Monday, May 03, 2010

Create Your Own Story Comic

  1. MUST be school appropriate (NO blood, guts, dying, etc)
  2. MUST be original story (Can be based on Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Adventure, etc)
  3. 2-3 characters
  4. 2 major story events
  5. Problem must be solved by end of comic.
  6. 18-20 Slides
  7. Draw on paper first. Then draw in paint.
  8. After we're done drawing we will put all of this into comic life

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Agricultural Sales In The US-6th Grade

We're going to create a cylinder bar graph using the data on Ag Sales in the United States.

Agricultural Sales Instructions

Monday, April 26, 2010

Cotton Production before Civil War-6th

Your next project will cover how the cotton production in this economy was before we went into the Civil War.

Cotton Instructions
Biomes-5th Grade

Excel Project #2 will cover the temps and precipitation of the worlds biomes. You will be creating a line chart with markers to show the data.

Biome Instructions

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Topographic Profile Mapping-6th Grade

In this assignment we will be charting the elevation of Kent Hollow.

Kent Hollow Instructions

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The Titanic-6th Grade

We will be creating a cylinder chart based on sonar records for the Titanic.

Titanic Instruction sheet.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

The Stars-6th Grade

Our fourth project will be showing what the color of the stars means to how hot or cold the stars are.


The Stars

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

The Planets- 6th Grade

Here is our third projects compairing the size of the planets in our solar system to our own Earth.

Planets Instructions
Snack Shop-5th Grade

This will be your first of several excel spreadsheet projects. Like the sixth grade we will put all the ones we complete in the same save file. I've attached the directions so after the introduction you can get started.

Snack Shop Instructions

Monday, April 12, 2010

Climate Data- 6th Grade Excel Project #2

Here is project 2 for this Excel Unit. This time we will be creating a line chart using climate data from several US Cities.

Climate Data Instructions

Thursday, April 08, 2010

Average Length Of Daylight-6th Grade

Excel Project Phase 1

With this project we're going to start a chain of a few Excel projects helping us learn to better use this particular program. This project will allow us to look at the average length of daylight and create a bar chart.

I've attached the directions to this post so you can look at them while working on your computer.

Project Instructions

Monday, March 29, 2010

Famous Americans Comic-Life Project

  1. 2-3 Pictures
  2. Title with Name Of Person
  3. Background
  4. 6 Facts (1 can be birth date/place and date of death)
  5. Must see some creativity with Font Choices and Page Designs!

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Famous Events-6th Grade

PowerPoint


  • 17 Slides- 15 Informational Slides, 1 title, 1 Bibliography
  • 1 Picture Per Slide
  • Each Title Must be a question
  • 1-2 facts per slide to answer that question
  • If there is a video clip of your event we will try and insert it into the presentation.
  • All slides must have a transition
  • All pictures and text must have animation
  • Use Creativity for Slide Design and Font (Becareful of color choices when choosing these though as well as becareful of using transitions and animations)

Famous Events For You To Look Up:

If something you want to do isn't listed let me know what you want to do before starting!

World War I

World War II

Vietnam War

Industrial Revolution

Kennedy Assassination

Lincoln Assassination

Great Depression

Civil War

Columbus Discovers The New World

Revolutionary War

Attack On Pearl Harbor

Exodus Of The Jews from Egypt

Murder Of The Romanov Family

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Famous Americans-5th

PowerPoint Portion

  • 13 Slides- 11 Infomational Slides, 1 title, 1 Bibliography
  • 1 Picture Per Slide
  • Each Title Must be a question
  • 1-2 facts per slide to answer that question (Facts should be something similar to what made them famous or what impact did they have on America beyond on the usual this is when they where born.)
  • All slides must have a transition
  • All pictures and text must have animation
  • Use Creativity for Slide Design and Font (Becareful of color choices when choosing these though as well as becareful of using transitions and animations)
Comic Life Poster

  • 1-2 pictures on poster
  • 6-7 of your most important facts
  • Use of Creativity a MUST
Harry S. Truman

Wikipedia Article

White House Article

Truman Library

Susan B. Anthony

Wikipedia Article

Susan B. Anthony Dollar

Susan B. Anthony Article

Susan B. Anthony House

Susan B. Anthony Bio

Thomas Edison

Wikipedia Article

Official Thomas Edison Site

Inventions of Thomas Edison


Birthplace Museum

Benjamin Franklin

Wikipedia Article

Quick Bio

Thomas Jefferson

Wikipedia Article

White House Article

Monticello Article

John F. Kennedy

Wikipedia Article

White House Article


JFK Presidential Museum

JFK Biography


Martin Luther King Jr.

Wikipedia Article

Biography Article

King Center

Article On MLK

Enchanted Learning

Abraham Lincoln

Wikipedia Article

White House Article

Biography Article

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Site

George Washington

Wikipedia Article


White House Article On George Washington

Enchanted Learning On George Washington

Early America On George Washington


Muhammad Ali

Wikipedia Article

Ali Biography


Michael Jordan

Wikipedia Article

Jordan Biography

John Adams

Wikipedia Article

White House Article

Alexander Graham Bell

Wikipedia Article

Alexander Graham Bell.Org

About.Com Article

George Washington Carver

Wikipedia Article

Inventor Article

About.Com Article

Digital Collections Article

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Wikipedia Article

White House Article

FDR Library

Theodore Roosevelt

Wikipedia Article

White House Article

Theodor Roosevelt.Org

Theodore Roosevelt.Com

Here's a link to a site of other famous Americans you can choose from Famous Americans List

Tuesday, January 12, 2010