4th grade
Entrepreneurial Design in 4th Grade looks and sounds like....
Identify a problem they care about.
Develop a plan.
Execute the plan.
Assess the plan.
Share the plan and what was learned.
Learning tools to create evidence of learning based on standards...
Legos
Lego Mindstorm
Lego WeDo
K'Nex
3D Printer
Sewing Machines
Screen Printing Machine & Dryer
Cameo = cutting machine
Silhouette = cutting machine
Glowforge = 3D Laser Printer
Physical Science Lab
Pad Caster / Green Screen
Makey Makey = connects everyday objects to a computer for keyboard stroke or mouse click
Ozobot = small robot using directional coding blocks
Dot & Dash = Dot is stationary while Dash moves based on coding
Sphero Spark = programmable robot ball through coding
Code & go Mouse = builds hands-on coding skills
Hummingbird = create robots with moving arms, expressive faces, walking legs, and more
3D Pens
Cubelets = robot blocks used to build cognitive skills to solve problems
Conductive Pen = draw circuits for prototype, rework, and repair
LED Circuit Materials
Little Bits = snap together easy-to-build blocks
3Doodlers = 3D pen using heated plastic that cools instantly into a solid and stable structure
Bloxel Kits = create characters, art, stories, and games online
Quarter 1
Math
Unit 1 = building a mathematical community through real data
-Epic Games / Fortnite (Ms. Groth contact)
Unit 2 = multiplicative comparison, area & perimeter, factors & multiples
Unit 3 = place value strategies to add and subtract whole numbers
Science
food, minerals, vitamins, & exercise
-Brookside Bodega
-micro design challenge with creating snacks and including a nutritionist and our CSN staff from the cafeteria
-Nutritionist
-inner city park and playground design
Social Studies
Unit 1 = traditions, social structure, artistic expression, values, and beliefs contributed to the development of North Carolina
-IDEAS micro design challenge focused on how we choose what to celebrate as a learning community.
-IDEAS with creating a map of the three regions of North Carolina
-fabric squares of three regions of North Carolina and sew squares together using Quarter 2 Focus Area
-Regions with Making across the Curriculum
English Language Arts
Quarter 2
Math
Unit 4 = multiplication and division strategies
Unit 5 = extend the understanding of fractions
Science
force & motion: magnets and electric charge (paired with writing)
-Magnetic Habitat, Scratch version of story, design book cover, create a graphic novel
forms and interactions of energy
-Duke Energy, Seamans in Wendell, NC
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Quarter 3
Math
Unit 6 = making connections to decimal notation
Unit 7 = understanding operations of fractions and decimals
-3D print equivalent fractions using a real world experience in groups in the Idea
Factory
Unit 8 = applying geometric concepts
-3D print the same shapes and then build different creations
Science
matter, rocks, and minerals
Earth's changing history
-Animal stories using Scratch Coding
Frogs
-micro design challenge and share with 2nd grade students
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Loyalists or Patriots
-water bottle character = speak using Scratch and make talk using Makey Makey
Quarter 4
Math
Unit 9 = using place value to understand metric measurement
Science
patterns of Earth and its Moon
-OREOs to represent phases
-3D print moon phases with sun and earth; moon phases in correct sequence
-3D print by group of moon phases and share with class model
life in changing habitats
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Creations of learning (product or project) include...
-awareness campaign
-create a game
-instructional resource
-song
-skit
-podcast
-video
-brochure
-map
-survey & share results
-poem
-news article
-immersive experience
-and more