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Ideas Incorporating
Information Technology
 

The following collections are ideas for activities, projects, or units of study for grades K-8.  Topics are either original or derived from ideas from other educators (including those from SCS Teachers and the Technology Teacher Leadership Institute, 2004).  

Please e-mail with comments or suggestions.  Thank you.

Table 1

Idea Collection 1 Idea Collection 2 Idea Collection 3
Idea Collection 4 Idea Collection 5  

Table 2
Ideas Grouped by Grade Level(s)

Grade Level(s) Idea Name Collection #
K-1 ABC Searching Idea Collection 1
K-8 Enhance the Fieldtrip Idea Collection 1
1-2 Alphabet Book Idea Collection 3
1-2 Birds Web Site Idea Collection 3
1-2 Getting to Know Me with Pictograms Idea Collection 1
3 Getting to Know Me with Pictograms Idea Collection 1
3 Whose Property Is It? Idea Collection 1
3-4 Creating an Insect: Did You Know? Idea Collection 4
3-4 Graphing Weather Idea Collection 3
3-4 Subject Category Searching Idea Collection 1
3-5 Create a Business Card Idea Collection 4
3-5 Making a Zoo Exhibit, Subject: Seven Habits Idea Collection 4
3-5 Monthly Math Scores Idea Collection 4
3-5 Travel Math and Geography- By Air Idea Collection 2
3-5 Travel Math and Geography - By Car Idea Collection 2
3-5 Vermont Agriculture and Products Idea Collection 4
3-5 Web Page Scavenger Hunt Idea Collection 4
3-6 Body Length Experiment Idea Collection 2
3-6 Family Tree Idea Collection 2
3-8 History of Fast Foods Idea Collection 1
3-8 Weather Database or Spreadsheet Activity Idea Collection 5
4 Digital Story Map Idea Collection 4
4 Underground Railroad Idea Collection 3
4 U.S. States Newsletter Idea Collection 3
4 Vermont Brochure Idea Collection 3
4-5 Whose Is It, Anyway? Idea Collection 1
4-5 Rating Web Sites Idea Collection 1
4-5 Exploring American Tall Tales Idea Collection 2
4-5 Snowflake Symmetry Idea Collection 2
4-5 Weather and Geography Idea Collection 3
5 Using Guided Web Sheets and Online Sources for Early European Explorers' Research Idea Collection 4
5-6 Where in the Worlds Weather Idea Collection 2
5-6 Oceans Multimedia Magazine Idea Collection 2
5-6 U.S. Studies: Capital Comparison Idea Collection 3
6-8 French Family Tree Idea Collection 3
7 French Research Project: People of Provence Idea Collection 5
7+ Chatting for Extra Credit Idea Collection 2
7-8 Time Travel to the Middle Ages Idea Collection 2
7-8 Using a Web Based Program Site to Integrate Technology in Math Idea Collection 2
8 French Research and PowerPoint Project: Cities Idea Collection 5

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Table 3
Ideas Grouped by Content Area

Content Area Grade Level(s) Idea Name Collection #
Content Neutral      
  K-8 Enhance the Fieldtrip Idea Collection 1
  7+ Chatting for Extra Credit Idea Collection 2
Art      
  1-2, 3 Getting to Know Me with Pictograms Idea Collection 1
  1-2 Birds Web Site Idea Collection 3
  1-2 Colonial American Slide Show Idea Collection 3
  3-5 Create a Business Card Idea Collection 4
  3-5 Making a Zoo Exhibit, Subject: Seven Habits Idea Collection 4
Language Arts      
  1-2, 3 Getting to Know Me with Pictograms Idea Collection 1
  K-1 ABC Searching Idea Collection 1
 

1-2

 Alphabet Book Idea Collection 3
  1-2 Birds Web Site Idea Collection 3
  1-2 Colonial American Slide Show Idea Collection 3
 

3-5

 Create a Business Card Idea Collection 4
 

3-4-5

 Vermont Agriculture and Products Idea Collection 4
 

3-5

 Web Page Scavenger Hunt Idea Collection 4
 

3-6

 Family Tree Idea Collection 2
 

4

 Digital Story Map Idea Collection 4
 

4

 Underground Railroad Idea Collection 3
 

4

 U.S. States Newsletter Idea Collection 3
 

4

 Vermont Brochure Idea Collection 3
 

4-5

 Exploring American Tall Tales Idea Collection 2
 

5

 Using Guided Web Sheets and Online Sources for Early European Explorers' Research Idea Collection 4
 

5-6

 Oceans Multimedia Magazine Idea Collection 2
Math      
  3-4 Graphing Weather Idea Collection 3
  3-5 Monthly Math Scores Idea Collection 4
  3-5 Travel Math and Geography- By Air Idea Collection 2
  3-5 Travel Math and Geography- By Car Idea Collection 2
  3-6 Body Length Experiment Idea Collection 2
  3-8 History of Fast Foods Idea Collection 1
  3-8 Weather Database or Spreadsheet Activity Idea Collection 5
  4-5 Snowflake Symmetry Idea Collection 2
  5-6 Where in the Worlds Weather Idea Collection 2
  7-8 Using a Web Based Program Site to Integrate Technology in Math Idea Collection 2
Non-Native Language      
  6-8 French Family Tree Idea Collection 3
  7 French Research Project: People of Provence Idea Collection 5
  8 French Research and PowerPoint Project: Cities Idea Collection 5
Nutrition      
  3-8 History of Fast Foods Idea Collection 1
Personal Development      
  1-2, 3 Getting to Know Me with Pictograms Idea Collection 1
  3 Whose Property Is It? Idea Collection 1
Problem Solving      
  1-2, 3 Getting to Know Me with Pictograms Idea Collection 1
  3-5 Travel Math and Geography- By Air Idea Collection 2
  3-5 Travel Math and Geography- By Car Idea Collection 2
Research Skills      
  3-4 Subject Category Searching Idea Collection 1
 

3-5

 Web Page Scavenger Hunt Idea Collection 4
  3-8 History of Fast Foods Idea Collection 1
  4-5 Whose Is It, Anyway? Idea Collection 1
  4-5 Rating Web Sites Idea Collection 1
Science      
  K-1 ABC Searching Idea Collection 1
  1-2 Birds Web Site Idea Collection 3
  3-4 Graphing Weather Idea Collection 3
  3-5 Making a Zoo Exhibit, Subject: Seven Habits Idea Collection 4
  3-8 Weather Database or Spreadsheet Activity Idea Collection 5
  4-5 Snowflake Symmetry Idea Collection 2
 

4-5

 Weather and Geography Idea Collection 3
 

5-6

 Oceans Multimedia Magazine Idea Collection 2
  5-6 Where in the Worlds Weather Idea Collection 2
Social Studies - includes Geography      
  1-2 Colonial American Slide Show Idea Collection 3
  3-4 Creating an Insect: Did You Know? Idea Collection 4
  3-5 Travel Math and Geography- By Air Idea Collection 2
  3-5 Travel Math and Geography- By Car Idea Collection 2
 

3-4-5

 Vermont Agriculture and Products Idea Collection 4
 

3-6

 Family Tree Idea Collection 2
  4 Underground Railroad Idea Collection 3
 

4

 U.S. States Newsletter Idea Collection 3
  4-5 Snowflake Symmetry Idea Collection 2
 

4-5

 Weather and Geography Idea Collection 3
  5 Using Guided Web Sheets and Online Sources for Early European Explorers' Research Idea Collection 4
  5-6 Where in the Worlds Weather Idea Collection 2
  5-6 U.S. Studies: Capital Comparison Idea Collection 3
  7-8 Time Travel to the Middle Ages Idea Collection 2
  8 French Research and PowerPoint Project: Cities Idea Collection 5

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