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Order of Operations Stop Motion Movies
Mrs. Woodard reached out a few weeks ago about wanting to try Stop Motion movies with her students. I cringed slightly because she also mentioned Math, and I can’t lie 5th grade Math makes me nervous! She assured me if … Continue reading → Continue reading
Cat Toy Design: An Adventure in 3D Printing
The students in Mrs. Elsea’s 5th grade class have been working on a really cool 3D design challenge in Tinkercad. The original task was to create cat toys in Tinkercad that we could print and then donate to the SPCA … Continue reading → Continue reading
Braille Name Plates
The students in Ms. Stuckey’s 2nd Grade class at Montrose researched Helen Keller in the library. They read a book with their librarian, Ms. Driver, and also read through a leveled reader in RAZ Kids to gather information about Helen Keller. … Continue reading → Continue reading
Abolitionists
Fourth graders at Chamberlayne Elementary have been learning about the three abolitionists: John Brown, Nat Turner and Harriet Tubman. Yesterday students chose to take on the role as one of these abolitionists and were challenged to use the Dell Webcam … Continue reading → Continue reading
Our Shadows – Mrs. Gregory’s Kindergarten Class
Mrs. Gregory’s Kindergarten friends have been learning about shadows. When I arrived they told me that shadows are created by the sun, they stay with you outside and they are created when something blocks the sun. During our lesson we … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Animation: Using Pixie and iMovie
This student project from Alex, a third grade student in Mrs. Caird’s class at Short Pump Elementary, was created using Pixie and iMovie. Alex has worked on this project over the past few months doing a section at a time.…Read more → Continue reading
Explorer Needed!
Mrs. Turner’s students worked collaboratively to create their plea for their explorer to be chosen by King Caratachea. To see the full lesson plan visit the Henrico 21 site and download a copy. Mrs. Turner adapted the lesson by using…Read m… Continue reading
Solving Problems Three Ways
This video from the Teaching Channel highlights the importance of developing more than one way to solve a math problem. This can be easily incorporated into your Math lessons using video story problems for students to solve. For some video…Read m… Continue reading
When Does Your Digital Footprint Begin?
When does your digital footprint begin? This video made by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University helps illustrate where and when your digital footprint begins. Watch Andy’s story posted by Digital Natives @ Berkman… Continue reading
