After researching various natural disasters, students share their findings with each other using glogs, or through poster presentations.
Glogging About Natural Disasters
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Sharing Information about Careers with Infographics
6 - 9
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Students research careers of their own choosing. Then using Piktochart, students create their own infographics to illustrate their research.
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Huge Mistakes that Led to Catastrophe: Learning about Human-made Disasters throughout History
5 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
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.
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Greetings from the Biomes of the World
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
To share their research on biomes, students use iPads to create postcards from all over the world.
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Getting Graphic with Alternative Energy Sources
7 - 12
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| Standard Lesson
After researching alternative sources of energy, students create online comic books to present their information.
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Trading Information about Minerals Through Trading Cards
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
Using the free Trading Cards Mobile App, students create trading cards to share properties of various minerals with their classmates and connect the use of minerals to their own lives.
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Poppin' Fun with Physical and Chemical Changes
6 - 9
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| Standard Lesson
Students will enjoy learning about physical and chemical changes as they turn their own photos into a narrated video using the iPad app SonicPics to illustrate (and eat) their results from a popcorn lab.
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A-B-C: It's Easy as 1-2-3 to Make Math Alphabet Books
4 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
Using the Alphabet Organizer app, students create alphabet books to review math terms.
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Finding Solutions to Food Waste: Persuasion in a Digital World
7 - 9
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Using various reading strategies and resources, students explore the issue of food waste. They also create persuasive arguments and blog posts examining this topic.