30 Minutes In The Lab
What to do with…30 Minutes in the Lab??
Oh, the things we can do!! Just give us a try!
Idea Starters:
Teach the hardware! Students should know basic hardware components and how the computer works. Need help? Visit www.intel.com for great educational graphics and explanations.
Teach the software!
- Word: explore fonts, size, centering, inserting graphics, printing, saving
- Excel: create graphs, do calculations, set up datasheets, create databases
- PowerPoint: create patriotic presentations, state presentations, advertisements
- Publisher: travel or informational brochures, signs, flyers, basic “draw” skills using the “pizza” layering method, license plates
- Kidspiration: water cycle diagrams, writing activities, booklets
Use the Internet:
- Curriculum related websites
- Drill and practice
- Explaining procedures
- Online field trips
- Online animation and story creation with tools like http://nfbkids.ca
- Keyboarding
- Vocabulary practice
- Research using www.answers.com or www.askkids.com
- Art
- Photo editing
- Post cards
- Photo fill ins from www.nationalgeographic.com
- Kaleidoscope from www.nationalgeographic.com
- Models from papertoys.com
- Print out gift boxes
- Listen to online stories
- Lemonade Stand economics
- Donate rice @ www.freerice.com, then graph class results and compare
- Simulation games
- Virtual microscopes, planetariums, science experiments
- Compose a poem or letter @ www.readwritethink.org
- Do a SMARTBoard activity, use a prebuilt or build your own
- Explore science themes @ http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
- Look at online versions of newspapers @ www.newseum.org
- Check the weather
- Watch videos @ www.teachertube.com or www.schooltube.com