How do you know if a chemical equation is balanced? What can you change to balance an equation? Play a game to test your ideas!
How do you know if a chemical equation is balanced? What can you change to balance an equation? Play a game to test your ideas!
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the unit on multiplication and division and activate prior knowledge about multiplication related to repeated addition and skip counting.
Included is a YouTube video to support Grade 3 Blended Learning Math - Unit 7.0: Multiplication and Division - Introduction.
The purpose of this lesson is to use groups to represent multiplication.
Included is a YouTube video to support Grade 3 Blended Learning Math - Unit 7.1: Multiplication and Division - Investing Equal Groups.
The purpose of this lesson is to identify related multiplication sentences with the same product.
Included is a YouTube video to support Grade 3 Blended Learning Math - Unit 7.4: Multiplication and Division - Relating Multiplication Sentences.
The purpose of this lesson is to investigate strategies for estimating products.
Included is a YouTube video to support Grade 4 Blended Learning Math - Unit 7.2: Multiplication and Division of Larger Numbers - Estimating Products.
The purpose of this lesson is to explore strategies for multiplying and dividing whole numbers.
Included is a YouTube video to support Grade 5 Blended Learning Math - Unit 3.0: Multiplying and Dividing Whole Numbers - Introduction.
The purpose of this lesson is to explore the related multiplication and division facts and strategies for multiplication and division.
Included is a YouTube video to support Grade 5 Blended Learning Math - Unit 3.1: Multiplying and Dividing Whole Numbers - Patterns in Multiplication and Division.
The purpose of this lesson is to explore other strategies for multiplication and division.
Included is a YouTube video to support Grade 5 Blended Learning Math - Unit 3.1: Multiplying and Dividing Whole Numbers - Other Strategies for Multiplying and Dividing.
The purpose of this lesson is to explore multiplying with multiples of 10.
Included is a YouTube video to support Grade 5 Blended Learning Math - Unit 3.3: Multiplying and Dividing Whole Numbers - Multiplying with Multiplies of 10.
Students learn about the engineering design process and how it is used to engineer products for everyday use. Students individually brainstorm solutions for sorting coins and draw at least two design ideas. They work in small groups to combine ideas and build a coin sorter using common construction materials such as cardboard, tape, straws and fabric. Students test their coin sorters, make revisions and suggest ways to improve their designs. By designing, building, testing and improving coin sorters, students come to understand how the engineering design process is used to engineer products that benefit society.
Students will understand the concepts of purchasing goods and the differences between needs and wants through the lens of a farmer and how they market their grain or livestock.
Students learn basic marketing concepts and use professional marketing techniques to compose an advertisement for a hybrid vehicle. In the process, they learn the principles of comparative analysis.
Students will learn about key points in Iowa’s agricultural history, while gaining writing and sequencing skills.
Students will create an infographic to share knowledge and data about an issue or science topic they are studying.
Playing with LEGOS is fun. But, they can also teach us something about matter. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats about chemical reactions and the Conservation of Matter.
A great free video creation tool, including screen capture.
Students investigate the life cycles of engineered products and how they impact the environment. They use a basic life cycle assessment method that assigns fictional numerical values for different steps in the life cycle. Then they use their analyses to compare the impacts of their products to other products, and suggest ways to reduce environmental impact based on their analyses.
Students work as if they are electrical engineers to program a keyboard to play different audible tones depending on where a sensor is pressed. They construct the keyboard from a soft potentiometer, an Arduino capable board, and a small speaker. The soft potentiometer “keyboard” responds to the pressure of touch on its eight “keys” (C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C) and feeds an input signal to the Arduino-capable board. Each group programs a board to take the input and send an output signal to the speaker to produce a tone that is dependent on the input signal—that is, which “key” is pressed. After the keyboard is working, students play "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and (if time allows) modify the code so that different keys or a different number of notes can be played.
Students will learn about the growth and development stages of soybeans, look at different ways soybeans are used, and make a picture book demonstrating the life cycle of a soybean.