Brad Cloud

Solar System QR Code Scavenger Hunt by Brad Cloud Integrating technology into your teaching increases student engagement. Try this QR code activity today! This activity includes a table with 20 questions, 20 QR codes, and a place for each answer and point value of each correct answer. The QR codes allow students to visit a variety of web sites to explore our solar system.An answer key is also included. The basis for this scavenger hunt is the 6th grade TEK 6.11 A: Earth and space. The studen

Earth Science QR Code Scavenger Hunt by Brad Cloud Let your students go on a tour of the earth with this Earth Science QR code scavenger hunt! This PowerPoint activity is a great introduction to or culmination of the following Texas TEKS: 6.10 Earth and space. The student understands the structure of Earth, the rock cycle, and plate tectonics. The student is expected to: (A) build a model to illustrate the structural layers of Earth, including the inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, asthe

Food Chain QR Code Scavenger Hunt by Brad Cloud This QR Code scavenger hunt addresses the topic of energy transfer and acquisition through a food chain and a food web. The 12 questions posed direct students to consider energy flow and the players in this arena. Your student will love answering these questions by scanning the codes provided on each slide.

Famous Scientist QR Code Scavenger Hunt by Brad Cloud Download this PowerPoint slide show and have your students participate in this QR code scavenger hunt to learn about 11 world-changing scientists, including Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and Robert Goddard. Your students will learn about concepts such as gravity, radiation therapy, DNA, astronomy, and many others. This activity is sure to become the impetus for much discussion in your classroom, and besides, QR codes really

Solar System Research Guide by Brad Cloud This guide to Solar System research includes a chart that can be printed and given directly to students or saved to a shared drive for students to fill out digitally. Also included are questions for deeper delving into the intricacies of our Solar System. This is a great companion to my Solar System QR Code Scavenger Hunt!

Alternative Energy Research and Google Earth Tour by Brad Cloud This activity focuses on students exploring the use of alternative energies such as biofuels, solar energy, wind energy, biothermal energy, and hydropower. Students will be asked to present their understanding of alternative energies to their peers via a Google Earth tour. Links to video instructions, possible technology extensions, and web research resources are provided. This activity is based upon the 5th grade Texas TEKS: Ear

FDP Chart by Brad Cloud This excel doc contains a fillable FDP chart that will allow your students to check their own answers. When the correct answer is entered for either the Fractions, Decimals or Percent column, the cell will fill with yellow, and the font will turn bold and red. Great for a learning center or as a whole class demo of FDP charts. Use in your classroom or in the computer lab! There is an answer key included, so you may want to save a new version of it, and then delete the

Solar System SMART Notebook Lesson by Brad Cloud This SMART notebook file contains 16 slides. The slides vary in content from a posed question that can be researched with by scanning a QR code and following the link to slides that contain questions that require interactive gestures to answer. There is also one slide that has an embedded YouTube video that compares and contrasts the sizes of various heavenly bodies in the greater Universe.

Percentage Completion Excel Document by Brad Cloud This Excel doc will automatically display a percentage for you. The formula is already entered and ready to go. I used to use this type of document to run a contest between all the periods I taught. I would keep track of how many students in each class finished homework or turned in a particular form, etc. I would then use the opportunity to discuss percentages and averages. The document contains a sheet for each period of the day (1-8), a t

How to Use Blabberize - Video by Brad Cloud This video will show you how to use Blabberize.com (a free website that requires a login). Blabberize offers the user a way to upload a picture, give the picture a moving mouth, and record or upload audio that will closely sync with the movements of the "mouth" on the picture. This would be great for teachers to use when introducing a new unit, or when asking students to present something to the class. Have Fun! Note: You may need to download Rea