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Bitsboard - Education, Games, and Flashcards for Learning Reading, Spelling, and more
Learn everything from sight words to French vocabulary with this versatile study app. While the material that comes pre-loaded on the app is mostly based on learning how to read and spell, the app has the potential to be useful for any...
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Go for the Gold!
The options are vast with this Ancient Greece and Olympics research project! Using Scholastic online resources, historians have interactive and educational supports to guide them through researching and writing about the 2004 Olympics in...
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Contrasting Evidence: “Games Can Make a Better World” and “Video Games Benefit Children, Study Finds”
Anecdotes, analogies, testimonies, statistics. The most powerful arguments rely on multiple types of evidence. Scholars explore the topic as they read contrasting evidence about the benefits of video games. They complete Venn diagrams to...
Orange Or Apple
Flashcards Deluxe
A useful study tool, learners create decks or download pre-made decks to review. The app tracks your progress and allows you to customize your experience with each deck. Why not try it out and test yourself and your pupils on thousands...
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Test Your Research Skills: Spotlight on Australia 3
In this Australia worksheet, students use the Internet or a research library to find the answers to ten questions about Australia.
Museum of the Moving Image
Developing Critical Analysis
To gain an understanding of how images and sounds are used to influence viewers, class members analyze these features in Presidential campaign commercials from 1952-2012.
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Memory Game
Students create cards for a memory game by entering data into a spreadsheet that is then merged into a word processing document. Tutorials are available through links on the lesson page.
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Ben Franklin's Inventions
Students discover the life of Benjamin Franklin by studying his inventions. In this biography activity, students identify the inventions of Benjamin Franklin and their impact on society today. Students create a commercial in...
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Test Your Research Skills-- You Either Know It Or You Don't! 3
In this research instructional activity, learners use Internet searches or a research library to find answers to 15 questions about a variety of subjects.
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B-Easy
High schoolers can sharpen their research skills by employing the Internet to find the answers to the trivia questions presented in this on-line worksheet. This focuses on questions that have the letter "B" in them, such as; Brigadoon,...
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Using a Computer To Write a Letter- Verbs
In this writing on the computer worksheet, learners study the steps to follow when writing a letter on the computer. Students read 20 sentences and fill in the proper verb from the word bank.
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Sorting: Library Books
Learners discover organization by participating in a class game. In this information sorting lesson, students utilize the Internet to play a library role-playing game with their classmates. Learners answer study questions about library...
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Great Online Art Sites
Pupils complete an online study of art websites. In this art and technology lesson, students explore the links and try the activities to learn about art online.
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Space Trader and Economics
Students use handheld computer with the appropriate software to explore economic skills. They purchase and sell items, travel to planets, and earn enough money to purchase a moon by playing a computer based game.
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City Quiz Series: Derby Industrial Museum
For this research skills worksheet on the Derby Industrial Museum, students use the Internet or library to answer questions about the Derby Industrial Museum at the Silk Mill.
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Computer Technology
Third graders become familiar with computers and computer terms. They observe a PowerPoint presentation containing computer vocabulary terms. As a class, they discuss each term and write the vocabulary word and its meaning. Students...
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Collaborative Year-End Projects
Coming up with a menu of engaging year-end projects can be a challenge. Never fear, help is here with an article that suggests eight projects sure to capture the interest of learners of all ages.
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Animation: ALICE Software
Learners familiarize themselves with the ALICE software program. In this computer animation lesson, students are guided through a tutorial on how to use the ALICE software for animation.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Grocery List Spelling [Pdf]
This PDF activity page offers a unique way to study spelling words. Students do one activity (such as make a crossword with their spelling list and definitions) from three of the four grocery store departments: meat, produce, bakery, and...