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Social Studies Timeline
Third graders make a timeline for the information covered in their social studies textbook. They use Inspiration software to create a timeline that includes information from the social studies chapter.
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Entry-Level Job Interviewing
Students discover specific information to remember when preparing for an interview and create a presentation based on the information
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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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Fast Food Survey Using Bar Graphs
Second graders conduct survey and sort data according to categories, construct bar graph with intervals of 1, and write a few sentences about their graphs.
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Immigration Explorations
Students visit John Schick's Virtual Ellis Island Museum in order to complete research and evaluate how students created their site, how they structured the site, and what sort of information and graphics they included. This list is...
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Creatures of the Ocean
Second graders examine the characteristics of a specific ocean creature. In pairs, 2nd graders create a graphic organizer to list categories and supporting details of the ocean creature. Students review data and use it to write a report...
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Good E-mail Manners
Students discuss online e-mail safety and etiquette rules and how they should apply the same rules in cyberspace as they use when encountering strangers in the face-to-face world. They participate in mock situations and tell what the...
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Beginning Analogies 10
In this analogies worksheet, students read the pairs of words and select the answer that best expresses a relationship similar to the original pair. Students complete 12 examples.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Owl Planes Typing
Owl Planes Typing is an educational multi-player racing game that allows students from anywhere in the world to race one another while practicing typing and keyboard skills!
Other
Compu Kiss: Keyboard Basics
Computer keyboards have traditional typing keys (alpha, numeric, and symbol) in additional to unique keys with special functions. Learners will be able to explore the abilities of all unique keys that access the major keyboard functions.
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Ab Cya: Cup Stack Keyboarding
Play this cup stacking game and practice your keyboarding and typing skills.
Other
Ki Dware: Kid's Typing Skills
Learn how to keyboard with this free typing program that can be downloaded to your computer. This is an introductory program that covers key locations and finger placement with activities including: keyboard drills, character drills, and...
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Ab Cya: Keyboarding Zoo
Keyboarding Zoo is a fun and educational activity to help early elementary age students learn the keyboard. Children are encouraged to use their index or pointer fingers to match letters on the screen to their keyboards.
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Oregon Occup. Safety and Health Div.: Computer Ergonomics for Elementary School
Learn about ergonomics and how it affects computer users. "Workstation Setup" has suggestions for teachers and students to think about as they work at computers.
Arcademics
Arcademics: Owl Planes
Owl Planes is a multiplayer typing game that allows students from anywhere in the world to race against each other while practicing typing and keyboard skills!
ABCya
Ab Cya: Keyboarding Challenge: Learn the Keyboard
Learn basic keyboarding with this interactive keyboard. The focus is on identifying letter positions on the keyboard. Responses are checked immediately.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Publishing Time
In this instructional activity, students will experience different types of publishing in order to strengthen their motivation and cultivate pride in their work. After utilizing the writing process, students will type out their writing...
Read Works
Read Works: Do You Have Good Posture?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the bad posture people often develop while sitting at a computer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Do You Have Good Posture?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about posture and problems created by sitting at a computer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in understanding cause and effect.