Tracing Colorado's Cities and Towns over Time

Fourth graders are working on their final tech project of the year. In this project students have selected a city or town in Colorado. They are researching their city or town to discover how Colorado has changed over time. You can see the ThingLInk I created as the model for students as they are creating their own projects.

Students will be viewing each other’s projects in our VR glasses during the last week of tech. They will also share their projects, which can also be viewed on computers or Chromebooks, in Seesaw next week.

There are many standards embedded in this project.

Colorado History

Organize and sequence events to understand the concepts of chronology and cause and effect in the history of Colorado.

Nature of History

Historical thinkers analyze patterns and themes throughout time.
Historical thinkers use chronology to organize time and to study cause-and-effect relationships.
Historical thinkers use primary sources as references for research.

Digital Literacy

Perform searches to locate information using two or more keywords and techniques to refine and limit searches.
Gather relevant information from digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
Provide basic source information (e.g.,name of source or URL) for non-text-based sources (e.g., images, audio, video).
Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.

Digital Communication

Communicate clearly and creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to goals and intended audience.

Computing Systems