This is a two day lesson. The first day is a lesson about the history of computers. The students will look at pictures of past computers, computers of today and then discuss what they think the computers of the future will be like.The second day, the students will be looking at components of computers with several fun and exciting stations to help them learn the names of the components (parts and types) of computers such as, desktop computer, laptop computer, tablets, mouse, CPU,  printer, etc.  

Let’s stay safe online!  Be a danger ranger and protect yourself from online and offline predators!

This lesson will help teach students the importance of internet safety and ways that students can stay safe online.  The students will also play various games to learn this concept.  The students will play a game with magnets that teaches the concept of pushing/pulling (attract/repel) while learning internet safety.  

Explore the world of cybersecurity and personal responsibility with this hands on lock and key adventure!

Do you know what is safe to share online?  Let’s learn about cybersecurity in a fun scientific process that is just right for kindergarten students.

Every line, shape, and color tells a story of fun and learning for your kindergartner in this graphing adventure!

In this lesson, students will travel to different stations while participating in various graphing activities.  The students will also be creating a whole class survey in one of the stations, where they will be documenting their results and sharing with the whole class when the lesson is complete.

Do you want to learn about community helpers?  Would you like to discuss how community helpers can communicate electronically?  If you would like to learn about and discuss community helpers and how they use technology to communicate then this is the lesson for you!

Let’s graph our favorite holiday and learn about each other!  This lesson introduces holidays and then allows children to choose their favorite and graph that information as a whole class.

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

Using shapes to make animals, students will graph the colors used in their animals to practice collecting data and analyzing graphs. 

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.

Students learn about cause and effect while learning basic troubleshooting skills.  Then students build their own “computers'' that blow bubbles.

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 get a real life look at ways to be responsible online. 

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. 

Students experiment with different modes of communication to see first hand which way is more efficient.

Students get a hands-on approach to carving a pumpkin while learning about the life cycle. Students will sort pictures of a pumpkin life cycle, create a paper plate pumpkin, and manipulate pumpkin seeds for counting and sorting.