Students learn about their home state by creating it using Mr. Nussbaum’s Map Builder 2. This site is great for creating just about any land map imaginable!
Seesaw is a web-based and application platform where students can post pictures from the classroom, annotate, speak their mind, and create electronic portfolios that connect school and home. Parents are able to see student work as soon as it is posted.
In this activity, students will take a common problem and use the design process to come up with a solution.
Students will design a city for the Fidgits to protect them against flooding. Students have a budget to purchase materials with and select from a variety of housing options and community features as they design a city for the Fidgets.
Children love to build! The Keva Planks have become very popular to use in classrooms. KEVA planks are about 1/4 inch thick, 3/4 inch wide and 4 1/2 inches long.You build structures by simply stacking the planks. There is no glue and no connectors. Keva planks creations are meant to be temporary. Students can create beautiful works of art, towers and much more and half the fun is destruction.
This lesson is an extension of Mystery Science Force Olympics Mystery 3. In this extension, students will create a wrecking ball using the Lego WeDo 2.0 kit and program it to knock down a wall. Students will experiment with different variables (like speed, distance and string length) to answer the question: "How can you knock down a wall?" (credit Mystery Science Mystery 3 guiding question). This activity should be done over multiple days (viewing mystery, building the robot and programing and experimenting). Building instructions for the wrecking ball arm are attached as picture steps.
This is a collection of over 20 task cards for makerspace tools. Each editable card includes a short description of the task for helping the user learn to use the resource, tips for using the resource, and a collection of links to resources. The task cards were created using Google Slides, set to a standard 8.5" x 11" size for easy printing.
Do you think you can make a map of your classroom? It’s easy with The Cat in The Hat This and That map making tool
First grade task cards for all seven MITECS and ISTE Standards for Students
Second grade task cards for all seven MITECS and ISTE Standards for Students
Did you know that kids can program Ozobots with markers? Guide them through this fun discovery while reviewing geometric shapes!
Students will use previous knowledge of Ozobots and coding to color code a path in a maze to create a snowman.
Students will learn how sound travels through different materials. They will be involved in activities to explore how they can create sounds using different materials. They will be involved in activities to experience pitch and volume and how you can create different pitch and volume using different materials. They will design an instrument using recycled materials.
An introduction to computer programmers for young students that includes some history of computer programming.