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TRL Title Description Author (s) Grade / Content Areas


Children with Diabetes in the Classroom

Students in the classroom will understand the disease, relate how lives are affected, and develop ways in which they can help classmates with diabetes.

Helen Davis, Nancy Elstner, and Pam Ross

 

Grades 2-5

Content Area:  Science, Language Arts, and Technology


Spiders

Students will investigate how spiders affect the environment and the ecosystem.

Robin deGraaf, Tara Hunter, and Angela Rocker

Grade 3-5

Content Area: Science and Technology

The Water Cycle

The students will use the Water Cycle as the basis for learning information about where water comes from, how it is used, and where it can be found.  The students will engage in various activities that will enhance these learning experiences such as experiments, art activities, and the use of various forms of technology.

Laniese Howard, Kristina Kallhoff, Paula O’Hearn, Ella Smith Grade:3 Content Area: Science and Technology
Weather Or Not-Hurricanes! Students will explore, investigate, track and complete a presentation on a hurricane or tropical storm. Martha Davis Grade: 3 Content Area: Social Studies, Science, and Technology
Animal Studies Students will work in collaborative groups and investigate animal characteristics, their habitats and basic needs using the Internet and library.  They will then make a power point presentation of their animals to educate the rest of the class.

M. George, Connie Roanh

 

Grades 3-4: Science/ Language Arts
Pendulums Swing Into Motion This lesson will teach the students to describe the relationship between energy, work, and force through the use of pendulums.  The results will be reported through an Excel graphing activity and a paragraph written and printed using a word-processing program.  Students will work in small groups and independently. Becki Quinnelly Grade 3: Science/Language Arts
“The Flight of the Bumblebee” In this unit, students will be divided into cooperative groups. They will use technology to demonstrate the life cycle of a plant. One group will be in charge of putting on a play to demonstrate the life cycle. Another group will be responsible for putting together a PowerPoint presentation and the last group will be using a digital camera to take photos of actual plants as they develop through the life cycle.

Julie Kaufman, Kimberly Westmoreland

Grade 3: Science
What are Fossils? In this lesson the students will view fossils and the way they are found and how they show evidence of prehistoric life. The students will then hunt for fossils and conduct an interview about the fossils being found in their community. Students will also use Kidspiration to web their ideas on fossils.

K. Harris, Angela Beech

 

Grade 3: Science