technology – Inquiry Teaching https://www.inquiry-teaching.com Lesson Plans for Inquiry Based Teaching Fri, 10 Mar 2023 16:17:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.inquiry-teaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-inquiry-home-v2-1-32x32.jpg technology – Inquiry Teaching https://www.inquiry-teaching.com 32 32 The Power of Ideas – Database Project https://www.inquiry-teaching.com/lesson/the-power-of-ideas-database-project/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 21:19:32 +0000 https://www.inquiry-teaching.com/?post_type=product&p=5491
  • Subject Areas: Any really, but ideal for History and Social Studies.
  • Materials Required: Virtual classroom or other screen sharing tool, or a large screen display with a computer, plus either printed or digital copies of the provided handouts.
  • Time Needed: Typically two to three class periods.
    • We've included everything you'll need in a single zip archive.]]>     Spreadsheets are perhaps the simplest form of a database and are excellent tools for introducing students to using technology for analysis.  This lesson plan provides an introduction to using databases for a research project about “idea creators” from history; famous artists, scientists, politicians, etc.

    While doing research about these individuals, students will learn about filtering, sorting, and other spreadsheet commands.

    • Subject Areas: Any really, but ideal for History and Social Studies.
    • Materials Required: Virtual classroom or other screen sharing tool, or a large screen display with a computer, plus either printed or digital copies of the provided handouts.
    • Time Needed: Typically two to three class periods.

    We’ve included everything you’ll need in a single zip archive.

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  • Subject Areas: Any
  • Materials Required: Virtual classroom or other screen sharing tool, or a large screen display with a computer.
  • Time Needed: Typically an entire class period.
    • We've included everything you'll need in a single zip archive.]]>     Spreadsheets are perhaps the simplest form of a database and are excellent tools for introducing students to using technology for analysis.  This lesson plan provides data about homes sold in a given area to be used with an introduction to spreadsheet sorting and filtering commands .

    • Subject Areas: Any
    • Materials Required: Virtual classroom or other screen sharing tool, or a large screen display with a computer.
    • Time Needed: Typically an entire class period.

    We’ve included everything you’ll need in a single zip archive.

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