Welcome to Mr. Rich's site!

Please feel free to download, change and use any of the materials 
I have provided on this site.  Everything here is meant to be useful!
If you have any problems, please contact me.
Enjoy!

All about Education

Mr. Rich uses these materials while supply teaching in the Fredericton (D.18) and Oromocto (D.17) areas of  New Brunswick, Canada.


Latest Software Additions:

Intro to Scratch (Programming)

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Scratch is a free entry-level programming environment that's great for kids.  Drag-and-drop program blocks can do almost anything!





Making a Frogger-style game (Scratch)

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Hop across the highway without getting run over!  (Requires an understanding of negative numbers and (X,Y) coordinates.)

Prerequisite for Frogger :  "Introductions 1,2  & 3"


Making a River Boat-style game (Scratch)

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Drive up river without hitting the rocks or the shore!

To make this game, keep track of objects, flow rates, and (X,Y) coordinates.

Prerequisite for River Boat : Frogger & Introductions


Intro to Google Sketchup 
(3D CAD)

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Sketchup is a free 
entry-level tool for 3D design.  

The "Sketchup 5" tutorials are archived here, with my teaching handout and assessment rubric.

Teaching Spreadsheets using Calc from OpenOffice.org

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OpenOffice.org is a free office suite.  

This is also especially for those of you who can't stand the MS Office 2007 interface (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).  

OpenOffice.org has almost all the same features in almost all the same places as Office 2003!

The tutorial handouts I provide can be used with either MS Excel or OOo Calc.  (My students have repeatedly proved this despite my instructions!)


Latest Middle School Additions:

Literacy - Novel Study

Grade 6 & 7 students will be beginning novel studies.  
Each student will choose their own novel.  (more)
   

Social Studies 7 - Confederation

Why did Canada become a country?
Online Test - Canada at Confederation

  

Social Studies 6 - Ecozones

In Canada, they are called "Ecozones", but to the rest of the world, they're "Ecoregions". 
 
   




Bonus Assignments - -  Topics to Consider

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Can a Youtube video and a Lady Gaga Tweet change a life?
Read the article (on CBC)
Watch the video.(on CBC or Youtube)
Decide for yourself.
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EGYPT 2011
The role of social media (Facebook, Twitter, ...) in the 2011 revolution in Egypt. 
Link to video on CBC.ca   (commercial plays first, then the video)
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
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Should a teacher be fired for posting vacation photos on Facebook?
Link to video on Youtube.com

The Maker of Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg - "What is Facebook trying to do?"
Part 1 on Youtube ,  Part 2 on Youtube   (commercial plays first, then the video)
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