Students will learn about algorithms and programming at a basic level and use playdough and microbits to review information about the planets that they have learned.  Students will code using block coding and iterative design to debug their code.  Students will use data, lists, and arrays as well. Students will follow an outlined algorithm to correctly construct the planets to scale using rulers and play dough.

This sorting activity allows the students to explore several hands-on tasks that will encourage the students to use critical thinking skills to categorize and logically sort items by one or more attributes.

Students will learn about the different computer networks while reviewing Sound.  These 5 mini experiments hammer home 5.5 The student will investigate and understand that sound can be produced and transmitted. Key ideas include: a) sound is produced when an object or substance vibrates; c) different media transmit sound differently.  A great way to review with it being fun!

Incorporate some computer science ideas into a scientific abstraction of the four spheres of Earth!  This lesson has opportunities for visible learning include sketching in their notes, quick writes, and a jigsaw.  The students will apply the idea of classifying items into the four spheres in the real world by taking a short walk outside.

Using sensory bins, wiki sticks, and magical water painting art, students will merge their knowledge of Virginia’s civil rights icons with strong password dos and don’ts.  

This hands-on lesson merges digital safety concepts with Virginia state symbols and allows students to construct their own three-dimensional learning landscape with fun materials like Legos and model magic.

Students will learn about data and how it is stored on computers and used in real-life. One set of data that is stored and used is weather data. Students will use local weather data to create a wall hanging by assigning a colored cord or thread for each high temperature and then using those cords to represent a month of weather data, similar to temperature blankets.  

Your students will use Kitchen Chemistry to make a tasty treat as they learn about input and output devices and phases of matter! 

Take your students on a virtual tour of Europe while reviewing how information travels over the internet and the importance of art in the European Renaissance.

“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly”. - Old English ProverbStudents will observe the world of the butterfly through hands-on activities and learn about its amazing journey from a tiny egg to a beautiful butterfly.  Your students will investigate and understand the sequential order of the butterfly’s life cycle.

Students will formulate questions that require the acquisition of data. They will collect data and display it in histograms.

Students will formulate questions that require the acquisition of data. They will collect data and display it in histograms.

This lesson on keeping personal information safe includes a video and a decision making chart.  Help students understand what is and is not ok to share.

Grab your hard hat and tool belt for this lesson, exploring engineering and computer science with the scientific method.

The students will complete a mixture of transformations on paper and then watch and complete GeoGeobra simulations of transformations to identify patterns and relationships.

Computer Abstraction seems to be a difficult concept along with Translating mRNA into Proteins. Why not use one to help explain the other and how important both are in our everyday life, and in living.  This lesson comes with a Slide Deck and a worksheet that will help students understand both topics and has options hands-on kits and extension activities to drive the points home.

Do you like to  troubleshoot and solve problems yourself?  This lesson will teach you to solve problems on your technology devices and to create cars by using troubleshooting and problem solving as well.

Problem solving can be so much fun when you are building cars!  Let’s learn to troubleshoot on our computers and use those skills to create a working, rolling, car!

We may not be jumping on the “Magic School Bus with Miss Frizzle” but thanks to the impact of technology in our classrooms, our students can use virtual glasses to expand the walls of our classroom. We can also use networking and the internet to communicate instantly through email with anyone in the world.

Are you looking for a new activity to do with types of conflict? Do you want to encourage your students to understand the importance of knowing the why behind the need for multiple times practicing a skill? Why not incorporate analyzing data into identifying the types of conflict being used in a story?