Third Year EDUC 3326 Kira Berry Blog

Clean Water Coding Lesson Plan Calgary Water Pollution,  Michael Platt (The Calgary Sun, 2014 ) Full Intergraded Science and Technology Lesson Plan Available Here Printable  PDF Coding Lesson Plan : Step by Step Instructions for students This lesson plan provides grade two students with the opportunity to develop science, and technological competency. Students will learn about the water on our planet, and how humans can impact this valuable element both negatively and positively. They will be introduced to the following video which will introduce key concepts,  Water Pollution for Kids | Learn How to Keep Our Water Clean : 7 minute video, by Learn Bright. There is an incorporated quiz in the video to provide an additional opportunity to develop their understanding. Next the students will code their own water clean up adventure, followed by reflection on their experiences coding. I would love to integrate this lesson plan into a community (school) based project where ...

Exploring the Planets within our solar system Lesson Plan By: Kira Berry and Jessica Leblond Check out our lesson plan here:  Lesson Plan   The Application https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/menu/solar-system/   The Video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrlgH97v94 Reflecting on Facilitation of the App Lesson Facilitating the lesson with peers, and in such a short amount of time was limiting. I find it hard to be as serious with peers as I would need it to be for the practice to be of any real benefit. I genuinely do not find the process beneficial to my learning and would much prefer to have spent the time exploring the applications brought forward more in depth.  The ability to have them create the planets themselves based on the research they had done was not possible so we made due with print outs of the planets, took some of the fun out of it. The video selected went over really well, and the consolidation activity of having the students sort and hang the planets...

A Digital Story: The Stoney Nakoda Please Click the image to view My Digital Story This digital story provides a brief insight into the history and language of the Stoney Nakoda or,  as they refer to themselves the Iethka Nakoda  - Peoples of the mountains -