The Technology Curriculum
Kindergarten to 3rd grade
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Use computers as a learning tool
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Create digital stories, paintings, music and audio products
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Control robots with code
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Build simple circuits with power source, wires and different kinds of loads
4th and 5th Grade
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Build a motor from scratch
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Build circuits with breadboards
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Use voltmeters to measure voltage, current and resistance through a circuit
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Program micro-controllers to control circuits with code
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Build a robot from scratch
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Connect motor controllers
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Add sensors
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Wirelessly control robot through radio and infrared
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Conduct robot races and soccer matches
6th Grade
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Design and print in 3D with TynkerCAD
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Create audio poetry, stories and historical accounts with Audacity
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Create video commercials and movie trailers with Adobe Premiere
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Program the Microbit to make digital tools such as a digital thermometer to collect environmental data for Earth Science investigations
7th / 8th Grade:
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Program in C++ using variables, conditions, loops and arrays
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Use sensors, such as the heart beat sensor - to conduct investigations in the field of Life Sciences
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Investigate speed, velocity, acceleration, force, density and buoyancy and use C++ to collect, store and manipulate data to solve problems in Physical Science