Social Studies

Shadow Theatre

Lessons with 5 graders about shadow theatre. Learners listen short Fairy-tale “The Foolish Man” by famous Armenian writter Hovhannes Tumanyan, Draw an illustrative picture of the Fairy-tale, they can draw…

January 11, 2025
Social Emotional Learning + Stencils

Students develop a list of things they for which they are grateful. Once created, students chose one or more designs to visually illustrate their gratitude using a graphic design program.…

January 3, 2025
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Project Planning with Physical Computing

Students plan and create their own whole-class whole-term project using Circuit Playgrounds and the Digital Fabrication tools available to them.

December 30, 2024
Make a statement

In this lesson, students will use the engineering design process to make an item that promotes an environmental or social justice message. The students will research an area of interest…

December 13, 2024
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SHAPE BUILDERS

This lesson is designed to help students deepen their understanding of geometry – shapes and their attributes.     Prior to the lesson, students must have been introduced to the vocabulary…

December 1, 2024
Test Lesson Plan

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took…

August 12, 2024
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Test Lesson Plan

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took…

August 12, 2024
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Getting to Know You

Getting to Know You Lesson Plan Using Quizizz   Objective: This lesson will help students learn about each other in a fun and engaging way using Quizizz, creating a sense…

July 26, 2024
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Understanding making Assistive Technology and Making writing AT at home.

This lesson aims at teaching students about Assistive Technology, the process and the importance of developing an AT with the end user. It also enables students and caregiver to make…

June 18, 2024
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Maker Venn Diagram

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a leader in science and policy about the Climate Crisis and the health of our oceans. One of her most well known projects is the…

February 28, 2024
Tactile Assisted Design: Four Forces of Flight

Students who are blind and visually impaired oftentimes can’t participate in computer aided design (CAD) and digital fabrication activities because high detail screen work is a challenge. For those students…

January 31, 2024
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Decorative Box Lantern

This lesson takes the creative and cultural tradition of lantern making and combines it with a tech-based lesson in digital design and fabrication. Students will use 2D design software to…

December 5, 2023