Research Project: Sensory Rooms (Student-paced)

60 minutes

Students research about sensory rooms through a reading passage and photo gallery. They then, apply their learning to create their own sensory room in the Kai XR Makerspace.

Main Idea: Octopus (Student-paced)

15 minutes

In this short reading passage and quiz, students learn how to identify the main idea and support details.

Main Idea: Pop Culture (Student-paced)

15 minutes

In this brief quiz, students learn how to find the main idea of a passage by looking at its details. Then they take a fun virtual field trip to explore pop culture.

Synonyms: The Puppy Bowl

30 minutes

Guide your students through a Mini-Lesson on synonyms. Students learn how to use synonyms to understand word meanings better, explore a virtual field trip of The Puppy Bowl, and take a quick quiz.

Word Meanings: A Taste of America (Student-paced)

15 minutes

Guide your students through a Mini-Lesson on synonyms. Students learn how to use synonyms to understand word meanings better, explore a virtual field trip of The Puppy Bowl, and take a quick quiz.

Antonyms: NBA All Stars

30 minutes

Guide your students through a Mini-Lesson on antonyms. Students learn how to use antonyms to understand word meanings better, explore a virtual field trip to a NBA All Stars game, and take a quiz.

Listen for Main Idea: Rescuing Rhinos (Student-paced)

15 minutes

Student take a virtual field trip into the world of rhino conversation and listen for main idea of the video. Students test their understanding with a quiz.

Research Project: Dreams (Student-paced)

60 minutes

Students research about dreams through a reading passage, a virtual field trip, a poem, and a mural gallery. They then write a two-paragraph summary of their research.

Sequencing: Astronaut Training (Student-paced)

30 minutes

Students practice sequencing events as they learn about the steps of becoming an astronaut through a reading passage and virtual field trip. They then demonstrate their understanding through a quiz.

No Limits: Turning Challenges into Strengths (Student-paced)

30 minutes

Students research through a reading passage and a virtual field trip. They then summarize, and write about how people overcome challenges to achieve success.

Similes & Metaphors: Swimming with Sharks (Student-paced)

15 minutes

Students explore similes and metaphors while learning about hammerhead sharks up close in a virtual field trip. They then take a quiz.

Main Idea: Lunar New Year (Student-paced)

15 minutes

Students practice identifying the main idea in a passage, then explore the energy of a Lunar New Year parade.

AI & Algorithms

30 minutes

Use the Mini-Lesson to guide students through critical thinking about AI and algorithms. Students apply their learning to evaluate algorithms for accuracy and write their own.

Array City

45 minutes

Guide students through an understanding of arrays to express multiplication. Students then build their own Array City in the makerspace.

Division Feast

30 minutes

Guide students to division as sharing equally. Students then demonstrate a division story in the makerspace.

Division Patch

30 minutes

Introduce division as making and counting equal groups. Students then use the Makerspace to solve a division word problem.

Divide to Thrive

30 minutes

Guide students to division as repeated subtraction. Students then use the Makerspace to solve a division word problem.

Intro to Fractions

30 minutes

Introduce students to fractions as dividing something into equal parts. Students then create their own fractions in the Makerspace.

Equivalent Fractions

30 minutes

Guide students to how different fractions can be equal. Students then create equivalent fractions in the Makerspace.

Patterns in the Sea

30 minutes

Introduce students to patterns. Students then complete patterns in the Makerspace.

Finding Patterns in Numbers

30 minutes

Introduce students to patterns in numbers. Students then identify and complete number patterns in the Makerspace and in a quiz.

Life Cycles: A Butterfly and a Flower

30 minutes

Guide students to compare and contrast the life cycles of a flower and a butterfly. Students will then model the life cycles in the Makerspace.

Create the Solar System

45 minutes

Students take a virtual field trip through the Solar System, build a virtual model in the Makerspace and take a quiz.

Create an Ocean Habitat

30 minutes

Guide students through an ocean habitat, the Great Barrier Reef. Students take a virtual field trip to the Great Barrier Reef, and then create their own ocean habitat in the Makerspace.

Learning From Fossils

30 minutes

Guide students to investigating the life of dinosaurs using fossils. Students then create an suitable habitat for a dinosaur using their fossils as clues.

Group Survival: Wolves and Deer

30 minutes

Guide students to how forming groups helps animals like wolves and deer survive. Students then demonstrate understanding in the Makerspace by building a scene of a pack of wolves hunting together and a herd of deer protecting each other.

Climates: A Cactus in the Snow?!

30 minutes

Introduce students to climates. Students will demonstrate understanding in the Makerspace by sorting which animals belong in which climate.

Built to Survive: How Animals & Plants Thrive

30 minutes

Introduce students to how external and internal structures help organisms survive. Students apply their understanding as they watch a virtual field trip on elephants and take qjia.

Rock Stories

30 minutes

Guide students to explore how fossils can tell the story of a region's transformation, weather, and inhabitants. Students take a virtual field trip with paleontologists to a dig site.

Disaster Defenders: Engineering for Safety

30 minutes

Challenge students to put their problem-solving hats on to design solutions to protect people from natural disasters.

Create a Wind Farm

30 minutes

Guide students to an understanding of nonrenewable and renewable resources and considerations to designing a wind farm.

Designing for a Cleaner Earth (Student-paced)

30 minutes

Students read about how technology and their actions can protect the Earth. They then design solutions in the Makerspace for a cleaner Earth.

The Sun and Our Food Chain

30 minutes

Guide students as they explore the Sun's role in our food chain. Students then build a model of a food chain in the Makerspace.

Water Cycle: Making It Rain On Tiny Town

30 minutes

Guide students through the water cycle: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. Students then build a model in the Makerspace illustrating the water cycle.

Earth's Spheres: The Biggest Puzzle

30 minutes

Guide students through the four spheres (geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere) that make up Earth. Students then create a model in the Makerspace of how the spheres impact each other.

Design Challenge: Curate a Zoo (Student-paced)

Students take on the challenge of curating a zoo in the Makerspace making sure the habitat matches the animal.

Design Challenge: Moonbase (Student-paced)

Students consider the challenges of living, working, and researching on Mars. Then, design a moonbase to support astronauts.

Design Challenge: Metaverse Music Festival

Guide students through the considerations of designing a music festival. Students take a virtual field trip to a concert, then design their own festival scene in the Makerspace.

Technology & Well-being

Guide students through the considerations of being a digital citizen. Students watch a virtual field trip and answer a reflection question.

Design Challenge: Create a Racetrack (Student-paced)

Students create a racetrack then program a vehicle to run the course.

Design Challenge: Mars Rover

Guide students through the considerations of designing a rover for Mars. Students take a virtual field trip to NASA's JPL and then, build their own rover.

Design Challenge: Curate a Metaverse Museum

Guide students through the considerations of curating a museum exhibit. Students go on a wacky virtual field trip to a museum, and build their exhibits in the Makerspace

Design Challenge: Design a Bridge

Guide students through the considerations of designing a bridge. Student take a virtual field to a glass bridge, then design their own bridge.