Sixth Grade in World History learned about the stories that cave paintings tell us about life during Paleolithic times. We spent some time creating our own cave paintings to show what we learned about life during the Stone Age!
Third grade students enjoyed learning with an OSMO, a unique accessory for the ipad. OSMO is designed specifically for children from 5 to 12 years of age. Third grade students loved it and were very engaged in all the learning activities they tried. The OSMO encourages learning in many areas; coding, creative thinking, logic, problem solving, confidence, engineering, spelling and math. OSMO brings real world and social play to the iPad, by transforming the space in front of the tablet into an interactive environment.
OSMO games are designed so that they can be played alone, or socially with friends, parents or teachers. OSMO in the classroom brings students together around an iPad and engages them to learn collaboratively. Unlike other tablet apps which can isolate students, OSMO inspires students to seek social interaction.
OSMO was created by a pair of ex-Googlers who, after having kids, decided to create a way of bringing real-world play back into the digital world and encourage social interaction, creative thinking and problem-solving. After 12 months, and several prototypes, they came up with OSMO and our third grade students are very glad they did.
Students in 5th grade learning all about text features in social studies using Quizlet Live. This is a team based learning game that helps students learn terms and definitions.
Fifth graders in Mrs. Christiansen’s classes learned that science is very much like a puzzle. There is always a problem to solve. Students learned the steps in the Scientific Method through a team effort in problem solving.
Mrs. Comer’s Enrichment classes have spent some time studying the Summer Olympic Games! The students did some research on where the Olympics have been held. They then used their Chromebooks to see how many miles away some of the cities were! You can imagine their excitement when they found out that Melbourne, Australia is 9,159 miles away from Fairbury!
In sixth grade social studies, our first chapter is about studying the distant past. One topic that we discuss is how archaeologists determine the ages of fossils and other prehistoric objects. One dating method is called carbon dating. In carbon dating, we learned that all living things absorb a kind of carbon called carbon-14. When organisms die, they stop absorbing this type of carbon. After death, the remaining carbon-14 starts to decay or disappear. This allows scientists to measure how much carbon-14 remains in a fossil and they use this measurement to determine how long it has been since the living thing died. We tried an experiment with a box, pennies and paperclips to see how carbon dating works! Students recorded their findings and we compared results!
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Fifth grade students in Mrs. Ruhnke’s class used Quizlet.live to get to know their new teacher. This program places students into teams and they work together to answer questions. The winning team is the first team to answer all the questions correctly in the shortest amount of time.
Kids are naturally creative. Whether they’re using pen and paper or a stylus and an iPad, kids find surprising ways to build, craft, and design. Help foster their interest in art, science, music, and construction by offering them a variety of tools to inspire and delight. These hand-selected educational apps, games, and websites each have the potential to unleash creativity, especially with the support of a parent or teacher. Have fun!
