SPARK Curriculum

What skills will SPARK teach?

LITERACY - competence or knowledge in a specified area (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math)

INTERDISCIPLINARY- blending learning through integration of subjects and rooted in anchors and standards.

TRANSDISCIPLINARY- authentic and relevant to the real world and application to problem solving

INQUIRY BASED- phenomena, question posing, design, testing, failing, applying growth mindset

SPARK Curriculum

Pennsbury is using Project Lead The Way (PLTW) and Genuis Hour for its SPARK curriculum

https://www.pltw.org/about-us

https://www.geniushourguide.org/videos-that-genius-hour-teachers-love/ AND

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMFQUtHsWhc

Curriculum Topics for Project Lead The Way

The following PLTW topics will be covered during the first half of the school year:

  • K: Floating & Sinking, Spatial Sense & Coding
  • 1: Pushes & Pulls, Animals & Algorithms
  • 2: Animal Adaptations, Animated Storytelling
  • 3: Properties of Matter, Form & Function
  • 4: Computer Systems, Human Brain
  • 5: Infection Detection, Robotics Challenge