Students will review prefixes, suffixes and root words while learning about how information is transmitted online.
Students will learn about abstraction by building a model computer and then breaking a classic story down into simple components.
This lesson takes students through the process of finding credible sources for information.
This lesson will track the weather for a week. It will get students actively engaged in checking the weather. This will help teach responsibility as a child can prepare how to dress for the weather as well. Students will learn great science vocabulary as well as spark an interest that may lead to further weather investigations.
Get ready to mix science, math and technology in this hands-on and engaging activity. Students will explore how measuring ingredients is like a science experiment, use math to adjust recipe amounts, and use code to create their very own app to easily double and halve recipes.
Let your imagination run wild, while exploring the basic life needs of animals. This fun project allows you to collaborate with other students and communicate your ideas electronically to create a fun animal reimagining.
Near? Far? Above? Below? Kindergartners work together to discover the location of woodland creatures and days of the week.
What would kids today do without the internet? This lesson will take them “back in time” to learn how to research before the internet! This lesson will create a greater appreciation for the technology that we have today. Kids today just don’t know how easy they have it, not having to wait for dial up internet!
Students will learn the beginnings of block coding before participating in a relay race against their peers using Sphero Ball robots and answering questions on square roots and perfect squares.
Teach students what it means to be a good citizen in this activity. Students create the rules and then must follow them to accomplish a class activity.
This hands-on science experiment allows students to observe the effects of different amounts of sunlight in plant growth.
If you want an easy way to review Scientific Method, along with Force and Motion here is the best lesson for you. Using ‘Hot Wheels’ you will be identifying IV, DV, and constants. You will also be reviewing kinetic energy, potential energy, motion, speed, force, and friction.
Students will apply computing systems by interacting with electoral maps that communicate and process information in digital form to gain an understanding of how the electoral college works and selects the president of the United States.
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.
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 a laser light projector and a DMX Mixer board, students will write a simple code using theme and mood.
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.
Modern technology can make tasks happen instantly with the push of a button or a swipe of a finger. How do our community helpers use this technology responsibly to make their jobs easier and more efficient?