Plymouth Educational Center
Technology Scope and Sequence
 
The P.E.C. student will be able to:
Click for grade level: (Grades 1 and 2) (Grades 3 through 5)
(Grades 6 through 8)
Grades 1 and 2
 
Project: create birthday celebration using word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, internet and web mapping software.
Identify and use computer parts and programs.
Word Processing: Create a birthday invitation complete with pictures.
Web-mapping: Create a web map grouping of items.
Spreadsheet: Create a spreadsheet to list and add up the cost of items needed to create a graph
Internet Browser: use an internet-based map program to print the directions to their party.
Presentation: Create a slide show of their party with voice and video.
 
Grades 3 through 5
Project: create a business producing gym shoes and athletic apparel.
Write a business plan with presentation using internet, word processing and presentation tools.
Create a spreadsheet tracking expenses (electricity, water and sewer, insurance, payroll, taxes, gas, raw materials, shipping, advertising, etc.) and project revenue via e-banking.
research via the internet and expert e-mail consulting the potential environmental impact of producing their products to include proper ethical disposal of waste materials.
Determine the best location for their factory based upon statistics gathered using geographic information system software.
 
Grades 6 through 8
 
Integrated project with four major content areas.
 
Language Arts:
Complete the employment process electronically to include internet research of a career, word processor resume creation and video conferencing interview via web cameras.
 
Mathematics:
Create electronic presentation tutorials explaining a mathematical concept.
 
Science
Use electronic microscopes and data collection probes to test, record and analyze soil and data samples from their neighborhood and from field trips.
 
Social Studies
Retrieve, organize and analyze demographic information, census statistics, population trends, immigration patterns and settlement, political ideologies, etc. via geographic information system software.

 


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