Grades 1-3 Tech: Celebrating Earth Day with Kidpix

What does Earth Day mean to you?  How can we help other kids appreciate our Earth!  Use Kidpix to draw a picture for Earth Day.  Write at least one sentence about what we can do to help keep our Earth healthy and beautiful.

RULES FOR KIDPIX_ You may save all your drawings onto your desktop.  You may only print two drawings to the color printer.  Ask an adult if it is okay to print before you hit that print button!

Earth Day might be on April 22, but you can celebrate anytime! Click here to take this quiz to find out how green you are.


Still interested?  Click here to learn about some endangered ecosystems.

Grade 4/5 Earth Day and Learning how to use Google Drawing

 Today you are going to learn how to use Google Drawing by playing with the features. Create a poster about Earth Day using images, shapes and text to show what it means.
You need to do the following in Drawing (final product needs to include these)
 ________ Add 3 images
 ________ Add text box
 ________ Add at least 2 different shapes
 ________ Put some text inside one of the shapes
 ________ Fill in one text box with color
________  Fill in one shape with color
________ Use one other feature of Google Drawing:___________________________

Earth Day might be on April 22, but you can celebrate anytime! Click here to take this quiz to find out how green you are.


Still interested?  Click here to learn about some endangered ecosystems.

Grades 2 & 3: Learning about Habitats-The Rainforest

You finished your Arctic research and presentation.  Now you are going to learn more about The Rainforest.  You will research The Rainforest and find at least TWO interesting facts about The Rainforest.  Then choose an animal that lives in The Rainforest.  Research that animal and find at least TWO interesting and important facts about your animal.  Once you have completed your research and the graphic organizer, you may make two slides on our Rainforest Presentation!

Click here to print out a copy of your research graphic organizer
Click here to go to our Rainforest Presentation 
Sadie's Habitat Presentation

Sites to use for your research:

Kids Corner-Rainforest Alliance
Tropical Rainforests
National Geographic for Kids:  15 Cool Things to Know about Rainforests

 

Journey to a tropical rainforest in this video--

1st Grade: Our Animal Book

 Today we are going to make our Animal Book.  First you will need to log in to your Google Drive account.  Click here to go to the log in page for Google. 

 Ms. Casassa will give you the log in information during tech class.

Click here to go to our animal book!

Science Activities for Grade 1: Learning about Animals and their Habitats

Learn about animals and their habitats and habits by playing Switch Zoo!  Click here to start making your own animals.














Ready to learn more?  Click here to read about your favorite animals. 
Your task: You have been selected to be the zookeeper at a brand new zoo. Your job is to care for three animals of your choosing. You need to design living spaces that match the real life habitat of the animals. You must also make sure the animals are safe and properly fed. Click here for a copy of the questions.

More places to explore:  The National Geographic Young Explorer has interesting articles too.  Click here to read about beavers

Grade 4 & 5: The Iditarod

The Iditarod:  Race Across Alaska

Click the links below to learn more about the Iditarod and what it was like to "Race Across Alaska."
Be A Musher: Ladies and gentlemen, start your dogs! You're about to take a sled race through southern Alaska. Which path will you take to get to the finish line?

The Serum Run:

Explore the Trails
The Iditarod trail is full of twists and turns, steep banks, icy hills, and long stretches across the tundra. The trail used in odd-numbered years differs from the one used in even-numbered years. Explore the Iditarod 2011 route and checkpoints. Compare it to the trail used in even-numbered years.

Want to learn more?
The Iditarod- the official site of the Iditarod.  Explore and learn all about the race and dogs.

Grade 1: Learning about Clouds

Click here to watch the Brainpop video on Clouds.  We will be completing the map activity about clouds together.

Brainpop Login
lmacdonad1
barnardschool219



 Interested in learning more about weather?  Here are some other sites to explore.
Scholastic Interactive Weather Maker
Scholastic Weather Watch
Wild Weather:  Cloud Gallery
Science Kids:  Introduction to clouds video
Sciencenetlinks:  Weather Patterns
Kids Connect:  Cloud Facts
Weather Wiz Kids:  Clouds
Weather Links