Students compare their own hand/foot span to Shaquille O'Neal's, then graph the data & construct a best-fit line. They can then use the information to investigate the proportionality of the human body.
Students build bridges and test their strength to collect data and write an equation. The concept of slope is explored in this activity.
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section focuses on story mapping, which helps students put events of a story in sequential order.
Printable PDF file of a Story Mapping Worksheet. Students identify the main events in the beginning, middle, and end of a story. It is provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade.
Contains a map which shows the synagogues which were destroyed on Kristallnacht, Night of Broken Glass.
This site offers a detailed account of the liberation of the concentration camps by Allied forces and is accompanied by numerous photos, related website links, and video clips.
This site offers a timeline of the Jewish condemnation to Ghettos. While learning about the Ghetto experience, click on one of the many links to definitions, sound clips, pictures, or related websites. There is an abundance of detailed and amazing information, accompanied by lesson plans and an interactive quiz!
Printable, fifty-five page PDF file of a staff development manual containing strategies for teaching reading. Includes chapters on vocabulary, main ideas and supporting details, author's purpose, chronological order, plot and conflict resolution, cause and effect/ fact and opinion, compare and contrast, and organizing information. It is provided by a site designed to help prepare students for the fourth grade FCAT standardized reading test in Florida.
Teachers can use the information on the Timucua Indians either with the student handouts provided or within their own lesson designs. In addition to the materials on the Timucuas, there are resources available for a broad spectrum of other areas of Florida social studies.
Written primarily for students in grade 4, this site details how to create a two-column notetaking format. Provides a brief summary and a bibliographic reference.
Art and music were not exempt from receiving Hitler's influence during the holocaust. Here you can view Nazi approved art, art considered "degenerate," art from inside the camps and ghettos, and art inspired by the holocaust. This is a comprehensive site that has many resources including lesson plans.
Website containing links to various medieval poetry and poets including Dante, Chaucer, and other famous works.
This comprehensive project provides information on many aspects of the Holocaust. There is an excellent timeline with narrative, pictures, and web links. The People section provides a study of people involved in and affected by the Holocaust such as victims, perpetrators, and bystanders, through pictures, quotes, personal stories, and video clips. The Arts section includes commentary on the art, literature, and music of the times and provides clips of music condoned by the Nazi movement as well as music by the victims.
Students "go fishing" and use proportions to learn how estimating is used to determine the size of a population.
In this online activity use view tubes to collect data and determine the linear relationship and line of best fit.
Students use weight to collect data and investigate the linear relationship. This activity uses a graphing calculator.
Clickable network map shows information on the types and uses of networking hardware. Very basic introduction.