Grade: Kindergarten
Subject: Science
Topic: Living vs. Non-Living
Description: Students will be given opportunities to observe the differences between living and nonliving things and differentiate between the two categories. After having a discussion of the characteristics of living and non-living things, students will use ipads to take pictures of living and non-living examples in their environment. Students will add pictures to iMovie. Then students will add the following titles “Living” and “Non-Living” to differentiate their pictures. Students will add theme music to finalize their movie. Finally, students will show their created movie with a partner or another type of audience member.
Science TEK: K.9A Organisms and environments. The student knows that plants and animals have basic needs and depend on the living and nonliving things around them for survival. The student is expected to:
(A) differentiate between living and nonliving things based upon whether they have basic needs and produce offspring;
Technology TEK: (3) Research and information fluency. The student acquires and evaluates digital content. The student is expected to: (A) use search strategies to access information to guide inquiry; (B) use research skills to build a knowledge base regarding a topic, task, or assignment; and (C) evaluate the usefulness of acquired digital content.
(4) Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. The student applies critical-thinking skills to solve problems, guide research, and evaluate projects using digital tools and resources. The student is expected to: (A) identify what is known and unknown and what needs to be known regarding a problem and explain the steps to solve the problem; (B) evaluate the appropriateness of a digital tool to achieve the desired product; (C) evaluate products prior to final submission; and (D) collect, analyze, and represent data using tools such as word processing, spreadsheets, graphic organizers, charts, multimedia, simulations, models, and programming languages.
4Cs: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Communication
Resources:
Device Type: Ipads
Suggested Apps: iMovie