Time to demonstrate how the watershed works with this message in a bottle lesson. Students will have the opportunity to send a message in a bottle and observe how it travels down the watershed to the ocean!
Test how well plants grow with different liquids! Time to test the pH and see how it affects the growth of microgreens! Students will learn about input and output by adding liquids with different pH’s to the soil and measuring the effect of the output of plants.
Students will watch a teacher selected Apple advertisement/video and then identify the various Apple products mentioned in the ad. Students will then discuss how technology has changed the US marketplace and how the advertisement reflects the values of American culture. After discussing the current use of technology in the workplace, students will collaborate and hypothesize what the future of technology and American culture is based on current trends. Essential vocabulary: culture, technology, automation.
Students will watch a teacher selected Apple advertisement/video and then identify the various Apple products mentioned in the ad. Students will then discuss how technology has changed the US marketplace and how the advertisement reflects the values of American culture. After discussing the current use of technology in the workplace, students will collaborate and hypothesize what the future of technology and American culture is based on current trends. Essential vocabulary: culture, technology, automation.
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.
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.
Impossible Password Hack Challenge!! Students will dive into the mid-year review with a new outlook on their vocabulary words. As they go back through old information they have the challenge to turn vocabulary words into the strongest password. What group will be able to create the most complex passwords.
Students will explore the contemporary technique of Pixel Art- using exaggerated pixel size to emulate the low-resolution aesthetic of Late 80’s/early 90’s video games. Using a free image-editing and animation application, student can create their own pixelized version of an everyday inanimate object and then animate their image.
Social and Ethical Issues C/T K-2.3 Students will make responsible decisions—grounded in knowledge of digital safety and security best practices—that pertain to various digital communication tools and methods.D. Identify and model responsible behaviors when using information and technology. • Identify strategies to address bullying situations involving electronic devices.
In this lesson elementary age students can learn the importance of safely searching or using the internet.
This is an Internet Safety Quiz built as a Google Form.
The purpose of this lesson is to help students make responsible decisions regarding digital citizenship in the areas of personal safety and cyberbullying. The goal is to prepare students to be safe and responsible online explorers.
The purpose of this lesson is to help students make responsible decisions regarding digital citizenship in the areas of personal safety and cyberbullying. The goal is to prepare students to be safe and responsible online explorers.
This video teaches children to think before clicking while they are using the internet.
Overview: Students will learn to read and write binary code.
In this lesson, students engage in a historical jigsaw activity focused on westward expansion. The lesson ends with a coding project where students create “postcards” by coding with Twine, expressing the perspectives of different groups experiencing the effects of westward expansion.--
Computer Science skills are essential in today’s society. The development of these skills in grades K-12 is a critical component of preparing graduates for entry into the workforce or to pursue higher education coursework. In order to prepare students with these skills, the Virginia Department of Education has a variety of different coursework options that students may choose in preparation for careers and higher education.
Using the book How to Code a Sandcastle by Josh Funk to introduce coding, some essential vocabulary, and using a coding mat to have students orally and with their white boards and markers try to code a robot.
This lesson sequence offers students and teachers a way to explore their individual identities and sense of belonging through analyzing children’s literature and coding with Scratch. Through read-aloud activities and self-differentiated Scratch projects, students learn about the value of inclusion and explore and express ideas about their personal and social identities. Students will describe environments supportive of diversity, and reflect on their own identity as they create expressive projects about their sense of belonging. This sequence is made up of four lessons, though your students may need additional class time to work on their projects.This lesson sequence is part of CodeVA's committment to the U.S. Department of Education "YOU Belong in STEM" initiative.
The process of how a bill becomes law is a fascinating process that is much more than just a Representative or Senator introducing a bill and having it move through the process to its eventual demise or addition to another bill or to the bill ending up on the President’s desk itself. An even more interesting question is: “What is the subject matter of MANY of these bills- researched, drafted, and introduced? This lesson will tackle that question and many others!