Education and Early Childhood Learning

A Grade 6 Interdisciplinary Middle Years Multimedia (IMYM) Unit for Teachers

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This concept-based interdisciplinary unit

• is 6-8 weeks in duration
• supports grade 6 teachers and students
• targets grade 6 English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies curricular outcomes through ICT integration

Components of the Inventions, Innovations, and Discoveries Unit

Cover ( 29 KB)	Acknowledgements ( 13 KB)	Table of Contents ( 13 KB)	Introduction ( 83 KB)
Ongoing Learning Experiences (OLEs) OLEs are daily, weekly, and monthly learning experiences that begin in September of a school year, and continue throughout the unit, as well as throughout the year.	Introductory Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Learning Experiences ICTs familiarize teachers and students with the capabilities of each type of hardware and software in the context of core curriculum topics and/or the Inventions, Innovations, and Discoveries interdisciplinary unit.
	Module 1 What Does It Mean? An Introduction to Inventions, Innovations, and Discoveries Module 2 Explain That Again: A Further Investigation Module 3 Explore Electricity: The Backbone of Modern Inventions Module 4 Invention Convention: The Student As Inventor
Bibliography ( 77 KB)	TBLMs (Available in Adobe PDF and MS-Word)	BLMs (Available in Adobe PDF and MS-Word)	Appendices ( 98 KB)