The Incas and Indesign

Some of the Spanish as a Second Language students created a booklet in Indesign to present the research that they did on the Incan civilization. Students learned how to use the master pages, as well as add graphics. The lesson took three class periods to complete.

Excel and pH

The 6th grade Science students created a lookup table in Excel that showed the pH values and other characteristics of a dozen different everyday substances. The students learned how to hide columns and how to use the VLOOKUP function. They also used conditional formatting to simulate a pH paper test.

Bibliographies and Word

Some of the 6th grade Language Arts used an online citation service Easybib to create bibliographic entries for their research. These entries were recorded in a Word document. The lesson took two class periods to complete.

Essay Writing and Criterion

The 7th grade Language Arts students answered a writing prompt called Thematic Essay in the online writing program, Criterion. This lesson took two class periods to complete.

Poetry and Illustrator

Some of the 6th grade Language Arts students used Illustrator to create a poster with a background, graphics and the text of a poem that they wrote. Students learned how to change the settings for gradients, characters and strokes. The lesson took two classes to complete.

Google Docs, Word and the Reformation

The 7th grade Social Studies students did research about some key figures of the Reformation and saved their notes in their Google Docs account. From there, they used Word to create a newspaper article that reported on the accomplishments of these people. Students used floating text boxes, styles, and word art to complete their article. This assignment took four class periods.

iMovie and Antoine de Saint-Exúpery

The 6th grade national Spanish students used a teacher made questionnaire to complete a webquest about the life of Antoine de Saint-Exúpery. Once they had all the information that they needed, the students created an iMovie file to which they added graphics, text and audio all related to de Saint-Exúpery's life. When the students finished, they exported their video in a format that could be sent to their teacher's shared folder. This lesson took four class periods to complete.