Fourth Grade Technology Lessons
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These technology lessons will teach students how to work with various types of images, graphics, and video.
There are also technology projects and assignments designed to compliment and integrate into the 4th grade curriculum. In my computer lab there is an additional requirement that each completed technology lesson be uploaded and presented visually on each student's personal lab website. All software used is either freeware or opensource.
Working With Image Software:
Most of these lessons can be done in (1-2) 45 minute sessions.
Lesson One: Basic Photo Editing
Students will use an image editor to crop, lighten, darken, sharpen, resize and remove red eye from several photos.
Lesson Two: Labeling Images
Students will label and draw connections on a simple electrical circuit diagram.
Lesson Three: Speech Bubbles
Students learn to add speech bubbles to images by creating their own knock knock joke comic.
Lesson Four: Green Screen
Use the green screen / chroma key technique to put yourself in a completely different picture.
Lesson Five: Magic Wand
Use the magic wand to remove backgrounds without a green screen.
Lesson Six: Switch Heads
Switch your head onto another body.
Lesson Seven: Website Header
Make a custom website header for your website / blog.
Lesson Eight: Use Screen Capture to Make a Tutorial
Create a 3 step tutorial on how to use Microsoft clipart using screen captures.
Lesson Nine: Andy Warhol Pop Art
Create a Pop Art image of yourself in style of Andy Warhol
Gif Animations:
Lesson Ten: Animated GIFs
Create a simple animated gif.
Lesson Eleven: Animated Stick Figure Floatie
Creating smoother moving stick figure animations.
Video and Audio
Lesson Twelve: Creating Video Tutorials.
Createa a video tutorial using a free video screen capture program
Lesson Thirteen: Basic Video Editing
Add titles and credits to the screen tutorial above using Windows Movie Maker.
Lesson Fourteen: Editing Audio
4th Grade Assignments and Projects
PowerPoint
Research and present information about a planet.
Animal Adaptations - PowerPoint / Keynote ( Life Science )
Research and present information about an animal's adaptations.
Animal Adaptations - Armadillo - PowerPoint / Keynote ( Life Science )
Research and present information about armadillo adaptations.
Animal Adaptations - Coyote - PowerPoint / Keynote ( Life Science )
Research and present information about coyote adaptations.
Animal Adaptations - Porcupine - PowerPoint / Keynote ( Life Science )
Research and present information about porcupine adaptations.
Animal Adaptations - Raccoons - PowerPoint / Keynote ( Life Science )
Research and present information about raccoon adaptations.
Animal Adaptations - Roadrunner - PowerPoint / Keynote ( Life Science )
Research and present information about roadrunner adaptations.
Animal Adaptations - Skunk - PowerPoint / Keynote ( Life Science )
Research and present information about roadrunner adaptations.
Research and present information about California Chumash Indians, their homes, food and clothing.
Research and present information about California Hupa Indians, their homes, food and clothing.
California Miwok Indians PowerPoint
Research and present information about California Miwok Indians, their homes, food and clothing.
California Missions PowerPoint
Research and present past and current information about one of California' s Missions.
Research and present information about the forest, desert and water ecosystems.
Research and present information about food chain producers, consumers, and decomposers.
Research and present information about the food pyramid and fruits.
Research and present information about the food pyramid and grains.
Research and present information about the food pyramid and vegetables.
Students create their own energy pyramid
Inventors - PowerPoint (Physical Science)
Research and present information about an inventor and their inventions.
Research and present information about Hawaii's geography, history, and economy.
Research and present information about Maui's geography, history and economy.
Research and present information about Oahu's geography, history and economy.
Research and present information about the hot and dry desert ecosystem, plants and animals.
Research and present information about desert ecosystems, desert plants and desert animals.
Taiga Forest Ecosystem PowerPoint
Research and present information about Taiga forest ecosystems, plants and animals.
Temperate Forest Ecosystem PowerPoint
Research and present information about Temperate forest ecosystems, plants and animals.
Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem PowerPoint
Research and present information about the Tropical Rainforest ecosystem, plants and animals.
Research and present information about rocks and minerals.
Research and present information about igneous rocks.
Research and present information about minerals.
Research and present information about metamorphic rocks.
Research and present information about sedimentary rocks.
Mammals - Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores PowerPoint
Research and present information about the diet of each mammal type.
Research and present information about plant parts such as seeds, leaves, fruits, flowers, roots and stems.
Template for creating a tri-fold brochure
Excel
Create a simple chart
Create a bar chart
Create a simple expense budget with a chart.
Create a simple shopping budget with formulas and a chart.
Excel Lemonade Stand Expense Budget
Create a 6 month expense budget with formulas and chart.
Excel Line Chart for Identifying Trends / Patterns
Create a line chart showing annual temperature patterns for a major world city.
Excel for Sorting and Filtering Data
Sort and filter planetary data such as number of moons, rotation periods.
Internet Research
Learn to use Mapquest to find directions and travel time between two points.
Internet Martin Luther King Jr. Research
Students research facts about Martin Luther King's Jr.' s life, legacy, death, most famous speech.
Internet President's Day Research
Research facts about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Internet Weather Inventions Research
Research information about the anemometer, barometer, rain gauge, thermometer.
Graphics
Create a "Wanted" poster with your face on it.
Word
Autobiographical Poem Generator
Students use the generator to create their own autobiographical poem.
Students use the generator to create a personalized I am Poem.
Students create use the template to create a family tree.
Halloween Pumpkin Personification Poem Generator
Students use the generator to create a Halloween Poem
General purpose time line template
Time Line - New World Exploration
Students use the time line template to outline the exploration of the Americas.
Time Line - New World Exploration - England
Students use the time line template to outline England's exploration and settlement of the Americas.
Time Line - New World Exploration - Spain
Students use the time line template to outline Spain's exploration of the Americas.
Time Line - New World Exploration - France
Students use the time line template to outline France's exploration of the Americas.
Students use the time line template to outline major events in the life of Cesar Chavez.
My Life - Time Line Template 10 Years
Students use the time line template to arrange their important life events in chronological order.
Create a brochure about one of the California Regions.
We the People - Illustrating the Preamble
Illustrate and interpret the phrases of the preamble
Resources
Regional Map and research information about California's four regions.
Google Earth California Missions
Record a virtual tour flyby presentation of 4 California Missions with Google Earth.
Letter Writing Assignments
Typing Assignments
4-8 sessions
