OVERVIEW: Students will tell stories by creating code to program Dash and Dot robots.
SKILL LEVEL:Early Childhood
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: Early Childhood
AUTHOR(S): Sarah Robinson, Highlands School District
RESOURCE LIBRARY TOOL(S): Dash Robots, Dot Robots
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creativity
People Management
Coordinating with Others
Emotional Intelligence
Judgment and Decision Making
Negotiation
Cognitive Flexibility
OVERVIEW: Students will retell the sequence of events in a story by programming a Bee-Bot.
SKILL LEVEL: Early Childhood
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: Ages 6-12
AUTHOR(S): Melinda Spampinato, ABC CREATE
RESOURCE LIBRARY TOOL(S): Bee-Bot
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Creativity
Coordinating with Others
Judgement + Decision Making
Critical Thinking
Cognitive Flexibility
OVERVIEW: Students will be able to create a basic algorithm and apply it to programming Puzzlets.
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: Early Childhood
AUTHOR(S): Holly Wikander + Jaime Siebert, New Kensington-Arnold | Crystal Dellemonache, Kiski Area
RESOURCE LIBRARY TOOL(S): Puzzlets
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
OVERVIEW: Students will use FinchBlox to program a Finch 2.0 robot to participate in the ‘Dragon Olympics’.
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: Ages 6-12
AUTHOR(S): Melinda Spampinato, ABC CREATE
RESOURCE LIBRARY TOOL(S): Finch 2.0
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Creativity
Coordinating with Others
Judgement + Decision Making
Critical Thinking
Cognitive Flexibility
OVERVIEW: Students will create a golf course and mazes and code their Sphero robots to complete them.
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: Grades 4-8
AUTHOR(S): Lindsey Lamm, North Allegheny School District
RESOURCE LIBRARY TOOL(S): Sphero Robots
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Coordinating with Others
Judgment and Decision Making
Negotiation
Cognitive Flexibility
OVERVIEW: Students will bring to life the book Balloons Over Broadway through this cross-curricular unit by interpreting the book within its historical context, creating a balloon float, advertising their balloon float, plotting and measuring the distance of the parade route, and coding a Finch Robot to take their balloon floats through the parade route.
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: Grades K-5 (some K-1 activities may require teacher demo)
AUTHOR(S): Kelly Pratt, Penn Trafford School District
RESOURCE LIBRARY TOOL(S): Finch
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Coordinating with Others
OVERVIEW: Students will create a drone obstacle course using crafting materials and fly a Parrot Mambo drone through their created obstacle courses using the Free Flight Mini app.
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: Grades 4-8
AUTHOR(S): Lindsey Lamm, North Allegheny School District
RESOURCE LIBRARY TOOL(S): Parrot Mambo Drones
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Coordinating with Others
Judgment and Decision Making
Negotiation
OVERVIEW: Students will create a drone obstacle course using crafting materials and fly a Parrot Mambo Drone through their created obstacle courses using the Tynker app.
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: Grades 4-8
AUTHOR(S): Lindsey Lamm, North Allegheny School District
RESOURCE LIBRARY TOOL(S): Parrot Mambo Drones
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Coordinating with Others
Judgment and Decision Making
Negotiation
OVERVIEW: Students will create and code a robot of their choosing using Hummingbird Duo and Ardublock.
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: Grades 6-8
AUTHOR(S): Erin Cawley, Former Avonworth Teacher | Lisa Lang, Former Fox Chapel Teacher
RESOURCE LIBRARY TOOL(S): Hummingbird Duo
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Judgment and Decision Making
Cognitive Flexibility
OVERVIEW: Students will solve basic math equations by writing code in the Python programming language and the repl.it website. The Pathway is written for students with no prior CS experience.
SKILL LEVEL: Advanced
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: High School
AUTHOR(S): Tamar McPherson, Plum Borough School District | Stephanie Reilly, Fox Chapel Area School District
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Judgment and Decision Making
Cognitive Flexibility
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Coordinating with Others
Emotional Intelligence
Judgment and Decision Making
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creativity
People Management
Coordinating with Others
Emotional Intelligence
Judgment and Decision Making
Service Orientation
Negotiation
Cognitive Flexibility
OVERVIEW: Students will investigate and understand the operation of simple machines found in everyday life by building simple machines using the LEGO Early Simple Machines set.
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: Grades 1-3
AUTHOR(S): Sarah Robinson, Highlands School District
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creativity
People Management
Coordinating with Others
Emotional Intelligence
Judgment and Decision Making
Cognitive Flexibility
OVERVIEW: Students will create an air quality improvement plan by identifying a challenge, designing an experiment and analyzing air quality data using the Speck indoor air quality monitor.
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: Grade 8
AUTHOR(S): Suzie Gardner, Riverview School District| Amy Barley, Leechburg School District
RESOURCE LIBRARY TOOL(S): Speck
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
People Management
Coordinating with Others
Judgment and Decision Making
Service Orientation
OVERVIEW: Students will tell a story and/or advocate for a position that is supported through their data findings by finding an existing “big data” set from the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center, EarthTime or another open source big data site, develop an inquiry question to explore from looking at the data and scrub and analyze the data.
SKILL LEVEL: Advanced
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: Intermediate/High School
AUTHOR(S): Brett Slezak, Allegheny Valley
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Coordinating with Others
Judgment and Decision Making
Cognitive Flexibility
OVERVIEW: Students will analyze and compare refugee situations globally, create EarthTime stories to peer teach, and commit to take an action as a result of their learning.
SKILL LEVEL: Advanced
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: High School
AUTHOR(S): Michelle Dickerson & Laura Fleischer Proaño, Highlands High School
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Coordinating with Others
Emotional Intelligence
Judgment and Decision Making
Cognitive Flexibility
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Coordinating with Others
Judgment and Decision Making
OVERVIEW: In this pathway, students will learn about the physical and behavioral characteristics of animals as part of a grade 6 Science unit on the Diversity of Living Things. This pathway was not created as a resource for teaching science content. It was instead created to highlight some activities, tools and resources that can be used to promote student engagement and collaboration in a hybrid classroom.
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: Grade 6
AUTHOR(S): Courtney Barbiaux, Burrell SD
Melinda Spampinato, ABC CREATE
RESOURCE LIBRARY TOOL(S): Hummingbird Bit, Hummingbird Duo
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Coordinating with Others
Judgment and Decision Making
Cognitive Flexibility
OVERVIEW: Students will create and play virtual or augmented reality math worlds using PSSA math content and CoSpaces.
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: Grades 4-6
AUTHOR(S): Kevin Mason, Highlands School District
RESOURCE LIBRARY TOOL(S): VR Viewers
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Creativity
Coordinating with Others
Judgment and Decision Making
OVERVIEW: Students will tell a story of empathy by creating a virtual world in 3D using CoSpaces Edu. Their world can then be viewed and shared on Smartphones and/or inexpensive virtual reality viewers.
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: Middle/High School
AUTHOR(S): Laura Fleischer Proaño, Highlands School District Stephanie Reilly, Fox Chapel Area School District
RESOURCE LIBRARY TOOL(S): VR Viewers
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Coordinating with Others
Judgment and Decision Making
Negotiation
Cognitive Flexibility
OVERVIEW: Students will design and model sustainable Ecuadorian homes using Hummingbird Robots.
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWN: High School
AUTHOR(S): Ms. Laura Fleischer Proaño, Mr. Michael R. Santucci Highlands High School Teachers
Sydney Altfather, Bryce Eddy, Alaina Geppert
Highlands High School Students
RESOURCE LIBRARY TOOL(S): Hummingbird Bit, Hummingbird Duo
FUTURE READY SKILLS:
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Coordinating with Others
Judgment and Decision Making
Negotiation
Cognitive Flexibility