The Oregon Trail

Today, you are going to learn about the men and women of the frontier who traveled the Oregon trail.
Go to: http://www.virtualapple.org/oregontraildisk.html
When the game starts, press 2 and then press enter, to read about the journey. When you get finished with a page, press the space bar to go on to the next one.
After you read about the Oregon Trail, press 1 and then press enter, to begin the game.
Follow the instructions to choose your player (banker, carpenter, or farmer), enter the names of the people in your party, buy supplies, and enjoy the Oregon Trail!

2/11/10 - Animal Research Project: 3rd Grade

Check out National Geographic's website for facts about your animal.

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/a-to-z.html

Academic Junior High Decathlon - Photography

Try this quiz to see how much you know about famous photographers.
When you're finished, we will design a new quiz to cover this week's material.

Activity: Famous Photographers
URL: http://www.quia.com/rr/565713.html

decathlon Thursday 1/7/10

Try this brain teaser:

4 Men stole 4 Cars during 4 different times in the same day. We know who committed the crimes. For everything else we have only uncovered 3 clues, so we are stumped to who is responsible for what. We need your help.

This is what we know:

1. Carleton did not steal the Ferarri Enzo.
2. Carleton stole his car immediately before Pierson did, who stole his immediately before the Pagini Zonda was stolen.
3. Reynold stole the Dodge Viper, but he was not first.

Who stole what, and when?

Set up your own grid, and we'll check them at the end.

http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/20989/the-great-heist.html

Nuclear Radiation

Today we are going to talk about two types of radiation:
High level radiation - major doses of radiation; and
Low level radiation - smaller doses of radiation that are
present in our daily lives.

This video that explains one type of radiation that affects us on earth:
http://science.discovery.com/videos/100-greatest-discoveries-shorts-cosmic-radiation.html

Please read this article about electromagnetic magnetic radiation for more information:
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.energy.radsource/

3rd Grade - 10/20/09 - Learning How to Use Microsoft Word

Hi 3rd Graders!,
We are going to practice Copy and Paste, today, as well as formatting text with Bold, Italics, and Underline. Please copy (Ctrl + C) and Paste (Ctrl + V) the poem that you find at http://www.poetry4kids.com/poem-485.html into Microsoft Word. From there I will tell you what to do.

California Streaming

Let's check out some of the tools available from California Streaming.

To access California Streaming you need to log in at:
http://www.californiastreaming.org
On the left side, enter your user name (school email address) and password. You can check the remember me box, and you won't have to enter your information next time.

You can browse by Subjects, Content Standard, or Grade Level.
I have found Subjects to be the easiest and quickest way to find what you are interested in.

When you choose a topic, for example Ancient Civilizations (under Social Studies) you are given the option to specify by grade. Once you select your grade level, the results are shown in categories. First are the Digital Video results, next are Podcast results, Resources, and finally an Image library.

One very cool feature of this website is that students can record audio (for example book reviews, tutorials, radio shows, or plays) and post them for members of California Streaming (students and teachers) to listen to and review. This gives them an authentic audience for their work, and can motivate students to put in extra effort on assignments (knowing that they will be listened to, or viewed by others).

Here are some student published podcasts:
http://www.californiastreaming.org/podcasts/podcastDetail.aspx?pmpObjectId=8115