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WebQuests
1. Maryland Quarter - This cooperative, performance based, critical thinking activity
leads fourth graders through the net to design their own Maryland Quarter. Lots
of fun and a great activity!
2.
Bald Eagels - Protecting Bald Eagles In Maryland: A Web Quest - This web-quest
is designed to help students become familiar with the American Bald Eagle and
understand what human and environmental factors have caused it to be listed on
the endangered species list. The students will also learn about the Bald
Eagle population in Maryland and learn what conservation efforts are working to
help this species survive. http://wwwfac.wmdc.edu/slm/student/521mc/carlsonp/webquest1.htm
3.
The Moral
Of The Story Is?: Students will read Aesop’s fables and
create one of their own using PowerPoint. http://wwwfac.wmdc.edu/slm/student/521mc/jordanj/webquest.htm
4.
You Go Girl! - In honor of Women's History month I created a
Web-quest for intermediate students. The students are asked to choose one
Famous American Woman, research her using the links provided, and create
a Power Point Presentation. http://wwwfac.wmdc.edu/slm/student/521mc/moncakc/march.html
Web Drop-ins
1.Study
the Planets - This
child-friendly activity will enable students to examine their prior knowledge
of planets and explore new facts.
2. Aesop – Enjoy reading a fable of your choice
and explain what the moral of the fable it.
3. Time
Zones – With this activity, you
will read, analyze, and critique an United States Time Zone Map.
4. Researching
Maryland – This activity will
help students to evaluate which web sites will be best to use when researching
their state of Maryland.
5.Timelines
and Data – Students will learn
to read a set of data and represent it on a timeline.
6.Current Events Research – Students read a current event article, record the 5 W’s on a worksheet and summarize the article.
7. Researching
and comparing MD
– Students
will research MD and another state. Drawing and writing go hand in hand with
this activity
8.Giggle Poetry with Bruce Lansky - This
activity introduces students to Bruce Lansky and helps them learn to write
humorous poetry. http://wwwfac.wmdc.edu/slm/student/521mc/carlsonp/dropin5.htm
Teacher and Parent
Resources
1.Web Link Bibliography – A collection of sites to enhance Maryland’s fourth grade learning objectives.
2.Lesson
Plan Bibliography – A collection
of lesson plan sites with a great selection of motivating lesson plans.
3. Worksheet
Bibliography – A collection of
sites with printable worksheets for intermediate grade teachers.
4. Teacher
Made Web Page Critiques – A
critique of 2 teacher web pages. (A second grade class and fourth grade class.)
5. Copyright
Law Scenarios – My evaluation of
whether certain scenarios are legal due to the latest copyright laws.
6. Translation
of Languages – It’s a small
world after all with the usage of these great websites that translate languages
at the click of a button.
7. Search Engine
Bibliography – After hours of
researching search engine, this is my collection of the "Best of the
Best" search engines to use by elementary educators.
8. Current Events – With this activity, teachers can
evaluate current event sites and create lesson plans on events that are
suitable for their students.
9. Educational
Online Games – With this
activity, teachers will critique and evaluate the usefulness of educational
online games for elementary grade students.
Safety on the Internet:
Informative
Letter to Parents about the Internet – created for parents of upper elementary students.
Teacher-Student-Parent
Agreement Internet Usage Form –
created for upper elementary students.
Pornography,
OOPS! Plan – An instructional
and informative tool to help guide students on what to do if they come across a
pornographic Internet site.