Our extensive continent project introduces grade two to various software. The children draw and label their continent using Kid Pix. They label all the continents on a map using Hyperstudio. They research an ecosystem using Explorapedia and illustrate and explain their findings in StoryBook Weaver Deluxe. Basic information such as population and geography data of their selected continent is investigated using multimedia encyclopedias and summarized in Microsoft Word.
Students visit web sites on their continents printing pictures.
Grade two also investigates dinosaurs in our Dinosaur Quest. We complete an scavenger hunt using bookmarked web sites. Second grade then graphs the length of five dinosaurs using Microsoft Excel and each student creates a page of a class Dinosaur ABC book. Various classroom topics are extended in computer lab with third grade. Students participate in a scavenger hunt using NASA Project StarChild on the web.