092923WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Words, Words, Words.

How many words can you create from just one?

Try it out @ http://www.degraeve.com/subwords.php

How about creating your own word?

Try it @ http://www.degraeve.com/invent-a-word/

Leave a comment!

Mr. DeMarco

092823WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Ever hear of the following towns?

Belchertown, Florida, Freetown, Halifax, Holland, Hubbardston, Monterey, Peru, Wales, Washington.

Believe it or not-they're all in Massachusetts!

Use Google maps @ http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl to find them. Then leave a note in Slack as to each town's location/general whereabouts.

Mr. DeMarco

092723WorkPlan

Today's GrokIt: 

Think you're good at spelling?

Try these websites:

https://www.visualthesaurus.com/bee/play

Can't do it? Try:

https://freebee.fun/play/

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

092623WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Think you're good at puzzles?

Try:

https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

092523WarmUp

Today's GrokIt: 

Think personal computers have been around for a long time?

Behold, the history of personal computing, before your very eyes!

Step into the wayback machine and visit an online computer museum @ http://www.digibarn.com/collections/index.html#collection.

Find the funkiest computer and tell me about it.

Leave a comment and a picture of your favorite on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

092223WarmUp

 Today's GrokIt:

Think you know how a computer works? Check out the following websites:

https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=computer-parts-quiz_2

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5da5d2197982bf001a5de9c6/the-basic-parts-of-the-computer

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

092123WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

"The importance of the Internet in a teenager's life increases with every day that goes by. Teenagers are starting to use the Internet in a myriad of ways, which range from doing schoolwork to transporting themselves halfway around the world."

So says David Thelen, a high school sophomore from Michigan who has recently begun publishing his work in Internet E-Zines.

Read the entire article @ http://www.4teachers.org/kidspeak/thelan/index.shtml.

How about Internet safety?

Check it out @:

https://www.netsmartzkids.org/activities/interactive/

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

092023WarmUp

 Today's GrokIt

What do you know about Internet safety?

Check it out @:

https://jr.brainpop.com/health/besafe/internetsafety/

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

091823WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

What's your carbon footprint? Find out at http://www.carbonfootprint.com/. 

Write a comment in Slack stating how much it's going to cost you to offset your carbon footprint.

Mr. DeMarco

091523WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

What's a Goggle Doodle?

Find out for yourself @:Google Doodle

12 Fun Facts About Google Doodles (blog.google)

http://www.google.com/doodle4google/index.html.

How To Enter Doodle for Google - Doodle for Google

Google Doodles

Popular Google Doodle Games - Birth of Hip Hop

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

091323WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

So, what's NASA up to these days? What does NASA even mean?

Check it out at Home | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids.

Leave a comment on Slack.

Mr. DeMarco

091323WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

We've been talking a lot about what powers the metaverse and the virtual world: electricity.

How is electricity made?

Check it out at:

https://justenergy.com/learning-center/electricity/

https://sciencing.com/how-is-hydropower-gathered-or-created-13660670.html

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/how-electricity-is-generated.php

Leave a comment on Slack

Mr. DeMarco

091223WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Think you're smart? Mensa smart?

Go to this webpage: Mensa and find out! 

Write a comment on Slack. 

Mr. DeMarco

091123WarmUp

 Today's GrokIt:

Ever been around the world?

You can go, right now--with Goggle Maps!

Look up the following locations and tell me what's there?

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. ...

Northern Lake Baikal, Russia. ...

Kuang Si Falls, Luang Prabang, Laos. ...

Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile. ...

Grand Prismatic Spring, Wyoming, USA. ...

Huacachina, Peru. ...

The Door to Hell, Turkmenistan.

Use the the little yellow man or photosphere to geolocate and reconnoiter.

What's your favorite place?

Leave a comment in Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

090823WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

In life, what you see is not necessarily what you get!

Check out these optical illusions @ http://www.optillusions.com/.

Leave a comment in Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

090723WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Happy Birthday! How old are you? Really? Are you sure?

Check out these age calculators:

http://www.mathcats.com/explore/agecalculator.html

http://www.peterrussell.com/Odds/VirtualAge.php

Leave a comment!

Mr. DeMarco

090623WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

The title of this blog is GrokIt! You have been accessing the site since the beginning of school. But what does it mean?

What's a Grok? When was it first used? By whom? And where?

Look up the definition: 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grok

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok

How is it pronounced? Grok

How do you use it correctly? Grok

Which other famous (sort of) person has used the term?

What is Grokking the Future?

https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED084554

Leave a comment in Slack!

Mr. DeMarco

090523WarmUp

Today's GrokIt!

Think you're going to the NBA? Think again!

You'll need to shoot better than this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usgb3BdHRPg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLsQjR5MegE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmzSiCP2XIA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXsB7fXcWO8

Leave a comment on Slack!

Mr. DeMarco