Henrico Hometown Heroes – 4527
Summary Henrico Hometown Heroes is a project in which the fifth grade students investigated the businesses, community/service groups, local leaders, and Henrico citizens who make …
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Advertisement Commercial Project
Summary Once the class has finished their unit on introduction to news broadcast, journalism, and advertisement, the class is assigned an advertisement project where students …
Helping the Homeless
Summary Students read part of the novel Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli and non-fiction articles about lives of homeless people and agencies that help the …
It’s Showtime! Fireside Chatting with FDR and Obama
Summary During this lesson, students will review communicat Nions from two famous Presidents. They will then work in pairs to develop their own speech. One …
On-The-Go Animal Guides
Summary Families visiting Three Lakes Park have an interactive way to learn more about the animals they see in the nature center thanks to third …
Saving the World with Circular Measurements
Summary This lesson involves the hypothetical destruction of Richmond, Virginia, due to a nuclear weapon and the impending zombie apocalypse that occurs because of this …
Presenting the Fabulous Famous Americans!
Summary Third graders’ curiosity was piqued after learning about various Famous Americans. To discover more, they researched using a variety of search engines. They used …
Don’t Get Eaten!
Summary Students created their own blogs about an animal of their choice using Instablogg and a variety of other web tools. Topics included on the …
Reporting Live from Jamestown
Summary In groups of 2-3 students, the fourth graders will choose a topic about Jamestown to research. Students will use search engines such as Ask …
The Great EGGscape
Summary This project requires students to research an inventor or scientist, create a multimedia presentation to share their research findings, design and create an invention …