Creativity Contract QR Code Scavenger Hunt

Discover the Water Cycle

What is the water cycle?

Diagram of the water cycle

Fill in your own water system diagram

Description of stages and activity pages

Bill Nye the Science Guy youtube video

Lesson Plan: Where does the water come from? 

As students progress through the activities, they will  be able to define the stages of the water cycle and draw a simple diagram. Many of these links reinforce one another so that the students are presented the same information in multiple ways.

Learning and Leading article used for all QR codes
QR codes made at unitaglive.com

Creativity Contract, SmartBoard Lesson Plan

In a few years I will be an elementary school teacher. I could not be happier to begin my career of changing lives. I took EDIT 2000 to help me utilize technology in my classroom. My knowledge and skills were very limited.  I am more confident in my progress, even though I still need help... a lot of help.

I chose to develop a SmartBoard lesson plan because of its practical use in my classroom. Starting out I had no idea how to use SmartBoard at all. I knew it would be a challenge, but that is exactly why I wanted to learn how to use it.

When writing lesson plans the first step is to always check the standards. I decided to tailor my lesson plan for first grade math. Once I had a general idea of the standards, I needed to brainstorm. I perused through explanations and examples of SmartBoard's capabilities. Now that I knew some of my options, I went back to the standards to figure out what I could teach well on the SmartBoard. I had a difficult time  in the beginning, but the more I worked with it, the easier SmartBoard became. At some points it was almost overwhelming that I had so many options. I used a lot of trial and error in my developmental process. My end result is exactly what I was hoping to achieve. This was just my first run with SmartBoard, but I look forward to improving with more practice.

Mac-Smart-Tutorial by K. Valentine

Smart Board Basics

QR Code for Right From the Heart Ministries

Daily Devotionals

QR codes... I honestly had no idea what this meant until recently. I noted the jumbled up icons all over campus. Well when I figured out QR codes work by scanning the code with an iPhone, I decided to give it a try. I was not sure at first what I wanted to my QR code to do. I used to get these daily devotionals sent to me, but I stopped in college when I had a million other emails. My mom forwarded me one the other day and I thought this would be perfect to share using a QR code. I hope you will find the site interesting and helpful!

I made my QR codes from unitaglive.com

Creativity and Innovation

Addition using Base Ten Blocks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leKwLyAF4Es&feature=youtu.be