Assignments

Week 0: Review of Digital Skills; Enroll in apps

  • Enroll in Gmail

  • Install Turboscan app

  • Upload/Download to Google Drive

  • Enroll in EdPuzzle

  • Enroll in Loom

  • Enroll in Screencastify

Week 1: What is STEM?

  • STEM Review Quiz

  • Discussion: Science vs Pseudoscience

Week 2: Science Skills

  • Pendulum Experiment

  • Drawing

  • Recording Data

  • Lab Reports

Week 3: Inquiry-Based Science

  • Summarize Ontario Science Center Videos

  • Massachusetts Frameworks

Week 4: Inquiry of User Needs: Engineering Design Challenges

  • Design Scratch Game

  • Engineering Drawing

Week 5: ELA/Math Integration

  • Create Google Classroom outline

  • Weather Chart

Week 6: Creating Unit in Google Classroom

  • Create Google Classroom Unit

Week 7: Critique, Revision, and Motivation

  • Revise Google Classroom

  • Create Welcome video With Google Slides and Screencastify

Week 8: Scaffolding and Assessment

  • Scaffolding for students

  • Create Unit Assessment in Google Forms

Week 9: What is Social Studies?

  • Asking Compelling and Supporting Questions

Week 10: Using the Inquiry Design Model in Social Studies

  • Complete IDM in student roles on GC

Week 11: Identifying Sources; Nearpod

  • Identifying Sources

  • Review IDM Inquiries

  • Complete IDM Blueprint

Week 12: Building an Argument and Taking Informed Actions

  • Create IDM Units using GC or IDM Generator

Week 14: Presentation and Reflection

  • Present unit; reflections on Unit