Grade+6

Media Center Projects - 2014-15

KidBlog! Special Assignment Have you read The Morning Paper ?- Log into: http://www.mynewsonthego.com/thebcct/EPapers.aspx? Username: nie83909 Password: olgc Edmodo Classroom: https://edmo.do/j/csmp6a

Leisurely browse through the online Bucks County Courier Times newspaper. Look for a story or advertisement about a fundraiser or benefit that helps a good cause, person or organization. Read the article and pinpoint ideas that would relate to Open Microsoft WORD and right two paragraphs about the article you chose. Include the Title, Author, and Page where you found article.
 * First paragraph is a summary of the story.
 * Second paragraph - Choose one of the Beatitudes and write how it relates to the story from the newspaper.
 * Upload your Word Doc to your Blog.
 * Due: October 27th

Try Mad Libs Here! when you are finished your project ... [|Reading is Great!]

Glogster.com You are going to create an online poster on Internet Safety. Internet Safety Net Smartz Teens - [] NetSmartz Kids - http://www.netsmartzkids.org/

**Learn about the Dewey Decimal System and the Library.** Click here for a fun website to find your way around the library. [|"Do We" Really Know Dewey?]

Media Class March 27 - On Your Blog Today! Your assignment is to take a Screen shot of your computer. Paste it into Microsoft Paint and Save as jpeg. You will then go to your Blog and Post your Screen shot and write about what you did in Media Center and how it enhanced your technology education

An Hour of Code  - Learn how to do coding through the Khan Academy.

[|Click here to learn more about coding.] [|Handout Graph Paper] [|Code Cheat Sheet]

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Happy Thanksgiving!!! What's For Dinner??

You are having the entire family over for Thanksgiving Dinner. What will you serve, how much do you need, and most important what will this dinner cost??? To solve these daunting questions, **you will plan a dinner to include a turkey and all the fixins - 10 items in all.** Research your favorite food store to find the cost of each item. Then, open Microsoft Excel, list your items and their costs, and find the total of your Thanksgiving dinner.

[|Sample Excel Sheet]

Label Column Categories as follow:

Column A1 - **Item**

Column B1 - **Cost**

Column C1 - **Calories**


 * Skip row 2**


 * Place your first item on Column A Row 3** - another name for this is **Cell A3.**

Use these links to find the food prices:

Super Fresh - []

Path Mark - []

Wegmans - [|http://www.wegmans.com/]

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Library Research Links

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What can you do to prepare for different types of disasters? How will technology be used to prepare for natural disasters? Choose a non-fiction book on a natural disaster such as a hurricane, tornado, earthquake, blizzard, drought, avalanche, wildfire, or flood. Complete the Library Skills handout. Do research about your disaster. Use the Research links above for great information to include in your multimedia presentation - PowerPoint or PhotoStory. [|How do thunderstorms form?]

Bucks County Courier Times - Daily news and current events [|Newspaper for FREE!]

Use Audacity and microphones to do a live recording. Click below to listen to last year's News Reports on the events before and after the Earthquake. Listen to samples below from previous students : media type="file" key="GOOD knk news.wav" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="EARTH QUAKE.wav" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="cmj news radio.wav" width="300" height="50" // Click here to view locations of recent Earthquakes: // []

Plan a Trip to 7 Cities Around the World-How will you get there? What is the distance? How long will it take? Create a trip to the all the continents. Create a projection map in Microsoft Publisher, document your trip information using Microsoft Word. You will present on the interactive SmartBoard with your group to share your destinations and what you learned on your adventures around the world.
 * Trip Around the World **

December, 2012 We are "Photoshopping"!

Create a word wall in WORDLE!! using your vocabulary - Click here: []

Create an animation showing one of Newton's Law using [|goanimate.com]

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 * Nutrition Link: **

The Solar System Create a Power Point on the Planets. <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Be creative, add pictures and sound.

What do you want for Christmas? Make a list of 8 to 10 things you want for Christmas. Open Microsoft Excel. Put each item in a column. Research the cost of each item. Total it all up using Auto Sum. Then, you can send it to Santa. Merry Christmas!!!