Guide your pupils through the process of creating a free e-mail account on Gaggle.net. Once the accounts are established, class members contact authors and practice letter writing techniques. This lesson includes resource links and is...

Third graders complete a getting to know you database to share with e-mail pals. They follow friendly letter format to communicate with their pals and share math word problems with them. They compare their culture with that of their e-pal.

Second graders utilize Microsoft Word to create stationery and letters to send to other children in their school building, expressing experiences in their daily lives. As the unit progresses, they create documents to send to other second...

Fifth graders write emails to a friend imagining they are traveling to colonial America.  In this emailing penpals lesson, 5th graders discuss appropriate language and topics in email communication, use correct format and write...

Young scholars discover how to write and send e-mail messages/letters. They correspond with other students of same age level in another geographic area on a social level.

Second graders analyze the proper form of friendly letters and write emails to a key pal. For this friendly letters and email lesson, 2nd graders discuss sending friendly letters and view examples of the letter format. Students then...

Students write letters to e-mail pals and respond to letters received. Students describe the geography of their community to their pals.

Second graders write letters to a pen pal in proper letter form. In this writing lesson, 2nd graders discuss why they would write to a pen pal, brainstorm the elements that should appear in their letters, then write the letters. To close...

Students compare and contrast their own community to other communities. They fill out a questionnaire and e-mail it to e-pals in other communities, take digital pictures of important places in their town, and compare them to pictures...

Students exchange ecological information with students from different geographic biomes. They box up the "unique ecologically significant features" of their area, send the box to another class in another area and then receive a similar...

Students create an electronic scrapbook of a virtual field trip to Alaska. They first check the weather and plan what to bring for a real trip. As they explore various websites representing five stopovers on the trip they copy photos...

Sixth graders explore the Caribbean sea and the Arctic ocean. They become familiar with the living conditions of others. Students investigate the geographic location of each area. They become familiar with important events that helped...

Fourth graders communicate with members of Native American tribes via email, exchange original poems with epals, and create multimedia presentations to share with classmates.

Eighth graders work in collaborative groups to research a country of their choosing. Groups use the internet to their country and plan a trip to that location. Students complete a multi-media presentation of their country, following a...

Students listen to a story and view Japanese artifacts. They use the internet to explore the writings known as Hiragana. They create their own Japanese pictionaries and share them with the class.

Students take a virtual trip to the country of Greece. Using the Internet, they examine pieces of art and sculpture from Roman times. They are to critique a piece of art and type it in a word processing program. They share their...