Target Grade: 3rd
Key Concept: the types of clouds
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Grade:12
Objectives: the lesson will aid student in understanding the electoral process and relate knowledge to the 2008 presidential election.
lyonswooten-productivity-tools-project.zipSenior year in high school government class.
Students will learn how many electoral votes each state has. Students will learn the importance of voting in an election. Students will understand how a person becomes president and how many votes they need to become president.
How can productivity software be used for teaching and learning? Productivity software, such as Word Processing, can be used for teaching because it can quickly improve over time. It also helps younger children (kindergartners and first graders) improve their computer knowledge and ability. Students can also produce real, professional documents in the classroom, whereas before this technology came about they could not. Spellcheck and the thesaurus application also help students expand their vocabulary and help their spelling abilities. Other productivity software, like spreadsheets can also be helpful. Spreadsheets are great for manipulating math and science problems and understanding formulas. The spreadsheet application can also easily do decimals, percentages, and interest problems. But spreadsheets are not just for math and science, students can easily use them for social studies as well. For example, they could catalog population growth through the use of spreadsheets. Databases have been instrumental in education. Databases allow the user to compile, store, and manipulate huge amounts of statistics. I think technology is truly incredible and the more ways we can use it in our classrooms, the better.
Fourth grade
Objectives: Students will experience a brief introduction to Squanto and the Wampanoag tribe.