Grade: 5th grade
Subject: Social Studies
Topic: Biography
Description: Students will work independently or with a partner to research and create a timeline depicting a famous person’s life. They will program their robots to travel along the timeline, clearly stating important facts relating to their person’s life.
Social Studies TEK: 5.2B, 5.3B, 5.4G, 5.5C, 5.23A
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: Lesson
Device Type: Wonder Dash and Dot
Suggested Apps: Wonder Apps