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START Phonics Practice, Computer Style
First graders type words that match a given sound or phoneme on a computer.
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Promoting Inquiry Throught Computer-Based Labs
Student Teachers are given the opportunity to examine how to use a computer-based laboratory for inquiry. The practice is done to teach future teachers how to use these tools so they can be ready for use in the classroom environment.
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Transforming Fairy Tales
Students use technology to write original fairy tales. In this fairy tale lesson, students write their version of famous fairy tales using Alphasmart or computers. Students illustrate their stories.
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Pick a Topic, Any Topic
Students investigate the expedition of Lewis and Clarke. In this United States history lesson, students choose a topic from the story to explore, such as the Missouri River, Sacagawea, and dugout canoes. The teacher creates a web on the...
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Students read about weather and create a computer log about weather. In this Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs lesson, students listen to the story and discuss different weather patterns. Students develop a list of weather...
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Rooster's Off To See the World Number-Sense
Learners recognize how numbers are used in number stories. In this Rooster's Off To See the World lesson, students participate in the story. Learners complete a number activity and work on the computer to illustrate a number...
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Writing
Young scholars practice word processing skills while writing Haiku and diamonte poems. In this poetry computer lesson, students choose from a group of rainforest animals and write about their animal. Young scholars...
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Float or Sink?
Experiment with mass and density as scholars figure out what makes things float or sink. First, they watch a podcast introducing these concepts. Be sure to use the comprehension question to test their understanding. Young scientists...
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If you Give a Mouse a Cookie
Switch things up with rendition of If you Give a Mouse a Cookie. Students should enjoy reading this story on the projector screen, or on their own computer in the lab. This PowerPoint includes 17 slides, filled with large text and...
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Writing a Personal Narrative
Students complete a variety of computer file pre-writing activities to help them prepare for writing a personal narrative. They focus on including a beginning, middle and end to their narrative. They make a class book.
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Creepy Read Week
Here's a clever technology twist to writing in the round. Participants rotate through a series of computers adding to stories and editing by keystroke and mouse click. "Locked" forms prevent the loss of stories filled with suspense and...
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Wonders of Weather
Fourth graders complete activities to study weather and the water cycle. In this water cycle activity, 4th graders observe a demonstration of the three stages of water. Students work in groups to complete a water cycle lab activity....
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Graphing Quadratic Equations
Review the form of a quadratic function, and the parabola it creates. Continue on with the whole group to work through a mini-lab, practicing how to graph quadratic equations with one variable. The goal of this lesson is for the group...
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Evolutionary Relationships Based Upon Comparative Genetics
Students investigate the protein cytochrome c in an attempt to use its genetic chemistry to study possible evolutionary relationships between organisms. The lesson integrates technology with the use computers to perform DNA analysis.
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Showing Off on Summer Vacation
Fifth graders write a descriptive narrative about summer vacation. The use of this topic helps the lesson to have a high engagement level. Technology is infused in the lesson with the use of computers to write the report.
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Reviving the Renaissance
Bring the Internet and the Renaissance together in this presentation assignment. Middle schoolers give a presentation on the Renaissance, using computers to both research and create the slides. The lesson includes a short assessment as...
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Catalase: A Bioinformatics Case Study
Young scholars investigate the physical structure of a protein by using a computer simulation tool. They record its primary amino acid structure while viewing it in three dimensions for a better visual recognition. There is also a...
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Exploring Dietary Guidelines and Healthy Eating Patterns
How nutritious is a tiny lollipop? Pass them out to your class as they view a PowerPoint presentation on the basics of nutrition. The students measure and record their weight and height and then carry out a computer activity using their...
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NW Link Protocol
In this technology worksheet, students practice logging in to the NW Server and following the security measures for the system.
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Creating Local Users and Groups
In this technology worksheet, students practice creating new users and groups. They also apply the skills to update older users.
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Working With DOS Applications
In this technology worksheet, pupils practice running the startup using systems that focus upon the DOS setup applications.
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Installing and Configuring Remote Access Systems
In this technology worksheet, students follow the protocol to set up users that have internet or remote access from another location for the server.
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Backing Up The Registry
In this technology worksheet, students practice the skill of backing up data for the registry of the server. They follow the steps to shut down and reboot the system.
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Spreadsheets and Database in Social Studies
Fifth graders create/use spreadsheets to solve real-world problems, explore patterns and make predictions, select/explain most appropriate types of graph to display data, and enter data into a prepared spreadsheet to perform calculations.