SEARCH Curriculum Outline – 2015-2016
Time Frame: September-May
3RD GRADE
Life is a Highway
OVERARCHING CONCEPT: Adversity and Change
DESCRIPTION:
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PROBLEM SOLVING/
CRITICAL THINKING
Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
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On-line MI Test
SOURCES & RESOURCES
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igences
Graph individual results, analyze and interpret data
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CREATIVE
THINKING/CREATIVE
Oklahoma Native Americans
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RESEARCH
COMMUNICATION
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What tribes were originally here, where they came from, where they
Oklahoma Power Point
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Microsoft Excel
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Tools and Technology-Engineering & Design Loop
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www.theworks.org
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Engineering and design of a boat
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Storytelling-Presentation Skills
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Art-parfleche bag
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The Oklahoma History
Cowboys
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TECHNOLOGY
UNDERSTANDING OF SELF
AND OTHERS
Native Americans in
settled and how they adapted to a new way of life
PROBLEM SOLVING
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www.bgfl.org/multipleintell
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Research
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Engineering and Design-Build a Tent
Land Run
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Song analysis
Center Cowboy
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http://nationalcowboymuse
um.org/
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www.teachengineering.org
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CURRICULUM TIES:
Engineering and Design-create a working musical instrument
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OERB-Oil in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Energy
Resources Board (OERB)
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Importance of oil to economy
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OERB Kits/Materials
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http://pbskids.org/zoom/activiti
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Lang. Arts-Research
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Potential and kinetic energy
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History
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Formation of oil
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Math
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Physical Properties
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Science
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Porosity of Rocks
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Art
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Engineering and Design-Construction
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Music
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Oil man from OK History Center
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Technology
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Petro Specialist-polymers and monomers
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STEM
Oklahoma in Space
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Research Planets
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Engineering and Design-Design a hovercraft
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Engineering and Design-Design a straw rocket
es/sci/papercupwalk.html
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The Oklahoma Alliance for
Geographic Education
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Teacher made graphic
organizers
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Teacher made rubrics
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Teacher made Power
Points
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Rocket Launcher
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Animoto
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Usborne-quicklinks.com
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Route 66 the Mother Road
Route 66
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The history of Route 66. Research historic places along Route 66
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Create an Animoto of historic places and descriptions
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Engineering and Design-Design a parade float that moves
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Field Trip to OK History Center and Pops
By Michael Wallis
CULMINATING
Native American Storytelling Festival
PROJECTS
Presentation of Route 66 Floats and trip to Pops
SEARCH Curriculum Outline – 2015-2016
Time Frame: September-May
4TH GRADE
Cinderella Stories Around the World
OVERARCHING CONCEPT: Exploration
DESCRIPTION:
X
PROBLEM SOLVING/
CRITICAL THINKING
Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
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X
X
X
X
CREATIVE
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Oklahoma Energy Resources Board-Oil in Oklahoma
www.literacynet.org/mi/assess
ment/findyourstrengths.html
On-line MI Test
Analyze and interpret data, use Excel to graph group class averages
X
SOURCES & RESOURCES:
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The Internet
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Microsoft Excel
THINKING/CREATIVE
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Natural Resources
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Microsoft Word
PROBLEM SOLVING
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Rock Identification and Porosity of Rocks
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OERB
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Viscosity of Oil
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OERB Kits
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Pulleys
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OERB Specialists
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Engineering and Design
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The Aeronautics Education
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Polymers
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Energy Efficiency and Conservation
RESEARCH
COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY
UNDERSTANDING
Flight
Industry Partnership (AEIP)
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OKAGE
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The Civil Air Patrol
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How Airplanes Fly
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Literature
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Engineering and Design-Gliders
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AIMS Science Lesson
OF SELF AND
OTHERS
CURRICULUM TIES:
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Pilot Visit
Explore China
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Topic related literature
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Teacher Created Handouts
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Read Yen Shen and Identify the Story Elements
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Teacher Created Power Points
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Research The Chinese Calendar and Zodiac
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The Ancient Chinese Calendar
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Learn about the phases of the moon
by Lisa deMauro
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Lang. Arts-Research
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Type Research on Microsoft Office
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History
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Make an Animal Zodiac Mask
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Math
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Engineering and Design-Design an Alka-Seltzer Rocket and an Air
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Teachengineering.org
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Science
Jump Rocket
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General Ben Robinson
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Art
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Music
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Read The Irish Cinderlad and Identify the Story Elements
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Scott Green, OU Professor,
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Technology
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Research Ireland and create a travel Animoto
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STEM
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Learn About Renewable Energy
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Engineering and Design-Design a Milk Carton Windmill
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Engineering and Design-Construct a wind turbine from kits
www.ducsters.com/history/chin
a/chinese_calendar.php
Explore Ireland
Wind Energy Expert
Explore the Caribbean
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Read Cendrillion and Identify the Story Elements
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The History of the Banana
/workshops/AIMS-
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Participate in an Experiment-“the Big Banana Peel”
lessons/Banana_Peel.pdf
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http://cmase.uark.edu/teacher
Percentage of banana that is edible and mathematical reasoning
Explore France
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Read Cinderella and Compare and Contrast Stories
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Research the Eiffel Tower and Create a Newsletter
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https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=DbZfIe_oT6w
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Learn to Paint a Wash and Draw the Eiffel Tower
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Engineering and Design-Build the Tallest Tower from Spaghetti and
content/uploads/2014/07/Spa
Marshmallows
g_towers_instructions.pdf
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The French Influence on the United States Today
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Explore Louisiana
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Research Louisiana
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Create a Power Point About Chosen Topic
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Grow a Gator-Measurement in centimeters
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Learn about Natural Disasters
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Engineering and Design-Earthquake Challenge
http://kats.org/wp-
http://www.livescience.com/29
391-eiffel-tower.html
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Zack’s Alligator by Shirley
Mozelle
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The Alligator Book by C.C.
Lockwood
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National Geographic Kids:
Everything Weather
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The Everything Kids Weather
Book
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Scholastic Discover More:
Weather
CULMINATING
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Cajun Festival
PROJECTS
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Field Trip to the Mabee Gerrer Museum
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www.teachengineering.org
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The Mabee Gerer Museum
SEARCH Curriculum Outline – 2015-2016
Time Frame: September-May
5TH GRADE
Leadership Lessons
OVERARCHING CONCEPT: Leadership
DESCRIPTION:
X
X
X
X
How Do We Study History
SOURCES & RESOURCES:
PROBLEM SOLVING/
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Primary and secondary sources
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Colonial Williamsburg
CRITICAL THINKING
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Archaeology
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Mount Vernon
Participate in a mock dig. Analyze artifacts.
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OKC Police
CREATIVE
Measure bones (femur, tibia and humerus), use formulas to find calculated
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FBI
THINKING/CREATIVE
height and compare to actual height.
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George Washington’s
PROBLEM SOLVING
Learn out forensic dentistry plays a role in archaeology. Examine and
Leadership Lessons by
measure bite marks.
James C. Reese
RESEARCH
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Forensic science
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Using scanners to produce 3D imagery on the computer
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Washington
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COMMUNICATION
George Washington’s Leadership Lessons
X
X
TECHNOLOGY
UNDERSTANDING
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Using math concepts to draw portraits
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Characteristics of a great leader
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Research and Presentation
The Many Faces of George
Topic related hands-on
colonial artifacts
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Teacher created lessons,
charts and rubrics
OF SELF AND
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Expository Writing
OTHERS
Colonial Day at the Capitol
CURRICULUM TIES:
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Lang. Arts-Research
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History
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Math
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Science
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Art
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Music
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Technology
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STEM
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Argumentative writing
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Debate skills
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Learning about our Constitution and Bill of Rights through song
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The OK History Center
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Expository Writing-What It Means to be An American
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Stephen Smith as Ben
The OK Foundation for
Excellence
Franklin
Leaders in Science
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Isaac Newton and Ben Franklin
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Pitsco car kits
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Engineering and Design-Design a rubber band car
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Teacher created Isaac
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Engineering and Design-Design a balloon powered car
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Engineering and Design-Design a new car
Newton Power Point
Colonial Day at Fisher
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Student Choice Topics from the following: archaeology, education,
spying, soldiering, forensic science, astronomy, laws and punishment,
clothing, food, music
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Presentation skills
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Leadership skills
CULMINATING
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Colonial Day at the Capitol
PROJECTS
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Fisher Colonial Day in 5th Grade
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Teacher created hands-on
artifact kits
SEARCH Curriculum Outline – 2015-2016
Time Frame: September-May
6TH GRADE
Go the Distance!
OVERARCHING CONCEPT: Relationships
DESCRIPTION:
The War in Afghanistan and Iraq
X
X
X
X
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The history of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq
CRITICAL THINKING
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Cultural differences
Iraq by Janet & Gerry
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Research
Souter
CREATIVE
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Technology-Creating Animotos from research
THINKING/CREATIVE
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Military helicopters
PROBLEM SOLVING
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Engineering and Design-Testing whirlybirds and creating a new design
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Islamic art and geometry
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Kite flying in Afghanistan
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Engineering and Design-Creating and designing a tetrahedron kite
Pitsco kite kits
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http://edheads.org/activities/les
RESEARCH
X
UNDERSTANDING
OF SELF AND
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http://www.metmuseum.org/~/
media/Files/Learn/For%20Educ
ators/Publications%20for%20Edu
cators/Islamic_Art_and_Geometri
c_Design.pdf
son_plans/index.shtml
COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY
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War in Afghanistan and
PROBLEM SOLVING/
Rube Goldberg
X
SOURCES & RESOURCES:
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Who is Rube Goldberg?
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Simple Machines
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Engineering and Design-Create a simple machine that drops coins in a
bank
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http://tryengineering.org/lesson
s/simpmach.pdf
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Rube Goldberg Project
Power Point
OTHERS
CURRICULUM TIES:
Flight
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About Rube Goldberg and
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Zentangle flight art
Rube Goldberg Background
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Forces of flight
Information sheets
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Engineering and design-creating gliders and developing a new design
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The Civil Air Patrol
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The Aeronautics Education
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Lang. Arts-Research
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Engineering and design-Airplane winglets
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History
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Speaker-General Robinson
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Math
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Visit from Wiley Post-OK History Center
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Science
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Art
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Music
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Technology
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STEM
Bio Blitz
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Industry Partnership (AEIP)
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General Ben Robinson
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Zentangle from Liz Grubb
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The Klutz Book of Paper
Airplanes
Team with the Oklahoma Alliance for Education to participate in a Bio
Blitz
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Animoto
Rockets or Robotics
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Windows Movie Maker
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History of Rockets or Robotics
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OK History Center
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Design a rocket or robot sculpture
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Inaturalist app
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Build and program Lego Mindstorms robots (My kits have lost pieces
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http://www.verizonwireless.com
/news/article/2014/04/nat-
and I no longer have enough complete kits to teach with. Kits cost
$350.00 each. I’ve written a grant but if not awarded we will do
rockets.)
geo-bioblitz.html
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https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=CbI2vbqq71I&featu
re=youtu.be
CULMINATING
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Bio Blitz Field Trip
PROJECTS
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OU Flight Academy Field trip
SEARCH Curriculum Outline – 2015-2016
Time Frame: October-April
GRADES 1 & 2 ENRICHMENT
OVERARCHING CONCEPT: Change
DESCRIPTION:
X
X
PROBLEM SOLVING/
CRITICAL THINKING
Instead of going into 2nd grade, my principle has me working with our counselor
CREATIVE
and librarian to meet monthly with grade level classes.
THINKING/CREATIVE
PROBLEM SOLVING
X
RESEARCH
X
COMMUNICATION
X
TECHNOLOGY
X
UNDERSTANDING
OF SELF AND
OTHERS
CURRICULUM TIES:
SOURCES & RESOURCES: