Jim's Wiki Page

 

 

Power Point Project

 

This project involves terms that are involved in finding the volume of a cylinder, and actually finding the volume with given dimensions. It would be used individually at the end of the unit on volume in our 5th Grade Everyday Math. Most students would be expected to get through this fairly quickly. I would use this as an assessment and training tool for students who haven't quite captured the concept in the classroom. It would be an excellent opportunity for tutoring and extra help also.

 

 

Volume of a Cylinder 2.ppt

 

 

Excel Project

 

This project involved creating an Excel file to use in the classroom. I chose a 50 States format where I listed the 50 states and provided certain pieces of information. The rest of the information will have to be provided by students. This will be an almost year long project. Certain parts of the day will be dedicated to the 50 States page. Each student will need to finish the sheet.

 

 

U.S. States.xls 

 

 

Kidspiration Project

 

Kidspiration allows me to create various projects for students to complete. I have created an example cause and effect project for students to observe.

 

Cause and Effect Example.kid

 

 

This is the blank page I created to have a cause and effect sample for my social studies class to use during our studies of the early colonies and how they came into existence. We start with the Mayflower passengers and why they decided to start a new colony.

 

      The Mayflower.kid

 

A Kidspiration page on the 13 original states. Students are asked to cut out the states and paste them in their Social Studies notebook for future reference.

 

     13 colonies.kid 

 

This is what the 13 colonies look like on Kidspiration moved together. There is no capabilty to rotate, and sizing is different. Students will just have to show a general geographical knowledge of where the states are located.

 

13 colonies together.kid 

 

 

 

Virtual Tour Sites

 

http://www.mountvernon.org/

 

A tour of George Washington's birthplace.

 

http://www.history.org/

 

Tour through the pages of colonial America

 

http://www.iditarod.com/

 

The official site of the Iditarod Race in Alaska

 

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/edres.html#back

 

Multiple "Back to School" sites.

 

http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp

 

Virtual tours of the human body, including the skeletal system.

 

http://www.elainefitzgerald.com/jeopardy.htm

 

Several Power Point Jeopardy games with a template to make your own.

 

http://technology.usd259.org/resources/whiteboards/smartlessons.htm

 

Several activities designed for the Smartboard. Need to have software loaded to view.

 

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

 

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

 

http://www.kathimitchell.com/colonial.htm

 

Plethora of sites related to colonial America

 

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/units/units_with_books.htm

 

Several book units with activities, tests, vocab, etc.

 

http://www.virtualjamestown.org/smith_voyages/jsmith_voyages.html

 

The voyages of John Smith.

 

 

                                                                 

 

Click this link to go to page two of my Wiki page and find my web quest.

 

 

 Web Quest