Project-Based Lesson Plan
Technology Activities
Retelling with Microsoft Photo Story3 |
[Student Sample 1] |
Stop Motion Animation |
[View Teacher Samples] Down by the Station [View Teacher Samples] Layers of the Earth Great resource site http://education.wichita.edu/claymation/resources.html |
eFolio |
A digital portfolio template for your students to store the work they are doing in your classroom. |
"All About Me" Water Bottle |
Here is neat way to have students create an "All About Me" project. Using an unopened water bottle, have the students share a little about themselves by creating a new label containing personal facts. [Download Template] |
"Sweet Success" Candy Bar Label |
Here is a great way to have students share their achievements at conferences. Replace the original candy bar label with a new and improve label with a student title on the front and success, improvements, and goals on the back. [Download Template] |
Poetry PowerPoint |
Here is a fun way to display students poetry by creating a PowerPoint slideshow. |
Student Created Educational Games |
Golf Games [View Sample] Golf Game Score Card [View Sample] Frog Pond [View Samples] Math Squares [View Samples] |
Web Etiquette Resources |
Web Site Validity Search Engine |
Spoof Web Sites |
Use this list of websites to teach students how to critically evaluate information on the internet, list derived from www.DistrictAdministration.com:
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Educational Websites
Language Arts |
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Free children's stories for classroom use |
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This page contains recourses for the many processes involved in reading comprehension are divided into three categories (much like the National Reading Panel Report). The categories include vocabulary instruction, text comprehension instruction, and teacher preparation and comprehension strategies instruction. |
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This is a great web site when building the strategy of homonyms. |
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Language Arts games |
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Math |
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This is an overwhelming list of math resources. |
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A site where teachers and students can create their own interactive games as well as play ones created by others. |
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This is a website that offers excellent resources for math and science. |
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A great site to help reinforce math skills. |
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A math forum for teachers. |
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A site for students and teachers to improve math skills. |
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Science |
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A list of websites to use with habitat and landforms. |
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Biomes website |
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Biomes website |
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Social Studies |
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State information |
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Great site for information about the states in an explorer format. |
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Information on the Mayflower |
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Information on National Landforms of Kansas |
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Information about the Governor of Kansas |
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Voting information |
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A web portal for Kansas History |
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A list of websites for Kansas History |
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Great site for Kansas History |
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A site for genealogy of Kansas. |
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The voices of the past are heard again in KanColl, through nearly-lost books, letters, diaries, photographs, and other materials. |
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Kansas Orphan Train |
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Information about Kansas |
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Health |
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Information on the body systems |
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Virtual Learning about the body systems |
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Information about your body's operations |
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Additional Resources |
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This site is loaded with many resources including free educational software downloads, teaching strategies, and unit plans. |
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Answers.com is a free, ad-supported, reference search service. As opposed to standard search engines that serve up a list of links for you to follow, displays quick, snapshot answers with concise, reliable information. |
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Ask for Kids is a fast, easy and kid-friendly way for kids to find answers to their questions online. Designed to be a fun destination site focused on learning and "edutainment". |
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Lesson plans created by teachers for teachers and student tested. |
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This is a great site to help create digital storytelling projects. |
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The Center for Digital Storytelling provides this online tutorial that provides an overview of the process. |
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An excellent resource site from the University of Minnesota. |
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Out of all the sites listed, this is probably one of the most complete and informative. |
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