Tech, in the Classroom

1. BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

   1st grade

   Science, Social Studies, Reading, Writing, Math, Health, Arts, and Technology.

   The app can easily be navigated by children ranging from the ages 5-9. With gentle humor, characters Annie and Moby guide children through each topic. The app is designed to invoke critical thinking and encourage children to ask questions and make connections. One of the apps goals is to empower children to form their own ideas.

   1. Observe and describe ways in which animals and plants depend on one another for survival.

2. Indiana Academic Standard

1.NS.6: Show equivalent forms of whole numbers as groups of tens and ones, and understand that the individual digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones.

1.1.1 Compare the way individuals in the community lived in the past with the way they live in the present.

Example: Clothing, the use of technology, methods of transportation, entertainment and customs

1.2.3 Identify how the media can influence health.

1.1.2 Identify works of art and artifacts associated with customs, festivals, and celebrations.