Middle School Distance Learning Library
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These middle school units were hand selected to accomitade remote learning.
Developing Ideas
Students learn how to create floor plans and apply this through mapping out an emergency evacuation plan. This unit starts with rough sketches of the classroom that turn into scaled drawings with...
Discovering Sketching and Drafting
Hours Students learn the basics of orthographic drawings including the three views (front, right, and top), types of lines, and how different views share certain dimensions. Students progress...
Design and Modeling
This unit introduces factors in the design process and takes students through designing and modeling a solution to a problem. Students design, create, and draw pictogram directions for building a...
Introduction to Sustainability
This unit introduces sustainability and helps students reflect on their own impacts on the environment. Students research sustainability and come up with a vision for their future highlighting...
Systems and Optimization
This unit explores parts of a system and how systems work. Students apply what they learn about input, output, and feedback by creating a poster to demonstrate the process. Time: 4-5...
Presenting the Solution
Students get to rock out on this unit as they construct electric guitars and investigate sound. Students will learn the basic parts of a guitar and how a pickup transforms mechanical energy into...
Exploration and Use of Online Services
This unit reviews safe and ethical ways to use the Internet. Students are given different scenarios about online safety and then reflect on the scenarios in small groups before sharing with the...
Hardware, Operation Systems and Application Software
This unit introduces the physical components that make up a computer along with the operating system and application software. Students are given an interactive set of questions that take them...
Exploration of Networking and IT Support
This unit introduces how networks are setup and how information is sent and received between devices. It introduces the equipment used and the protocols that are followed. Students are given...
Properties of Flight
This unit reviews the history of flight, parts of a plane, and the four forces of flight. Students use the forces of flight to design, construct, and modify a paper airplane that flies the...
Copyright and Intellectual Property
This unit reviews copyrights, trademarks, patents, plagiarism, and the laws surrounding them. Students synthesize this information and take a stance on why copyrights are or are not important....
Coding and 2D Design
Hours This unit teaches the basics of creating a 2D game through instructional videos. Students investigate nuclear weapons, prevention, and neutralization while creating their own game about...
Coding and 3D Design
Students use instructional videos to learn about drag-and-drop programming, loops, and the basics for creating a 3D game. Their new skills are tested through completing the Microsoft Kodu Grand...
Manufacturing a Product
This unit reviews the components that make up the manufacturing process such as safety, design, purchasing, processing, production, packaging, and distribution. Students learn about the three...