Tech+Activities+Grades+5-8



**//October, 2011//** **//St. John Fisher School//** **//Email: preed@sjfschool.net//** **//Website: www.sjfschool.net//** **//All rights reserved.//**

 **//Within this document, you will find a variety of activities and lessons that utilize technology to improve student learning across the curriculum, and meet the Illinois Learning Standards.//**

__**Search Engines **__  **Boolify - @http://www.boolify.org/index.php** **Thinkfinity - @http://www.thinkfinity.org ** __**History **__ **Digital History- @http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/. This site provides narrative information, flash movies, games, and much more about U.S. History. ** **HyperHistory- @http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.htmll. 3000 years of world history, people, events and timelines are presented here. ** **The First Thanksgiving Mayflower Tour ** **@http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/index.htm ** **Colonial House- @http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/. See interactive section. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">American Memory- @http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html. Includes primary sources including historical images, maps, sound recordings, manuscripts, motion pictures and more. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">DMarie’s Time Capsule - @http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/. Select a date and year, and discover what happened in history, from movies to history to the price of a loaf of bread. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Make Your Own Mummy - @http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/mummy.html. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The Jamestown Online Adventure - @http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/popupwindow.html. ** //__<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">**Geography** __// **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Google Earth – @http://earth.google.com ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Lesson Plans that Use Google Earth - @http://www.gelessons.com/lessons/ ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Explore Your Earth - @http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/exploreyourearth/ ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Scholastic Lesson Plans that use Google Earth. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Google Streetview Maps – @http://maps.google.com ** __<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;"> **Science** __ **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Virtual Microscope - @http://www.udel.edu/biology/ketcham/microscope/scope.html. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Biology in Motion - @http://www.biologyinmotion.com/. Online activities including animated cartoons, an evolution simulation library, and drag-and-drop quizzes. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Genetics Tour - http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/tour/ ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Exploratorium - @http://www.exploratorium.edu/. An online museum containing 650 interactive exhibits. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Invent Now - http://inventnow.org/ ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">My Plate (formerly My Food Pyramid) - @http://www.choosemyplate.gov/ ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The Periodic Table of Comic Books - @http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/index.html ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Shape it Up – Earth Changing Erosion Activity - http://www.kineticcity.com/mindgames/warper/ ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Virtual Cell Animations - http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/ ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Just for Kids from UIUC - @http://urbanext.illinois.edu/kids/ ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">National Geographic Creature Features - ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/.Facts, photos, video and audio on a variety of animals. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Astronomy Workshop - http://janus.astro.umd.edu/index.html. Great solar system viewers. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">How Stuff Works - @http://www.howstuffworks.com/. From science to money to the Superbowl – detailed descriptions of how “stuff” works. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Science Buddies (Science Fair) - @http://www.sciencebuddies.org/ ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Science with Me - http://www.sciencewithme.com/ - requires free subscription for full access. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Succeeding with Science - http://www.succeedingwithscience.com/ ** __<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;"> **Language Arts** __ **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Into the Book: @http://reading.ecb.org/student/entry.html?login=gy00099 ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Scholastic Writing with Writers: @http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/ ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Language Arts Powerpoints: @http://languagearts.pppst.com/ ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Writing Fun: @http://writingfun.com/ ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Online Rhyming Dictionary. @http://www.writeexpress.com/online2.html. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Show What You Know. Phonics and grammar games for kids (in grades 5-6). ** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">**<span class="wiki_link_ext">@http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Grammar Bytes. @http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm. Interactive grammar games and printables. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Writing Fix - @http://www.writingfix.com/. "Logical and Structured Writing Ideas," and "Recklessly Creative Writing Ideas,” Interactive Writing Prompts. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Read, Write and Think, sponsored by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English provides a multitude of lesson plans and ideas for teaching writing at all grade levels. Visit it at @http://www.readwritethink.org/. **  **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Thesis Builder and Online Outline Builder. This website, found at @http://www.ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.html, is a great tool for students to organize their thoughts with the purpose of creating a persuasive essay. **  **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Citation Machine. Here is an Internet resource that can build citations in either MLA or APA style for a variety of resources, including books, magazines, websites and many more. Find it at @http://citationmachine.net/. Another option is Easybib: @http://www.easybib.com/ **

__<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;"> **Math** __ **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">National Library of Virtual Manipulatives. @http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html. Online manipulatives on all subjects for all grade levels. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Online Flashcards. @http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/. A variety of topics, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square roots, rounding, and time. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Fraction Frenzy. @http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/ff/index.asp. This is a great site for learning about equivalent fractions in a competitive game. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">BBC SkillsWise Math - @http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/maths ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Create a Graph. http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/. An online tool to create line, bar and pie graphs. This can also be done in Excel. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What’s My Angle. Measure angles with this virtual protractor. http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/protractor.html. ** __<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;"> **Cross Curricular** __ **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Make Belief Comix - @http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Porta-Portal - @http://guest.portaportal.com/knunley ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Sheppard Software - @http://sheppardsoftware.com/ ** __<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;"> **Test Review** __ **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">ISAT Sample Books. @http://www.isbe.state.il.us/assessment/htmls/sample_books.htm ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">**Printables available for grades 3-8.** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">EdInformatics Online Test Review. http://www.edinformatics.com/testing/itest.htm. (Not ISAT, but still valuable review of topics). ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Printable TCAP Tests. @http://jc-schools.net/terranova-res.htm. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Evergreen Park Public Library. @http://www.evergreenparklibrary.org/. Go to Online Research, Alphabetical List, Learn A Test, Middle School Skills Improvement. Online, interactive tests in math and reading for grades 6-8, and an online writing course. Each student must create a username and password, and keep a record of it. **

__<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;"> **Printables** __ **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Math Dot Com Algebra Worksheet Generator. http://www.math.com/students/worksheet/algebra_sp.htm. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">HomeSchool Math Worksheets. @http://www.homeschoolmath.net/worksheets/. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Free Math Worksheets. @http://www.freemathworksheets.net/. A worksheet generator for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and prealgebra. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Teachnology Worksheets. @http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Busy Teachers’ Café. @http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/. ** **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Education Place Graphic Organizers: @http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ **