This article surveys three strategies to incorporate into classroom repertoire. They include guided reading, choral reading, and readers' theater.
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This site is a must see for any lesson or unit on biotechnology! It is a companion to the PBS video "Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home," although it can certainly be used without the video. It's a fantastic site that will challenge students to think about their opinions in several ethical dilemmas. There is a timeline of genetic and reproductive technology and more.
Biographical survey of people who had an impact on 20th century technology and science, including Wallace Carothers, Rachel Carson, Lee de Forest, Henry Ford, Jay Forrester, Grace Murray Hopper, Guglielmo Marconi, William Shockley, Stephen Wozniak, and Wilbur and Orville Wright.
Inventor Nikola Tesla is the subject of this extensive PBS site. In addition to information on Tesla's life and work, the site offers insight into the ways in which society and invention affect each other.
Lesson 11 is focused on Chapter 7 of Octavia Butler's The Parable of Sower. The first part of the lesson, Engage, involves listening to Chapter 7 and taking visual notes using a graphic organizer. The second part, Explore, involves answering guiding questions related to the chapter, such as how the main character, Lauren Olamina, illustrates the resilience and agency of Black women, what the chapter suggests about the role of community and interdependence in times of crisis, and how Lauren's understanding of Earthseed relates to the theme of Afrofuturism. In the Wrap-Up, students are introduced to Design Challenge 7, which is to storyboard Chapter 7. The lesson allows for at least 20 minutes of work time for students to complete the challenge. Completed works can be submitted for publishing on social media platforms or to Kinfolk's archive.
Estimated time required: 1-2 class periods.
Technology required for this lesson: Augmented Reality, Internet Connectivity, Laptop/Desktop, Smartphone, Tablet, Tablet or Smartphone.
Students act as civil engineers developing safe railways as a way to strengthen their understanding of parallel and intersecting lines. Using pieces of yarn to visually represent line segments, students lay down "train tracks" on a carpeted floor, and make guesses as to whether these segments are arranged in parallel or non-parallel fashion. Students then test their tracks by running two LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT robots to observe the consequences of their track designs, and make safety improvements. Robots on intersecting courses face imminent collision, while robots on parallel courses travel safely.
In this lesson, students will learn the basics of 3D modeling in OnShape by following a tutorial video and designing a part for a time machine.
Estimated time required: 2-3 class periods.
Technology required for this lesson: 3D Modeling Software, Digital Fabrication Tools, Laptop/Desktop, Tablet.
In this lesson's activity, students will use OnShape to design and 3D Print their own Smartphone Case.
Estimated time required: 2-3 class periods.
Technology required for this lesson: 3D Modeling Software, Digital Fabrication Tools, Laptop/Desktop, Tablet.
In this lesson students will use the Revolve Tool in OnShape to design complex circular parts, and they will create their own Custom Rims for an electric car.
Estimated time required: 2-3 class periods.
Technology required for this lesson: 3D Modeling Software, Digital Fabrication Tools, Laptop/Desktop, Tablet.
In the year 2050, robots are everywhere—they clean our houses, build our products, and even wash the dishes. Since a robot is made up of multiple moving parts, in this lesson, students will learn how to create multiple parts in OnShape, then put them together in an assembly.
Estimated time required: 2-3 class periods.
Technology required for this lesson: 3D Modeling Software, Digital Fabrication Tools, Laptop/Desktop, Tablet.
The lesson will begin with a 2-minute engagement activity where students will watch clips of P-Funk's music videos and share which songs are popular in their families. Students then examine photos of P-Funk's costumes and discuss the differences between Funkadelic and Parliament's sounds. They examine a photo of Sian Proctor and observe what she wore during her space mission. Finally, students imagine the future of fashion and footwear by designing their own "fits of the future". This lesson combines music, Afrofuturism, and fashion, and highlights the impact of influential figures like Sian Proctor and P-Funk.
Estimated time required: 1-2 class periods.
Technology required for this lesson: Augmented Reality, Internet Connectivity, Laptop/Desktop, Smartphone, Tablet, Tablet or Smartphone.
Students explore their peripheral vision by reading large letters on index cards. Then they repeat the experiment while looking through camera lenses, first a lens with a smaller focal length and then a lens with a larger focal length. Then they complete a worksheet and explain how the experiment helps them solve the challenge question introduced in lesson 1 of this unit.
In this lesson, students will learn to present their ideas with eye-catching logos and videos using Adobe Spark.
Estimated time required: 1-2 class periods.
Technology required for this lesson: Design Software, Laptop/Desktop, Tablet.
In this lesson, students will learn how to make an awesome video presentation using Adobe Spark. They will describe the importance of pitching a personal brand by watching an example video, and then create their own personal brand using Adobe Spark Video.
Estimated time required: 1-2 class periods.
Technology required for this lesson: Laptop/Desktop, Tablet, Video Editing Software.
To better understand the scope of physical, mental and social consequences of digital technologies in areas such as exercise, homework, identity formation, distraction, cognition, learning, technology compulsions, nutrition and sleep habits, researchers from the Alberta Teachers' Association, the University of Alberta, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School have been working on a long-term collaborative initiative entitled Growing Up Digital (GUD) Alberta. This summarizes the first phase and describes the second phase of the study. Includes a series of infographics.
In this study, researchers tried to better understand the scope of physical, mental and social consequences of digital technologies in areas such as exercise, homework, identity formation, distraction, cognition, learning, nutrition, and sleep quality and quantity. This page describes their findings and includes a series of infographics that highlight the issues.
The activity consists of a story and two experiments demonstrating how push and pull can make objects move.
This activity is a hands on investigation in which students will construct, and launch a trebuchet.
Black and white reproductions from famous paintings by the National Archives and Records Administration. There are paintings of battle scenes, famous participants, traitors and even a perspective from the British point of view.