9th Grade Computer Science & Technology Google Apps

Engage your Grade 8 students with our comprehensive teaching slides designed specifically for the Ontario Science & Technology curriculum. These slides cover Lessons 2.1 to 2.6 from the Nelson Science & Technology Perspectives 8 textbook, providing a thorough and interactive approach to learning about systems in action.

Key Features:

• Aligned with the Curriculum: These slides align with the Ontario Science & Technology Perspectives 8 curriculum, ensuring your lessons meet provincial standards.
• Detailed Coverage: Lessons 2.1 to 2.6 are covered in detail, including key concepts such as simple machines, forces, work and energy, mechanical advantage, and investigations.
• Interactive and Engaging: Each slide is designed to be visually appealing and interactive, with clear explanations, diagrams, and images to aid understanding.
• Experiment-Based Learning: Includes detailed instructions for hands-on experiments to help students apply theoretical knowledge to real-world situations.
• Tailored to Classroom Needs: Created to meet the needs of Grade 8 classes, providing a tailored and effective learning experience.

What's Included:

• Slides for Lesson 2.1: Physical Systems - Simple Machines
• Slides for Lesson 2.2: A Closer Look at Forces
• Slides for Lesson 2.3: Mechanical Advantage
• Slides for Lesson 2.4: Mechanical Advantage and Pulleys (Investigation)
• Slides for Lesson 2.5: The Scientific Meaning of Work
• Slides for Lesson 2.6: Less Work or Easier Work? - Investigating Levers

Legal Disclaimer: This resource has been independently created and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in any way associated with Nelson. The content of these slides has been specifically developed to address the needs of my Grade 8 classes, ensuring a tailored and effective learning experience.

In this lesson, students reflect on people and things they are thankful for and create a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides to showcase that information. This lesson encourages students to think about the positive things in their lives and promotes being grateful for what they have. The lesson includes links to tutorials for Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides to assist students with the presentation.

This is a great activity for any class during the Thanksgiving holidays. This lesson was designed for middle school (grades 6-8) but could be used in upper elementary grades or high school as well.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files included:

• Teacher & Student Resources

• Student Instructions, Expectations and Grading Rubric

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This product features an engaging Technology Talk activity that will have your new students thinking, writing, speaking, and moving all in one class period. In this activity, they must choose between 6 different quotes about technology and articulate why the quote aligns with their own perspective. Use this lesson every year to set the tone for what you expect in class; it is a great way to gain insight about your students' current attitudes toward technology. We have also recently added a digital version of the Technology Talk worksheet for use on Google Slides.

Product includes:

• Comprehensive Lesson Plan
• "Tech Talk" Sheet for students to fill out
• 6 Corresponding "Technology Quote" signs to hang up around your room
• Digital Worksheet to support distance learning for use with Google Drive
• Detailed instructions for accessing digital resource

Though I utilize this product on the first day of school, it really can be used all year long. I hope that it is as successful in your class as it is in mine!

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These awesome Digital Choice Board Templates are just what you need for Distance Learning or a paperless classroom! It includes templates with 4, 6, 8, and 10 choice board options! These simple templates upload perfectly to Google Slides. It also comes with six color choices (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, & purple). It is a quick and easy way to share your own choice boards with students! It also comes with a "how to" guide for uploaded to Google Slides.

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Your Students Will:

• Learn new vocabulary
• Construct simple sentences
• Apply knowledge
• Learn about the positives and negatives of AI
• Practice listening comprehension
• Construct written responses about whether AI is good or bad for the world
• CREATE THEIR OWN AI!

What’s Included:

• 43 PDF printable student workbook pages
• Digital Version for students to TYPE their responses that you can assign them individually (I use Google Classroom and sometimes Schoology)
• 88 teacher slides with linked videos, visuals, video directions, objectives and a step by step guide for ALL the activities for Day 1 - Day 5 of lessons!
• Tons of visuals, vocabulary and sentence frames
• Scaffolds for Intermediate and Advanced Students (Emerging, Developing & Expanding)
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Transform your teaching with this all-inclusive teaching slides bundle, designed to cover the entire "Systems in Action" unit from the Nelson Science & Technology series. This comprehensive package includes detailed teaching slides for Chapters 1, 2, and 3, providing a rich, interactive, and engaging learning experience for Grade 8 students.

Units Covered:

Unit 1: Understanding Systems

• Introducing Systems
• Reading Science and Technology
• Types of Systems
• System Components
• Perform an Activity: Examining Physical Systems
• Systems Evolve
• Explore an Issue Critically: Consumerism

Unit 2: Mechanical Systems

• Mechanical Advantage and Pulleys
• Levers and Mechanical Advantage
• Inclined Planes and Mechanical Advantage
• Work and Mechanical Advantage
• Energy and Work
• Simple Machines
• Complex Machines

Unit 3: Designing Efficient Systems

• Energy on the Loose
• Efficiency
• Mechanical Efficiency
• Examining Efficiency
• Solving Technological Problems
• Customer Service
• The Pros and Cons of Automation

Product Highlights:

• Comprehensive Coverage: All lessons from Units 1, 2, and 3 are included, ensuring a thorough understanding of systems in action.
• Engaging Content: Captivating slides with clear explanations, relevant images, and practical examples.
• Interactive Learning: Encourage discussions and critical thinking with thought-provoking questions and activities.
• Visually Appealing: High-quality images and graphics make learning accessible and engaging.
• Easy to Use: Organized content that aligns with the Nelson Science & Technology curriculum for Grade 8.

Legal Disclaimer: This resource has been independently created and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in any way associated with Nelson. The content of these slides has been specifically developed to address the needs of my Grade 8 classes, ensuring a tailored and effective learning experience.

This product features an engaging worksheet and lesson to gauge your students' feelings on virtual learning in the upcoming school year both in traditional and digital form. In this activity, students must choose between 6 different quotes about distance learning and articulate why the quote aligns with their own perspective. It is a great way to gain insight about your students' current attitudes toward distance learning and technology in general while getting to know one another with a higher level thinking activity. Virtual learning can certainly be a struggle for both students and teachers, so this lesson aims to allow students to voice their true feelings on a very difficult and ever-changing situation.

Product includes:

• Comprehensive Lesson Plan (meant to be used in class but could be adapted for Zoom)
• "Distance Learning Talk" Sheet for students to fill out
• 6 Corresponding "Distance Learning Quote" signs to hang up around your room
• Digital Worksheet to support distance learning for use with Google Drive
• Detailed Instructions for accessing digital resource

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⭐ Back to School Mad Libs

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