Imagine a World Lesson - Educator Guide
Lesson Plans
Grades3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8Science, Social Studies, Computer Science
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What it is
- This resource is a lesson plan for teaching students basic coding skills using an interactive website and a theme about making the world a better place.
- Students can focus their project on social or environmental issues they've learned about or something else that is important to them.
Teaching tips
Positives
- This resource provides a step-by-step guide to facilitating a lesson where students imagine a world where something is better, then code to create a visual of that world.
- This lesson plan is individualized, engaging, and includes many opportunities for differentiation.
Additional Prerequisites
- The "Image a World" lesson begins on page five of the PDF, and ends on page eight.
- Students should be comfortable and responsible working on a computer.
- The interactive tutorial is located here for this project and you can get more information and sign in for additional resources here.
Differentiation
- This lesson could be utilized in any class that uses computers to enhance learning about a topic that would make the world a better place.
- This activity would make a great culminating project for students who have learned about any topics related to climate and how they impact humans. Students could use their learning to imagine a world where those impacts are non-existent.
- As an extension, students could present their findings to their classmates or publish them on a site for others to view.
From the scientist review
This is a tool kit designed to enable students collaborate and create an ideal and sustainable world. All the sources have been rigorously fact-checked and this resource is recommended for teaching.
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