Interactive Lesson Plans: Digital Discovery and Innovation

How good are your powers of observation?

Goals to target: Short Term Memory, Working Memory and Sequencing

Grades 3-5
How To Be A Spy Kid - Lesson 2 of 3
Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.

Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.

Essential Question:
Does being smart include the ability to observe your surroundings and recall details with a short or long term memory? (Be prepared to defend your answer!)

1. Watch the video as a whole class.
2. In pairs - use iPads to write / record your answers to the 3 video clips on eduCreations. Pair - share your team responses with another group.
3. Open the app VISMORY and play the game. What techniques did you use to improve your memory?
4. Exit ticket: What are the 3 types of memory? How does memory make you "smart"? Each group should turn in the answers on a piece of paper with everyone's name listed to receive credit.