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Sunken Millions
This PowerPoint provides a game show format with multiple choice questions about fresh and salt water. Topics include sources of water, water geography, uses of water, and the water cycle.
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Academic Raceway 500
In this community government PowerPoint, students participate in a game with a race track format in which they answer questions about local government, the election process, and the decision making process used in a democracy.
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Natural Resources to Finished Products
This PowerPoint provides definitions and related illustrations for "natural resources," "renewable resources," and "non-renewable resources." Instructions for a classroom activity locating resources is included.
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R- Controlled Vowels
This PowerPoint reviews the concept of r-controlled vowels in sentences. The slides contain sentences that include an r-controlled vowel and ask students to click on the correct word. The PowerPoint is interactive and allows students to...
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Satchel Paige
This biographical PowerPoint allows students to explore the life of Satchel Paige. This slideshow presents facts about Satchel Paige and his life as a baseball player in the Negro Leagues. There are questions and vocabulary terms...
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Motion and Force
This physics PowerPoint defines the concepts of motion and force. The slideshow consists of an explanation on how motion and force work and give students the chance to demonstrate motion and force through an experiment. The directions...
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How Do Animals Change as They Grow?
This PowerPoint includes text, diagrams, and clip art describing characteristics of a tadpole as it changes into a frog, as well as a description of the related life cycle stages. Although the title indicates the broader theme of...
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Butterfly Life
This PowerPoint includes illustrations and explanations of each of the 4 stages in the life of a butterfly. The text provides appropriate reading material for students to practice nonfiction reading comprehension strategies. The text is...
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Bubble Map
This PowerPoint provides a brightly colored "bubble map" featuring one large center circle and a smaller colored circle in each corner. This is an attractive generic graphic organizer that could be used in any content area.
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Chalkboard Challenge
In this PowerPoint, students compete in a quiz show game similar to Jeopardy in which they generate questions to match science facts in a number of categories. Science concepts covered include plants, animals, and matter. Due to the vast...
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Academic Raceway Place Value
This PowerPoint provides students with an interactive review based on place value. This interactive review game contains questions for students to answer. The students are led around an "academic raceway" as they answer each question...
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Animal Groups
This animal science PowerPoint introduces various types of animals that live in groups. The slides contain real photographs along with explanations of why animals live in groups and what their roles are.
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A Notebook for Using There, Their, and They're
This PowerPoint enables students to recognize the troublesome words, "their," "there," and "they're." Each slide contains examples of how these words should be used in context, along with a quiz to assess understanding.
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Reference Materials
3rd graders will learn how to use four types of reference materials (Atlas, Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus). Each slide includes the purpose for using that specific reference. There are challenge questions included that give mock...
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Third Grade Math Review
This third grade math review PowerPoint addresses the math concepts that were taught during the school year. This interactive PowerPoint is a "Jeopardy" style review game and addresses concepts such as addition, subtraction,...
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Fractions V Mixed Numbers
This fractions PowerPoint enables students to understand the concept of mixed numbers. The slides contain examples of mixed numbers and improper fractions, along with illustrations of fractional parts. This is an effective tool for...
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Math Flash Rounding
This PowerPoint reinforces the concept of rounding. Each slide of the PowerPoint contains examples of how to round to the nearest thousand or ten thousand. There are various examples that the students must complete on the final few slides.
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Subtraction Across a Zero
This PowerPoint provides a step-by-step model for subtracting 3 digit numbers with zeroes. Each slide shows the problem expressed numerically and a simple age-appropriate description of the step illustrated. Two guided practice problems...
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Lab Safety
This PowerPoint displays safety rules to be followed in a laboratory. General safety, glassware, chemical, electrical, heating safety and first aid are covered
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Do you know your Syllables?
Use this syllable game PowerPoint assists students in comprehending the nature of syllables through an interactive game. Students will choose whether each word has a single or double consonant syllable. There are 32 words used in the game.
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Word Jeopardy
Quiz students on common spelling themes in a Jeopardy Game format. Students will answer 26 phrases with the proper question. Topics covered range from alphabetical order to rhyming, and choosing the best ending.
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What is Climate Change?
Students research climate change. In this environmental lesson, students view a PowerPoint slideshow about climate change and identify the ways that climate change affects life on Earth.
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Sunken Millions: 3rd Grade
In this PowerPoint, students participate in a game with a quiz show format in which they answer questions about water. Topics include the water cycle, bodies of water, characteristics of water, and how water relates to weather...
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Grammar Game
3rd-4th graders participate in a game show with elements of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy in this interactive slide show. Questions include identifying sentence types such as commands and declarative, and locating parts of speech in a...