Looking for a new way to teach direct and indirect characterization? By connecting these English concepts to Computer Science, students will not only learn how to describe the characters they are reading about, but they will also be able to see how these concepts apply to computer hardware, software, abstraction, and End-User Agreements.

Let’s play with our hands and minds and discover our favorite STEM station! 

This engaging lesson offers students multiple opportunities to collect data and create their own charts and graphs as they rotate through fun and exciting stations that incorporate computer science, math, science, and visual art.

Ever wonder how a pumpkin grows?  Let’s learn about growing pumpkins from seed to fruit!  Pumpkins are interesting and fun…let’s learn all about the pumpkin life cycle together and even get our hands dirty as we plant our own seeds and watch the magic happen.

   Bridging time by connecting the Past and the Present through letter writing and video conferencing and email. Students will explore similarities and differences between communication methods of the past (letter writing) and the present (email and video calling) to understand how technology has changed the way we connect with others.     

Students will process the quality of data used in campaign ads by identifying the nature and uses of language and imagery to become aware of how candidates use words and images to influence viewer opinion and verifying information by fact checking and determining if information has been mischaracterized.

This lesson allows student teams to learn some basic coding skills, play with a robot, and learn about hardware, software, input, and output, all while learning about the major geographic features of Africa.  Students will be engaged and excited while reinforcing their learning.

This 2 day lesson will start off by teaching the students about various materials we use in the classroom and how we can save on waste in the classroom.  We will learn about some of the things we use to write and how over time that has changed.  This will then take the students into day 2 of the lesson where they will learn about recycling and the importance of taking care of our Earth whether it be by taking care of various materials in our classroom to learning about things that we can recycle to help the Earth’s landfills with waste.

Students will use the internet to research how the internet, and computing, and innovation have influenced change in the world of Aviation for the past 50 years. They will use the information gathered to create a slide presentation of their findings. Students will give an oral presentation of their research findings.

Students will dive into the different components of computing systems, as we collect data from our homes to find out what computing systems are most commonly used in our families. Students will practice identifying inputs and output computer systems. 

Have you ever thought about how we determine the likelihood of certain events happening? Computational models are mathematical representations of real-world phenomena, while simulations mimic real-world processes. In this lesson, we will discuss computational models and simulations, and then perform a simulation to determine if the mathematical probability of getting heads when we flip a coin matches what we find in real life.

What better way to use technology than to keep track of your students during an at home project! This lesson will help you track your students’ progress and keep them on task as they work from home. 

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.

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

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!

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.

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. 

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.