After researching various human-made disasters such as the BP oil spill, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great Chicago Fire, students share their research in oral presentations. Then students pair up to compare and contrast their disasters using the Venn Diagram Student Interactive or the Venn diagram Mobile App.

After taking a field trip that students document using mobile app Instagram, students become new reporters as they use the interactive Printing Press to tell about their experiences.

Using a mobile app or Interactive activity, students write haikus describing various types of clouds that they have studied.

Students in grades 5 through 12 read and respond to electronic books by using e-book tools and features, including digital note-taking capabilities.

Using selected characters from a text of their choice, students put their literary analysis skills to work by creating fictional character trading cards.

Students use trading cards to examine fictional characters in a story.