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Dr. Teeth and Dr. Gums To The Rescue
Second graders role play as dentists researching teeth and their care. They create a slide show showing how a character, Bear, can take care of this teeth explaining habitats, diets and teeth.
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Pythagorean Theorem Proof
Tenth graders investigate the Pythagorean Theorem. Then they type up a formal paragraph proof of a proof of their choice.
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Parliamentary Structure and Process on " Deck"
Tenth graders design a "deck" of individual slides on Power Point to synthesize, in a graphic organizer, their recently acquired knowledge of different levels of government in Canada.
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Who are Artists and Illustrators?
Students study artists and their styles. They create a Kidspiration web as they discuss art work looking at shapes, texture and color. They list other things that they would like to explore artists.
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Data Days
Sixth graders practice collecting, organizing and displaying data. They create circle, bar, line and picto graphs. They analyze data in small and large sample groups.
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Behold the Wonder of Creation
Fifth graders explore and become familiar with U.S. National Parks. They research several parks and compile the information they find into a spreadsheet. They plan and write a report/booklet about one of the U.S. National parks.
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Around the World Alphabet Book
Students explore the online dictionary portion of the EnchantedLearning.com website. They copy pictures and text to create an on-going, student-created classroom book which exposes them to different countries, cultures, animals, etc.
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Genetics and Hypermedia
Students use HyperCard and HyperStudio because it allows them to become more creative. They are exploring a new and different studying style and independence in their analysis and reporting of data. This is a great outlet for students...
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Genetics and Hypermedia
Pupils view presentations created by HyperCard and HyperStudio. They observe the multimedia presentation regarding Genetics. They observe the information in regards to their current unit.
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Jeopardy Game
High schoolers review terms and concepts related to the class through games. They play a jeopardy style game to review concepts realted to the class.
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Mass Production
Sixth graders work together as a class to become a company that has the job of researching, designing, manufacturing, and marketing a useful product. Student transfer plans of final design into a CAD drawing and mass produce the...
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Cause and Effect
Students examine the concept of cause and effect. They participate in a class discussion, play matching games, and play a memory/concentration game with cause and effect as the focus. Students complete an evaluation chart as an...
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The 3 Bees
Young scholars review what the three bees are: respect, responsibility and safety. Individually, they use the internet to complete a webquest to examine how to be respectful to others and be responsible for their actions. To end the...
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Hickory Dickory Dock Webquest
Students listen to and read nursery rhymes. They discuss rhyming words. Students play a variety of computer games with rhymes, numbers and telling time. They retell the story through dramatic play, speech, and comprehension questions.
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Sentences And Sequencing
Learners practice writing complete sentences and sequencing three or more events. They listen to at least one version of the story read aloud and work cooperatively to put the story events in proper sequence. They access a...
National First Ladies' Library
Who Wants to be a Pioneer?
Students write a story based on their research of the Oregon Trail. Using the Internet and traditional sources, they engage in research about pioneer's experiences on the Oregon Trail during westward expansion. Students write a story...
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Texas Location Word Search
In this Texas location worksheet, students identify, locate and label twenty six significant Texas locations on a Texas map. Students also complete a word search containing the twenty six key locations.
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Geometric Figures
Learners identify two and three dimensional shapes and use appropriate geometric vocabulary to write a description of the figure by taking pictures of geometric figures in their own environment.
LD Online
Ld Online: 10 Tips for Software Selection for Math Instruction
Article at LD Online provides 10 tips to guide teachers and parents in selecting instructional math software. The focus is on instructional software such as concept development, drill and practice, tutorial and simulation software rather...
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Cape Girardeau Schools: Inspiration Templates and Ideas
This school site provides templates and ideas for using Inspiration Software, a visual thinking and learning tool, in your classroom.
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Electronic Portfolios Digital Stories of Deep Learning
This research paper discusses the concepts of "Electronic Portfolios as Digital Stories of Deep Learning" and "Digital Storytelling as Reflective Portfolio" by linking two dynamic processes to promote deep learning: Portfolio Development...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Speech Recognition for Learning
Speech recognition, also referred to as speech-to-text or voice recognition, is technology that recognizes speech, allowing voice to serve as the "main interface between the human and the computer." This Info Brief discusses how current...
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Color Maker
This very useful site allows you to change the color and background patterns of a web page, and then copy the HTML code to your own site. Includes a tutorial, links to other web pages about color design, and links to a TableMaker and a...
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Gliffy
Users of Gliffy can create visual representations of concepts, idea maps, networks, room layouts, flow charts, and more. In fact, the competing fee-based software product Inspiration offers many suggestions, ideas and templates on how...