Search: Combination, 3.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use, and assess.
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| Title | Overview | Grade | Average Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fact vs. Opinion | Students will learn to distinguish the difference between facts and opinions. They will practice identifying facts and opinions. Essential Question: What is the difference between fact and opinion? | 7 | |
| Endangered Animals Trading Cards | This lesson is designed to help students understand that they can apply their knowledge about endangered animals to helping make a difference in a real-world context by spreading awareness and raising money for a cause. | 1, 2 | |
| Taking Action for Human Rights 4: Evaluate | How can ordinary people defend human rights? Students will research and develop an action plan regarding a contemporary human rights violation. Students will gain hands-on experience in grassroots activism which will inform and inspire human rights activism later in life. *Lesson four of four.* | 10, 11, 12 | |
| Global Warming Portfolio Project | Eighth grade students will synthesize learning in Science, Mathematics and Language Arts to present accurate, relevant, authoritative and current information about global warming using digital tools and information processing strategies. The essential questions are: Has the climate of our world changed in the last fifty years because of human activity? How can you justify your response? | 8 | |
| What Was Life Like in Ancient Hawaii? | The essential question is what was Hawaii like in the past? Students describe the culture and geography of ancient Hawaii by searching for information in a range of resources and combining information and visuals from their research in the form of digital posters. | 4 | |
| Building a Greener Community | Students delve into different areas of community life and the importance of using existing resources in effective and efficient ways. They also consider alternatives to creating greener environments that may be innovative approaches. In their investigations, they address the following essential questions: What does greening a community involve? How green is our community at this time? How can we build a greener community? | 8 | |
| Cyberbullying Among Teens | Students learn the importance of creating storyboards as first steps in designing their podcasts. To build their storyboards, they wrestle with the following essential questions: Why do teens engage in cyberbullying? How does it affect the victims? What can we do to stop cybebullying? | 9 | |
| Insect investigation | First grade students undertake a mini-investigation in which they identify a strange looking insect, collect information on the insect, and communicate their findings to the rest of their class and the entire school. The young investigators fashion their presentation around the essential questions: What should people know about this insect? Why would it be important for people to know these facts about it? | 1 | |
| Find the Figurative Language | Fifth grade students identify figurative language and demonstrate their meaning in a multimedia project. Essential questions are: What is figurative language? How does it enhance our understanding and our enjoyment of reading? | 5 | |
| Check it out... nonfiction can be fun! | During this unit, the students cultivate their own curiosity as they explore a broad range of nonfiction topics and learn about interesting ways information can be communicated in nonfiction. They immerse themselves in various topics of interest to them and then select one of those topics to research with a partner in depth. Partners then write, revise, and publish an informational piece about that topic to share with the class. | 5 |