SEARCH Curriculum Outline –2016-2017

Time Frame: September-May

3RD GRADE
Life is a Highway
OVERARCHING CONCEPT: Adversity and Change
  • PROBLEM SOLVING/
CRITICAL THINKING
  • CREATIVE
THINKING/CREATIVE
PROBLEM SOLVING
  • RESEARCH
  • COMMUNICATION
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • UNDERSTANDING OF SELF AND OTHERS
CURRICULUM TIES:
  • Lang. Arts-Research
  • History
  • Math
  • Science
  • Art
  • Music
  • Technology
  • STEM
/ DESCRIPTION:
Team Work and STEM
  • Build a bridge between two chairs using every day materials.
Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
  • MI Test: Graph individual results on Excel, analyze and interpret data
Oklahoma Native Americans & Cowboys
  • What tribes were originally here, where they came from, where they settled and how they adapted to a new way of life
  • Tools and Technology-Engineering & Design Loop
  • Engineering and design of a boat
  • Storytelling-Presentation Skills
  • Math Patterns-parfleche bag patterns
  • Art/Story Synthesis-Buffalo Hide Circle Story
  • Research cowboys
Land Run
  • Song analysis
  • Engineering and Design-create a working musical instrument
  • Science: The Chemistry of Butter-To conduct experiments to observe chemical reactions and changes in properties of milk.
  • Science: Bread in a Bag-Read about the origin and history of bread and its nutritional value. Make bread in a bag.
Route 66
  • The history of Route 66. Research historic places along Route 66.
  • Technology-Create an Animoto of historic places and descriptions
  • Engineering and Design-Design a parade float that moves
  • Field Trip to OK History Center and Pops
OERB-Oil in Oklahoma
  • Importance of oil to economy, potential and kinetic energy, formation of oil and its physical properties, porosity of rocks where oil is found, construction of oil derricks
  • Oil man from OK History Center
  • Petro Specialist-polymers and monomers
Oklahoma in Space
  • Research Planets
  • Engineering and Design-Design a hovercraft and a straw rocket
/ SOURCES & RESOURCES
  • multipleintelligences
  • Native Americans in Oklahoma Power Point
  • Microsoft Excel
  • The Oklahoma History Center Cowboy
  • The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board (OERB)
  • OERB Kits/Materials
  • The Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education
  • Teacher made graphic organizers
  • Teacher made rubrics
  • Teacher made Power Points
  • Rocket Launcher
  • Animoto
  • Usborne-quicklinks.com
  • Route 66 the Mother Road By Michael Wallis

CULMINATING
PROJECTS / Western Heritage Storytelling Festival, Presentation of Route 66 & Field Trip to OK History Center and Pops / S.T.E.M.-hovercraft and straw rockets and Alka-Seltzer rockets

SEARCH Curriculum Outline – 2016-2017

Time Frame: September-May

4TH GRADE
Cinderella Stories Around the World
OVERARCHING CONCEPT: Exploration
X PROBLEM SOLVING/
CRITICAL THINKING
X CREATIVE
THINKING/CREATIVE
PROBLEM SOLVING
X RESEARCH
X COMMUNICATION
X TECHNOLOGY
X UNDERSTANDING
OF SELF AND
OTHERS
CURRICULUM TIES:
  • Lang. Arts-Research
  • History
  • Math
  • Science
  • Art
  • Music
  • Technology
  • STEM
/ DESCRIPTION:
Team Work and STEM
  • With a partner, follow directions to create a foam plate glider
Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
  • On-line MI Test
Analyze and interpret data, use Excel to graph group class averages
Flight
  • How Airplanes Fly-Experiment with paper airplanes
  • Engineering and Design-Make Styrofoam gliders
  • Pilot Visit
Explore China OR England
  • Read Yen Shen or Princess Furball and Identify the Story Elements
  • Research The Chinese Calendar and Zodiac or Trebuchets
  • Learn about the phases of the moon or siege equipment
  • Type Research on Microsoft Office
  • Make an Animal Zodiac Mask
  • Engineering and Design-Design an Air Jump RocketOR a trebuchet
Explore Ireland
  • Read The Irish Cinderlad and Identify the Story Elements
  • Research Ireland and create a travel Animoto
  • Learn About Renewable Energy
  • Engineering and Design-Design a windmill from everyday materials
  • Engineering and Design-Construct a wind turbine and conduct experiments on blade design, pitch and load.
Explore the Caribbean OR Louisiana
  • Read Cendrillion or Zach’s Alligator and Identify the Story Elements
  • Research the History of the banana or alligators
  • Measurement Lesson-Participate in an Experiment-“the Big Banana Peel” or grow a gator
  • Option-Learn about natural disasters
Explore France or Italy
  • Read Cinderellaor Harlequin and the Gift of Many Colors
  • Research the Eiffel Tower or bridges in Italy and Create a Newsletter
  • Learn to Paint a Wash and Draw the Eiffel Tower or a famous bridge
  • Engineering and Design-Build the Tallest Tower from Spaghetti and Marshmallows or a toothpick bridge
/ SOURCES & RESOURCES:
  • assessment/findyourstrengths.html
  • The Internet
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • The Aeronautics Education Industry Partnership (AEIP)
  • OKAGE
  • The Civil Air Patrol
  • Literature
  • AIMS Science Lesson
  • Topic related literature
  • Teacher Created Handouts
  • Teacher Created Power Points
  • The Ancient Chinese Calendar by Lisa deMauro
  • Teachengineering.org
  • General Ben Robinson
  • Scott Green, OU Professor, Wind Energy Expert

CULMINATING
PROJECTS /
  • Cultural Festival
  • Field Trip to the MabeeGerrer Museum
/ S.T.E.M.-jump rockets, hovercraft, wind turbines, gators, trebuchets

SEARCH Curriculum Outline – 2016-2017

Time Frame: September-May

5TH GRADE
Leadership Lessons
OVERARCHING CONCEPT: Leadership
X PROBLEM SOLVING/
CRITICAL THINKING
X CREATIVE
THINKING/CREATIVE
PROBLEM SOLVING
X RESEARCH
X COMMUNICATION
X TECHNOLOGY
X UNDERSTANDING
OF SELF AND
OTHERS
CURRICULUM TIES:
  • Lang. Arts-Research
  • History
  • Math
  • Science
  • Art
  • Music
  • Technology
  • STEM
/ DESCRIPTION:
Mysteries in History and Forensic Science
  • Primary and secondary sources
  • Archaeology & Forensic Science
Participate in a mock dig. Analyze artifacts.
Measure bones (femur, tibia and humerus), use formulas to find calculated height and compare to actual height.
  • Learn how forensic dentistry plays a role in archaeology. Examine and measure bite marks to solve a mystery.
  • Analyze fingerprints to solve a crime mystery.
  • Using scanners to produce 3D imagery on the computer
  • Guest speaker from OSBI or UCO Forensics Science Center
George Washington’s Leadership Lessons
  • Using math concepts to draw portraits
  • Characteristics of a great leader
  • Research and read George Washington’s Leadership Lessons, create a choice presentation to teach the concept, and present
  • Expository Writing-Write about topic, “How to Be a Great Leader”
Colonial Day at the Capitol-Students Will Prepare & Participate in:
  • Argumentative writing and debate skills
  • Learning about our Constitution and Bill of Rights through song
  • Expository Writing-What It Means to be An American
  • Listening to historical scholars & participating in hands-on activities
Leaders in Science
  • Isaac Newton and Ben Franklin
  • Engineering and Design-Design a rubber band car, a balloon powered car, a solar car and a new design (If time permits, Maglev vehicles)
Fisher Student Leaders-Colonial Day at Fisher
  • Students Choose Topics from the following: archaeology, education, spying, soldiering, forensic science, astronomy, laws and punishment, clothing, food, music
  • Presentation skills
  • Leadership skills
/ SOURCES & RESOURCES:
  • Colonial Williamsburg
  • Mount Vernon
  • OSBI
  • UCO Forensics Science
  • Teacher Created Unsolved Mysteries Power Point
  • George Washington’s Leadership Lessons by James C. Reese
  • The Many Faces of George Washington
  • Topic related hands-on colonial artifacts
  • Teacher created lessons, charts and rubrics
  • The OK Foundation for Excellence
  • The OK History Center
  • Stephen Smith as Ben Franklin
  • Pitsco car kits
  • Teacher created Isaac Newton Power Point
  • Teacher created hands-on artifact kits

CULMINATING
PROJECTS /
  • Colonial Day at the Capitol
  • Fisher Colonial Day in 5th Grade
/ STEM-balloon powered car, propeller car, sunzoon or Maglev car

SEARCH Curriculum Outline – 2016-2017

Time Frame: September-May

6TH GRADE
Go the Distance!
OVERARCHING CONCEPT: Relationships
X PROBLEM SOLVING/
CRITICAL THINKING
X CREATIVE
THINKING/CREATIVE
PROBLEM SOLVING
X RESEARCH
X COMMUNICATION
X TECHNOLOGY
X UNDERSTANDING
OF SELF AND
OTHERS
CURRICULUM TIES:
  • Lang. Arts-Research
  • History
  • Math
  • Science
  • Art
  • Music
  • Technology
  • STEM
/ DESCRIPTION:
Preparing to Honor Our Veterans
  • The history of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq or Everyday Heroes
  • Cultural differences
  • Research-Everyday heroes or Afghanistan
  • Technology-CreateAnimotos, Stop Motion or IMovie from research
  • Military helicopters-teach students using a power point and poster
  • Engineering and Design-Test whirlybirds and create a new design
  • Islamic art and geometry
  • Kite flying in Afghanistan
  • Engineering and Design-Creating and designing a tetrahedron kite
Rube Goldberg
  • Who is Rube Goldberg?
  • Simple Machines
  • Engineering and Design-Create a simple machine that drops coins in a bank
Flight
  • Zentangle flight art
  • Forces of flight
  • Engineering and design-create paper and balsa wood gliders
  • Engineering and design-Airplane winglets experiment to prove the cost efficiency of installing winglets on airplanes
  • Speaker-General Robinson
Choice Projects-Rockets, Robots or Fashion Design
  • Research history of and importance in market today
  • Design a soda bottle rocket, a Lego robot and program or create a design for a fashion contest
/ SOURCES & RESOURCES:
  • War in Afghanistan and Iraq by Janet & Gerry Souter
  • Pitsco kite kits
  • Rube Goldberg Project Power Point
  • About Rube Goldberg and Rube Goldberg Background Information sheets
  • The Civil Air Patrol
  • The Aeronautics Education Industry Partnership (AEIP)
  • General Ben Robinson
  • Zentangle from Liz Grubb
  • The Klutz Book of Paper Airplanes
  • Animoto
  • Windows Movie Maker
  • OK History Center
  • Inaturalist app

CULMINATING
PROJECTS /
  • OU Flight Academy Field trip
  • Presentation of projects to other classes
/ S.T.E.M.-balsa gliders, airplane winglets, Rube Goldberg, tetrahedron kites, robots, rockets

SEARCH Curriculum Outline – 2016-2017

Time Frame: October-April

GRADES 1 & 2 ENRICHMENT
OVERARCHING CONCEPT: Community
X PROBLEM SOLVING/
CRITICAL THINKING
X CREATIVE
THINKING/CREATIVE
PROBLEM SOLVING
X RESEARCH
X COMMUNICATION
X TECHNOLOGY
X UNDERSTANDING
OF SELF AND
OTHERS
CURRICULUM TIES: / DESCRIPTION:
Demonstrations each month to include the following possibilities:
  • Airplanes
  • Rockets
  • Whirlybirds
  • Veteran’s Day Program
  • Leadership Lessons
  • Route 66
  • The Eiffel Tower-Structure Building
  • Rube Goldberg
  • Kites
  • Colonial Topics
/ SOURCES & RESOURCES: