Amberly Media Center

First Grade — InfoCentre Bingo

• Schachner. SkippyJon Jones, Class Action.
• Schachner. SkippyJon Jones…Lost in Spice.

Second Grade–Library Games

Third Grade — Library Games

Fourth Grade–Michigan Field Trip

Fifthe Grade–BrainPop Technology

Virtual Mackinac
http://vm.mackinacparks.com/
Click on the blue and red map icon. Click on the Mackinac Island State Park Link. Click on the Location Information links to find answers to these three questions.

1. What does the name Mackinac mean in the Anishnaabe language?

2. How did the cave on the south side of the island get the name Devil’s Kitchen?

3. When was Arch Rock formed?

 Michigan Historical Museum
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-54463_18595_18596-54214–,00.html
Click on Mining.

4. Click on Copper Mining. How far away have Native American copper tools been found?

5. What is “float copper”?

6. Click on Iron Mining. Why did mining become more expensive in 1870?

7. What percentage (%) of the nation’s iron ore in 1890 was produced in Michigan?

Keweenaw Michigan Field Trip

http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/vft/mi4a.htm

 8.    Circle each of the copper crystal forms found in the Keweenaw Peninsula?

Stacked Cube                                        Flattened Cubic Copper Crystals

Fracture Filling                                   Copper Pearls                                            

Hollow Crystal                                   Statagmite Crystals          

Dendritic Growth                               Leaf Copper Crystals                   

Copper Amygdaloid Filling             Copper Wires                     

Half-Breed Slice                                 Beaver Crystals  

The Atoms Family
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/

Melting and Boiling
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/hotplate/index.html

Molecularium
http://www.molecularium.com/kidsite.html

States of Matter Game
http://www.scienceunleashed.ie/Games/States%20of%20Matter.swf

Study Jams-Solids, Liquids & Gases
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/studyjams/matter_states/

1st Grade : Finding Books with Infocentre

• Lin. Ling and Ting : Not Exactly the Same.

2nd Grade : SpongeBob Creature Powerpoints

3rd Grade : States of Matter Web Sites

4th Grade : Introducing GoogleDocs

5th Grade : Technology Jigsaw

First Grade–The Secrets of the Library

• Buzzeo. No T. Rex in the Library.
• Buzzeo. Our Librarian Won’t Tell Us Anything!

2011-2012 Issues:

Girls Around Me App a Reminder to Check Your Privacy Settings. Mercury News, 04/06/2012

Megaupload Busted as Piracy War Heats Up. Rolling Stone, February 3, 2012

Nine Ways to Protect Yourself From Computer Fraud. The SPEC, April 9, 2012

Pinterest’s Growth Comes Back to Earth. USA Today, March 30, 2012

2010-2011 Issues:

Online schools for kids? Junior Scholastic, March 2, 2009 v111 i13 p5(1)

Cybercrooks profit by ’squatting’ on brand names USA Today, May 11, 2009 p01B

Cyberbullying: technology is making bullying easier to do, and harder to escape Junior Scholastic, Nov 22, 2010 v113 i6 p6(3)

As PlayStation Network tries to get back online, Sony points to Anonymous   Guardian, May 5, 2011.

Pirate Bay Creators Get Jail in Copyright Crime Case Bloomberg News, April 17, 2009.

Official found iPhone GPS tracking system Charleston Daily Mail, May 6, 2011

Past Issues:

Cyber-Ethics: Pirates in the Classroom Science Activities   10-01-2004

Sued for a Song CURRENT EVENTS Oct. 10, 2003, pp. 1+

Kids Still Illegally Download Music TIME FOR KIDS May 19, 2004, n.p.

Out of Sync TEEN NEWSWEEK (Vol. 6, No. 23) April 11, 2005, pp. 7+

YouTube To Talk Copyright Infringement with Japan PC Magazine Online, Dec 20, 2006 pNA

First Grade : Roscoe Riley Rules

Second Grade : SpongeBob Research Powerpoint

Third Grade : Author Presentations with GoogleDocs

Fourth Grade : Prezi

Fifth Grade : Internet Issues

First Grade : Roscoe Riley Rules

Second Grade : SpongeBob Research Powerpoint

Third Grade : Author Presentations with GoogleDocs

Fourth Grade : Online Poetry

Fifth Grade : Book Spine Poetry