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Free 5th grade instructional technology research
Newspaper Template Freebie
This simple newspaper template is versatile and can be used with any research project.
Features:
The background of the template is locked so that students can only edit the pictures and text.
Text boxes will automatically resize text as students type.
Inserted pictures will automatically fill in box, so no resizing is needed by students.
I have used this template with 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade when they completed different research topics in social studies and in science. Since the concept is
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Types:
Computer and Internet Safety {freebie!}
Instead of just launching a research project, here's a few resources to get you started! Included:
-Computer Safety Pretest
-Internet Safety Pretest
-4 posters about Internet Safety
-Example of how ANYTHING can be put on the Internet
-Computer login cards
This is part of my larger technology pack, Kid Blog Literature Circles. Click here to purchase this fun and interactive product! :)
Enjoy! :)
Amelia
Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Animal Reports: Internet Research Worksheet
This worksheet is a form for students to fill out while using the internet to find information about an animal. The information can then be used to write a report about the given animal. This file contains two pages. The first page describes the intent of the worksheet and provides four websites for students to find information. The second page is the actual worksheet for students to complete. (Updated February 2021)
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Earth Science QR Code Scavenger Hunt
Earth Science QR Code Scavenger Hunt by Brad Cloud
Let your students go on a tour of the earth with this Earth Science QR code scavenger hunt! This PowerPoint activity is a great introduction to or culmination of the following Texas TEKS:
6.10 Earth and space. The student understands the structure of Earth, the rock cycle, and plate tectonics. The student is expected to:
(A) build a model to illustrate the structural layers of Earth, including the inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, asthe
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Dinosaur Research Report Google Slides: Distance Learning
Enjoy this FREEBIE!✧ Google Slides Research projects are a perfect independent activity to give your students to complete online or in class.✧ These slides encourage creativity, reflection, and collaboration between peers using online resources.✧ Students can insert their own drawings, hyperlink, or insert images and videos from the internet.Do you like using Google slides in your classroom? Check out my other Google products:▹ End of the Year Google Slides▹ Endangered Species Report Google Slid
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Famous Scientist QR Code Scavenger Hunt
Famous Scientist QR Code Scavenger Hunt by Brad Cloud
Download this PowerPoint slide show and have your students participate in this QR code scavenger hunt to learn about 11 world-changing scientists, including Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and Robert Goddard.
Your students will learn about concepts such as gravity, radiation therapy, DNA, astronomy, and many others.
This activity is sure to become the impetus for much discussion in your classroom, and besides, QR codes really
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Computer Lab Data: Skill Expectations Freebie
Student resource products are important, but who wouldn’t want to save time on the data/research component of teaching as well?
This freebie consists of data in the General Skills category. It demonstrates what skills each grade of students is expected to complete within their year in computer lab. Hope you check it out!
*Please forgive my old branding on this product - I am in the midst of converting all of my products to my new name "Lab Llama"
Grades:
K - 6th
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Early Finsher Choice Board for Any Subject (uses Tech.) EDITABLE Middle School
This is a choice board designed for my early finishers in 5th-8th grades. It can be used for multiple subjects and is EDITABLE.It includes the use of computers, Google Apps for Education, and other Web 2.0 tools such as PowToon, but you can change it to your needs.Feel free to edit this for use with iPad Apps or include your own personal favorite websites!You will receive a PowerPoint file with editable pages and pages that are just pictures of my original board so you have the choice to edit. I
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Technology Timeline Assignment
This is a student assignment whereby the students use a variety of nonfiction resource books and the internet to research different forms of technology. This assignment focuses on the exploration of extreme environments: desert, space, deep ocean, polar regions and volcanoes; however you could alter it to fit the needs of your classroom and students.
Included in this document:
Title Page
Assignment Outline
Suggested Resources
Student Planning Page
Teacher Marking Rubric
If you download this
Grades:
5th - 10th
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Alternative Energy Research and Google Earth Tour
Alternative Energy Research and Google Earth Tour by Brad Cloud
This activity focuses on students exploring the use of alternative energies such as biofuels, solar energy, wind energy, biothermal energy, and hydropower. Students will be asked to present their understanding of alternative energies to their peers via a Google Earth tour. Links to video instructions, possible technology extensions, and web research resources are provided.
This activity is based upon the 5th grade Texas TEKS:
Ear
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Hispanic Heritage Month Project Rubric
Google Drawing Hispanic Heritage Research Project. This is a simple explanation and rubric of requirements.
Grades:
4th - 12th
iSkills for Autism: Recommended Apps for Students with Autism
There’s an app for that
I am aware of the many app lists that currently exist, so you might ask what sets this one apart? This list is organized into categories based on the developmental domains outlined in the Hawaii Early Learning Profile. The Hawaii Early Learning Profile, or HELP, is HELP is a flexible curriculum based assessment system that includes a variety of assessment and intervention components such as assessing a child's developmental strengths and needs, identifying family concerns
Grades:
PreK - 6th, Staff
Kid-Friendly Search Engines QR Poster
Have you ever tried having first-graders look up chicks or beavers using a Google search? You'll never do it again, that's for sure. Here is a free poster that uses QR codes to make sure kids go straight to kid-friendly search engines, do not pass go and do not collect 200 unwanted images. Print this out and hang it up where students can take their iPads or other mobile device and scan it using a QR code reader.
Kid-Friendly Search Engines QR Poster by Heather Drolet is licensed under a Creati
Grades:
1st - 8th
United States: Report~PowerPoint~Brochure
This United States Report Lesson is a comprehensive lesson that encourages students to research a state and produce multiple forms of informative information. A great lesson for teachers who are beginning to incorporate common core standards in their lessons. This lesson requires students to produce an expository essay, create a PowerPoint presentation and produce a persuasive travel brochure. A must have lesson to add to your teaching box!
Grades:
4th - 6th
Good vs Bad PowerPoint Multimedia presentations.
This is a powerpoint presentation that gives students an overview of how to make good powerpoint presentations.
Includes:
What is multimedia?
A very bad example slide for students to critique.
Description of different presentation styles.
Descriptions of different multimedia elements such as text, graphics etc.
I use this whenever I have a class making presentations for the first time. It shows them the mistakes that people make.
Grades:
5th - 10th
Charleston, SC - Webquest
Great for a preview or review of the sights and sounds of historical and science filled Charleston, South Carolina. Students are able to research about the USS Yorktown, Historical Charleston, and life in the salt marsh (including specifics of blue crabs, shrimp, and other wildlife).
Students will enjoy their interactive exploration of this famous and fabulous town.
Grades:
4th - 8th
Creative Problem Solving using a Real World Problem and the 3D Printer
This unit uses Creative Problem Solving processes to define a real world problem, research the problem, create solutions, evaluate solutions, and implement the solution. At the end of the unit students will have created a prototype using craft items and recycled materials. Students will use computer aided design software to create a 3D rendering of their invention. This unit can be completed without a 3D printer. This unit is ideally designed to be completed after students have been introduced t
Grades:
5th - 8th
Blogging with English Language Learners (English as a Second Language)
A two-page guide listing the benefits, implementation strategies, and tools you need to incorporate blogs in the writing process of your English Language Learners.
This guide answers the following questions:
*Why does blogging help ELLs?
*Making the Time for Blogging
*Tools Needed to get Started
Also includes a link to BlendSpace lesson with additional resources!
Excerpt:
"Two national trends are undoubtedly making their mark within the field of education: first, the rapid growth of ELLs in
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education
Digital Literacy Infographic
Quick visual of what students should be using the internet for!
Grades:
PreK - 12th
The Beginning of the Search Journey: The Art of Searching the WWW
This easy to read eBook provides information, ideas, strategies and activities to help users of all ages become more efficient and effective searchers of the WWW. The eBook is based on the author's experience as an educational researcher and as an educator, both in primary schools and in the higher education sector. The content in Book 1 of the 6 part series explains, in easy to understand terms, the differences between search engines, web directories and meta search engines, and briefly explain
Grades:
2nd - 12th, Staff
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Hurricane Isaac Tracking Application Exercise
Use this sheet to assess 4th and 5th grade students' abilities to apply technology skills to the real world skills, like hurricane tracking.
A key is included. See my generic application sheet to use for other named storms.
Key words: HURRICANES, TRACKING, WEATHER, NATURAL DISASTERS, EARTH SCIENCE, TORNADOES, CHARLOTTE CONNER, Differentways2teach, CYCLONE, TYPHOON
Grades:
4th - 5th
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State Computer Research
Students complete an internet research project using a graphic organizer to find information about state symbols, mottos, and interesting facts.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Technology Writing Prompts: Grades 4-12 (Free Sample)
This is a sample of my monthly writing activities for technology students in grades 4-5 (can be used for 6-12 as well). Have your students choose 1 topic a month from each group. I have also provided a planning page along with a bibliography page for citing resources.I have the complete pack available as well.
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Introduction to QR Codes in Education
Using QR Codes in your classroom is an amazingly quick and easy way to engage students in learning. As a teacher, you create QR codes with one of many free apps to send you students to specific websites where they (a) do research, (b) view images, (c) listen to an author reading a book, (d) view a video, or (e) engage in an interactive activity. Kids no longer need to type URLs into web browsers. They simply scan a QR Code with any mobile device, and they engage immediately with educational cont
Grades:
PreK - 8th
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