Keyboarding - Motivational Activities

Extracting oil is more difficult than many think! Learners work together and get hands-on as they represent oil companies drilling for oil by simulating oil extraction using beans. They identify the challenges faced in using...

Environmentally friendly engineering teams construct a water wheel and experiment with its speed and the resulting amount of weight it can lift. Consider following this activity with two more of the same title by the same publisher when...

Does your conflict management style keep you cool and persuasive, even under pressure? Young behaviorists practice analyzing conflicts and using conflict management skills during lesson five in a 15-part series. The resource contains...

Class members divide into teams and compete in a game of keyboarding "Hangman". In this version, instead of calling out letters, the teams call out the finger and row of the letter's location. Consider the maturity of your pupils before...

Included is a list of long words like inconvincible, immunization, temperamental, and proofreading. With this list, small groups must create as many words as possible. They use the computer to develop keyboarding skills. How many real...

Pupils practice their keyboarding skills by responding with complete sentences to 10 questions. After spell checking, class members print their list of answers. Whether you decide to give each learner a printed copy of your questions or...

Need access to engaging keyboarding activities? Use the links in this resource to connect to a variety of activities designed to improve technique and accuracy. Learners play games, critique each other's techniques and perform basic...

Math rocks! Cavern design teams determine the rankings of rock types based upon desirability points. The points are connected to the properties of the rocks and their usefulness in building a cavern. 

The last installment of a 21-part unit is a practice performance task that asks class members to design an app using skills from the unit. Scholars take one of the previous apps from the unit and modify it by adding elements and making...

Build a rover for pennies in a fun-filled activity! Young engineers design, build, test, and evaluate a lunar rover model. Using rubber bands, plastic straws, and cardboard, teams collaborate to make a rover model with spinning wheels....