INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT

4th grade activities!

 

1. site: Cool Math for Kids
http://coolmath4kids.com/

    A. click on 'lemonade stand' and set up your lemonade business.  In a
          sentence, tell me when/how you could use this in your classroom.

 

      B. click on another one of math topics on the front page.  List some specific
         ideas that you would use in your classroom.

 

2. site: Fact Finder for Kids
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html

           A. click on facts, and list one fact from South Carolina.

   

        B. List one fact from the state of California.

 

3. site: Brochure and Newspaper maker
http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=110&title=

        A. click on brochure- and make a quick brochure introducing yourself to the group.

    B. click on newspaper- and explore the options of possibilities for this. When would you be able to use this in your classroom?

 

4. site: Science animals
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/scianmials.html

        A. click on Ranger Rick games, explain 2 games that you played.

        B. click on Animal classification Jeopardy and play one round.

 

5. site: Map skills
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/sysm/landscapes/highlands_islands/mapskills/index.shtml

        A. Click on compass skills, follow the instructions and play the game. 
     B. Click on symbols and keys, follow the instructions and play the game.

 

6. site: Create a timeline
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/

        A. Create a brief horizontal time line of your life with 6 entries.
     B. What is a time in your class, where this would be beneficial?

 

7. site: Create a graph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

    A. Create a bar graph of the approx. temperature of the last 3 days.
   B. List the other types of graphs that you could make.
 

   

8. site: Virtual hip replacement surgery
http://www.edheads.org/activities/hip/index.htm

    A. Go through the hip replacement surgery.
   B. What would your students learn from this activity?
 

 

9. site: Online social studies
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/socst.html

    A. Click on 50 states. Look through the various options, which two would you find beneficial for teaching US regions?
 

  B. Click on maps.  Play Geonet.

 

10. site: Grammar and punctuation
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm

    A. Click on making sentences.  Describe two sentence building games that you played, and how it would be beneficial.

    B. Click on pronouns- take the pronoun quiz.