Grade+2+Projects

**Intro Activity - Mac Basics and About Me Inspiration (2 sessions - 45 minutes, 30 minutes)**

 * Kids are introduced to the lab, rules, macbasics, logging in
 * Students then use Photobooth to take a picture to put in the middle
 * Photo is dragged from Photobooth and added to Inspiration document.
 * Students then search through clip art and find 5 things that would tell us something about them.
 * If they have time, students can write about the images they selected.

Keynote Introduction

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**Communities (Social Studies)**
Lesson 1: **Our Cool School** - Scavenger Hunt with Neighborhood Map Machine (1 session - 45 minutes)
 * Show students how to navigate the SAS campus scavenger hunt.
 * Students read the clues and go to the correct location. They fill in the tracking sheet as they go.
 * Our Cool School tracking sheet

Lesson 2: **Create your own community maps with Neighborhood Map Machine** (2 sessions - 45 minutes each) Planning Sheet from 2RV
 * Students brainstorm and design initial maps in the classroom with their teacher. They come to the lab with a plan for their community.
 * Show tools - roads (label roads), buildings, water, grass, etc.
 * Add title to map and work on map.
 * Print in black and white to share with classmate (optional)
 * Second session - show symbols and how to print.

**Intro to Air and Weather Unit - 20/20/20 (Science)**
Temperature brainpop and take easy quiz as a class Recorded freezing, boiling and body temperatures Dress the Bear Activity __[]__ Design Your Own Cloud __[]__

Science Launch Planning Sheet

**Air and Weather Project (Science)**

 * Process**:
 * Students are divided into teams of two based on a weather word.
 * Each student creates one piece of artwork using kidpix (or another medium and picture is scanned)
 * One student from the team writes a realistic fiction piece about that weather word and the other student writes a nonfiction piece (3 - 5 facts) about that weather word. Some students may choose to do outside research as an extension.
 * Students are then filmed in the green screen room reading their written piece. The students should have final versions of the story and have practiced their readings prior to coming to filming.
 * Once all students are filmed, videos and images are put in the student folder and they create a movie with their partner. If the teacher would like


 * Sessions** (3 sessions of one hour each for a total of 3 hours):

One and Two (1 hour each): Filming green screen while students create artwork in kidpix. Teacher helps with filming while TRF helps with kidpix. Kids go out in teams to do filming in green screen room.

Three (1 hour): Videos and images are on team computers. Students put movie together with their partner with instruction from TRF and assistance from TRF TA and classroom teacher.

Weather Project Planning Sheet (for teachers) 2VDay - Partners have weather word together. 2RV did a timeline on weather disasters to celebrate the centennial.

**Blogging**
Done differently in each classroom Options include - individual blogs, group blogs, class blog, commenting on teacher blog

**Holiday Calendar** (gift) - 1 session of 1 hour
Example of 2012 Calendar Template
 * Teachers put all pictures on a flash drive and TRF and TA add to iPhoto
 * Students use pictures to create a collage on a calendar template
 * Add frames to pictures
 * Print

**Graphing**
Other options -- add details via typing or voice.
 * Students create a graph in the classroom. Teachers do this differently. Some do a class graph and others do individual graphs where students gather information on their own.
 * Create sample graph
 * Edit symbols/add symbols
 * Change scale maximum, if necessary
 * Add data to charts
 * Add labels and title
 * Save to folder
 * Print

**Intro to Balance and Motion Unit - 20/20/20 (Science)**
[|BBC Forces in Action] - Truck Activity
 * Show students how to use this web site and do first few activities while filling in chart
 * Move to computers to finish individually
 * When finished, students can create their own [|roller coaster].

Worksheet for Forces in Action Activity Planning Sheet for Teachers

Other Online Activities for Balance and Motion [|New Forces BBC Activity] [|Balance Mobile Activity]

**China ABC**
In this activity, the students learn to extract key words from a research question, focusing on proper nouns, dates and other important words. They then enter these words into a search box, analyze the hits, revise their keywords if necessary, and then answer the original question. The students then go on an "Internet Scavenger Hunt" to practice this important skill. Keynote Introduction Searching Activity Worksheet
 * Lesson 1: Searching Scavenger Hunt (45 minutes)**

In this activity, the students learn to use [|KidsClick]! to conduct a directory search as they look for the words they want to use to represent the ABC's of China. They learn that a directory search may be a better way to search when you have a topic, but are not quite sure of the specific items you are searching for. The students fill in an ABC page with words about China that start with the different letters of the alphabet. Note: Find another option for directory search Brainstorming Sheet for Letters
 * Lesson 2: Finding the Alphabet of China using a Directory Search (45 minutes)**

In this activity, the students use [|AskKids!] and their keyword searching skills to find facts about the letter they are working on for the China ABC book. Each student must find four facts about the word they are researching. Note: Include more resources for searching Fact Gathering Sheet
 * Lesson 3: Researching the Different Letters (45 minutes)**

This lesson varies by class as the teachers like to use a variety of tools for the images they use for the book. Some of the students use KidPix to draw a picture to go with their word. They then export this picture for their page. Other students will create original art using a variety of mediums (chalk, pencil, etc.) and take a digital picture of their are. Others will research for images in the Internet. We like to use [|Creative Commons] for our Internet image searches.
 * Lesson 4: Creating Images for ABC Book (varies)**

In this series of lessons, students learn to use Keynote to create a presentation using text and graphics. They choose a template, add and edit their text, and add and edit their images. Some of the teachers also have their students record their voices for this project using the Keynote program.
 * Lesson 5, 6, 7: Using Keynote**

Reflection: Fact Monster: The Reference Desk on this site features a layout that is designed for easy fact-finding and includes timelines and an almanac, atlas, dictionary, and encyclopedia, as well as a Homework Center.

Sort google searches by reading level - Go to google.com->Click on Advanced Search->under the selection "Need More Tools?" use the drop down to select "show only basic results". Enter your search query and there you go, Google for Kids. Some hits might still be above reading level, but this is far superior to letting kids go crazy on Google.

Nonfiction Unit -- 2 Lessons
Show students BBC's Flying Penguin Video and discuss Use Web Detective Keynote to show students how to look for clues when reading nonfiction text online.Show students Web Detective Survey and go through questions using [|Secret Life of Jumping Slugs] website. Keynote Introduction Web Detective Evaluation Sheet
 * Lesson 1: Evaluating Web Sites** (45 minutes)

Students work in pairs to evaluate two of the following three websites. [|Mottled Roach] [|Rocknest Monster] [|Daisies] Regroup to discuss the features of these websites and tell students which were true and which were false.

Show keynote and discuss and compare nonfiction text features students have been studying in books. Look over example site [|Volcanoes].
 * Lesson 2: Reading Nonfiction Text Online** - (1 hour)

Students will edit their first "worksheet" online. This is new for them. Show students how to copy and paste text and show them how to fill in the table.

Regroup and review worksheet. Show students features from the web site that they may have missed. Review similarities and differences between reading nonfiction text in a book and nonfiction text online.

Plant Launch - 20/20/20 (Science)
For this activity, the students are divided into three groups and the groups rotate through three areas: classroom teacher, laptop lab (Kris), library (Gabby). Each session lasts about 25 minutes. For the tech session, we watch the Parts of a Plant video on Brainpop Jr. and we “take notes” together. The students find one fact about each of the following plant parts and then we review our notes together. Pause movie at end of each section Note Sheet for Plant Notes
 * Roots**: keep plant stable, take in water and nutrients from soil
 * Stem**: help nutrients get to rest of the plant, support the plant, help plant reach sunlight
 * Leaves**: take in sunlight and air to make food
 * Flowers**: make pollen to help make new plants, help plants make seeds and fruit
 * Seeds**: grow into new plants
 * Fruit**: protect seeds, help seed to travel via animals

After the review, the students go to my blog and do the [|Plant Labels] activity from crickweb in which they label parts of a plant, choose what a plant needs, and write three facts they learned from their notes. These are printed, proofread, and sent to the classroom teacher. If time permits, the students do [|Making a Plant Grow] activity from BBC.

Shanghai Goes Wild
This activities goes along with the nonfiction unit. Shanghai Goes Wild Wiki Planning Sheet Note: Directions should be simple and numbered. Use shapes and solid colors only.
 * Students create a monster/animal using KidPix focusing on simple shapes and solid colors only and export it as a jpg.
 * Students write directions in pages (using a numbered list) which get posted on the wiki.
 * The kids then recreate an animal based on directions written by a student in another classroom/school.

Math Measurement
In 3 groups, students go around campus and take pictures of examples of area, perimeter, and capacity. Students then bring images from digital camera to iphoto on their computer.
 * Session 1** (45 minutes):

Students bring their best image from each area and then describe what area the picture reflects and what unit of measurement would be best for this item. Add effects and print on A3 paper. Introduction Keynote (from Robyn) Math Template (comic life)
 * Session 2** (1 hour):

Mother's Day or Father's Day Cards
Template
 * In the classroom, teachers will have the kids write a note to their mom
 * Students create a picture for their mother in KidPix and export as jpg
 * They take two pictures of themselves using Photobooth
 * The picture and images are added to the card template
 * Students type in their message and print.

Market Day Posters
Students use a template from Pages to create a poster advertising their booth for market day. They can choose one of the templates from flyers. They find images on the Internet or draw them using KidPix to put in their poster.

End of Year Collage
Students use ComicLife to create a collage for the end of the year. They use a blank page and add pictures and frames as they like.