Children are always taught “not to play with their food” but in this sensory lesson, that’s exactly what we are going to do.  We are going to use our five senses to explore some healthy fruits. We are going to learn how to gather, use and analyze our data to answer questions.

The student will be given magnetic cubes to create a loop and identify what each color represents needed to understand patterns,  looping and sorting.

This lesson offers a fun, hands-on approach to teaching students about the importance of creating strong passwords in a real life setting.

Engaging activities to support kindergarten graphing.

Students get a hands-on approach to identifying a problem and working through steps to create a solution.

Students will create their own PSA on computer science, highlighting impacts of computing and a data-related career (e.g. data analyst, data scientist, data engineer, data architect).

This Google Slides contains a Packet Switching Activity. Students will model how data trassmission across the Internet uses packet switching.

Reporting the Weather: Students using the power of our local network weather station to forecast, record, and share weather data.

Welcome to an out-of-this-world journey through our solar system! In this interactive lesson,students will embark on a journey to understand how changes in technology have impacted science learning through reading, hands-on model manipulation, projector visuals, model building, and newer technology like MERGE Cubes.

Students will learn a new vocabulary word - Responsibility.  Read a story about some responsible bugs and then brainstorm ideas for being responsible at home and in the classroom.

Technology has changed drastically - from smartphones to virtual reality. In this lesson, you will review the main types of Simple Machines.  Through class discussions, your students will compare how both technology and simple machines have changed and are used differently than they were in the past.   Your students will then explore and build examples of modern-day machinery. 

Students will use their understanding of password security to create a model of the layers of the Earth. Each layer essential to our Earth’s systems and processes just as the components of a strong password are important to enhance cybersecurity. 

Everyone loves rock candy, especially fifth graders. Have students engage in a sequenced investigation to discover how adding heat to a sugar and water mixture creates a solution. Students will be amazed as the solution cools and forms edible crystals.

Overview of the activity:You will learn about the culture of Mexico and Spain, and take a VR QUEST virtual tour of Mexico and Spain. Then, you will be reading about and researching a Spanish-speaking country. You will collaboratively link your research into an Interactive Map, creating a single interactive class presentation document. As a culminating activity the class will be experiencing the culture of Mexico, Spain, and the countries by doing Green Screen photos in traditional clothing, and by having a food-tasting day.  

Students will work cooperatively to design a paper airplane and collect data, then record and analyze the data using a computer.

This lesson will serve as an introduction to the science and engineering practices that will be used heavily throughout life science (see standards below). Given a limited set of materials, the students will work as a class to determine which combination of design modifications will produce the farthest-flying paper airplane. Students will divide the large problem into a series of simple experiments and pool their data so that each group may draw a local conclusion based on their own data and a global conclusion based on the aggregated data. As a class, we will create an airplane with the combination of characteristics prescribed by the data and do one final test and conclusion together. This will serve as an analog for the sort of decomposition seen in computer science. We have our large, complex problem (which constellation of characteristics will yield the farthest-flying paper airplane), and each group will test a particular characteristic to determine what is optimal. We will pool our results and use them to create an ideal paper airplane.

During this lesson, students will learn about plagiarism and the importance of giving credit to sources when borrowing or changing ideas. In addition, students will research and practice paraphrasing important information that is found. As students begin working with different artifacts such as reference materials and other resources, they should understand that these sources were created by others. They should understand that authors, illustrators, and programmers are responsible for the creation of many sources of information that are used in the classroom and at home. Students will recognize the original creator of sources as they research and learn how to cite in order to avoid plagiarism, and give credit to the owner/author.

Students will learn the basic parts of a desktop computer through the hands on building of an air dry clay model. Students will have to label the parts of the computer by placing toothpicks with small labels on them into the model at the appropriate place. 

This resource is a PowerPoint presentation that covers the Computer Science SOL K.5: The student will identify components of computing systems (e.g., keyboard, mouse, desktop computer, laptop computer, tablet, and printer).