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ReCT K2 Rethinking Circle Time Curriculum
Series | 27 Jun 2024 | Contributor(s):: Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich
This curriculum was designed to integrate computational thinking into K-2 literacy activities.
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#Task 0: Robot Mouse Introduction
Teaching Materials | 22 Jun 2024 | Contributor(s):: Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich
This is our introductory task that introduces the robot mouse.
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Task #1: Sequencing: Simple Conditional Logic
Teaching Materials | 22 Jun 2024 | Contributor(s):: Kristina M. Tank, Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich, Tamara J. Moore
In this CT lesson, students will work on developing the conditional logic required to construct sequences and to understand how programs store and manipulate data. They will perform unplugged and embodied activities to use simple conditional logic.
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Task #2: Sequencing/Conditionals: Simple Conditional Logic + Literacy: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Teaching Materials | 22 Jun 2024 | Contributor(s):: Kristina M. Tank, Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich, Tamara J. Moore
In this literacy and CT lesson, students work on sequencing and conditionals in a story using a book: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. The book gives various directions and events on what will happen if a mouse receives a cookie. Students will use their literacy...
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Task #3: Reverse Sequencing
Teaching Materials | 22 Jun 2024 | Contributor(s):: Tamara J. Moore, Kristina M. Tank, Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich
In this lesson, students work on forward and reverse sequencing using a board-game set up to move the mouse piece through a version of the map used in the coded version. Students get the mouse to the cheese on a previously determined map requiring they go into and...
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Task #4: Sequencing/Conditionals: Reverse Sequencing + Literacy: Joey and Jet
Teaching Materials | 22 Jun 2024 | Contributor(s):: Kristina M. Tank, Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich, Tamara J. Moore
In this literacy and CT lesson, students work on prepositions and sequencing in a story using the book Joey and Jet by James Yang. This book takes students through a game of fetch from the perspective of the dog, Jet. Students sequence the actions from the story, reverse the sequence,...
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Task #5: Sequencing with Multiple Logic Paths: Robot Mouse Obstacles
Teaching Materials | 22 Jun 2024 | Contributor(s):: Kristina Tank, Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich, Tamara J. Moore
Three versions (unplugged, embodied, CT toy) with three different course options - randomize the order of the version and use a different course (map A, map B, map C) for each version. In the unplugged version lesson, students work on creating multiple logic paths to avoid obstacles. Students...
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Task #6: Sequencing/Conditionals: Sequencing with Multiple Logic Paths + Literacy: The Snowy Day
Teaching Materials | 22 Jun 2024 | Contributor(s):: Tamara J. Moore, Kristina Tank, Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich
In this literacy and CT lesson, students work on sequencing the events of a familiar process and making connections with literature using The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel. These books take students through Peter’s day in the snow and...
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Task #7: Sequencing with Programmed Multiple Logic Paths + ScratchJr: Frogs Hopping
Teaching Materials | 22 Jun 2024 | Contributor(s):: Tamara J. Moore, Kristina Tank, Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich
In this literacy and CT lesson, students work on sequencing with programmed multiple logic paths using ScratchJr. This task has a literacy component using the book The Three Little Pigs by James Marshall, which will be used during the task to introduce students to the context of the...
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Chill Out: Vaccines and Heat Transfer: An EngrTEAMS Curricular Unit
Teaching Materials | 14 Jun 2022 | Contributor(s):: Ann Oubaha, Emilie Siverling, Paula Rozowa, James Carlovsky, Aran Glancy, Kerrie Douglas, Tamara J. Moore
Chill Out: Vaccines and Heat Transfer is an engineering design-based STEM curricular unit. The unit aims to facilitate the learning of major science and mathematical concepts and skills within the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core State Standards (CCSS) respectively. The...
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Guidebook: High-Quality K-12 Engineering Instruction
Teaching Materials | 05 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s):: NEWT Center, carolyn a nichol, Christina Crawford, Robert Wimpelberg, Mallory Thawley, Manuel R. Gonzalez-Bert, Michelle Bass, Scott Currier, Ugochi M. Emenaha, Alison Cook-Davis, Steven Clemens, Maiya M. Moore, Veronica L. Romero, Tracy Swift, Travis Martin, Jean S. Larson, Krystle Dunn, Rebecca Hooper, Milton Johnson, Selene Verhofstad, Denise Thompson
A guide for novice engineering K-12 instructors to incorporate cultural differences in the classroom. The Teacher Leader Engineer Network (TaLENt) Project is a supplement to the NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Centers' work agenda for...
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EngrTEAMS
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https://nanohub.org/groups/engrteams
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ReThinking Circle Time (ReCT)
Groups
https://nanohub.org/groups/rect