Day 41 - Tech Tips from Josh - Marshall Simonds Middle School Student Help Desk

This post first appeared on our Middle School Help Desk Blog

1. To save battery life, disable Bluetooth, and turn the brightness as low as you can without straining your eyes
   
   
   
   
   
2. If you are playing a game with ads, turn on airplane mode to disable those distracting ads. Obviously, this will only work if the game does not require internet connection
   
   
   
   
3. If you use an accented letter such as ö, your passcode can be very hard to guess.

          

4. You can cut an iPhone-shaped hole in a Pringles can to amplify sound. 
   
   
   
   
5. If you are worried about your music playing in your pocket, do not keep your headphones plugged in, because the remote will cause it to play. Instead, disable Control Center on the lock screen. 
   
   
   
   
6. If you really can’t stand that Apple decided to put U2 songs on everyone’s devices, or you just hate songs you downloaded a while ago,  go to Settings>Music and disable “Show All Music.” 
   
   
   

7. If you’re worried about missing important notifications from certain people, but don’t want your friends waking you up with useless, pointless texts like “I like food”, you can go into settings and add contacts to a list that bypasses Do Not Disturb
   
   
   
   
   

8. The new Weather app is greatly improved, as many new features were added. It also switched away from Yahoo Weather to the more-accurate Weather Channel. 
   
   
   
   
   
9. If you have iOS 8, It’s probably a good idea to fill out the Medical ID information in the Health app. This is so if something ever happened to you, EMS can see this information immediately.
   
   
   
   
   

10. When hearing an unfamiliar song, but want to know its title, you can ask Siri. 

Day 135 - Architecture in Geometry - Michael Warren, Marshall Simonds 7th Grader

This post originally appeared on the Marshall Simonds Middle School Blog

The Geometry in Architecture project assigned to the students of 7C was made to help students see geometry in real life buildings, work on finding surface area and volume, and to get them to practice fundamental skills, such as measuring, cutting, and calculating equations on a calculator.

The students were told to use recycled materials to help the environment, and used the materials to form a three-dimensional building. After creating the building, the kids had to find the surface area and volume of each individual shape, write a paragraph summarizing the process and purpose, and list the measurements in a neat, appealing way.

The projects helped the students work on calculations, organization, measuring, and appealing presentation. Not only did the project work on math skills for the current unit, but it helped with proficiency in subjects that could be used elsewhere and later in life. The Geometry in Architecture project was one that helped with ability in many areas.

Day 91 - A Photo Portfolio, Marshall Simonds 8th Grader Ashley K.

Today's post is the first that we've shared this year that is just pictures. We are proud to share the work of Marshall Simonds Middle School 8th grader Ashley K.  If you would like to see more of Ashley's work, please check out her portfolio here. Thanks to Ashley for sharing her work!

Day 52 Using Book Creator To Create Food Journals in Family and Consumer Sciences - Delaney Woods, Grade 8

This post originally appeared on the Marshall Simonds Middle School Blog

 

Click here to check out Delaney's Book!

In Mrs. Molina’s Family and Consumer Sciences class students have been evaluating their nutrition habits based on their calorie, fats, sodium, and sugar consumption.  Students also learned to identify one of their packaged food items that they consumed frequently and explain why the item is or is not a healthy snack based on analyzing the calories/calories from fat, % daily value, and the ingredient list. The app, MyFitnessPal as well as Food Tracker on the ChooseMyPlate.gov website were used to analyze nutrition intakes and then the data was compiled into a food journal using Book Creator.  

Day 46 - Book Creator - How-To - Nisha Chhayani and Forum Patel, MSMS 8th Graders

This post originally appeared on the Marshall Simonds Middle School Student Help Desk Blog

To open the ePub as an eBook on an iPad or another digital reader, click on the link below:

How to Use Book Creator

- Then click on Download

- When prompted, click on Open in iBooks

Day 41 - Danse Macbre (Day of the Dead) Performance - Dan Xue, Marshall Simonds Eighth Grader

This post originally appeared on the Marshall Simonds Middle School Blog


Eighth grader Dan Xue plays ‘Danse Macabre’ (Dance of the Dead) with Ms. Medvitz, accompanist. A classical piece, it was composed by Saint Saens in1874. Dan has been working on this piece for a few weeks and will perform it at the MSMS Halloween Assemblies. 

Dan also plays 1st trumpet in the Symphonic Band and the MSMS Trumpet Quintet, both of which are on the program for the Halloween festivities. Dan will be auditioning for the Northeast District Orchestra in January.