Social Studies

(The) Best Web Sites for Teachers

Publisher: Visions
Format: Mac 10.5/Win CD + Book
Grade: K-12

Best Web Sites for Teachers, 7th Edition. Designed for busy teachers, educators, students, parents, pre-service teachers, student teachers, and technology support specialists.

50 Quick & Easy Bundle (set of 6)

Publisher: Visions
Format: Mac 10.5/Win CD + Book
Grade: K-6

Enliven, enhance, and update your lessons by integrating the resources and tools found on the Internet and on the classroom computer. These books are full of fascinating ideas and resources that will inspire both teachers and students.

50 Quick & Easy Social Studies Computer Activities

Publisher: Visions
Format: Mac 10.5/Win CD + Book
Grade: 4-8

Enliven, enhance, and update your social studies lessons by integrating the resources and tools found on the Internet and on the classroom computer. This book is full of fascinating ideas and resources that will inspire both teachers and students. Includes "Tips and Shortcuts" - A quick reference for Microsoft Excel™ basics and Power Point™ tips.

Art Across the Curriculum Computer Activities

Publisher: Visions
Format: Mac 10.5/Win CD + Book
Grade: K-9

With Art Across the Curriculum Computer Activities students use Microsoft Office to enrich every student they teach with user-friendly and innovative art activities.
Art Across the Curriculum Computer Activities helps the K-8 teacher integrate art and technology into the classroom. These easy to use lesson plans expand and enrich the subjects educators are already teaching. Whether your classroom has two computers, or access to a computer lab, whether you have a closet full of art supplies or just a few trays of markers and colored pencils, this standards-based resource will enhance your teaching with great new ideas that will work for you!

Award Winning Digital Photography Projects

Publisher: Visions
Format: Mac 10.5/Win CD + Book
Grade: K-12

Award Winning Digital Photography Projects

Step-by-step instructions for doing great things with your pictures.

64 award winning ideas and projects for using digital photography and digital imaging in the classroom. Some of these are productivity ideas; others are curriculum-based projects. None of the projects described here require expensive camera equipment or difficult techniques. Each project includes a student worksheet written for students to use. There are tips on how to take better pictures in a chapter after the worksheets. The last chapter includes tips on how to import your pictures into the computer and insert them into various programs, such as PowerPoint, iMovie, or a Web page.

Classroom Activities with Scholastic Keys

Publisher: Visions
Format: Win CD + Book
Grade: Pre K-8

Classroom Activities with Scholastic Keys

Project-based activities for integrating Scholastic Keys into the classroom. The 50 primary lessons are designed to help teachers integrate Scholastic Keys and Microsoft Office into the classroom through carefully designed multimedia, multisensory, and project-based activities. Additionally, long-term activities are introduced to develop group and classroom collaboration.

Projects cover: Math, Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies all designed for Grades Pre-K through 3rd. Easily add or remove components of each activity to customize to your classroom and your students.

Community Construction Kit (new 2011 version)

Publisher: Tom Snyder
Format: Mac 10.5/Win CD
Grade: 1-6

Community Construction Kit

This easy-to-use tool enables students to design buildings on the computer and then turn them into 3-D paper cutouts. Students design scaled-down versions of communities from different historical periods or recreate their own towns.

Community Construction Kit meets New York State and National Standards.

Design, print, and build 3D models of homes and buildings from around the world and throughout history. Cut by hand OR send to the Silhouette digital fabricator to automatically fabricate cut & fold lines!

Crosscountry USA 2

Publisher: Ingenuity Works
Format: Mac 10.6/Win CD
Grade: 3-8

Students 'drive' an 18-wheel truck around the country picking up and delivering a variety of commodities. As they travel between any of 203 cities, they'll learn valuable skills including problem solving, map reading and decision making. On-screen maps, GPS navigation and a compass allow students to learn directions and plan the most efficient route. Students learn time management, decide when to eat and sleep, and watch road conditions.

Skill Development Includes:

  • Geographical literacy
  • Map reading
  • Decision making
  • Estimating
  • Problem solving
  • Survival math
  • Direction skills

 

Crosscountry USA Photo Safari

Publisher: Ingenuity Works
Format: Mac 10.6/Win CD
Grade: 1-3

Start your engines and set off on a photo safari! Children embark on a fascinating mission to find and photograph North American endangered animals. This simulation lets children drive a truck through every state and more than 100 cities in search of animals. Drive safely and staying healthy along the way is very important for a successful journey.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand animal habitats
  • Describe the appearance and behavior of animals
  • Discover what animals need to survive
  • Understand animal adaptations to different environments
  • Human impact on animals
  • Develop map reading skills
  • Locate states and capital cities
  • Relate consequences to actions
  • Develop decision making skills
  • Build problem solving skills
  • Develop direction skills
  • Relate temperature to real-life situations

Culture World-American History Bundle (set of 6)

Publisher: Visions
Format: Mac/Win CD
Grade: K-6

Culture World: American History Bundle
Discover, print, then BUILD your own colorful diorama!

Jump-start your History or Social Studies curriculum with this dynamic series of hands-on educational programs that introduce students to American history.

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