Grisham

Title of Unit

Multimedia

Length of Unit

3 weeks

IB World School

MYP Areas of Interactions

Man the Innovator

MYP Areas of Interactions

Approaches to Learning

Unit Plan

Technology TEKS

10d 11a 1abef 2a 3b 5c 7efi 8c

English TEKS

6.15ce 6.16e 6.18af 6.24a

Date

Content

Assessment

Thursday

Friday

May 8 -9

Write an Artifact Report

In this lesson, students imagine they are scientists in the year 5005 commissioned to write a technical report describing an object found in a time capsule from 2004. They use technical writing strategies to report their findings and desktop publishing strategies to publish the final reports.

Rough Draft

Due Friday

Monday

May 12

Finalize Artifact Report in computer Lab

Completed Document

Due Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

May 13, 14, 15

Learn to Use PowerPoint:

The Scientific Method

Microsoft PowerPoint is one of the most popular multimedia presentation packages available. PowerPoint is designed to allow novice users to quickly create multimedia presentations, utilizing, text, graphics, sound, and animation. Students learn the basics of making a presentation with PowerPoint as they create a four-slide presentation about a science experiment following the scientific method.

Completed Slide Show due Thursday

Friday

May 16

6th Grade Field Trip