-Teachers & Parents: (Pre-Lesson) (Game Overview) "For Crown or Colony?” explores the reasons for Revolution through the eyes of both Loyalists and Patriots in 1770 Boston. What a fantastic way to learn history!
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-Teachers & Parents: (Lesson) (Handout 1) (Handout 2) We can use technology to help us create items, for example, online coloring books. Lets discuss using an online coloring book compared to paper and crayon coloring books.
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Work with your small group (3-4 students) to create your very own online picture book at Picture Book Maker. Take turns using the mouse, switching every few minutes. Do your best, we will be showing off your picture books to your class at the end of the day!
President John F. Kennedy addressed Congress declaring a national goal of "landing a man on the Moon" by the end of the decade. What decade was President Kennedy talking about? What year did we put a man on the moon? Who were the astronauts on that mission?
Now its time to check out one of my favorite websites out there, We Choose the Moon. Prepare to be immersed into a real life blast from the past! Get ready moon, here we come.
Looking for more outer space exploration? Then try out Nasa's Moon Virtual Tour. Check out the lunar surface form the astronaut's perspective. Awesome!
-Teachers & Parents: (Handout) How much do you know about colors? Which colors are primary colors? Which colors are secondary colors? What feelings do different colors represent? What are positive and negative traits of each color? Visit Color in Motion to learn about colors. Then use MS Word to make a list about the color attributes that describe yourself. What color(s) are you?
What trait does the color yellow signify in the video clip below?
The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland has one of the best interactive sites around. We are going to Waltee's Quest, The Case of the Lost Art, an interactive mystery adventure, learning about art along the way. Make sure to write down your username & password. You can continue your adventure at home!
3_5.RI.2Research and Information Fluency 3_5.TC.2Technology Operations and Concepts
We are going to visit More.Starfall.com and try out a variety of activities. We will be dicussing some advantages and disadvantages of using technology during this lesson.
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Simulations can help us learn about real life situations. Edheads has a fantastic Virtual Knee Surgery for us to play. How does this surgery simulation help patients. How does this simulation help doctors? Get your scrubs on. Let's do this!