Get your class started with experimentation and investigation by providing sentence starters. This chart is made up of three columns. The first column lists steps of the scientific process and the second provides sentence starters for...

In this lesson, students are introduced to a unit Students discuss a unit as a group and interest is generated. Good suggestions for sparking students' interest in general and the value of student discussion are given.

View this PowerPoint and go over the basic rules about computers. It is well-suited for all ages because the rules apply to all learners. Everyone benefits from knowing the terms for working with computers. But more importantly, make...

In this computer lesson, students practice and review vocabulary necessary to work with computers. They demonstrate the meaning of computer terms and use them correctly by playing online review games and paper based games. A test with...

Class members investigate the different roles associated with video production. Then, they create a crash course booklet that details what they have learned about the different roles: video production, scouting locations and set up,...

Young scholars investigate the basic properties of pendulums as a function of spreadsheets. Working in groups, they measure the period for a pendulum at six different lengths and record the results. They prepare a file using Microsoft...

Fourth graders discover vocabulary terms associated with computer literacy. The instructional activity is divided into two segments - a lab session and classroom follow-up discussion. During a teacher-prepared Powerpoint presentation,...

Learners discuss taking care of technical devices. In groups, students illustrate each point and write a few words about it using KidPix. They print out results and mount on a large poster.

Young scholars discover gardening by documenting plants grown on school grounds.  For this botany lesson, students utilize digital cameras to capture images of plants on photo hikes which are turned into a slide show.  Young...