Raise awareness about a project and recruit volunteers by creating a flyer in Google Drawings. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Show the plot structure of a narrative by creating a presentation in Google Slides. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Read an excerpt from Roald Amundsen's book, "My Life as an Explorer" where he describes his passage through the Northwest Passage. Learn what he learned from the Inuit people that helped him in future explorations.
In this five-part audio slide show Russell Potter talks about what has been found from the ill-fated Franklin expedition. He also puts the expedition in historical context with drawings and newspaper articles from the time.
On this site you can see a note left by a member of the ill-fated Franklin expedition and read a transcript of it.
This link has many tools to help understand the revolutionary sciences and discoveries in genetics.
Alien life is often theorized in many ways throughout popular culture. This site by the Public Broadcasting System attempts to shed light on the studies and exploration that are currently underway to uncover such life. This well rounded site also includes photographs, illustrations, and interactive activities.
Plan out activities for the season by organizing a spreadsheet. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
This is a mega search site. With five ways to search and byte-bots constantly scanning the Web, if it is out there, you should be able to find it here.
Learn and practice how to spell vocabulary words using a slideshow presentation. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Brainstorm classroom expectations and create a slideshow presentation about them. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Search biographical dictionary for famous people by using keywords or dates such as birth and death years, achievements, awards, literary or artistic works, or occupation and positions held. This is a Wikipedia type system where everyone can edit biographies or even create their own. L.9-10.4c References, L.11-12.4c References
Set goals and check-in points for the school year by writing an email to yourself, then scheduling it to send at a later date. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer shares his word processing tricks and tools for proofreading and editing a manuscript. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.6 Use technology to produce and publish writing
Learn how to write professional emails for specific workplace situations. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Share the results of a community project with an audience by creating a slideshow presentation. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
This site has 6 creative games to improve your vocabulary.
The Tree of Life Web Project contains information on living organisms including their history and characteristics. Over 3,000 web pages are linked together uniting all living things.
An article on the history of the search for the Northwest Passage. The discussion focuses on the reality that there is no Passage - only a history of brave people suffering incredible hardships to learn that the region was impassable after all. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
Conduct a successful job search using digital tools. Time to complete: 4-8 hours