Use an online simulation and a spinner wheel to compare food webs to understand how presence of food and/or predators will affect their life stability, how relationships exist between predators and prey, that these relationships are modeled in food webs; how the availability and use of resources may lead to competition/ cooperation; and how the symbiotic relationships support the survival of different species.

Today we do lots of activities online. Students need to know the importance of having a secure password to keep their information safe when using the internet. In this lesson students will learn to make a safe password with a hands on activity.

Magnets are Amazing! Students will enjoy this review lesson discovering and creating things with magnets.  Students will also learn how magnets are essential to electronics and talk through troubleshooting

Students will be using 3 different ways of communication to talk about the Empire of Mali.  This activity will encourage different students to participate in different ways.

Need a quick way to review the location of Ancient Civilizations along with Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America geographical features. I got just the thing! Print these maps poster size and fire up some robots and let's get to reviewing this important information in a fun way for the kids to enjoy!

This gives students two different things to do with what they have learned and read about Storms and precipitation. Not only will students have a good time using stamps but they can also take what they read and interpret it into a graph. This is a very vital skill throughout school all the way up until 12 grade.

Celebrate Earth Day with this lesson full of activities to show your students why we need to take care of our environment. 

This lesson teaches students about artificial intelligence and its use in history. Students will be able to use AI technology to create drawings about Native Americans.

First, students will listen to the read-alouds listed above over several days.  Students will begin to be able to identify and sort items according to needs vs. wants.  The students will have to choose items carefully and responsibly in order to ensure that their wants are not getting in the way of their needs.  Next, students will listen to the “Needs and Wants Explained - Facts for Kids” video.  Students will then complete an interactive Word Wall sort by sorting needs and wants into their correct categories.Then, the teacher will give each student a scenario (Example:  I need you to collect 3 needs and 1 want).  Students will bring them to the carpet where students will sort their chosen items into two groups (needs vs wants).  Teachers and students will discuss the sorted items and allow students to explain the reasoning behind their choices.   Finally, students will discuss why we need to be responsible with our choices when we use technology.

Students will solve system of equations and break it down and compare it to breaking down information to transmit it using the internet.

In this lesson, students will be learning about different ways we communicate and how some of this communication has changed.  The students will also be learning about different community helpers and discuss ways the community helpers use communication in their jobs. 

This is a review lesson intended to be used at the end of the unit on Oceans. Students work in teams to complete activities that will result in the creation of a code or password. The codes will open a series of four locks to open a large lock box. A smaller lock box with a more difficult password can be solved to reveal a prize. This lesson also incorporates the topic of cybersecurity using password safety.

Sequencing the Scientific method Students struggling with currently sequencing the scientific method? This activity will help students understand how and why it is important to currently order the scientific method by having them incorrectly carry out the method in an experiment! Yes!!! You read correctly students will attempt to conduct and experiment using the Scientific method out of order to begin with! They will journal the results and discuss with their small group, why this order did not work and how to fix the sequence. Then they will conduct the same experience using the correct sequence of the scientific method using the Scientific Experiment recording sheet. Once they have successfully conducted the experiment, students will discuss and journal their results comparing both experiments.  

A breakout box is a great way to get students thinking and problem solving! What a fun, engaging way to get all classmates involved! Everyone will have busy hands and brains while working on this activity! What a great way to get your students thinking and problem solving as a team!

Students experiment with different modes of communication to see first hand which way is more efficient.

In the lesson students will classify components of a personal computer system, watershed system, and put together a model of a desktop computer and hardware components.

Does all aquatic weed release oxygen during photosynthesis? Let’s find out! We will be observing this using one of your favorite sodas, as well as water.

Students will plant seeds in pots and compare the growth results using different variables.  Then they will discuss the data they collected.

Students will apply computational thinking to address the real-life problem of not knowing who to vote for president by decomposing their political ideology into “personal” and “economic” subcomponents and start self-reflecting on political issues so they cast a vote for the candidate and his/her platform that most aligns with their beliefs as opposed to basing it on propaganda and/or voting for a candidate who doesn’t agree with them on specific issues (an uninformed vote).