Teaching students the ethical issues between right and wrong for the uses of technology might lead into conversations to other ethical and unethical behaviors. Impacts of Computing involves the effect that computing has on daily life. Computing affects many aspects of the world in both positive and negative ways at local, national, and global levels. Individuals and communities influence computing through their behaviors and cultural and social interactions, and in turn, computing influences new cultural practices. Students should understand the social implications of the digital world, including equity and access to computing.

Speed of data transmission is how fast data can be sent from one device to another. Much like how quickly the value of an exponent increases based on the size of the base number, the type of data being transmitted can determine how quickly the data moves across the internet. In this lesson, students will see how quickly exponents can grow and how larger files may take longer to transmit based on the size of the file and the speed of the internet. This is intended to be an introductory lesson for both exponents and data transfer.

Dan Meyer has created many mathematics lessons centered around storytelling, along with a methodology for using these with students. Before you do any of his lessons, please see the explanation at his blog: https://blog.mrmeyer.com/2011/the-three-acts-of-a-mathematical-story/ To see all the lessons in a Google Docs spreadsheet, go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jXSt_CoDzyDFeJimZxnhgwOVsWkTQEsfqouLWNN
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The lessons are all CC BY, and you may edit these to fit your own students’ needs. The links from #GoOpenVA go to his own website because the structure of the lessons (including pertinent videos) is integral to the delivery of the lessons. Some lessons are stored as downloadable zip files, and these are noted as part of the link.

The students will describe the procedures for amending the Constitution of Virginia and the Constitution of the United States. They will understand why it is so complex along with focusing on the reasons for certain amendments.

Students will select from the Powhatan, Lakota, and Pueblo Indian tribes and create a three dimensional model of their respective geographies and aspects of their daily lives that shows the rEnglishtionship between the development of their culture and their natural environment. This is intended to be the culmination of an extensive unit exploring the geographies and cultures of each tribe.

Students will use their prior knowledge of the lives and cultures of the Lakota, Powhatan, and Pueblo tribes to compare and contrast attributes and facts about each tribe as they compete in a venn diagram rEnglishy race.

In this unit students continue the exploration of factors that influence change by examining the events that led up to the American Revolution. Over the course of the unit, students will build a deeper understanding of the significant ideas and values at the heart of the American Revolution, what drove the colonists to seek independence, and how conflict between England and the colonists ultimately influenced change in our country. Students will see the American Revolution from multiple perspectives, starting with analyzing the difference in perspectives between the British and the colonists and how each side's actions often instigated each other. Students will also explore how class structure influenced colonists perspectives. Later in the unit, students will think about the perspectives of black people, women and Native Americans who were forced to choose a side and why they may have had a different point of view of the events of the revolution.

An important part of this unit is pushing students to focus on seeing history from multiple different perspectives. The core text Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began offers one perspective on events, however, the prespective is limited to that held by white elite colonists. Therefore, students also read excerpts from A Young People's History of the United States in order to build a deeper understanding of all sides of the Revolution.

Students will examine two paintings and discuss the use of architectural elements and vantage points in the paintings. Referring to the elements of art, students will also examine how three-dimensional shapes are transformed into two-dimensional forms in paintings, as well as the use of indoor space vs. outdoor space.

This lesson incorporates both computer science and mathematics to analyze coding with patterns and proportional relationships. It uses the Turtle library with Python programming.

Collecting, organizing, representing, interpreting, and comparing data using line graphs Mathematics Instructional Plans (MIPs) help teachers align instruction with the 2016 Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge, skills and processes found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom. 

Analyzing probability of events through Venn diagramsMathematics Instructional Plans (MIPs) help teachers align instruction with the 2016 Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge, skills and processes found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.