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Computer Science Foundations 2 (Team Projects)

Brianna C, Malakai W, Emilio N, Juan O, and Sayra C November 10, 2023

The 7th block Computer Science 2 class has been currently learning how to program, be an engineer, and build hardware technology. To give you a deeper insight in our class let's start with looking into...

CSF2 - Impacts of Computing: Infrared Sensors

CSF2 – Impacts of Computing: Infrared Sensors

Janeal Tyler, Computer Science Teacher May 12, 2023

In this unit, students will be diving deeper into understanding infrared light and how to program infrared sensors. With this new knowledge, students will predict how computational innovations that have...

CS2 & RS - Smart Car Projects

CS2 & RS – Smart Car Projects

Janeal Tyler, Computer Science Teacher May 12, 2023

Smart Car Projects, videos, and more! Students spent two units building, programming, and learning about their robotic smart cars.  With their smart cars the built upon their knowledge of expansion boards,...

Robotic Smart Cars

Robotic Smart Cars

Janeal Tyler, Computer Science Teacher April 25, 2023

Students in Computer Science Foundations 2 and Robotics Seminar are hard at work building and programming their robotic smart cars.   Students are building smart cars so they can learn about various...

CSF2 & RS - Unit 8 Micro:Bit Smart Car

CSF2 & RS – Unit 8 Micro:Bit Smart Car

Janeal Tyler, Computer Science Teacher April 17, 2023

In this unit students will build a Micro:Bit Smart Car.  Once they complete their Smart Car students will learn about Ultrasonic sensors and how to program their Smart Car to avoid obstacles. At the...

CSF2 - Unit 7 Algorithms and Programming Flex Sensor Glove

CSF2 – Unit 7 Algorithms and Programming Flex Sensor Glove

Janeal Tyler, Computer Science Teacher April 3, 2023

In this unit students will review programming concepts such as variables, lists, conditional statements, and functions.  The challenge is to combine these programming concepts into a complex program. ...

CSF2 - Engineering and Programming Robotic Hands

CSF2 – Engineering and Programming Robotic Hands

Janeal Tyler, Computer Science Teacher March 20, 2023

Students in Computer Science Foundations 2 have undergone the task of engineering a flex sensor glove that can control a robotic hand.  To learn more about the details of this project please read "CSF2...

CSF2 - Unit 6 Micro:Bit Servos and Expansion Boards

CSF2 – Unit 6 Micro:Bit Servos and Expansion Boards

Janeal Tyler, Computer Science Teacher March 16, 2023

In this unit students will learn how to use and program servo motors.  This unit can be useful all by itself or makes a great supplement for the Robotic Hand project giving students the tools they will...

CSF2 - Unit 5 Data and Analysis: Robot Hand

CSF2 – Unit 5 Data and Analysis: Robot Hand

Janeal Tyler, Computer Science Teacher February 27, 2023

This unit  is going to teach you how to build a glove controller with five finger flex sensors to control a robotic hand in the physical world as well as a simulated hand in Microsoft Excel. At the beginning...

New 3D Printers

New 3D Printers

Janeal Tyler, Computer Science Teacher February 14, 2023

Exciting News! Our new 3D printers have just arrived!  Students in the Computer Science Foundations 2 (CSF2) class have been learning how to design 3D images on the computer with the intent to print them,...

CSF2 - Unit 4 Computing Systems: CAD/CAM

CSF2 – Unit 4 Computing Systems: CAD/CAM

Janeal Tyler, Computer Science Teacher February 14, 2023

Unit 4 is designed to introduce students to 3D printing as a way to explain how data can be used to represent real-world objects.  Students will learn how industries use 3D modeling. At the beginning...

Making Sense of Flowcharts and Math

Making Sense of Flowcharts and Math

Janeal Tyler, Computer Science Teacher February 2, 2023

Students in the advanced Computer Science Foundations 2 class have finished their unit on Data and Analysis: Tradeoff and Storage.  Their project for this unit was to create a flowchart on a math operation...

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