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It's Alive! Or is it?
Students differentiate the characteristics of living and nonliving things. In this life science lesson, students compare and contrast robots and living things. Given an object, they decide whether it's is living or not and defend their...
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Fish Bones
In this story elements worksheet, students fill out who, what, when, where, why and how. They put these answers on a worksheet with fish bones on it.
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Exploring Fish Anatomy and Commercial Fishing Gear
Students investigate commercial fishing by exploring the technical methods. In this environmental lesson, students identify the fish that are most commonly consumed by humans and trace their path from ocean to plate. Students examine...
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Hopping on the Information Highway
Students discuss the Internet as a learning tool. In this technology lesson, students discover how to use the Internet to help them in discovering new information.
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Dig Into the Dictionary
Second graders explore their vocabulary by participating in a dictionary word find activity. In this vocabulary lesson, 2nd graders locate words in a dictionary based on the beginning letter which must match the teacher's instructions....
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Podcasting Gone Digital
Students prepare a podcast activity for their lesson on tall tales. In this tall tales and technology lesson, students work in groups to prepare sentences about tall tale characters. Students make drawings for the information, take...
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Pedestrian Safety for Students; Research and Class Discussion
Students discover the causes of pedestrian trauma concerning students. In this child safety lesson, students investigate the facts behind childhood trauma and discover why children are so often harmed in pedestrian trauma. Students...
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Favorite Keyboard Shortcuts
Students study and learn to use keyboard shortcuts. In this computer usage instructional activity, students learn to keyboard shortcuts to use in Windows programs. Students practice using the shortcuts and may come up with their own as...
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Homonyms - Quiz 29
Learners complete a homonym quiz activity. For this online homonym lesson, students read the sentences and select the correct homonym to complete the 20 sentences.
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A Fun Alternative Way to Teach Children Keyboarding
Pupils in the lower grades use words to remember the keyboard positions and fingering. In this keyboarding lesson, students work in a circle around a floor keyboard to learn word cues for the positions of the keys. Teacher calls out word...
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Write-on Shapes: Flower
In this online shape activity learning exercise, students color the shapes online and print out the copy. Students may use the shapes for writing poems, word lists, reports, vocabulary words, and other activities.
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Bats Online!
Second graders read books and other resources to learn about bats. In this bats lesson plan, 2nd graders read books and research the internet about bats. Once students learn about bats, they will take an online bat quiz.
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Spooky Story
Second graders write a Halloween story. In this combined technology and writing lesson, 2nd graders create a Halloween picture using KidPix, insert it into Microsoft Word, and then write a story to correspond with the picture.
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Picture Sentences
Second graders create sentences using word wall or spelling words. For this literacy lesson, 2nd graders type their sentences and attach a clip art picture that coordinates with the word or sentence.
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Magnetic Attraction
Second graders create a hypothesis on what objects will attract to magnets. In this magnets lesson plan, 2nd graders use a computer program to create a hypothesis as to what will attract or unattract magnets. For an extension, they test...
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Vocabulary Sketches
In this vocabulary sketch worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer, writing a new word and definition, and then drawing a simple sketch of the word meaning.
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Do Some Research: Inventions 10
In this inventions research worksheet, students read the sentence and research in the library or on the Internet to find the answer and then write it on the blue line. Students then write a short report about this topic: French chemist...
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Do Some Research: Earth
In this universe research learning exercise, learners read the sentence and use a library or the Internet to find the answer and write it on the blue line. Students must then write a report about this topic: the ____ regions are the area...
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Do Some Research: Gravity
In this gravity research worksheet, students read the sentence and use a library or the Internet to find the answer and write it on the blue line. Students must then write a report about this topic: if you weigh 60 pounds on Earth, you...
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Learning, Communication, and 21st Century Skills: Students Speak Up
Young scholars brainstorm to come up with examples of things they do with computers and write them down for the class to observe. They then raise their hands to respond to each survey question, tallying their answers on the board and...
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Using Input/Output Storage Devices
Students determine the use of their left and right hands as they study the use of the home row of keys and the spacebar. They label the keys on a paper keyboard before practicing the home keys using a website based activity.
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Opening And Closing Software
Pupils review computer vocabulary from the classroom word wall before determining how to open and close software properly during a teacher demonstration. Next, they make a poster the shows the steps to open and close the software, and...
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Exploring the Internet for Information
Students identify and use the internet as a resource for information. They integrate the writing process and create a multimedia project using the information from an internet research. Projects can be created from Microsoft Word,...
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Fact Families in Kid Pix
Second graders study Fact Families in Kid Pix. They use the mouse to open, close and navigate within this application. They assess one click to select, double click to open, drag to highlight, drag and drop, drag to select an area, use...