STEAMed Magazine January 2017 | Page 12

students would debate on the topic and apply to accountability with non-fiction texts . As Mr . King developed his lessons he came across Jason David Frank . If you are not familiar with Jason he is the original green and white ranger . He has been involved with the Power Ranger franchise longer than any other individual . King had a great idea of reaching out to him to surprise the kids during the room transformation . After a month of “ stalking ” him on Instagram , Facebook , and email King finally received a call from his agent . He was very interested in coming out to the school the following year ! That ’ s when Wade realized he was going to have to commit to this lesson .

THE LESSON

CONTENT
Human Rights , Categorizing Current Events using textual evidence , Coding a robotic mouse to complete an assigned task , Close Reading with non-fiction text on Jason David Frank , STEAM TEAM Challenge
OBJECTIVE
Each Ranger represents a station . Students are divided into groups . Once a group completes a ranger station they receive a power coin . The goal is to unlock each ranger to then unlock the green ranger challenge .
ROOM Decorated as the command center from Power Rangers . Most everything was purchased from Halloween stores and target .
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January 2017 Edition