Vol. 5, #4
March,
2005
IMMEX is Elementary!

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Cammy BaxterJoy Buckingham Our technology resource teachers on the elementary level know that IMMEX is for everyone - not just middle and high schoolers. Elementary students have been some of our heaviest users of IMMEX. The problem? There aren't many K-5 problem sets to choose from. The solution? Create their own!

Leanna PraterDayna LykinsThese highly creative Technology Resource Teachers (some who worked with teachers from their respective schools) attended a 3 day workshop in February to begin designing their very own problem sets.  Some of the new sets (which address specific Kentucky Core Content) include:

1) Social studies problem sets about Kentucky History and geography, US regions, Diana Hendrix World Regions, and the medieval world; 2) An Arts and Humanities Kim Overstreet problem set about lighting and stagecraft; 3) A science problem featuring an actual cave in the Cardinal Valley area near the school.

As these TRTs know, IMMEX engages students and challenges them to think critically, and the earlier they begin, the better. These exciting web-based (free) resources will be available for all to use by the 2005-2006 school year.

IMMEX Problem Development News:
  • Our Countdown continues. The project has now completed 15 problem sets.  Our latest additions include Earthquake (HS Physics), How Much Do You Order? (HS Chemistry), and Measuring the Impossible (HS Chemistry).
  • To keep those problem sets flowing, our students and teachers are participating in once-a-month Saturday morning workshops. This is a great opportunity to learn more about project software, as well as share expertise.

You may preview an entire clone of these  sets at  http://teach.fcps.net/immex/preview/.

Submitted by Lucinda Sanders
Lucinda Sanders