Merge pull request #61 from bjc-edc/middle-school

Middle school 1.5 Update

middle-school/student-pages/01-functions-data.html

@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ <h3>Lab 6: Dealing with Data Dos</h3>
 
 
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middle-school/student-pages/U1/L3/02-visualizing-data.html

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ <h2>Visualizing Data</h2>
 		<h3>Digitizing Your Data</h3>
 		<div class="forYouToDo">
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-				<li>Open <a class="js-run-v7 snap-project" href="/bjc-r/middle-school/prog/visualizing-data.xml" title="starter project: BJCMS - Visualizing Data">this project</a> in Snap<em>!</em> and save it to your account. (You'll need to log in if you aren't logged in already.)</li>
+				<li>Open this <a class="js-run-v7 snap-project" href="/bjc-r/middle-school/prog/visualizing-data.xml" title="starter project: BJCMS - Visualizing Data">Visualizing Data project</a> in Snap<em>!</em>, and save it to your account. (You'll need to log in if you aren't logged in already.)</li>
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middle-school/student-pages/U1/L5/01-numbers-computers.html

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ <h3>Numbers Systems for Humans vs. Machines</h3>
 						<div>10s place</div>
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-					The number 239 is equal to (2 × 100) + (3 × 10) + (9 × 1). You could write it in Snap<em>!</em> like this to show how base 10 works:<br />
+					The number 239 is equal to (2 × 100) + (3 × 10) + (9 × 1). You could write it in Snap<em>!</em> like this:<br />
 					<img class="indent" src="/bjc-r/middle-school/img/U1/lab05/239-decimal-reporting.png" alt="((2 × 100) + (3 × 10)) + (9 × 1) reporting 239" title="((2 × 100) + (3 × 10)) + (9 × 1) reporting 239" />
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@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ <h3>Numbers Systems for Humans vs. Machines</h3>
 
 		<div class="vocabFullWidth"><strong>: Binary Numerals</strong>
 			<p>A <strong>binary numeral</strong> is part of the base 2 system.</p>
-			<p>In base 2, there are twp digits (0-1), and each place is worth twice times as much as the place to its right.</p>
+			<p>In base 2, there are two digits (0-1), and each place is worth twice times as much as the place to its right.</p>
 			<div class="endnote">
 				<p><a href="#hint-binary-1010" data-toggle="collapse" title="For example, consider the binary numeral 1010...">For example, consider the binary numeral 1010...</a></p>
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@@ -117,20 +117,20 @@ <h3>Numbers Systems for Humans vs. Machines</h3>
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 							<img class="imageRight" src="/bjc-r/img/4-internet/decimal-places.jpg" alt="place values in decimal 3761: 3 1000's 7 100's 6 10's 1 1's" title="place values in decimal 3761: 3 1000's 7 100's 6 10's 1 1's" />
-							In <strong>base 10</strong> notation, each place value represents a <strong>power of ten</strong>: the units place (10<sup>0</sup> = 1), the tens place (10<sup>1</sup> = 10), the hundreds place (10<sup>2</sup> = 100), the thousands place (10<sup>3</sup> = 1000), etc. So, for example:</p>
-							<p class="center"> 3761  &nbsp; = &nbsp; 3 &times;  10<sup>3</sup> &nbsp;+&nbsp; 7 &times;  10<sup>2</sup> &nbsp;+&nbsp; 6 &times;  10<sup>1</sup> &nbsp;+&nbsp; 1 &times;  10<sup>0</sup>
+							In <strong>base 10</strong> notation, each place value represents a <strong>power of ten</strong>: the units place (10<sup>0</sup> = 1), the tens place (10<sup>1</sup> = 10), the hundreds place (10<sup>2</sup> = 100), the thousands place (10<sup>3</sup> = 1000), etc. So, for example:
+						</p>
+						<p class="center"> 3761  &nbsp; = &nbsp; 3 &times;  10<sup>3</sup> &nbsp;+&nbsp; 7 &times;  10<sup>2</sup> &nbsp;+&nbsp; 6 &times;  10<sup>1</sup> &nbsp;+&nbsp; 1 &times;  10<sup>0</sup>
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 							<img class="imageRight" src="/bjc-r/img/4-internet/binary-places(18).jpg" alt="place values in binary 10010: 1 16's 0 8's 0 4's 1 2's 0 1's" title="place values in binary 10010: 1 16's 0 8's 0 4's 1 2's 0 1's" />
 							<strong>Base 2</strong> uses the same idea but with <strong>powers of two</strong> instead of powers of ten. Binary place values represent the units place (2<sup>0</sup> = 1), the twos place (2<sup>1</sup> = 2), the fours place (2<sup>2</sup> = 4), the eights place (2<sup>3</sup> = 8), the sixteens place (2<sup>4</sup> = 16), etc. So, for example:
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 						<p align="center">10010<sub>2</sub> &nbsp; = &nbsp; <strong>1 &times; 2<sup>4</sup></strong> &nbsp;+&nbsp; 0 &times; 2<sup>3</sup> &nbsp;+&nbsp; 0 &times; 2<sup>2</sup> &nbsp;+&nbsp; <strong>1 &times; 2<sup>1</sup></strong> &nbsp;+&nbsp; 0 &times; 2<sup>0</sup> &nbsp; = &nbsp; 16 &nbsp;+&nbsp; 2 &nbsp; = &nbsp; 18<sub>10</sub></p>
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+		<div class="todo">I think the above "reading" exercise should include a few more numbers and the below ITIT needs more support for writing in binary. --MF, 9/22/21</div>
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 			<ol start="7">
 				<li>Try writing a number in binary and see if a friend can convert back to your original number. If they have trouble, go through both calculations (yours and theirs) together. If they succeed in finding your original number, try a bigger number!</li>

middle-school/student-pages/U1/L5/02-bits-electricity.html

@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ <h3>Storing Numbers in Bits</h3>
 			<ol>
 				<li>If your project isn't open already, log in to Snap! and open your "Numbers Bits Electricity" project.</li>
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-					Drag the <img class="inline" src="/bjc-r/middle-school/img/U1/lab05/dec-to-bin.png" alt=" decimal → binary ()" title="decimal → binary ()" /> block into the main area. You can type decimal numbers directly into that block or you can even drag your previous calculations into the block. <br />
-					<img class="indent" src="/bjc-r/middle-school/img/U1/lab05/dec-to-bin-300-reporting.png" alt="decimal → binary (300) reporting 100101100" title="decimal → binary (300) reporting 100101100" />
-					<img class="indent" src="/bjc-r/middle-school/img/U1/lab05/dec-to-bin-60x5-reporting.png" alt="decimal → binary (60 × 5) reporting 100101100" title="decimal → binary (60 × 5) reporting 100101100" />
+					Drag the <img class="inline" src="/bjc-r/middle-school/img/U1/lab05/bin-of-dec.png" alt=" binary of decimal ()" title="binary of decimal ()" /> block into the main area. You can type decimal numbers directly into that block or you can even drag your previous calculations into the block. <br />
+					<img class="indent" src="/bjc-r/middle-school/img/U1/lab05/bin-of-dec-300-reporting.png" alt="binary of decimal (300) reporting 100101100" title="binary of decimal (300) reporting 100101100" />
+					<img class="indent" src="/bjc-r/middle-school/img/U1/lab05/bin-of-dec-60x5-reporting.png" alt="binary of decimal (60 × 5) reporting 100101100" title="binary of decimal (60 × 5) reporting 100101100" />
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@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ <h3>Storing Bits as Electricity</h3>
 			For the binary number 1010, we could imagine the computer storing it like this:<br />
 			<img class="indent noshadow" src="/bjc-r/middle-school/img/U1/lab05/capacitors-1010.png" alt="four drawings of capacitors with charges: +, none, +, none" title="four pictures of drawings with charges: +, none, +, none" />
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-		<p>The <img class="inline" src="/bjc-r/middle-school/img/U1/lab05/bin-to-elec.png" alt="binary → electric ()" title="binary → electric ()" /> block will help you visualize how the computer stores any binary number.</p>
+		<p>The <img class="inline" src="/bjc-r/middle-school/img/U1/lab05/elec-of-bin.png" alt="electric of binary ()" title="electric of binary ()" /> block will help you visualize how the computer stores any binary number.</p>
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-					Drag the <code>binary → electric</code> block into the Scripts area, and experiment with it. You can type binary numbers directly into that block, or you can drag in a <code>decimal to binary</code> block. Try both ways.<br />
-					<img class="indent" src="/bjc-r/middle-school/img/U1/lab05/bin-to-elec-reporting.png" alt="binary → electric (1010) reporting four drawings of capacitors with charges: +, none, +, none" title="binary → electric (1010) reporting four drawings of capacitors with charges: +, none, +, none" />
-					<img class="indent" src="/bjc-r/middle-school/img/U1/lab05/bin-to-elec(dec-to-bin-10)-reporting.png" alt="binary → electric (decimal → binary (10)) reporting four drawings of capacitors with charges: +, none, +, none" title="binary → electric (decimal → binary (10)) reporting four drawings of capacitors with charges: +, none, +, none" />
+					Drag the <code>electric of binary</code> block into the Scripts area, and experiment with it. You can type binary numbers directly into that block, or you can drag in a <code>decimal to binary</code> block. Try both ways.<br />
+					<img class="indent" src="/bjc-r/middle-school/img/U1/lab05/elec-of-bin-reporting.png" alt="electric of binary (1010) reporting four drawings of capacitors with charges: +, none, +, none" title="electric of binary (1010) reporting four drawings of capacitors with charges: +, none, +, none" />
+					<img class="indent" src="/bjc-r/middle-school/img/U1/lab05/elec-of-bin(bin-of-dec-10)-reporting.png" alt="electric of binary (binary of decimal (10)) reporting four drawings of capacitors with charges: +, none, +, none" title="electric of binary (binary of decimal (10)) reporting four drawings of capacitors with charges: +, none, +, none" />
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 					<img class="inline" src="/bjc-r/img/icons/talk-with-your-partner.png" alt="Talk with Your Partner" title="Talk with Your Partner" />