Educreations: Our Solar System

Science - 2nd Grade

Standard 2

Earth and Space Science. Students will gain an understanding of Earth and Space Science through the study of earth materials, celestial movement, and weather.

Educational Technology - (Grades 3-5)

Standard 4 

Use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, to remediate skill deficits, and to facilitate learning throughout the curriculum. (3)

ISTE Standards for Students

Empowered Learner

I use technology to set goals, work toward achieving them and demonstrate my learning.

Educreations is a great tool to use to reteach or to review things that have already been taught to the class. This tool can be great for math to have little step by step processes of how to do a problem when students are at home working on homework. I think this tool is a very good tool for teachers and can be used to help students learn something when they do not understand it because its step by step and the teacher talks the student through the process. 

emaze: What's inside the ocean?

Science - 1st Grade

Standard 4 

Life Science. Students will gain an understanding of Life Science through the study of changes in organisms over time and the nature of living things.

Objective 1

• Communicate observations about the similarities and differences between offspring and between populations. 
• Communicate observations about plants and animals, including humans, and how they resemble their parents. 
• Analyze the individual similarities and differences within and across larger groups. 

Educational Technology - (Grades 3-5)

Standard 5 

Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

ISTE Standards for Students

Knowledge Constructor

I critically select, evaluate and synthesize digital resources into a collection that reflects my learning and builds my knowledge.

Emaze is a way cool way to show a slide shows to students because it kind of turns the slides to life in a way. This is just a way to keep the students attention on what is being taught because students enjoy something that keeps them entertained. It is also a very easy tool to learn and can be taught to students I think starting in third grade and then the students can make presentations for the class to learn about something that interests them. I think this could be used daily in a classroom. 

EDpuzzle: Types of Rocks

Science - 2nd Grade

Standard 2 

Earth and Space Science. Students will gain an understanding of Earth and Space Science through the study of earth materials, celestial movement, and weather.

Objective 1
Describe the characteristics of different rocks.

• Explain how smaller rocks come from the breakage and weathering of larger rocks. 
• Describe rocks in terms of their parts (e.g. crystals, grains, cement). 
• Sort rocks based upon color, hardness, texture, layering, particle size and type (i.e. igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary). 

Educational Technology - (Grades 3-5)

Standard 5 

Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

ISTE Standards for Students

Knowledge Constructor 

I critically select, evaluate and synthesize digital resources into a collection that reflects my learning and builds my knowledge.

EDpuzzle is an amazing tool for teachers and I would highly recommend using it in the everyday classroom. This tool is a way to quiz students over a video that they are watching to make sure the students are paying attention and getting what they need to out of the video. It can also be used by students during a presentation if they want to make sure their classmates are paying attention. Teachers can use this as an activity in the classroom as well as a homework assignment. 

Google Slides: Life of A Butterfly

Science - 1st Grade

Standard 4 

Life Science. Students will gain an understanding of Life Science through the study of changes in organisms over time and the nature of living things.
Objective 2
Living things change and depend upon their environment to satisfy their basic needs.

• Make observations about living things and their environment using the five senses. 
• Identify how natural earth materials (e.g., food, water, air, light, and space), help to sustain plant and animal life. 
• Describe and model life cycles of living things. 

Educational Technology - (Grades 3-5)

Standard 6 

Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests. (4)

ISTE Standards for Students

Empowered Learning

I use technology to set goals, work toward achieving them and demonstrate my learning.

Google slides is just an amazing tool and can be used with just about any subject and can be used by just about ever age level. The higher the grade level the more complex the slide presentation can get but in the younger ages students can just put a few facts and a picture on a slide and thats all they really need. This tool is great and should be used in the classroom almost daily to mix up the ways teachers introduce new material. 

Animoto: States of the USA

Social Studies - 2nd Grade Standard 3  (Geography): Students will use geographic tools and skills to locate and describe places on earth. Objective 2 Demonstrate geographic skills on a map and a globe. Identify and use information on a map and on a globe (e.g., map key or legend, simple grid systems, physical features, compass rose).  Compare and contrast the difference between maps and globes.  Locate your city, the State of Utah, and the United States on a variety of maps or on a globe.  Locate and label the following on a map or a globe: the seven continents, the five oceans, the poles, and the equator.  Using a map or a globe, link cultures/nationalities within your community to their place of origin.  Educational Technology - (Grades 3-5) Standard 5  Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4) ISTE Standards for Students Knowledge Constructor I critically select, evaluate and synthesize digital resources into a collection that reflects my learning and builds my knowledge.

Animoto is a wonderful tool to teach students with or to have students teach one another. This tool is really simple and straight forward. Students above second grade would really benefit from having the opportunity to use this tool to teach one another. This is a way that students could show what they have learned by putting it into a video and explaining what they want the class to get from the video. This is an amazing tool that can be used for just about anything. 

Tiki-Toki: The First Sixteen Presidents of the United States

Social Studies - 2nd Grade

Standard 2 

(Citizenship): Students will recognize and practice civic responsibility in the community, state, and nation.
Objective 1

• Examine civic responsibility and demonstrate good citizenship.
• Describe characteristics of being a good citizen through the examples of historic figures and ordinary citizens. 
• Explain the benefits of being a U.S. citizen (e.g., responsibilities, freedoms, opportunities, and the importance of voting in free elections). 
• Identify and participate in a local civic activity. (e.g. community cleanup, recycling, walkathons, voting). 
• Identify state and national activities (e.g., voting, Pledge of Allegiance, holidays). 

Educational Technology - (Grades 3-5)

Standard 5 

Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

ISTE Standards for Students

Empowered Learner

I use technology to set goals, work toward achieving them and demonstrate my learning.

Tiki-Toki is a wonderful tool for teachers to show a timeline to students because it makes the time line very easy to read and understand. I think as a teacher I wouldn't have students below the fourth grade level work with Tiki-Toki because there are somethings with the website which could get difficult to explain to younger students. I think for the older grades this tool could help students make some amazing types of timelines from the timeline of a war to the timeline of someones life. I really think that this would be best for teachers to show students timelines in the younger grade because its just a different type of way of keeping the students engaged in what is being taught. 

The First Sixteen Presidents of the United States

Prezi: Author Report- Dr. Suess

English Language Arts Grade 4

Reading: Informational Text Standard 8 

Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.

Educational Technology - (Grades 3-5)

Standard 5

Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

ISTE Standards for Students

Knowledge Constructor

I critically select, evaluate and synthesize digital resources into a collection that reflects my learning and builds my knowledge

Prezi is a very easy to use resource but shouldn't be used with students under the 3 grade level. This can be used for making just about any projects such as a place for students to do reports on an author. This tool is a tool that can be used for presentations in the classroom to show students a subject in a whole different way. It will engage students more with the way the president brings up the next slide. 

Example: Dr. Suess 

Story Bird: Creating a story

English Language Arts Grade 2

Reading: Literature Standard 3 

Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Educational Technology - (Grades 3-5)

Standard 5 

Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

ISTE Standards for Students 

Creative Communicator

I communicate effectively and express myself creatively using different tools, styles, formats, and digital media. 

For this activity students will learn how to use their imagination to make a book that explains something, such as misbehaving, an adventure, or even a mystery. Story bird is very easy to use and can help students make amazing books. This is a tool that can be used by a teacher to either show students how to make a book or to explain a new  subject with students to help them get a new objective. It can also be just a fun website to let students just explore and to see what kind of stories they can come up with on their own. This tool really can let someones imagination go wild.

Here is an example of a book: The Misbehaving Little Hedgehog.

Youtube: The Four Seasons

Science- 2nd Grade

Standard 2 

Earth and Space Science. Students will gain an understanding of Earth and Space Science through the study of earth materials, celestial movement, and weather.
Objective 3
Observe, describe, and measure seasonal weather patterns and local variations.
Compare and contrast the seasonal weather patterns during the school year.
Analyze and interpret data such as temperatures in different locations and different times.

Educational Technology Grades 3-5

Standard 5 

Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

ISTE Standard for Students

Knowledge Constructor

I critically select, evaluate, and synthesize digital resources into a collection that reflects my learning and builds my knowledge.

   


Youtube is a tool that can be used for just about anything. It can really be used to expand a child's mind by teaching them through videos. These videos are ways to expand a child's knowledge on the four seasons and the weather that come with these seasons. I think this tool can be used with all grade levels.

For more videos about the four seasons and the weather in the seasons follow this link: The Four Season Channel.

Piktochart InfoGraphics: Civil War Time Line

Social Studies 5th Grade

Standard 3 

Students will understand the rights and responsibilities guaranteed in the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Objective 2 Assess how the US Constitution has been amended and interpreted over time, and the impact these amendments have had on the rights and responsibilities of citizens of the United States. 

Explain the significance of the Bill of Rights.
Identify how the rights of selected groups have changed and how the Constitution reflects those changes (e.g. women, enslaved people).
Analyze the impact of the Constitution on their lives today (e.g. freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, petition).

Social studies language students should know and use: constitution, confederation, preamble, legislative, executive, judicial, amendment, petition, assembly, check and balance

Benchmark: As the United States expanded westward, major issues, some of them from the first years of the nation, began to challenge the stability of the nation. As the nation expanded, issues of states rights, the institution of slavery, and economic development culminated in a Civil War. This war formally ended slavery and strengthened the power of the Federal government. The era after the Civil War was a time of major economic development and technological innovation.

Educational Technology - (Grades 3-5)

Standard 5 

Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

ISTE Standards for Students

Creative Communicator

I communicate effectively and express myself creatively using different tools, styles, formats, and digital media.

This project gives the students a in hand time line of the Civil War so that they can learn the main events that happened during the war. This also is a great website to have students make their own time lines or use it for other projects to explain a subject. This tool was pretty easy to understand but I wouldn't introduce it to students in grades younger then fourth. 

To access the preview of the actual time line click this: Civil War Piktochart Time Line

Todays Meet : Favorite Animal

Science 1st Grade

Standard 1 

The Processes of Science, Communication of Science, and the Nature of Science. Students will be able to apply scientific processes, communicate scientific ideas effectively, and understand the nature of science.
Objective 2

• Communicating Science: Communicating effectively using science language and reasoning: 
• Developing social interaction skills with peers. 
• Sharing ideas with peers. 
• Connecting ideas with reasons (evidence). 
• Using multiple methods of communicating reasons/evidence (verbal, charts, graphs). 

Educational Technology - (Grades 3-5)

Standard 6 

Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests. (4)

ISTE Standards for Students

Digital Citizen

I understand the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world.

For this class activity students will use Todays Meet to answer a question I have posted. Students will go on and submit their answer to the questions I posted on Todays Meet. Students will be able to see what others say and then share their opinions. After getting all the data from the students we will take the data and make a chart to see which animals were the favorites.

To access the questions follow this link: Todays Meet Class Activity.

Google Doc: Counting the Animals in the Zoo

Mathematics Grade 1

Standard 1.OA.3:OPERATIONS AND ALGEBRAIC THINKING 

Apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract. For example: If 8 + 3 = 11 is known, then 3 + 8 = 11 is also known. (Commutative property of addition.) To add 2 + 6 + 4, the second two numbers can be added to make a ten, so 2 + 6 + 4 = 2 + 10 =12. (Associative property of addition.) First grade students need not use formal terms for these properties.

Educational Technology - (Grades 3-5)

Standard 5 

Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

ISTE Standards for Students

Knowledge Constructor

I critically select, evaluate and synthesize digital resources into a collection that reflects my learning and builds my knowledge.

This class activity is a math activity that students have to count the number of animals in the zoo by adding the parents and the baby animals in each area of the zoo. Using a google doc for this activity is perfect because it makes making a worksheet for students to work on very easy. All students or teachers need to do is go to the link with the Google Doc and print off the worksheet.

To access the document on Google Docs: Counting the Animals in the Zoo.

Pinterest: Science - 1st Grade - Standard 2

This lesson is based on first grade science standard 2 objective 1. 

Standard 2
Objective 1:
Goes into details about investigating the natural world including rock, soil and water. According to UEN's standards these are what is covered:

• Observe, compare, describe, and sort components of soil by size, texture, and color. 
• Identify and describe a variety of natural sources of water, including streams, lakes, and oceans.
• Gather evidence about the uses of rocks, soil, and water. 

Educational Technology

Standard 5 

Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.

ISTE Standards for Students 

Empowered Learner 

I use technology to set goals, work toward achieving them and demonstrate my learning.

 I am going to use the pins I have saved in Pinterest in my classroom by using the activities, photos, and videos to help the students in my classroom further their education. I will use the pins as projects students will have to complete and while they complete the task they learn the objective that is being taught. Then I will have students use their own boards to find other ways to  find different sources of water, soil, and rocks.  

The pinterest board that has been talked about above can be found using this link: Rock, Soil, and Water Lesson Plan.