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Digital Literacy and Computer Science

The Power of Teamwork Assessment

Phase

After/Explain/Elaborate

Overview

This culminating activity will assess students' ability to describe the importance of their role as a team member. Students will reference real-world scenarios from their lives, to illustrate and explain how vital teamwork is in the community. Students will use a digital tool to develop an informational writing product.

This learning activity was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science (GEMS) Resource Development Project, in partnership with Dothan City Schools.

Pipeline Challenge

Phase

During/Explore/Explain

Overview

Students will test their problem-solving skills in this NASA Pipeline Challenge. In this activity, students will work in groups of ten to test their ability to use communication positively to contribute collaboratively to a team goal. Give each participant one short length of half pipe and challenge the group to deliver a ball down the pipeline from the starting point to the finish line. A successful pipeline team-building activity requires participating groups to exercise excellent communication, creativity, and teamwork. This activity can be used as a culminating lesson to assess students’ understanding of the relationship between the speed of an object to the energy of that object or as a team-building exercise. 

This learning activity was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science (GEMS) Resource Development Project, in partnership with Dothan City Schools.

The Power of Teamwork

Phase

Before/Engage

Overview

This activity provides resources meant to engage and inform students about the importance of teamwork in everyday life as well as academic life. Students will be shown a short video to spark a discussion about the benefits of working collaboratively with fellow peers to accomplish a goal. Students will communicate key ideas from their discussion using a digital tool selected by the teacher.

DLCS18.4.CA.C

Modeling and Simulation

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

DLCS18.K.GC.B

Collaborative Research

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Avoid Online Scams

Overview

This is a lesson plan from Google for Education, Applied Digital Skills. During this lesson, students learn to identify and avoid online scams by analyzing a real-life situation in a group. Students will work collaboratively to identify online scams. They will analyze an online scam to identify suspicious behavior and warning signs. Then they will create a group document discussing an online scam and provide guidelines for how to avoid scams. 

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Steve Trash Science: Wonderful Wildlife/Robots Rock

Overview

Steve Trash teaches kids about science with fun and magic. The show is filmed in Alabama.

Steve shares all sorts of magical ideas about wildlife and the wild critters, why they're important, and what things people need to do to protect them. Then, Steve explores the world of robots. What exactly IS a robot? What do robots do? Can robots think? Watch and find out!

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video
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