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Source High Tech High School Subject Art, Biology, Engineering, Humanities, Mathematics, Science, Interdisciplinary Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	Birds, Insects, Balloons: Kindergarten Flight Study In this task students will explore ratio and proportions through a flight study, designing and and creating various flying objects. This task includes: 1. Task Description 2. Student Work: 2 examples 3. Video: Example of the hot air balloon portion of the project
Source High Tech High School Subject Biology, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8	Seedfolks In this task, students will work together to plant seeds of positive societal ideas around the school and write poems about how they will continue to grow together. This task includes: 1. Task Decription 2. Student Work: 2 examples 3. Additional Materials: Student reflections, 5 teacher resources, teacher reflections, learning goals, content topics, required materials, timeline
Source High Tech High School Subject Humanities Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	Sesame Treat for Our Street In this task, students will explore how writing can have a positive influence by working alongside fellow students of all ages in creating a puppet show that will teach about cross-cultural acceptance. This task includes: 1. Task Description 2. Additional Resources: Learning goals, CA state standards, timeline
Source High Tech High School Subject Humanities Grade Level K, 1, 2, 7	Sesame Treat for our Street In this task, students will explore how writing can have a positive influence by working alongside fellow students and teachers in creating a puppet show that will teach about cross-cultural acceptance. This task includes: 1. Task Description 2. Additional Resources: Learning goals, CA state standards, timeline
Source Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (Australia) Subject Interdisciplinary, Interpersonal Development, English Language Arts, Humanities, Technology, Information and Communication, Mathematics Grade Level 1, 2	Traveling to School The Traveling to School unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 6 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources. Unit description from source: Traveling to school uses student experiences of travelling to and from school to develop their knowledge of road safety and skills in graphing and mapping. Students conduct surveys and develop pictographs to show how students travel to and from school. They develop a pictorial map of a route they are familiar with, identifying key features along the way. They consider rules and behaviours that make travelling safer. They develop and publish an electronic text to demonstrate road safety knowledge, skills and behaviours.

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Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Art, Biology, Engineering, Humanities, Mathematics, Science, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Birds, Insects, Balloons: Kindergarten Flight Study

In this task students will explore ratio and proportions through a flight study, designing and and creating various flying objects.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 2 examples
3. Video: Example of the hot air balloon portion of the project

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Biology, Humanities, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8

Seedfolks

In this task, students will work together to plant seeds of positive societal ideas around the school and write poems about how they will continue to grow together.

This task includes:
1. Task Decription
2. Student Work: 2 examples
3. Additional Materials: Student reflections, 5 teacher resources, teacher reflections, learning goals, content topics, required materials, timeline

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Humanities

Grade Level
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Sesame Treat for Our Street

In this task, students will explore how writing can have a positive influence by working alongside fellow students of all ages in creating a puppet show that will teach about cross-cultural acceptance.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Learning goals, CA state standards, timeline

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Humanities

Grade Level
K, 1, 2, 7

Sesame Treat for our Street

In this task, students will explore how writing can have a positive influence by working alongside fellow students and teachers in creating a puppet show that will teach about cross-cultural acceptance.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Learning goals, CA state standards, timeline

Source
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (Australia)

Subject
Interdisciplinary, Interpersonal Development, English Language Arts, Humanities, Technology, Information and Communication, Mathematics

Grade Level
1, 2

Traveling to School

The Traveling to School unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 6 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources.

Unit description from source: Traveling to school uses student experiences of travelling to and from school to develop their knowledge of road safety and skills in graphing and mapping. Students conduct surveys and develop pictographs to show how students travel to and from school. They develop a pictorial map of a route they are familiar with, identifying key features along the way. They consider rules and behaviours that make travelling safer. They develop and publish an electronic text to demonstrate road safety knowledge, skills and behaviours.

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