Curriculum Links: Apptastic! with App Inventor

By participating in App Inventor, students have an opportunity to(direct connections are shown in bold):

 

Science and Technology

Understanding Structures and Mechanisms: Form and Function

• 1.1 evaluate the importance for individuals, society, the economy, and the environment of factors that should be considereddin designing and building...devices ti meet specific needs

 

MATH

Number Sense and Numeration

Operational Sense

• solve multi-step problems arising from real-life contexts and involving whole numbers and decimals, using a variety of strategies (e.g., estimation, algorithms)

 

Variables, Expressions, and Equations

• model real-life relationships...

 

Data Management and Probability

Collection and Organization of Data 

• collect and organize categorical, discrete, or continuous primary data...

 

LANGUAGE

Reading

• identify the main ideas in information materials and explain how the details support the main ideas 
• select appropriate reading strategies - skim text for specific information; record key points...
• use a variety of strategies to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words 
• use the special terminology in a particular area of study...

 

Oral & Visual Communication

• contribute collaboratively in group situations... (during lab work)
• work with members in their groups to establish clear purposes and procedures for solving problems and completing projects (e.g. doing lab work)
• evaluate the effectiveness of an informational media work... (using checklist to evaluate in Follow-up Activities)

 

Note:

• depending on the app built, and its uses, other connections to the Ontario Curriculum may apply