Instructional Technology
Grade 4 - 5th Six Weeks
Below are ideas for technology integration that support the 5th six weeks grading period in Grade 4. Contact your Technology Facilitator for assistance.
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| Math | ||
| Unit 9 | Geometric Figures | |
| Lesson # 1 | Lines and Angles | |
| Curriculum activity: | Identify and describe lines (parallel and intersecting including perpendicular) and angles (acute, obtuse, and right) using formal geometric language when given a tangram. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Flash Turtle: The Angle Game | |
| In Edclass activBook e671, students practice estimating angles using Flash Turtle, a simple turtle graphics program. | ||
| Technology idea 2 | Identify different types of Angles by the BBC | |
| Technology idea 3: | Guess the Random Angle | |
| Unit 9 | Geometric Figures | |
| Lesson # 2 | Two- and Three-Dimensional Figures | |
| Curriculum activity: | Name a polygon when given its particular attributes and identify a figure that coincides with the given
attributes of the polygon. Describe the particular attributes of a named geometric solid and identify a figure that coincides with the given |
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| Technology idea: | Identify and Draw Shapes 2 | |
| In edclass activBook e300, students use Microsoft Word to practice drawing shapes and then create a picture using a combination of all shapes. | ||
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| Unit 10 | Transformations | |
| Lesson # 1 | Transformations | |
| Curriculum activity: | Create a booklet in which all three transformations are sketched and and described. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Play with Tangrams | |
| In edClass activBook e393 students use virtual tangrams on the Word template. | ||
| Technology idea 2 | National Library of Virtual Manipulatives has the following interactive sites where students can demonstrate diferent transformations. | |
| Transformations by Reflection | ||
| Transformations by Rotation | ||
| Transformation by Translation | ||
| Unit 11 | Probability | |
| Lesson 1 | Combinations | |
| Curriculum activity: | Create a flip book to show all the possible combinations of a given problem situation. Use the flip book to show all the combinations in an organized list, a table, a tree diagram, and by using multiplication. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Latin Squares | |
| In edClass activBook e394, students use logical reasoning to explore patterns in puzzles. | ||
| Technology idea 2 | Rex's Design Store | |
| In edClass activBook e398, students help Rex decorate clothing items with different combinations. | ||
| Science | ||
| Unit 6 | Inherited and Learned Traits | |
| Lesson 1 | Inherited Traits | |
| Curriculum activity: | Sort trait/characteristics cards into inherited or learned behaviors and list two new learned behaviors and two new inherited traits. |
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| Technology idea: | Science NetLinks The Changing Cicada lesson is geared for grades K-2, but the e-sheet has photos of the cicadas life cycle that can be used as review of animal life cycles, but focusing on the inherited traits. |
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| Unit 6 | Inherited and Learned Traits | |
| Lesson 2 | Learned Behaviors | |
| Curriculum activity: | Sort trait/characteristics cards into inherited or learned behaviors and list two new learned behaviors and two new inherited traits. | |
| Technology idea: | Inherited vs. Learned Traits Jeopardy -Created by Jennifer Melton- Moseley Elementary |
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| Unit 7 | Characteristics for Survival | |
| Lesson 1 | Animal Adaptations | |
| Curriculum activity: | Select an animal and choose a new habitat to which the animal could possibly adapt. Describe why the animal might survive, and draw a picture to illustrate adaptations that may increase the organism’s chances of survival. | |
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| Unit 7 | Characteristics for Survival | |
| Lesson 2 | Plant Adaptations | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will create a poster board that has a drawing of their assigned plant. The student should research their plant and create a graphic display that illustrates the adaptations their plant makes to survive in their habitat. Students should be able to present their plant’s adaptations to the teacher and/or class orally or in writing. | |
| Technology idea: | Kid Pix Students draw their assigned plant in Kid Pix with all the same requirements as noted in Performance Indicator #1 within CSCOPE. After each student has completed this a class slide show can be put together for presentation. The slide show could be shown during open house. |
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