Technology Whiz

This is an awesome version of a Jeopardy Game made in Power Point. Great for review, test prep, centers, independent iPad work, smartboard activity (any device that you can play a Power Point.) Students will go through 30 questions for spelling, grammar, parts of speech, sentences, and capitalization. This Power Point contains fun sounds and transitions. Two Daily Doubles and Final Jeopardy are even part of the game. The point values disappear off the main category board after a question has bee

These are three Google Drawing files that you may make a copy and distribute via Google Classroom, or however you wish. You can use iPads, chromebooks, laptops, or computers for this activity, or you can print out. Students must find what's wrong with the pictures and list them or use the shapes to highlight or circle them. Great end of the year activity or to use right before Spring break! Keep them learning right up to the last day of school !

This is a printable PDF file with two links to view the google docs- one with the CER table for students to fill out, and one with examples and articles. You may make copies of the google docs and edit as you wish. Prompt and headings are given, while claim, evidence, reasoning, and counterargument areas to be filled in. Students will learn to support a claim with evidence and to extend that evidence with their own reasoning. This higher level thinking activity is based on a high interest topic

This Jeopardy Power Point has questions and answers for concepts involving force, motion, laws, and examples of those. Great for a preview of a unit, during unit reinforcement, or review! The Power Point is editable, so if you make a copy, you can use it as a template and change the answers and questions to go with any subject you are teaching, like math, social studies, computers, anything! CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the gr

This is a PDF file that contains a link to a document that can be used electronically and edited, or printed as-is. The students will use their internet search skills to research and hunt down certain fun facts about summer, and fill out a table with their information as they find it. It requires the students to keep track of the URLs where they found the information, as well as the key words that they used in their searches. There is an answer key provided in the last page of the file. Great f

This is an engaging Thanksgiving Web Quest in a PDF file with a link to a google doc of a web quest (or online scavenger hunt,) about Thanksgiving, past and present. They will find information about the Mayflower, Native American People, Pilgrims, and the Holiday itself. The file contains a link to an online version that you may access, make a copy and edit as you please. It also contains an answer key. Students will use their search skills or background knowledge to find the answers to the fill

Inquiry activity for use on Chromebooks, iPads, iPad, computer. Students will have a blast planning a vacation to another country using this easy to follow inquiry plan that has 7 different parts, taking about a week, total, or 3-4 hours, depending on how you teach it. I always start with a word-storm to introduce the topic and activate prior knowledge. Internet access is needed to find the info. These are Google Doc based assignments, so you can share via Google Classroom, but they can easily b

This editable Power Point is a Jeopardy Game about urban environmental issues such as making choices for energy usage, carbon footprint, renewable energy, fossil fuels, etc. It is in Question-Answer format, with answers explained on each answer slide for discussion while playing the game. Supports Common Core CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific ...context relevant to grades

This PDF printable file is a chart for students to fill in as they compare and contrast information gleaned from a video and a piece of text on the same topic. Although this pair of video and text is pictured, ANY topic can be used for this activity. This activity goes with CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.9 (Compare and contrast the information gained from ... video or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.) This file also has a link on the third page for you to acc

This is a Microsoft Word document containing a hyperlink to a Google Spreadsheet which contains a link to a screencast-o-matic screencast. It takes the student or teacher through the process of creating the sheet containing a series of organic, real world unit price problems that the students or classes generate themselves with guidance. The students enter a formula to calculate unit price for four packages of items. They will also know how to format certain cells as currency and normal numbers,

Slides for Lesson 1: Intro to Banking Lesson 2: Types of Accounts Lesson 3: Insurance, Interest, & Checks Appropriate for Personal Finance class for 7th grade, 8th grade, or high school level. You will need to add your own activities but this gives a great outline for what can be taught in a "banking" unit! Approximately 1-2 weeks depending on length of class and what you add.

These are Google docs which you may edit. (Click "file" and "make a copy" first.) Helps students plan and organize a research project about a celebrity and a charity that they support. Great activity for a computer lab setting, laptop, chrome book classroom or ipads. Kids love learning about their chosen celebrity and the charities that they support. This brings awareness to students about the many possibilities for people to help other people. Great discussions arise with this activity. Good on

Being an entrepreneur is something that many students are now considering, with so many possibilities at their fingertips these days! This is a great activity to see what other entrepreneurs before them have done. This is a PDF file of the worksheet, which at the end contains a link to Google doc which is able to be copied and edited online. The Google doc, of which you are welcomed to make a copy and/or edit for yourself and your students, is great for use on iPads, Chrome books, or computer

This Word document has a table containing images relating to Christmas in the left column. In the right column there are fill-in-the-blank sentences for the students to complete. Internet search skills can be practiced. Keep them engaged in learning right up until Christmas break! The holidays are a great time for internet search engine practice! Great for iPads, personal devices, netbooks, chromebooks, laptops, etc.

This is a PDF with a link to a Google Doc with the assignment on it. You will need to sign in and click “File” and then “Make a Copy.” Then you may edit and/ or distribute your copy to students via Google Classroom, or in any manner you wish. This is a great basics lesson on what 3D printers are, a little bit on how they work, and their uses. Students will watch a video or read, answer questions, reflect, and brainstorm. Great for iPad, chromebook, laptops, computer lab, end of year, last day o

Free CER Rubric This is a WORD doc that contains a link to a GOOGLE DOC PDF of a 4 point rubric for the CER, (or Claim, Evidence, Reasoning activities.) CER promotes critical thinking. Positive feedback appreciated.

This is a PDF with a link to a Google doc that you will make your own copy of, and may edit your copy and distribute as you wish. The Google doc has a table with questions for students to discuss and research, as well as an area to cite sources. These are great questions for students to ponder the affects that technology has on our lives. Students get a change to form and express their own conclusions about technology usage as it relates to their lives.

This is an engaging St Patrick's Day Web Quest or Scavenger Hunt in a PDF file that contains a link to a google doc of the web quest (or online scavenger hunt,) about St Patrick's Day fun facts, past and present. They will find information all about the Holiday itself. The file contains a link to an online version that you may access, make a copy and edit as you please. It also contains hyperlinks to kid-friendly websites to find answers. Students will use their search skills or background knowl

This is a Microsoft Word document containing a hyperlink to a Google Spreadsheet which contains a link to a screencast-o-matic screencast. It takes the student or teacher through the process of creating the sheet containing a list of expenses, using the SUM function to add it, making sure it adds up to the budget amount, and finally making a pie chart with percentages of each expense. Students will format cells, color, font size, and column width. Students will format cells to currency. This is

FREE Lesson Plan/ Activity! Monster Drawing Assignment- adapted from code.org, therefore I am not selling for profit, but offering this lesson free on TPT. 1. Students will decompose the problem by analyzing what all goes into making a monster- what features do each of the monsters possess? 2. Students will find patterns- what do the monsters have in common? 3. Students will abstract the differences. Students will use the Monster Catalog (linked at the top of their assignment,) to draw (in a Goo