Countries of Origin

Second grade students take a journey to their country of origin using Explain Everything on the iPad. First students demonstrate how to get to their country of origin by flying a plane starting in America. Next, students animate a famous landmark to show where it is located in the country. On the last leg of the journey, students impose a picture of themselves at their landmark and reveal an interesting fact.

Flower Animation

First grade students have been learning how to combine shapes in Google Drawing tools to create illustrations of anything imaginable. In this project, students are using those tools in Google Slides to create digital flip book animation to demonstrate the growth stages of a flower. Once a stage is created, the slide is duplicated creating the starting point for the next stage. When projects are completed, students use the Present mode and advance the slides to see the animation.

Fraction Games with Scratch

Students created a game based on a Scratch tutorial (scratch.mit.edu). Students learned how to use input commands to ask the player questions about fraction addition and subtraction. Correct answers could earn points or advance a character in some other way. Students learned how to use “if” statements to control game advancement based on the answer given.