Cross curricular lesson plan integerating both Computer Science and English Standards CS 6.11, 6.12English 6.2, 6.6, 6.9
This resource has a YouTube video link and a website link on how the German Enigma Machine worked to encrypt messages during World War II.
This is a lesson for first grade to talk about how technology has changed our lives over the years. I have it related to the first settlers and the experience they may have had if they had today's technology. We also will discuss the technology we use today in our rooms vs what used to be used and how our behavior online can affect us even when people can't see us.
Essential Vocabulary
This is a short description intended to catch the reader and make them want to open your lesson.Bring a rural-cultural atmosphere to your classroom by hatching chicken eggs. Students will be able to compare basic to high tech incubators and compare how technology has influenced and advanced in order to meet cultural needs.
Students will identify how technology has evolved and the positive and negative impacts of technology on society. Students will also think about a current technology and design a new computing technology. Please see the lesson plan and the additional resources for this lesson.
In this lesson students will be introduced to essential vocabulary surrounding digital citizenship and digital safety, they will learn what is appropriate for online behavior and what types of personal information is safe to share online. Next, students will create their own poster explaining what responsible online behavior looks like and what kinds of information is safe to share online, this product can be created both digitally and/or on paper. The idea is to do the rough draft on paper and then create their poster through a digital format, however, depending on teacher preference, it can be done paper and pencil only.
In this lesson students will think about the many uses of technology in their own daily lives. We will also discuss how technology has changed through the years. Next, we will discuss technology's purpose and how the goal of technology is to make our lives easier. A google slides presentation has been included to help explain these concepts. Activity: Students will get a chance to compare and contrast a task both using technology and doing the same task without technology. Students will compare the differences for sending a message using technology and sending that same message with pencil and paper.
This activity can be used by teachers to compare and contrast laptop computers, smart phones, and smart watches. Students can complete this as a follow up to class discussion of these various computing devices or they can complete as the devices are introduced in the classroom.
These sildes contain the vocabulary from the Virginia Department of Education for this strand.
The students will identify how computing technologies have changed the world and how they are influenced by cultures by group activities, critical activities, problem solving skills and researching.
Video and worksheet - Intellectual Property Laws
In this lesson, students will plan questions for an interview to find out how computing has impacted other job fields (outside of computer science).
The Josephus problem is based around Josephus Flavius; a Jewish soldier and historian who inspired an interesting set of mathematical problems. This resource is a PDF activity based on the Josephus problem.
This is a quick lesson/ discussion about the changes in computing over time. You will discuss how we use technology today vs. how computers were used years ago. The class will then watch a fun video about children reacting to an old computer. As a class, you will continue the comparison conversation and close with a recap of what the students saw.
The discussion and video will take approximately 20 minutes.
To add to the discussion, you can create an anchor chart of past and present pros and cons. Student's can then write a journal entry on what was discussed in class.
*** This lesson can be adapted to suit multiple grade levels.
Students watch a 10 minute video on the last mile issue, focusing on rural Kentucky, and discuss some of the issues brought up.
Students will complete math problems on the Mathematical Color Picking handout to create corls by using the answers as values for Red, Green, and Blue,The handout also integrates number sense concepts that use the RGB values.
The students will copy and paste code snippets from Google Slides and run them on Replit. After students run the code, they will screenshot the images created using "import Turtle", a graphics program within Python. These screenshots will be used as a digital greeting card and students will practice composing emails. Lastly, students send/email their created digital artifacts to three of their friends or family members to wish them a "Happy New Year".*The image attached is just a sample and may or may not be what this lessons code creates.
The students will copy and paste code snippets from Google Slides and run them on Replit. After students run the code, they will screenshot the images created using "import Turtle", a graphics program within Python. These screenshots will be used as a digital greeting card and students will practice composing emails. Lastly, students send/email their created digital artifacts to three of their friends or family members to wish them a "Happy New Year".*The image attached is just a sample and may or may not be what this lessons code creates.
Overview of the activity: Introduce students to the Brainpop videos to open the discussion of what magnets are and how they can be used.