10 hours)
Lesson 4: Distribution and Marketing (1 hour) Group Project (part 2): Game Treatment Document (10 hours) Post-Project: Metacognitive Activity (30-60 minutes)
It’s all about learning.
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WEB DESIGN
This semester-long, project-based course will act as an introduction to web design and content management systems (CMS). WEB DESIGN will prvoide an introduction to standard website design technologies and skills such as HTML, CSS, site building using GUI, testing, debugging, project management and deployment. The curriculum puts practice first and theory second. This is demonstrated in the first unit where students build their first fully functional websites. The curriculum then goes back and shows students how the website really works, reinforcing the concepts learned while building their first website. Problem-solving through testing and debugging activities
communicate and collaborate on group based projects and metacognitive writing activities
Technical skills related to computer programming, scripting, and design.
It’s all about learning.
Creative, innovative & critical thinking Using appropriate and accessible digital tools for research and learning
Learning and practicing concepts related to the design process, which may translate into other fields
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Software needed for WEB DESIGN Software used in this course is free and will run on both Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.
Drupal.org
DrupalGardens.com
buildamodule.com
Internet Access
WEB DESIGN Curriculum Lessons for this course are presented as a combination of videos and interactive presentations. Unit I – First Drupal Website (4 Weeks)
Unit II – HTML and CSS (2 Weeks)
Activity: First Website Project
Lesson 1: Introduction to HTML
Lesson 1:Website History
Lesson 2: Introduction to CSS
Lesson 2: How does a website work?
Activity: Building a simple HTML and CSS Site
Lesson 3: Web Standards and accessibility
Unit 2 Review
Lesson 4: What is a Content Management System
Unit 2 Assessment
Lesson 5: Open Source Software and Drupal Lesson 6: College and Career exploration Lesson 7: Website intellectual property and ethics Unit 1 Review Unit 1 Assessment Unit III – Drupal 7 Website Project (3 Weeks)
Unit IV – Case Studies and Real World Examples (1 Week)
Lesson 1: Drupal Environment Setup and Overview
Lesson 1: Structure of Drupal.org Case Studies with Example
Activity: Drupal 7 Website Project
Activity: Ecommerce Website Case Study and worksheet
Unit 3 Review
Activity: Entertainment Website Case Study and worksheet
Unit 3 Assessment
Activity: Website Case Study and Worksheet Activity: Build your own (mock) case study Unit 4 Review Unit 4 Assessment
Unit V - Final Project (6 Weeks) Lesson 1: Learn the Software Development Lifecycle Group Project : Design and develop a unique website
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