Student Technology Projects

Kindergarten Graphs (April - May)
Kindergarten students will be learning to use the software program called, Graph Club to share results of their data collection. They will create a graph showing the number of tanks and cages they counted for their Math at the Pet Shop project.

Grade 2 Gets Ready to Garden (May 09)
Second graders will be once again tending to our school butterfly gardens. In addition to planting flowers, students will be using computers to create their own garden related technology projects.

Grade 2 Weather Watchers (year long)
Students make daily weather observations and graph the results using a program called, Graph Club.

Grade 3 Crayfish Investigations (March - April)
3rd graders are exploring the science unit called, Structures of Life. In this unit they conduct investigations with crayfish and share their lab reports in an iMovie on SchoolTube.

Grade 3 Math at the Snack Shop (year long)
Third grade students are participating in an exciting real-world math project called Math at the Snack Shop. Students organize and operate a snack shop before school and practice making change as customers purchase their snacks. They also practice math skills by taking inventory each week and tallying what needs to be purchased for restocking. They track their sales and produce reports in Microsoft Excel to share with the class. Proceeds from the snack shop will go to our community partner Feed My Starving Children.
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Grade 4 Pond Study (year long)
4th grade students conduct a year long study of nearby Rice Lake. In December they participate in an online collaborative project called, Bucket Buddies to share their data with others. Listen to podcasts about their monthly trips to the pond at Radio on the Edge .

Grade 5 Colony Webquest (Feb - April 09)
Students are going back in time to learn what it was like to live in the colonial period. Using a webquest (online research adventure) created by the 5th grade teachers, students will research a topic and create a "glog" about the colonial times. Watch for them here in April!

Grade 6 Clay Animation (March -April)
6th graders begin to learn how animation works and create a clay animation to demonstrate a health or science concept.

Lake Study

All 4th graders participate in an Environmental Lake Study.

Investigations

All students conduct investigations during our fall project-based study of monarchs.

Digital Photography

6th grade photographers assist younger students with the digital camera.

Robotics

All 6th graders will participate in a robotics competition at Weaver Lake.