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Sharing Information
Students collaborate with another classroom via the Internet to share data, questions, results, and check the validity of their testing procedures.
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Planting
Young scholars form groups to conduct an experiment. They plant seedlings to test the effects of sunlight, water and soil, on the growth of seedlings.
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Local Heart Rates
Students determine the type of data needed to test their inferences. As homework, they check and record heart rates of fellow students, teachers and family members. During their next class period, students enter all data into the database.
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Critiquing the Neoclassicism/Romanticism Project
Students request feedback on their projects from Neoclassicist/Romanticist experts they have contacted via e-mail or other means. They work in pairs to critique each other's work.
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Virtual Ellis Island Museum Unit: Final Reports
Students write reports of their research findings to be shared with friends and families. They develop their reports into web pages for publication on the Internet.
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Radical Raptors
Students are introduced to raptors and their role in the environment. They identify three characteristics of raptors and list several types of raptors found in nature. They discuss their positive and negative experiences with raptors and...
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Regular Plural Nouns
In this plural nouns worksheet, students write the plural forms of the nouns given to them. Students write the plural forms of 21 nouns.
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Great Online Art Sites
Young scholars complete an online study of art websites. For this art and technology lesson, students explore the links and try the activities to learn about art online.
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Don't Print Homework-Email It!
Students practice emailing their homework. In this technology lesson, students review how to type an email address correctly and how to send it to the correct address. Students complete their homework and send it to their teacher.
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Star Child Astronomy
Students gain understanding of the relationship of Earth within the Solar System. They increase knowlegde of the planets, sun, moon, meteoroids, asteroids and comets.
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Night Hike
Students explore Upham Woods at night and investigate about the special adaptations of nocturnal animals. They identify three nocturnal animals and how they are adapted to the night. Students explain what night vision is and how it works.
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Dancing to New Heights
Pupils identify proper body alignment through experiencing proper sitting, standing or prone positions. They identify and demonstrate different types of movements.
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Teeth and Eating
Students conduct online research of different animals and their diet. In this animal lesson, students identify the various types of diets each animals has and their teeth. This research is done on the Internet.
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Choose Your Defense: Spines, Vomit and Camouflage
Students investigate defensive mechanisms of insects and organisms. In this biology instructional activity, students draw imaginary caterpillars as well as imaginary parasites that will harm the caterpillar. Students utilize...
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Science: The Big Sleep and Criminalistics
Students view the film, "The Big Sleep" focusing on the investigation techniques employed by the main character. Throughout the viewing, students respond to essay questions explaining actions by the characters. The questions center on...
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Around the World Alphabet Book
Students explore the online dictionary portion of the EnchantedLearning.com website. They copy pictures and text to create an on-going, student-created classroom book which exposes them to different countries, cultures, animals, etc.
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Put Your Hands on the Values-Math Manipulatives
Fifth graders visit Web sites on the World Wide Web for interactive practice in recognizing place value for numbers. They work in teams of two to practice identifying place values of whole number and decimals by creating place value cards.
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Force and Motion
In this force and motion worksheet, students read six paragraphs with numbered sentences about force and the laws of motion and answer one question.
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Five "E" Lesson-Stereotypes
Students discuss the nature of stereotyping and prejudicial behavior and their feelings regarding people with visible disabilities. They view part of documentary Graduating Peter then work in groups to chart people's reactions and...
Cornell University
Cornell University: 10 Tips for Using a Computer Mouse
The Cornell University Ergonomics Web offers "10 Tips for Using a Computer Mouse," that are useful for the prevention of a mouse-related musculoskeletal injury.
Learn My Way
Learn My Way: Using a Mouse
In this online course, students will learn how to use and click a computer mouse, how to hold a mouse, and how to use it to get around your computer.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Mouse Tutorial
Use this interactive tutorial to learn how to use a computer mouse.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Rotary Encoders & Human Computer Interaction
Students learn about rotary encoders and discover how they operate through hands-on experimentation. Rotary encoders are applied in tools to determine angle measurements and for translations of angular motion. One common rotary encoder...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Take a Trip: A Journey Through Familiar Places
Using the computer mouse, children carefully move a car through a map of a town while trying to avoid going off of the path. They pass different landmarks and are introduced to them one at a time. The activity provides good hand-eye...