Hoover/Meredith MYP Technology Vertical Unit Planner
Subject Area: Technology Classes Collaborators: Sinclair, Klindt, Feuerbach, Werth, Janson, Knee, McNeil
Unit 1 / Unit 2 / Unit 3 / Unit 4 / Unit 5 / Unit 6 / Unit 7 / Unit 8Tech 6 / Unit Title / Design Cycle Challenge
2 weeks / Technology Concepts and Computer
Components
6 weeks / Let your voice be heard!
6 weeks / All About Me…
4 weeks / Building Understanding
(43weeks) / Drugs Abuse and Refusal
(4 weeks) / Caring for the Young
(3 weeks) / Re-Style It!
(5 weeks)
Units 1 -4 are taught in Computer
Units 5-8 are taught in FACS / Concept Statement (key concept) / Key Concept: Development
Related Concepts:
Collaboration
Evaluation / Key Concept:
Systems
Related Concepts:
Computer, Components, Peripherals, / Key Concept:
Communication
Related Concepts:
Evaluation
Persuasion / Key Concept: Communication
Related Concepts:
Presentation, Culture, Uniqueness / Key Concept: Relationships
Related Concepts:
Collaboration, Routines
Statement of Inquiry:
Positive relationships are formed when we practice collaboration and follow established routines. / Key Concept: Communities
Related Concepts:
Consequences
Resources
Statement of Inquiry:
Communities provide resources which can lead to positive consequences. / Key Concept: Relationship
Related Concepts:
Resources
Development
Statement of Inquiry:
Strong relationships can be formed through effective use of resources about development. / Key Concept: Creativity
Related Concepts:
Innovation
Adaption
Statement of Inquiry:
Adaptions and innovations come from thinking creatively.
AOI/ATL Cluster / Human Ingenuity
Collaborative Skills / Human Ingenuity
Communication / Environments/
Problem solving Thinking critically / Health and Social Education
Communication / Scientific and Technical Innovation
(Communication) / Personal and Cultural Expression
(Organization) / Identities and Relationships
(Transfer) / Scientific and Technical Innovation
(Thinking
Problem solving)
Unit Question / Who can use the design cycle to build the best building? / Factual: Can your group put our computer workstation together?
Conceptual: How does technology support my learning? / How does social media have a negative impact on middle school students? / How am I unique? / Factual: What is one routine in Mrs. Klindt's classroom?
Debatable: Does assigning jobs make collaboration more effective?
Conceptual: How can routines help me become the best student possible? / Factual:
Conceptual: How does addiction affect the people addicts love?
Debatable: / Factual: What are 3 skills you need when caring for a child?
Conceptual: How can we develop relationships with children?
Debatable: Are infants or 3 year olds easier to care for? / Factual: What skills do you need to sew?
Conceptual: How can I make something new from an old shirt?
Debatable: Is it better to buy or make your clothes?
Culminating Task / Authentic Task: Design Cycle Challenge / Authentic Task: Computer Components Challenge / Written Essay and Presentation: Research Essay and Presentation / Presentation: Technology PowerPoint / Formative: Performance: Authentic Task Spaghetti Tower / Project: Technology
Red Ribbon Week Advocacy Project / Authentic Task: Babysitter Bag / Project Technology:
Reduce, Reuse, and Up-cycle
Assessed MYP Criteria / A – F Investigate, Plan, Design, Create, Evaluate and Attitudes in Technology / A: Investigate
B: Plan
D: Create
F: Attitudes in Technology / A: Investigate
B: Plan
D: Create
F: Attitudes in Technology / B:Plan
D: Create
E: Evaluate
F: Attitudes in Technology / Criterion A: Investigate
Criterion B: Design
Criterion C: Plan
Criterion D: Create
Criterion E: Evaluate
Criterion F: Attitudes in technology / D: Create
F: Attitudes in Tech / B: Design
C: Plan / B: Design
C: Plan
Tech 7 / Unit Title / How can you become a computer troubleshooter?
3 weeks / Where in the world?
4 weeks / Let your voice be heard!
5 weeks / Community Center
6 weeks / Design Cycle
(3 weeks) / Puberty and Reproductive System
(4 weeks) / Choices and Consequences of Sexual Activity
(5 weeks) / Foods Basics
(6 weeks)
Concept Statement (key concept) / Key Concept: Systems
Related Concepts:
Function
Problem Solving / Key Concept: Communication
Related Concept:
Resources / Key Concept:
Development
Related Concept:
Consequences
Evaluation / Key Concept: Community
Related Concepts: Opportunity
Success / Key Concept:
Aesthetics
Related Concepts:
Ergonomics, perspective
Concept Statement: / Key Concept:
Development
Related Concepts:
Function
Resources
Resources help us to understand how our body functions during development. / Key Concept:
Ownership
Related Concepts:
Consequences
Choice
Systems should be evaluated to see if they are sustainable. / Key Concept:
Systems
Related Concepts:
Evaluation
Sustainability
Systems should be evaluated to see if they are sustainable.
AOI/ATL Cluster
(Global Contexts) / Human Ingenuity
Thinking Critically / Environments
Organization Skills
Information literacy / Environments
Problem solving Thinking critically / Community and Service
(Global Context: Fairness and Development)
Information literacy / Personal and Cultural Expression / Identities and Relationships
(Transfer) / Taking ownership of your choices can lead to positive consequences.
(Information literacy) / Globalization and Sustainability
(Reflection)
Unit Question / Are you a computer troubleshooter? / How do I research with accuracy? / How will I make sure my voice is heard? / How do afterschool opportunities affect the success of the community? / New Unit currently being developed. / Factual: What is the function of hormones during puberty?
Conceptual: Why do we go through puberty?
Debatable: Do boys or girls go through more changes during puberty? / Factual: What are two major consequences of being sexually active?
Conceptual: How can you make choices which lead to positive consequences/?
Debatable: when is an appropriate time to become sexually active? / Factual: What food do people from another culture make?
Conceptual: What role does food play in society?
Debatable: If products are imported, is the resulting for authentic to that culture?
Culminating Task / Students will individually put together a workstation and address troubleshooting issues. / Trip Options Research and Financial Spreadsheet / Research Essay and Presentation / Project: Technology
Students will use their research and plan to create a community center aimed at after-school programming for ages K-12. / Written Informative Puberty Resource Pack / Project: Technology / Authentic Task: Food Labs
Assessed MYP Criteria / A: Investigate
B: Plan
D: Create
F: Attitudes in Technology / A: Investigate
D: Create / A: Investigate
B: Plan
D: Create
E: Evaluate / A – F: Investigate, Plan, Design, Create, Evaluate and Attitudes in Technology / Criterion A: Investigate
Criterion B: Design
Criterion C: Plan
Criterion D: Create
Criterion E: Evaluate
Criterion F: Attitudes in technology / A: Investigate
F: Attitudes in Technology / A: Investigate
E: Attitudes in Technology / Criterion A: Investigate
Criterion B: Design
Criterion C: Plan
Criterion D: Create
Criterion E: Evaluate
Criterion F: Attitudes in technology
Tech 8 / Unit Title / How can I teach others?
6 weeks / What’s your plan?
6 weeks / Where’s my money?
6 weeks / The effects of technology innovations
5 weeks / Classroom Sustainability
(3 weeks) / Food Safety and Sanitation
(5 weeks) / Nutrition
(5 weeks) / Meal Budget and Planning
(5 weeks)
Concept Statement (key concept) / Key Concept: Systems
Related Concept: Innovation
Collaboration / Key Concept:
Future
Related Concepts:
Career
Employment
Academics / Key Concept: Financial Literacy
Related Concepts:
Budget
Finances / Key Concept: Development
Related Concepts: Change, Perspective
Statement of Inquiry:
Different ages and generations have a different perspective of the development of new technologies and change of current technologies.. / Key concept: Connections
Related concepts: adaptations, sustainability
Statement of Inquiry: Global connections encourage understanding of how adapting products makes the world more sustainable. / Key Concept:
Systems
Related Concepts:
Evaluation Adaptation
Statement of Inquiry:
Systems need to be evaluated and adapted. / Key Concept:
Connections
Related Concepts:
Resources
Sustainability
Statement of Inquiry:
Connections can be made between resources and sustainability. / Key Concept:
Communities
Related Concepts:
Consequences
Collaboration
Statement of Inquiry:
Communities can limit negative consequences through collaboration.
AOI/ATL Cluster / Human Ingenuity
Collaborative skills / Identities and relationships (Global Context)
Thinking critically / Environment
Informational Literacy / Human Ingenuity
Collaboration / Globalization and Sustainability
Collaboration, Reflection / Scientific and Technological Innovation
Transfer / Personal and Cultural Expression
Thinking/ Problem solving / Globalization and Sustainability
Reflection
Unit Question / Factual: What do incoming 6th graders need to know about a computer work station?
Conceptual: How can you transfer your knowledge to .another? / What do I want in a career and how can I achieve it? / How do my financial decisions affect my future? / Factual: What are some significant developments in technology during your lifetime?
Conceptual: How does the development of technology affect our lives?
Debatable: Do different ages and generations have a different perspective of the development of new technologies and change of current technologies? / Factual: What rules or expectations make this classroom sustainable?
Debatable: Can one person make a change in the environment?
Conceptual: How can my actions impact the worlds health? / Factual: Discuss ways to prevent accident or illness in the kitchen.
Conceptual: How do we know food is safe?
Debatable: Is food safer when cooked at a fast food or high end restaurant? / Factual: What are the five food groups on My Plate?
Conceptual: How do we decide what to eat?
Debatable: Is it more important to eat healthily or exercise regularly? / Factual: Name one need and turn it into a want.
Conceptual: What is the difference between a want and a need?
Debatable: If you can afford what you want, should you always get it?
Culminating Task / Authentic Task: Technology Tutorial
Students will make a tutorial about the components of their workstation and how to construct it. / Presentation: I have a plan Iowa completion, Career Presentation / Authentic Task: Junior Achievement Project / . Survey
Formative: Project: Technology
Graphed Data
Formative: Project: Technology
Presentation & Analysis
Summative: Project: Technology / Performance: Authentic Task Diagnostic: Locker Upcycle / Project: Technology Safety Video / Authentic Task: Menu for a person with Diet Specifications / Project: Service Project
Assessed MYP Criteria / A: Investigate
B: Plan
D: Create / A: Investigate
B: Plan
D: Create
E. Evaluate / Criterion A: Investigate
Criterion B: Design
Criterion C: Plan
Criterion D: Create
Criterion E: Evaluate
Criterion F: Attitudes in technology / Criterion A: Investigate
Criterion C: Plan
Criterion D: Create. / Criterion A: Investigate
Criterion B: Design
Criterion C: Plan
Criterion D: Create
Criterion E: Evaluate
Criterion F: Attitudes in technology / E: Evaluate
D: Create / C: Plan
B: Design / A: Investigate
F: Attitudes in Tech
Tech 9
Intro Engineering / Unit Title / Intro to Design Process / Technical Sketching and Drawing / Measurement Statistics / Modeling Skills / Geometric Design / Advanced Computer Modeling / Design Teams / Design Challenge
Concept Statement (key concept) / Key: Solutions
Related: Create, Engineering, Problems / Key: Design
Related: Communicate, Sketch, / Key: Precision
Related: Justify, Validate / Key: Model
Related: Development, Organization / Key: Project
Related: Physical properties, Design / Key: Model
Related: Exploded/Animated Assembly / Key: Systems
Related: Function, Product / Key: Solution
Related: Problem, Create
AOI/ATL Cluster / Human Ingenuity
Organization / Health/Social
Communication / Environments
Reflection / Scientific/Technical Innovation
Thinking/Problem Solving / Scientific/Technical Innovation
Thinker/Problem Solving / Orientation in Space and Time
Transfer / Scientific/Technical Innovation
Communication / Scientific/Technical Innovation
Thinking/Problem Solving
Unit Question / How might we create the best solution to a problem? / How can we clearly convey the intent of a design to an audience unfamiliar with the problem or solution? / How can statistical data be used to inform, justify, and validate a design or process? / What is the role of models in the design process?
What is the purpose of a portfolio? / What are physical properties and why are they important to the design of a project? / How can assembly models, exploded assemblies, and animated assemblies of an object or proposed design be used in the design process? / What considerations should be made when reverse engineering?
What makes a product aesthetically pleasing?
How are principles and elements of design used with engineering practice to develop a successful product? / What does one need to know in order to design the solution to a problem?
Culminating Task / Concept Sketching
Product Improvement
Paper Bridge / Sketching Activity / Oil Spill or Fling Machine / Construct Wood Block Model / Modified Chore Master / Animated 3D Model / Design Enhancement or Accessory to Automoblox / Design and create a product to solve a problem
Assessed MYP Criteria / A,B,C,D / D / A,B,C,D,E,F / A,B,C,D,E,F / A,B,C,D,E,F / A,B,C,D,E,F / A,B,C,D,E,F / A,B,C,D,E,F
Tech 9
Freshman
Seminar / Unit Title / Orientation to Hoover High School
4 Weeks / Building School Community
4 Weeks / Study Skills
4 Weeks / Career Exploration
4 Weeks / Post-Secondary Exploration
3 Weeks / Human Relations
3 Weeks / Community and Service
3 Weeks / Health Literacy
3 Weeks
Concept Statement (key concept) / Key: Place
Related: Identity, Need, Awareness / Key: Community
Related: Collaboration, Responsibility / Key: Dedication
Related: Organization, Knowledge / Key: Life Skills
Related: Adaptation, Ideology, Citizenship / Key: Identity
Related: Evaluation, Adaptation / New Course Offering – Developments in Progress / Key: Communication
Related: Relationships, Balance
AOI/ATL Cluster / Environments
Collaboration / Community/Service
Communication/Reflection / Human Ingenuity
Organization, Information Literacy / Human Ingenuity
Reflection, Thinking/Problem Solving / Human Ingenuity
Reflective / Health/Social
Collaboration
Organization
Unit Question / How does awareness of identity and needs drive me to succeed in my environment? / How can I contribute to a productive community that impacts my own success, as well as others? / How can self-management, dedication and knowledge lead to success? / What skills are required for successful employment in specific careers / How can evaluation of my identity and ability to adapting to new learning lead me to post-secondary plans? / How does communication guide me to balance a healthy lifestyle and relationships?
Culminating Task / Freshman 101 Guide / Personal Mission Statement Project / Student Portfolio / Resume and Cover Letter / Post-Secondary Road Map / Public Service Announcement