Background, Description of Unit, and Follow-up Session Man. An integrated unit, Inventions, Innovations and Discoveries , was piloted in a total of 26 Grade 6 classrooms. The IMYM pilot teachers engaged in six days of professional development prior to piloting the Inventions, Innovations and Discoveries unit. The Inventions, Innovations and Discoveries unit is a 6 to 8 week interdisciplinary thematic unit developed to support teachers in integrating technology as a foundation skill with the teaching, learning, and assessment of prescribed student learning outcomes. The unit combines outcomes from the core compulsory subject areas in Grade 6 and focuses on learning experiences associated with 20 th century inventions and inventors.
Students engage in active learning as they take on the roles of inventors.
The purpose of this follow-up session was to gather feedback from the pilot teachers about the implementation of the Inventions, Innovations and Discoveries unit and about their experiences during Phase 2 of the IMYM project. Pilot teachers discussed some of the successes and challenges they encountered during the course of implementing the unit, and shared experiences, ideas, and materials with other pilot teachers. The results of these discussions were later presented to the large group.