Concepts

Mental Maps

This comes from National Geographic: “Mental maps are a mix of objective knowledge and subjective perceptions that are created from a person’s internalized representation of aspects on Earth’s surface. We use our experiences, knowledge, and ideas to organize spatial information

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Mental Maps

This comes from National Geographic: “Mental maps are a mix of objective knowledge and subjective perceptions that are created from a person’s internalized representation of aspects on Earth’s surface. We use our experiences, knowledge, and ideas to organize spatial information

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What is exposure?

Melissa in 8S shared this video explaining the basics of exposure in photography. It is important to differentiate exposure from the brightness and contrast option in your phone, since that is an “after” effect. The concept of exposure comes from

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What is exposure?

Melissa in 8S shared this video explaining the basics of exposure in photography. It is important to differentiate exposure from the brightness and contrast option in your phone, since that is an “after” effect. The concept of exposure comes from

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What is aperture?

Jessie in 8S shared with us this video that explains the basics about the photographic concept of aperture.

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What is aperture?

Jessie in 8S shared with us this video that explains the basics about the photographic concept of aperture.

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What is design?

In recent years the  concept of design has evolved. In a world in which you can build anything, design can no longer be confined to the making of pretty surfaces and objects. Design is a process for seeking out the right

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What is design?

In recent years the  concept of design has evolved. In a world in which you can build anything, design can no longer be confined to the making of pretty surfaces and objects. Design is a process for seeking out the right

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Design challenges

A collection of 30 minutes design challenges compiled form different sources. Useful to start the year or to have some fun activities. Alluminium boats, by code.org. Illustration source.

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Design challenges

A collection of 30 minutes design challenges compiled form different sources. Useful to start the year or to have some fun activities. Alluminium boats, by code.org. Illustration source.

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MYP Command terms

Find here the command terms you need to know to be able to complete your assessments successfully. If you notice, the IB command terms go deeper as we move from Y1 to Y5. Have a look at this interesting chart

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MYP Command terms

Find here the command terms you need to know to be able to complete your assessments successfully. If you notice, the IB command terms go deeper as we move from Y1 to Y5. Have a look at this interesting chart

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What is a computer?

What is a computer? You can start here, for something similar to what you are thinking… But perhaps there are some that do not even use electricity? Or perhaps may not even have moving parts? We define a computer as

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What is a computer?

What is a computer? You can start here, for something similar to what you are thinking… But perhaps there are some that do not even use electricity? Or perhaps may not even have moving parts? We define a computer as

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Uses of Photography

“Since its invention in 1839, photography has served as a medium for documenting, understanding, and interpreting the world. It has radically contributed to the evolution of visual representation, in part by allowing for the documentation of a moment in time, and,

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Uses of Photography

“Since its invention in 1839, photography has served as a medium for documenting, understanding, and interpreting the world. It has radically contributed to the evolution of visual representation, in part by allowing for the documentation of a moment in time, and,

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Intro activities

Sometimes we don’t have access to a computer or to an internet connection, but there are still ways to learn Computer science. These are some activities we will do in class to introduce you to computer science. 1. These are some

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Intro activities

Sometimes we don’t have access to a computer or to an internet connection, but there are still ways to learn Computer science. These are some activities we will do in class to introduce you to computer science. 1. These are some

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What does 3D means?

(Modified article, find the original here.) In the broadest definition of the term, “3D” would describe any object that occurs on a three-axis Cartesian coordinate system. If that sounds too technical, don’t worry we are going to explain what that means. A

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What does 3D means?

(Modified article, find the original here.) In the broadest definition of the term, “3D” would describe any object that occurs on a three-axis Cartesian coordinate system. If that sounds too technical, don’t worry we are going to explain what that means. A

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