Inquiry Projects in Grade 6
Small Screens, Big Thinkers
Subject: ELA
Class Periods: 5
Final Student Media: Digital Spreadsheet
Technology and Core Area Learning Objectives:
- Elaborate on the consequences of illegal online behavior
- Use evidence to support an opinion about moral online behavior
- Enter and manipulate data in a spreadsheet
- Write summaries using a word processing application
Supporting EasyTech Lessons:
- Browsing Basics
- Web Searches
- Validity and Sourcing
- Using Spreadsheets: Functions
- Trends and Forecasts
Hard Rock, Soft Rock, Why Rock?
Subject: Science
Class Periods: 4
Final Student Media: Audio or Video Presentation
Technology and Core Area Learning Objectives:
- Identify and describe igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks and diagram the rock cycle
- Use scientific information to create a video or audio presentation on the importance of rocks
- Select and use technology tools to plan a project and communicate a message
- Take digital photos and insert them into a word processing document
Supporting EasyTech Lessons:
Take Some Credit
Subject: Math
Class Periods: 3
Final Student Media: Advertisement with Text and Images
Technology and Core Area Learning Objectives:
- Identify a statistical question and collect, organize, and interpret data to answer it
- Use spreadsheets to collect and organize data about credit card interest, fees, and features
- Create charts from spreadsheet data to support and explain analysis and interpretation
- Create a document with word-processing software
Supporting EasyTech Lessons:
- Digital Graphics
- Using Spreadsheets: Analyzing Data
- Using Spreadsheets: Formulas
- Using Spreadsheets: Functions
Write Like the Pros
Subject: ELA
Class Periods: 5
Final Student Media: Typed Essay or Story
Technology and Core Area Learning Objectives:
- Search for and synthesize information about published writers’ processes
- Use a five-step process and word processing software to create an original piece of writing
- Collaborate digitally with peers
- Create and edit audio or video presentations
Supporting EasyTech Lessons:
Kidtown
Subject: Math
Class Periods: 4
Final Student Media: Digital Drawing or Diagram
Technology and Core Area Learning Objectives:
- Measure and identify relationships involving angles in triangles and quadrilaterals
- Estimate the area and perimeter of multiple shapes based on known measurements
- Use online tools to collaborate with peers
- Use a drawing or drafting program to draw shapes and add text
Supporting EasyTech Lessons:
Tech No-Nos
Subject: Social Studies
Class Periods: 5
Final Student Media: Webpage
Technology and Core Area Learning Objectives:
- Describe the effects of technology on the lives of the people in an industrialized and a developing country
- Locate and take notes from credible web resources about technology in different countries
- Use technical writing strategies effectively to communicate opinions and information
- Create a website with graphics and text
Supporting EasyTech Lessons: