3rd Grade Earth Day PowerPoint Project

 

Resources

 

Microsoft PowerPoint

Inspiration Software

http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/mainmap.htm "Recycle City"

http://members.aol.com/kidz4peace/dinopals/earthday.htm "6 Simple Things You Can Do To Help"

http://www.pocanticohills.org/earthday/earthday.htm “Helpful Hints for Planet Earth”

 

Day 1

  1. Start page in Inspiration for taking notes.
  2. Create bubbles for Home, School, and Community and discuss using keywords when inserting information.
  3. Discuss the scoring rubric.

Day 2

  1. At their computers, open their Inspiration diagram and go http://www.pocanticohills.org/earthday/earthday.htm
  2. Read their book and put any relevant information in their Inspiration diagram.

Day 3

1.    Click on http://www.epatrol.org/ep-quiz.html

2.    Take E-Patrol quiz.

3.    Add any relevant information to Inspiration diagram. 

4.    Go to http://members.aol.com/kidz4peace/dinopals/earthday.htm and add facts to diagram.

Day 4 & 5

  1. Click on http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/mainmap.htm and explore Recycle City.
  2. Put any relevant information in their diagram.

Day 6

  1. Go to http://holidays.kaboose.com/earthday-cando.html
  2. Read An Earth Day Story:  What Can I Do? Read aloud leaving out words for the class to fill in.
  3. Discuss comprehension questions together. Open the Inspiration diagram and choose one item from each category that one could do. Change the text color to red for the three items that are chosen.  (Effect/Text Color)

Day 7 -12

  1. Together, start Title slide for PowerPoint project.
  2. Use outline view to make Titles of all the Pages (At Home, At School, In My Community)
  3. Open Inspiration and choose one bubble from each category.(Home, School, Community)
  4. Design PowerPoint project with a title slide and one slide from each category. (Home, School, Community)