2014-2015
LEGO WeDo
This school year, students participated in STEM Lego WeDo Computer challenges. Building robots using Legos by following instructions on the computer. Using the special Lego blocks, which were then plugged in via USB /flash drive, students tested their model to watch it move. There were about 10 different models made and application worksheets to follow.
AVERY ISLAND FIELD TRIP
1st 9 weeks:
3rd-4th graders: Unit: Crossing the Land to Freedom
* Underground Railroad, Slavery, Literature Connection/Technology
5th-8th graders: Unit: Media Blitz
2nd 9 weeks
Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad continued
Civil Rights Movement
Literature, Art, and Research on Rosa Parks
Nonviolent protests (5th-8th grades)
3rd 9 weeks:
Civil Rights Movement continued
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ruby Bridges
Lincoln Memorial
4th 9 weeks
Civil Rights Movement continued
Tabasco and Avery Island