Technology Literacy Standards & Sample Lessons K-8, July 2003

4-5 Technology Enriched Lessons
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ELA	Read to Me Anytime Any Place Fifth graders write original poetry in a style similar to Dr. Seuss and read their poems to their kindergarten buddies. Document and share with digital images and PowerPoint slide show. Standards 3, 4. Literature Group Character Studies Students use Inspiration to collect and web information about character traits as they read their book, noting particular actions or dialogue that give examples of the character trait.  Students use their web to write a paragraph describing their character.  Standards 3, 4. Travel Brochures of New York State Regions or Booklets about New York State Waterways, or Presidents Project See Social Studies section below. Baseball Card Project After reading aout the Negro Baseball League in their reading textbook, students use Yahooligans and the Library of Congress American Memory section to found out information about the League players and umpires. They also did a Google image search. The final product was an 8 x 11 "baseball card." Standard 1, 2, 5. TOP
Math	Symmetry Exploration Explore various forms of symmetry at http://www.adrianbruce.com/Symmetry/about.htm and discuss.  Students use pattern blocks to create line or rotational symmetry patterns.  These may be photographed for later display. Standards 3, 4. TOP
Science	Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change Interactive plant study of tulips.  Compare blooming times locally and around the world. Standards 4, 5, 6. Mystery Class: An 11-week investigation in which students try to find 10 secret "Mystery Classes" hiding around the globe. The changing amount of sunlight at each site is the central clue. Standards 4, 5, 6. Nutrition Use a spreadsheet to record nutritional content of foods. Analyze eating habits and plan healthy meals and snacks. Standard 6. TOP
Social Studies	Baseball Card Project See ELA above Erie Canal Take a virtual trip on the Erie Canal, following fourteen-year-old Elizabeth as she travels from Amsterdam to Syracuse on a packet boat in the 1840s. Standards 3, 6. Iroquois Webquest Teams of students assume they have been contracted by a Museum to unravel the mysteries of seven recently acquired Iroquois artifacts. Each team must research many facets of Iroquois culture to assist the museum in properly identifying the artifacts. Standards 3, 5. Lewis and Clark: Adventure into the Unknown A webquest with four-member teams as Indian Affairs Expert, Botanist, Zoologist, or Topographer collect information, answer questions, and learn a great deal. Share your knowledge in a board game. Standards 3, 5. National Inspirer Using this program, teams of students travel throughout the United States in search of important resources and commodities. Standard 3. Political Cartoons from The Revolutionary War Era Visual literacy: As part of this unit, students view a selection of political cartoons (scanned from books or from the Web) and analyze them for setting, characters, and symbols used to persuade readers. Standard 2. Presidents Project Students do biography research and publish reports using a word processor, then move their reports into HyperStudio.  They use the internet to capture a picture and move it onto their HyperStudio card. A class stack is assembled. Standards 4, 5. Travel Brochures of New York State Regions or Booklet about New York State Waterways Students work in teams researching regions or waterways of N.Y.S, gather information from print and electronic resources, use Inspiration to organize their findings, publish as brochure or booklet illustrated with images from the Web or other sources; cite appropriately. Standards 2, 4, 5. TOP
Art	Metropolitan Art Museum Use online databases and web sites to collect information in preparation for Carnegie Hall trip. Standard 5. TOP
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