In this three week unit, students will practice skills related to argumentative writing. They will ultimately write an argumentative/persuasive letter to the school board regarding school safety policy.
A curriculum for teaching news literacy. Meets the learning domains listed under the Digital Learning Standards category "Knowledge Constructor."
Students will use technology tools and other resources to access information• Students will learn how to employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual pursuits• Students will look at online information sources and analyze resources to determine their reliability, point of view, bias, and relevance for particular topics and purposes• Students will evaluate resources for relevance to the assigned task• Students will apply their knowledge of reputable online sources to determine which sites are credible and which are not.
In this lesson students work in collaborative groups to collect, represent, and interpret numerical data that they generate by using Sphero robots to knock down bowling pins!
In this lesson, students use their knowledge of sound energy to create a soundproof box to protect a secret code word! Students measure and graph decibels to determine how well their boxes omit sounds!
In this lesson students create large story maps to retell and familiar text. Students record themselves and place QR codes along the story map. Students then code Sphero Robots, dressed as main characters, to make their way through each part of the story.