Week of November 30:

PreK3 & PreK4

Coloring Page on Gears

Types of Gears:
Beveled http://www.technologystudent.com/gears1/bevel1.htm

Worm http://www.ehow.com/list_6811228_uses-worm-gears.html

Rack and Pinion http://www.technologystudent.com/gears1/drlgear.htm

Spur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUPjcKF3hA8


Kindergarten

Lego Gears

Watch Video on Gears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX1-9C58-VM
Complete the Gear Activity WS http://www.hometrainingtools.com/media/reference/Gears.pdf

1st Grade

Lego Gears

Watch Video on Gears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX1-9C58-VM

Complete the Gear Activity WS http://www.hometrainingtools.com/media/reference/Gears.pdf

2nd Grade

Lego Gears

Watch Video on Gears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX1-9C58-VM

Complete the Gear Activity WS http://www.hometrainingtools.com/media/reference/Gears.pdf

3rd and 4th Grade

Lego Gears

Watch Video on Gears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX1-9C58-VM

Use iPads and Lego Gear Ratio Calculator gears.sariel.pl

5th Grade

Construct a Pulley System

Watch Video on Pulleys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T7tGosXM58

6th Grade

Finish the Clawbot - VEX IQ Robot

Week of November 16:

PreK3 & PreK4

Learn a Poem about the Mayflower

Color by Number the Mayflower

Kindergarten

Watch Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faUYJ9fMiGg

Build a Mini Mayflower
 1st Grade

Mayflower Quiz

Watch Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faUYJ9fMiGg
2nd Grade

Watch Deconstructing the Mayflower (Historical Facts)

Mini Mayflower Engineering Challenge (Boats constructed with foil, index cards, popsicle sticks, tape and add 102 or as many as possible.)

3rd and 4th Grade

Watch Deconstructing the Mayflower (Historical Facts)

Mini Mayflower Engineering Challenge (Boats constructed with foil, index cards, popsicle sticks, tape and add 102 or as many as possible.)

5th Grade

Watch Deconstructing the Mayflower (Historical Facts)

Mini Mayflower Engineering Challenge (Boats constructed with foil, index cards, popsicle sticks, tape and add 102 or as many as possible.)
 
6th Grade

Watch Deconstructing the Mayflower (Historical Facts)

Mini Mayflower Engineering Challenge (Boats constructed with foil, index cards, popsicle sticks, tape and add 102 or as many as possible.)

Week of November 9:

PreK3 & PreK4

Robot Shape Composition (Identify the shapes that make up a drawing.)

Discuss that basic shapes make up everything.

Kindergarten

House Composition (Identify the shapes that make up a drawing.)

Lego Education Set Building (Seesaw - Skills: instructions, assembly and team work).
1st Grade

House Composition (Identify the shapes that make up a drawing.)

Shape Scavenger Hunt with iPads. (Students travel around the school building looking for basic shapes.)

 
2nd Grade

House Composition (Identify the shapes that make up a drawing.)

Shape Scavenger Hunt with iPads. (Students travel around the school building looking for basic shapes.)

3rd and 4th Grade

Robotics, Technology Quiz and Unscramble the Word.  (Learning fun facts and how to research answers with iPad.)

5th Grade

Robotics, Technology Quiz and Unscramble the Word.  (Learning fun facts and how to research answers with iPad.)

6th Grade

Day 2 of Build on the VEX IQ Robot.  (Skills: instructions, assembly and team work.)

Week of November 2:

PreK3 & PreK4

Play Dice It Up Legos (This game encourages counting, color identification, team work and creativity.)

Kindergarten

Careers (Creative Drawings)

1st Grade

Careers (Creative Drawings)

2nd Grade

Lego Education Set Building (Seesaw - Skills: instructions, assembly and team work).

3rd and 4th Grade

Motorcycle Monday (Skills: instructions, assembly and team work.)

5th Grade

Lego Education Set Building (Balance - Skills: instructions, assembly and team work).

6th Grade

Day 1 of Build on the VEX IQ Robot.  (Skills: instructions, assembly and team work.)