using technology to take science and social studies to new heights

Using Technology to Take Science

and Social

Studies to New

Heightspresented by Kim Nielson

The Great

Astronaut Race

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Neptune

Uranus

Saturn

Why new heights?

• going mainstream• 60/40

• for ALL students

build schema

add visual and kinesthetic learning•

TAKS

How can we keep up with the mainstream?

Modify

How can my students use a study guide?

living nonliving

District S.S. review

Our Study Guide

Even More New Heights

How can I incorporate more READING?

Create books using

PowerPoint

Print as handouts to

create smaller books

How can my students memorize all this stuff?

How can my students memorize all this stuff?

MARS M.V. Eats Mars candy. The sugar makes her Jump. She jumps so high that she jumps

over the S U N.

How can we make cool movies?

How can I integrate games and technology?

• templates

• easy moving games

PowerPoint

• create your own

SMART Board

• download

contact me!

Kim Nielson

kimberley.nielson@cfisd.net

check out… www.teacherhands.com

Pictures

• Images from Clipart.com and Microsoft Clip Art

• Scroll - www.kidsdomain.com• US map - enchantedlearning.com• 13 Colonies map -

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/colonies_nl.pdf

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War of 1812