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Audience, Purpose, &
Summarizing Activities
Scavenger
Hunts - questions about a certain topic with links to web sites
with the answers.
Mystery
and Crime Stories
RMS
Scavenger Hunt* - Students search through the RMS Web
pages to discover the information available there. (homework
hotlines, bus routes, lunch menus, etc.) Also includes some
fun with names.
Holocaust
Hunt* - Includes children of the holocaust, Anne Frank
and the afermath.
Holocaust
Museum Websearch* - students will search through the
Holocaust Museum to find answers to questions. One of the
tasks requires them to summarize and comment on the personal
story of one survivor. (3 pages)
Summer
of My German Soldier Webhunt* - Questions and websites
to answer questions about German POW's in the U.S. and about
Japanese Internment during WWII.
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Projects
Video Booktalks or "Bookfomercials"
- Students can make a video from stills, such as digital
photographs and drawings, and sound files to advertise a
favorite book. The can add audio narration. A free download
of the program PhotoStory 2 from Microsoft is available
and user-friendly. A great how-to for PhotoStory is here.
Non-copyright photos are here.
Activities
Create
a Book Cover* - template for a book cover: spine, front
cover, inside flap.
Pulitzer
Prize Photos - Analyze and write about a Pulitzer Prize
winning photo.
Pulitzer
Prize Photos*
Genocide*
- Define genocide and learn about the many incidents of
genocide since 1945. Create a poster to tell the world the
details and that it should not happen again.
The
Contender* - Choose a famous boxer and complete a PowerPoint
slide about him. Include information about his career wins
and losses, championships and most famous fight(s).
Big Bands of the 40's - (After reading "November
Serenade" by W.J. Holmes in the Unconquered Anthology
by D.C. Heath) - Create 1 slide about your musician or band.
Include all of the information on the worksheet.
Use music from the era and/or your band found in the sounds
folder. All the slides will be combined into one Powerpoint
slide show.
Glimpses of the Past - (After reading "
" by in the Anthology) Go to The
American Memory website search for photos. Choose one
photo to copy an paste onto the
worksheet. Answer the questions about the photo.
Directions/Help
Establishing
the Readability of a Website* - directions to get a
Flesch-Kincaid readability score for text on a web site.
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Projects
Adopt-An-Element
- Each student creates an ad for his/her element. Link opens
in pdf format. Includes 4 pages: Requirements, blank fact
sheet,grading sheet, table of elements.
Drive-Thru Nutrition - Students use
online resources and a spreadsheet program to compare the
fat and calorie content of various food items at 12 popular
fast-food restaurants. Then, they create a healthy meal
using food from those restaurants.
Data sheet for activity; Website
with fast-food restaurant data; Full
lesson plan from NEA.
Scavenger Hunts
- questions about a certain topic with links to web sites with
the answers.
Atoms
Hunt (Chapter 1) - Questions about atoms.
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Projects
Colonial
Brochure - Create a brochure for an early colony persuading
people to come to the "New World". WORD
format*
Battles
of the Revolutionary War Database* - directions, web
site resource and rubric.
Raid
on Fort William & Mary* - Read 2 primary source
accounts and create a movie of the events at the Raid on
Fort William & Mary and answer the questions whether
or not it was one of the causes of the Revolutionary War.
Westward
Ho!* - A webquest in which students take on different
roles and write a journal of their journey west. A web site
of primary source materials (the pioneer's handbook, diaries,
supply list, etc.) is here.
Worksheets
Explorers
Fact Sheet* - Fill in a table
with facts about the Early Explorers listed. Use a book
or Search Engine. (Document is in WORD format)
New
England Colonies* - a graphic organizer in table form
to fill in with facts about 7 colonies.
Causes
of the Revolutionary War - worksheet to use with PowerPoint
Presentation "Causes of the Revolutionary War".
Yorktown
Map and Questions
- Students will answer questions about a primary source
map of Yorktown.
Battle
of Lexington & Concord - Students will read General
Gage's orders to his soldier's on the eve of the Battle
of Lexington and Concord (A Primary Source) and an account
of the Battle of Lexington and Concord and make conclusions
and answer questions.
Salem Witch Trials
- Watch a video
of the trials and then enter the world of the Puritans
and be accused
of witchcraft yourself. Worksheet
to accompany both sites.
You
are Accused of Witchcraft! - Visit
Salem back in the 1600's and be accused of witchcraft. What
will you do? Are you innocent? What is the punishment? Visit
the website and find out. Worksheet
to accompany the website tour.(shorter
worksheet)
Scavenger Hunts
The Great Constitution Race - 42
questions worksheet*, answer
sheet*. Be the first team with the most correct answers.
On your mark, get set... Website
with the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Amendments.
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Activities
Algebraic
Reasoning - Using two or three weighing scales, students
must determine the weight of a specific object or group
of objects. The program provides three levels of challenge.
In the first and second levels, the weighing scales model
simultaneous equations such as 5x = 20 and 3x + 4y = 32.
Students are solving for the variable, y. In the third level,
three simultaneous equations are presented. An example would
be 2x + y = 10, 2x + 4y = 22, and 3y + 2z = 26. Have the
students write out the equations and the solutions.
Problem Solving -
These activities can be solved using spreadsheets, virtual
pattern blocks, or a virtual
geoboard. Problem worksheets are here: Pig
Pens; Frog Farming;
Trapezoid Teatime;
Fish in a Barrel; The
Farmer's Dilemma; and Miracle
Miranda and the Mascot.
Paper
Pool - The game of Paper Pool is played by hitting a
ball from a corner and bouncing around the table until it
lands in a pocket (website link shows hits and traces the
path). Stuents can explore tables of various size. How many
hits occur before the ball reaches a pocket? And how is
the number of hits related to the size of the table? Two
Worksheets: 1.
Record* sheet; 2. Pool
tables*.
Chairs
Around the Table - Students investigate the number of
chairs that can be placed around an arrangement of square
tables. Students can use graph paper or this online
applet. Questions, plans and objectives included.
The
3 Glasses Problem - There are three glasses on the table
- 3, 5, and 8 oz. The first two are empty, the last contains
8 oz of water. By pouring water from one glass to another
make at least one of them contain exactly 4 oz of water.
Series
Generator** - 15 series must be discovered by calculating
the increment and 1st number. (File is in Excel format)
Excel
in the Classroom - Many ideas, examples and templates
to use Excel in the mathematics or science classroom. Has
templates for timelines and coordinate graphs and much more.
Car
Trip Cost - Directions to have students create a spreadsheet
that will calculate the cost of a car trip when data for
distance, mpg and price of gasoline are entered. Others
to calculate cost per sq inch of a pizza and weight on other
planets.
Worksheets to use
with Interactive Math Web sites
1. Function Machine - (Web
site 1) ; (Web
site 2); (Web
site 3 ) ; (Worksheet*)
Students drag numbers into the "In" hopper of
the function machine. The resulting value is displayed.
After dragging the values 1-4, students must then fill in
results for 5, 6, 7. Finally they must write the function.
Web site 2 has them input values and then write the function
of the form y = x + b. Web site 3 has them input values
and then write the function in the form y = mx + b.
Other function machines: Whole
Number Cruncher (* and +, includes data table); Linear
Function Machine (y=mx+b); Function
Machine (y=x (*,-, or +) b; Stop
that Creature guess the functions x+or-b or x*b; What's
the function - good to use in front of the class. You
can choose the type of function and hide it from the students.
They then must guess. You can make them increasingly more
difficult.
2. Exploring Slope and the Y-Intercept
- (Web
site) Students can change the variables m and b in the
formula y=mx+b. The Web site has 7 different lessons which
include: slope-intercept form; slope int. form with negative
intercept and negative slope; slope-intercept form practice;
writing a linear equation from slope and intercept. The
worksheet (Worksheet*)
provides further practice using the Web site
Simple
Plot - type in points and they are plotted on the graph.
Can set min and max on x and y axis.
3. Graphing Equations - (Web
site) (Worksheet*)
- students type in a function from the worksheet and are
able to fill in a data table. They program will graph the
function and students then can sketch it. They will be looking
at similar functions such as f(x)=x and f(x)=-x and be able
to see and generalize the differences. Also included are
some non-linear functions.
4. Fraction Sorter -(Web
site) Students create 2-4 fractions by sectioning circles,
then arrange in order.
Fraction Sorter Worksheet*
- students write down fractions as an inequality.
5. Fraction Finder - (Web
site) Students section circles to create named fractions
& create a fraction between the other 2.
Fraction Finder Worksheeet*
- Students write down fractions.
6. How High? Students go to this
Web
site where they will see 2 containers (with their dimensions
labeled) , the first with liquid in it. They guess how high
the liquid would be when poured from one container to the
other. This accompanying worksheet
has students do 3 of each type (rectangular prisms, cone
and cylinders) and record the dimensions and their guesses.
Learn about careers and salaries at this government
site.
7. Volume and Surface Area - Explore
putting cubes together to create shapes and calculate volume
and surface area. Does a different configuration of cubes
have the same volume? the same surface area? Worksheets
and Isometric
Drawing Tool.
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It's My Life - A Life SKills Unit. Students
will create a budget in Excel, buy a car and get a car loan,
choose an apartment and fill out a lease, and pay taxes.
They will take a personality test to determine what they
are good at and then read and research about different careers
that might fit "their" personality. Finally they
will get one of the jobs with a salary and make decisions
about spending. Day to day activities and worksheets and
websites are here. Spreadsheets:
(personality test, amortization table, and budget template)
Cars.com to choose new cars;
Apartments.com
to choose an apartment in the U.S.;
Projects
Fairy Tales - write a fairy tale
and create a small illustrated book. Template
cover* and template
inside* and rubric.
Brochure - Create a brochure for
a book, a country, a person, a colony or anything else.
Save first and then open the inside
template and the front
and back template. You will print these separately and
then glue them together.
Literary Terminology - Students will
choose three types of literary terminology (pun, metaphor,
onomatopoeia) from the list and create a powerpoint show
that will have the name of the term, a definition, three
example and an illustration using clipart. Worksheet
and rubric*.
Activities
Suffix, Prefix and Roots - Word Meanings
- Students will open a Worksheet,
and a Spreadsheet**
that has the suffix, prefix and root meanings. They can
then figure out word meanings.
Genocide*
- Define genocide and learn about the many incidents of
genocide since 1945. Create a poster to tell the world the
details and that it should not happen again.
Salem Witch Trials
Scavenger Hunts
Shakespeare Olympics
- Five days of events to compete in such events as: Whose
Line is it? Family Tree Search and a Scavenger Hunt for
Shakespearean Information.
Useful websites:
Rhymezone
Website - find source of the quotes
Shakespeare
Timeline - Discover when his plays were
published and performed. Also learn biographical information.
Shakespeare
Quotes from enotes - 100
Famous Bardisms
BardWeb
- An excellent timeline of Shakespeare's plays.
E-Notes
- 100 Famous Bardisms. Shakespear's best lines.
Shakespeare Quotes Quest (worksheet)
(worksheet2
bonus question about what is going on in the quote)- Students
search for 23 quotes from Shakespeare at the Rhymezone
Web site They must identify the character, play, type
of play, Act and Scene # and a bonus question about word
meanings.
Depression
Era Websearch* - 16 questions
Myths,
Folklore, Fairy Tale Hunt
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