------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Webpage 1: HOMEPAGE Welcome to Grade 8 Designs for Grade 8 Girls at Western University! Our goals are: -to increase the interest level in computer science amoung women -to allow girls to write some very basic programs -to introduce girls to exciting careers in computer science -to introduce girls to computers and computer science before hitting high school We run a one day workshop once a year on campus for grade 8 girls only. We can accomodate up to 40 girls for this workshop. There will be 4 different activities that the girls to participate in (see the Agenda page for more information). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Webpage 2: AGENDA Each university has a slightly different agenda. Also please note the agenda may get "tweaked" during the actual day if some of the events are running too long or too short. Schedule: 8:45 - 9:00 Registration Room 320 9:00 - 9:15 Welcome Room 320 9:15 - 10:00 Guest Speaker Room 320 10:00 - 10:15 Break Room 320 10:15 - 12:15 Make your own Mad Libs in Visual Basic Room 230 and 235 12:15 - 1:00 Lunch Room 320 1:00 - 2:00 Wearable Computing Room 320 2:00 - 3:30 Make your own comic books Room 230 and 235 3:40 - 4:00 Print and upload work Room 230 and 235 To register, or for more information, email Laura Reid at laura@uwo.ca. Each school can register up to 10 girls. NOTE: All registrations must be completed one week BEFORE the event is held. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Webpage 3: MAD LIBS ACTIVITY Girls will be given the opportunity to write their first computer program using the language Visual Basic. The program will automate the fun activity of mad libs. A person running a girl's program: a user, will enter the required words in the program and press a button, then the program will generate a mad lib using those words and display it on the screen. The girls together will all write the same program that is similar to this mad lib. Then the girls can use their imagination to write their own fun mad lib in Visual Basic OR use one of our sample mad libs. Sample Mad Libs: Mad Lib 1 Mad Lib 2 Mad Lib 3 Mad Lib 4 Mad Lib 5 Mad Lib 6 Mad Lib 7 ================================== MAD LIB 1 Zoos are places where wild _________ are kept in cages so that __________ can come and look at them. Our zoo is built around a large pond filled with clear sparkling ____________. You will see several __________ swimming in the pond and easting fish. Plural Noun: ______ Plural Noun: ______ Type of Liquid: ______ Type of Plural Animal: ______ ================================== MAD LIB 2 Once upon a/an _______, there were three little pigs. The first little pig was _______ and so he built a house out of _________. The second little pig was _______ so he build a house out of __________. But the third little pig was very _______ so he built his out of genuine _______. Then the wolf ______ to the third pig’s house! Noun: ______ Adjective: ______ Plural Noun: ______ Adjective: ______ Plural Noun: ______ Adjective: ______ Plural Noun: ______ Verb past tense: _________ ================================== MAD LIB 3 In the zoo, the elephant goes ______ and the turtledoves go _________. In one part of the zoo, there are ______ gorillas who love to eat ________. In another part there is a spotted _____ that is so fast it can outrun a/an __________. Funny Sound: ___________ Another Funny Sound: ______ Adjective: ______ Animal : ______ Another Animal : ______ ================================== MAD LIB 4 My school is called _________. All the girls at it are very _____ and all the boys are not very _______. We love the teachers there. The nickname name for our favourite teacher is Mrs. Big _______ because she loves us so much. Name of a school: ___________ Adjective: ______ Adjective: ______ Part of the body : ______ ================================== MAD LIB 5 My favourite animal is the hippopotamus. It has a huge _________ and eats fifty pounds of ______ a day. You would never know that, technically, it is nothing but an oversized ________ ____________. Part of the body: ___________ Plural Noun: ______ Adjective: ______ Animal : ______ ================================== MAD LIB 6 My favourite sport is bowling. In bowling you throw big _______ down a long _________ and try to knock down ___________. The person who hits the most wins a ______ trophy. I had won _____ trophies before I turned _______ years old. Noun: ___________ Noun: ______ Plural Noun: ______ Adjective : ______ Number : ______ Number : ______ ================================== MAD LIB 7 _____________ !!! he said __________ as he jumped into his convertible _________ and drove off with his _________ wife and his ____ children to their summer ________. Exclamation: ___________ Adverb: ______ Noun: ______ Adjective : ______ Number : ______ Noun : ______ ================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Webpage 4: OTHER INTERESTING SITES (ON THIS PAGE INCLUDE LINKS TO 3 OTHER WEBSITES ON THE INTERNET THAT WOULD BE RELEVANT TO THIS EVENT OR TO YOUNG GIRLS INTERESTED IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, HAVE A LINK TO EACH WEBSITE AND INCLUDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT EACH WEBSITE IS ABOUT. FOR EXAMPLE YOU COULD INCLUDE A LINK TO CAREERS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Webpage 5: REFERENCES (LIST ALL YOUR REFERENCES FOR ANY IMAGES THAT YOU INSERTED INTO THE WEBSITE PAGES.)