Skip to Main Content
District Home
Select a School...
Select a School
  • RCSD Reopening Plans for 2020-21
  • PreKindergarten & Early Childhood
  • Clara Barton School No. 2
  • Nathaniel Rochester Middle School
  • George Mather Forbes School No. 4
  • John Williams School No. 5
  • OACES Office of Adult & Career Education Services
  • Virgil I. Grissom School No. 7
  • Roberto Clemente School No. 8
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 9
  • Dr. Walter Cooper Academy School 10
  • Anna Murray-Douglass Academy School No. 12
  • RECEC NE
  • The Children's School of Rochester No. 15
  • John Walton Spencer School No. 16
  • Enrico Fermi School No. 17
  • Dr. Charles T. Lunsford School No. 19
  • Abraham Lincoln School No. 22
  • Francis Parker School No. 23
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne School No. 25
  • Henry Hudson School No. 28
  • Adlai E. Stevenson School No. 29
  • Audubon School No. 33
  • Dr. Louis A. Cerulli School No. 34
  • Pinnacle School No. 35
  • Andrew J. Townson School No. 39
  • Community School No. 106
  • Abelard Reynolds School No. 42
  • Mary McLeod Bethune School No. 45
  • Charles Carroll School No. 46
  • Helen Barrett Montgomery School No. 50
  • Frank Fowler Dow School No. 52
  • Montessori Academy School No. 53
  • The Flower City School No. 54
  • RECEC South
  • World of Inquiry School No. 58
  • All City High
  • Early College International High School
  • East Upper & Lower Schools
  • Edison Career and Technology High School
  • Franklin Campus
  • James Monroe High School
  • Joseph C. Wilson Foundation Academy
  • Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High School
  • Leadership Academy for Young Men
  • LyncX Academy
  • Northeast College Preparatory High School
  • Northwest Junior HS at Douglass Campus
  • P-TECH Rochester
  • Rochester International Academy
  • School of the Arts
  • School Without Walls Commencement Academy
  • NorthSTAR Social and Emotional Learning Center
  • Home / Hospital Tutoring
  • Youth and Justice Programs
  • Annual Professional Performance Review
  • Common Core
  • Department of Multilingual Education
  • Special Education
  • IM&T
  • Professional Learning
  • School Library System
  • Student Support Services
  • Virtual Academy of Rochester
Sign In
Register
Search

  • About Us
      "
    • Receivership Information (Hidden)
    • Support Services (Hidden)
    • Teacher and Staff Resources (hidden)
    • Refining Our Mission (Hidden)
    • East's History
    • East EPO
    • Data, Accountability & Assessment
    • Leadership Team
  • Schools
      "
    • Freshman Academy (hidden)
    • School Calendars & Schedules (Hidden)
    • Student Government
    • Upper School Clerical Staff
    • Lower School
    • Upper School
    • Attendance & Records
  • Academics
      "
    • At Home Resources (Hidden)
    • Academic Handbook- hidden
    • College Prep Center- hidden
    • Culinary Arts (hidden)
    • Curriculum
    • Departments (hidden)
    • Elective Offerings at East
    • Family Group (old FG hidden)
    • Graduation Requirements (hidden)
    • Instructional Foundations (hidden)
    • Optics Institute (hidden)
    • Overview (hidden)
    • Special Academic Programs (hidden)
    • Special Education Services
    • Special Programs
    • Support and Tutoring (hidden)
    • Testing (hidden)
    • TLI- Teaching and Learning Institute (hidden, out dated)
  • Departments
      "
    • The University of Rochester School-Based Health Center Hidden)
    • Alumni Network
    • Arts at East
    • Athletics at East
    • Community School
    • Counseling Department
    • Career Pathways
    • Drivers Education
    • Family and Community Engagement (FACE)
    • Family Group
    • Library
    • Metals Cafe
    • Music at East
    • Nurses Office
    • Step to College
  • Staff
      "
    • Superintendent -moved
    • Project Director-hidden
    • Chief Academic Officer-hidden
    • Lower School Administrative Assistants (hidden, update)
    • Counselors & Social Workers (hidden)
    • East Cafeteria (hidden)
    • Custodial (hidden)
    • School Safety Officers
    • School Administrative Assistants (Hidden)
  • Teachers
      "
    • Adams, C
    • Alday, D
    • Algain-Ruiz, K
    • Ames, D
    • Anderson, J
    • Arvelo-Park, G
    • Avino, C
    • Bak, N
    • Banks, T
    • Barley, D
    • Bartnick, K
    • Basile, A
    • Bates, J
    • Beaty-Gladney, L
    • Beauchamp, R
    • Bethman, C
    • Bliss, S
    • Boress, E
    • Bringley, J
    • Bronson, B
    • Bunce, R
    • Burnell, C
    • Casarett, V
    • Chalone, R
    • Cheng, A
    • Christiano, J
    • Collins, S
    • Colon, N
    • Conrow, P
    • Conroy, E (Vaccaro)
    • Cook, J
    • Cotto, E
    • Courtney, M
    • Crandall, B
    • Crandall, K
    • Cybulski, W.
    • Daly, D
    • DeJesus, I
    • Delehanty, D
    • Delehanty, L
    • DiMicheli, A
    • Donlon, K
    • Duffy, P
    • Dunn, A (ESOL)
    • Eckert, P
    • Eichorn, K
    • Fields, C
    • Flagler, S
    • Flaherty, M.
    • Foster, M
    • Fox, R
    • Garcia, M
    • Gerritz, D.
    • Gilbert, M
    • Gillett III, T
    • Girven, L
    • Goodman, A
    • Gotham, S
    • Graham, T
    • Gross, S
    • Guler-Carrasquillo, C
    • Gutierrez, F
    • Hart, B
    • Hart, D
    • Heacock, E
    • Holmes, J
    • Holmes, K.
    • Holmes, Mr.
    • Hoover, E
    • Horn, M
    • Hostuttler, H
    • Huber, B
    • Jenkins, G
    • Johnson, M
    • Keenan, E
    • Kramer, J
    • Laske, R
    • Lewis, A
    • Machuca-Dall, C
    • Mack, K
    • Marino, M
    • Maxwell, E
    • Mazurett-Boyle, R
    • McDowell, O
    • Meade, N
    • Meehan-Richardson, K
    • Merritt, K
    • Militello, M
    • Mitchell, Q
    • Morale, M
    • Morgan, G
    • Morris, T
    • Mundorff, E
    • Munoz, S
    • Newman, L
    • Nicholas, J
    • Osgood-Wojtylak, J.
    • Paco, E
    • Patenaude, B
    • Phillips, B
    • Pies, S
    • Polanski, A
    • Poliszuk, S
    • Price, K
    • Reid, H
    • Resseguie, A
    • Rivera, B
    • Shaw, K
    • Sigler, T
    • Simmons, T
    • Slifka, C
    • Spano-Russell, M
    • Spencer, L
    • Stagnito, C
    • Street, T
    • Tarantino, A
    • Tisa, R
    • Torres, C
    • Travis, D
    • Uebbing, D
    • Vann, C
    • Vann, J
    • Weber, S
    • Westrich, K
    • Williams, Lia
    • Wilmarth, A
    • Wilson Jr., L
    • Wilson, Timothy
    • Wise, K
    • Worthington, T
    • Ziarno, S
    • Zurlo, A
    • Adams, M
    • Alaimo-Kalaghan, D
    • Alexander, R. ESOL
    • Alvarez, R
    • Appleby, J
    • Beach, K
    • Beasley, S
    • Bianchi, T
    • Binger, C
    • Buck, L
    • Bustos, Y
    • Bustos, Y
    • Calzi, M
    • Catalfano, M
    • Clark, R
    • Davis, K
    • Deisinger, E
    • Dickerson, S
    • Diodato, S
    • Dixon, M
    • Dixon, W
    • Domiano, E
    • Donovan, A
    • Espinosa, L
    • Farmer, T
    • Farnung, L
    • Festenstein, D
    • Fitta, J
    • Foran, E.
    • Fulton, K
    • Galemore, G
    • Godsey-Phillips, B
    • Green, C
    • Heale, B
    • Heckman, M
    • Karl, L
    • Knauf, C
    • Korn, R
    • Korn, R
    • Kress, G
    • Lerner, J
    • Linza, P
    • Marrero, O
    • Martinez, C
    • Martinez, M
    • Mcgrath, N
    • McManus, C
    • Melvin, D
    • Monette, D
    • Monson, C
    • Neal, L
    • Nesci, J
    • Nordquist, J
    • Northrup, P
    • Nourse, E
    • Panton, L
    • Quinones-Dunlap, M
    • Reyes, A
    • Richman, R.
    • Rivera, L
    • Santillo, B
    • Schiano, M
    • Schleigh, M
    • Schuh, E
    • Simmons, T
    • Smith, C
    • Snyder, R
    • Soine, S (Breymeier)
    • Thacker, A
    • Thompson, L
    • Trahan, L
    • Vadala, M
    • Villane, B
    • Vogt, R
    • Walker, Y
    • Weber, J
    • Williams, Leda
    • Wilmarth, A (do not delete, hidden)
    • Wilson, C
    • Wilson, Catherine
    • Yare, N
    • Zajkowski, J.
    • Zielinski, D
  • Athletics
      "
    • Athletic Trainer
    • Athletic Schedules
    • Athletic Photos
  • The Arts
      "
  • Parents
      "
    • The Big Read
    • General Information
    • Parent Calendar and Events
    • Reopening Information
  • Let's Talk
      "
    • Welcome to Let's Talk
  • Calendar

Poliszuk, S

  • Technology 7
  • Home Maintenance and Repair
  • Design and Drawing for Production (DDP)
  • Family Group
  • Calender
  • East Upper & Lower Schools
  • Technology 7
  • Welcome to Mr. Poliszuk's Webpage
    "Bridging the gap between technology and the real world." 
     
       
    This site will primarily be used for 'Technology 7' scholars to access assignments, learning targets, and models and to help them develop an understanding of technology, products, systems and processes, problem solving, and the impacts that technology has on people and the envionment.
     Network
    Assignments
    Each assignment will be assessed out of 10 points. There will be an average of 1-2 assignments per day throughout the school year
     
    Unit 1: What is Technology?!
     
     
    1. Computer Lab Rules and Responsibilities Posters
     
    Learning Target: I can create and present two posters regarding computer lab rules and responsibilities.
     
     Computer Lab Rules and Responsibilities
     
    Example  Example
     
    2. My Student Network Account!
     
    Learning Target: I can take notes about the benfits and features of my student network account, and identify and draw what the 'This PC' and 'H: drive' icons look like.
     
    My Student Network Account!
     
    My Student Network Account!
     
    3. Saving and Opening a File
     
    Learning Target: I can explain and demonstrate how to Save and Open a file using my student H: drive.
     
    How to Save and Open a File
     
    Look for the 'Silent Teacher' in the room to help you remember how to save and open a file!!  Look at the 'Silent Teacher' in the room for help saving your file!!  
     
    4. What is Technology?!
     
    Learning Target: I can define technology, identify examples of technology and non-technology (nature), and look outside my classroom window to determine examples of technology and non-technology.
     
    What is Technology!?!
    Video: Nature vs Technology
     
    This is Technology - we designed and created this!!  This is not Technology - we did not design and create this!!
     
    5. Developing Technology for Our Needs and Wants
     
    Learning Target: I can define and provide examples of needs and wants, determine specific items at school and/or at home that are needs and wants, and argue, whether money, in today's society, is a need or a want.
     
    Needs and Wants!
    Video: Needs vs Wants
     
    We design and create Technology to satisfy our Needs and Wants!!
     
    6. Technology Vocabulary
     
    Learning Target: I can define new technology terms and match the new technology terms to their correct definitions.
     
    Intro to Technology Vocab Study Guide
    Intro to Technology - Study Stack
     
    Technology is all the things around us which are designed and created by humans, to satisfy needs and wants!!  Innovation is the process of altering an existing product or system to improve its design!!
     
    7. The Seven Areas of Technology
     
    Learning Target: I can define and identify the seven areas of technology, select images that align with each area of technology, and explain how each area of technology impacts our society.
     
    7 Areas of Technology -Student Copy
    7 Areas of Technology -Mr. P's PowerPoint 
     
    Study Stack
     
    j
     
     
    8. The Seven Resources of Technology
     
    Learning Target: I can define and identify the seven resources of technology, choose appropriate emojis that represent each of the seven resources of technology, and choose a product, analyze its production and determine which types of specific resources were used in the development of that product. 
     
    7 Resources of Technology 
    Get your emojis here! 
     
    Video: How It's Made - Ice Cream Sandwiches
    Video: Building a New House Time Lapse!
    Video: How It's Made - Chocolate Chip Cookies
    Video: How It's Made - Jeans
     
    Study Stack 
    The Resources Needed to Bake this Cake!!  

    Unit 2: Career Research
     
    Look up careers here! 
    Career Research
    Career Research Assignment - Student Copy
    Career Research Assignment -Mr. P's PowerPoint
     

    Student Example - Model Project

     
    Career Vocab Study Guide
     
    Career - Study Stack
     
    Presenter Feedback Slip
       

    Unit 3: Become an Entrepreneur!

     Video: Ohio Teen Starts His Own Business!

    Video: Ohio Teen Starts His Own Business! (Original Clip)

    Business Card: www.vistaprint.com

    Business Shirt, Hat, Mug: www.customink.com

    Business Shirt Criteria

     Business Card Example

    Business Shirt Example Business Shirt Example

    Business Hat Example Business Mug Example

    Business Everything Example  Business Flyer Example


    Unit 4: Measurement, Electricity, and Problem Solving
     
     
     Don't be this guy!!
    The Ruler Game!!
    Video: Measuring to the Nearest 1/8 Inch
    Video: Measuring to the Nearest 1/16 Inch
     
    The Big Inch!!
     
    Air Skimmer Design
     
    Video: Air Skimmer Layout
    Video: Air Skimmer Assembly
    Air Skimmers!!
     

    ELECTRICITY = THE FLOW OF ELECTRONS
    Electricity is the flow of electrons!!
    Video: Bill Nye the Science Guy - Electricity
    Bill Nye Graphic Organizer
    Image result for electricity basic circuit diagram
    Basic Electricity - Terms and Definitions
    Study Stack
     
    Video: Schoolhouse Rock - "Electricity, Electricity"
     
    One goes out, they all go out!!
    SERIES CIRCUIT - ELECTRICITY FLOWS THROUGH ALL LOADS - REMOVE ONE AND THEY ALL GO OUT!!
    If one goes out, the rest stay on!!
    PARALLEL CIRCUIT - ELECTRICITY FLOWS THROUGH EACH LOAD INDEPEDENTLY - REMOVE ONE AND THE REST STAY ON!!
    If one goes out, that portion of the strand goes out, but the rest will stay on!!
     COMBINATION SERIES-PARALLEL - MULTIPLE STRINGS OF LIGHTS WIRED IN SERIES, THEN WIRED IN PARALLEL WITH EACH OTHER - REMOVE ONE AND THAT STRING OF LIGHTS GOES OUT, BUT THE REST OF THE LIGHTS STAY ON!!
     
    Electronic Components/Tools - Terms and Definitions
    Study Stack
     
    Learning Circuits Game!!
     
    Design Labs
    1. Design and build a circuit which powers a motor, and can be turned on/off by a switch.
    2. Design and build a circuit which powers a motor with variable speeds. 
    3. Design and build a circuit which powers a motor, has an indicator light, and can be controlled by an on/off switch.
    4. Design and build a circuit that powers a motor and a buzzer, which are controlled by independant switches.
    5. Design and build a circuit that powers a motor, buzzer, and an LED - all which are controlled by independant switches. 

     
    Paper Tower

     Design a free-standing tower as tall as you can. 

    Materials: 1 sheet of paper, 24" tape

    Paper Tower  Paper Tower  Paper Tower  Paper Tower  Paper Tower  Paper Tower  Paper Tower

      

    Straw Tower

    Design a free-standing tower to hold a tennis ball as far off the table top as possible.

    Materials: 10 straws, 24" tape

     
      Straw Tower  Straw Tower  Straw Tower
    Straw Tower  Straw Tower  Straw Tower
    Straw Tower  Straw Tower  Straw Tower  Straw Tower  
     Pringles Packaging

     Design and test a package to safely ship a single Pringles Potato Chip through the US Postal Service without damage to the chip.

    Materials: Paper, index cards, popsicle sticks, tape, cotton balls, paper/styrofoam plates

    Pringles Package  Pringles Package  Pringles Package  Pringles Package  Pringles Package  Pringles Package  Pringles Package  Pringles Package  Pringles Package  Pringles Package  Pringles Package  Pringles Package  Pringles Package   Pringles Package Pringles Packaging  Pringles Package   Pringles Package  Pringles Package

     Radioactive Rocks

    A container holding radioactive rocks is deteriorating. The rocks must be moved to another container to prevent radioactive leakage.

    Design and construct a device that will move "radioactive" rocks from one bag to another without human contact and beyond a distance of 6 inches from the human body.

    Materials: String, drinking cups, skewers, paper clips, rubber bands, 3x5 index cards, pencil, 12" tape
    Danger!! "Radioactive" Rocks
     
    Plastic Pollution
    Video: Plastic Ocean
    Video: Whale Dies After Swallowing 80 Plastic Bags
     Video: Diver Captures Footage of Plastic Pollution Near Norway

    Plastics have been used for decades and have been polluting our Earth and oceans since its development. Land, Air and Marine wildlife have mistaken this plastic for food and have been injesting this plastic - causing widespread sickness and death.

    Design, draw, and present a solution that will clean the world's oceans of plastic pollution.

    Graphic Organizer

    The Recycling Waste Game!!

    Help us solve this problem!! How can we fix this problem!?

     


     
    FINAL EXAM PREP
    Study Guide 1: http://www.studystack.com/quiz-1935802
    Study Guide 2: http://www.studystack.com/quiz-1724010
     
    STUDY GUIDE
     
    Score 100% on Study Guide 1 and 2 for an Ice Cream of your choice
     
    Final Exam Test Results
    85% or higher = Ice cream and pizza party with Mr. Poliszuk
    65% - 84% = Ice Cream of your choice from Mr. Poliszuk
     
    Study Packet 

      Summer School @ Franklin HS

     Design and Drawing for Production (DDP)

    The Ruler Game

    Air Skimmer Design


     
    Stephen Poliszuk
    East Lower School
    585.288.3130 Ext. 4213
    Computer Lab - Room D213
    stephen.poliszuk@rcsdk12.org
     

     

     

Address 1801 Main St. E., Rochester, NY 14609

Phone 585-288-3130

Fax Fax: 585-654-1066

Schools and Programs | Employment Opportunities | Volunteer | Site Map
Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram Pinterest LinkedIn Flickr Vimeo RSS
The Rochester City School District does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's actual or perceived race, color, religion, creed, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, age, marital status, partnership status, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, gender (sex), military status, veteran status, domestic violence victim status or political affiliation, and additionally does not discriminate against students on the basis of weight, gender identity, gender expression, and religious practices or any other basis prohibited by New York State and/or federal non-discrimination laws in employment or its programs and activities. The District provides equal access to community and youth organizations.
The Rochester City School District does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's actual or perceived race, color, religion, creed, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, age, marital status, partnership status, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, gender (sex), military status, veteran status, domestic violence victim status or political affiliation, and additionally does not discriminate against students on the basis of weight, gender identity, gender expression, and religious practices or any other basis prohibited by New York State and/or federal non-discrimination laws in employment or its programs and activities. The District provides equal access to community and youth organizations.
  • Questions or Feedback? |
  • Blackboard Web Community Manager Privacy Policy (Updated) |
  • Terms of Use
Copyright © 2002-2021 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved.
Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved.
CLOSE
CLOSE