ASP Computer Activites: 2012

Monday, October 15, 2012

Election & Government Activities

Election 2012 Activities & Games

GAMES
Goverment Games

Election Challenge

INFORMATION
Interactive Tour Of White House

President Obama's Phone Number & E-Mail Address

ZOOM! Elections

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Spain Computer Activities

Spain

Located in Europe, Spain is separated from much of Europe by the Pyrenees Mountains. Northern cities boast wild architecture. The sunny south beckons to tourists. Read on to learn more about this land.

About the County

All About Spain

I Bet You Didn't Know....

Fun Spanish Facts

Spanish Explorers /Conquistadors

An Exploration Game For You!

Who Were The Conquistadors?

Get To Know The Explorers

When Did The Explores Live?

Learn Spanish

Numbers

Colors

Family

Greetings

Spanish Lynx (Iberian Lynx) – most endangered feline in the world

Read About The Lynx

Look At Pictures Of This Cool Cat

More Fun Facts About The Spanish Lynx

Even More Information!

Festivals: Running of the Bulls

Running With The Bulls...RRUUNN!

Other Sites

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/spain/

http://www.spain-info.com/index.html

http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/spain.html

Festivals: http://www.sispain.org/english/populati/fiestas.html

Trip Planning: http://www.gomadrid.com/

Contemporary Museum of Art in Barcelona: http://www.macba.cat/en/

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Eqypt Computer Activities

Eqypt

Egypt is one of the most populous countries in Africa and the Middle East. Monuments in Egypt such as the Giza pyramid complex and its Great Sphinx were constructed by its ancient civilization. Its ancient ruins, such as those ofMemphis, Thebes, and Karnak and the Valley of the Kings outside Luxor, are a significant focus of archaeological study. The tourism industry and the Red Sea Riviera employ about 12% of Egypt's workforce.

Learn More About The Country

Geography And Climate Of Eqypt

Kids Like You In Egypt

Arabic

Watch A Video About The Arabic Alphabet

Mummies

Monday, July 9, 2012

Monday July 9th, 2012 Activity!

Choose an activity and come get some supplies - Let's make the computer room our Olympic Village!

Create A Welcome/Peace/Values Wall
Have children create a wall display with images, quotes and pledges about friendshipCreate An Olympic

Art Exhibit
Have the children create images of what sportsmanship means to them. Group the images together and
title the exhibit “Welcome To The Athletes’ Village”

Create A Mural
Have the children work together to create a mural to exhibit what they have learned about the Olympic
games

Create A Welcome Wall
Give children a place to sign their name under the headline “Welcome To The After School Program”

Movie About Olympic Truce
http://getset.london2012.com/en/get-set-goes-global/get-set-for-the-olympic-truce/primary

History Behind Olympic Truce
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/truce.html

Values Expected Out Of Olympic Athletes Quiz
http://getset.london2012.com/en/resources/7-11/games-1-1/7-11-know-your-values

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Try Your Hand At....

Get Crafty - Get Inspired!

Scrap Fabric Necklaces
Make A Bunting For Your Room!
Make A Creature
Design A House
Make A Boo Boo Bag
Craft A Mobile

Monday, July 2, 2012

Time For The Olympics!

The Start Of It All:

How The Olympics Got Their Start

Learn Their Language With An Interactive Greek Alphabet

The Greek Alphabet Sure Does Look Different - Check It Out

Try Writing Your Name In Greek

Get To Know The Olympics:

A little About The Olympic Torch
Olympic Logos From The Past
Check Out The Olympic Mascot!.......And Then Make Your Own Mascot!

The Olympic Truce:

What Is The Olympic Truce?
Watch A Movie On The Olympic Truce

The 2012 Olympic Events & Athletes:

Keep Up To Date On Your Favorite Athletes
Help Us Figure Out Which Olympic Events To Watch

Computer Games!

Track And Field
Snot Put Throw - How On Earth Is This Related To The Olympics? This Is How (and it might help you get a high score)!
Pole Vault! - Get To Know The Physics Behind Pole Vaulting

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Looking To Earn Free Computer Time?

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How Does It Work?

Ask to use the computer during game time (12 p.m. - 1 p.m.) to complete challenges
Tell Ella what website you will be working on
Complete games/quizzes/challenges
Print out proof of your hard work, and give to Ella
This print out becomes your "ticket"
You may earn 30 min of free computer time, to use at any point DURING THAT DAY (So, if you do your challenges, and earn 15 min of free time, you need to use it that day. It won't carry over to another day)

Looking For Another Option?

Grab a buddy, a bag and hunt down some trash in your community. For Each piece of large trash (Size of a quarter or bigger) you pick up, you receive one minute of free computer time. To use ANY TIME IN AUGUST

Want More Computer Time? Here Are Some Ways To Earn It!

Complete one of these quizzes with a score of 80% or better, print out the results, and you will get 15 min of free computer time to use THAT DAY.
Print off a worksheet or two, and have fun!
15 min of compass learning (print out results to show you have completed work) = 15 min of free computer time
15 min of Khan Academy practice (print or show me how many challenges you completed) = 25 min of free computer time.
Spend 15 Min completing these cool challenges = 20 min of free computer time. Take your time and have fun!
Perhaps shapes are more your thing? Give it a go!
Money math, like a boss.
Jr. High Friends! You know what you need to do. Pick some of these activities for yourself and find a way to show me you did your work so we can make it your ticket
5th Grade Activites - You Pick

6th Grade Actives - You Pick

7th Grade Activies - You Pick

8th Grade Activities - You Pick

Monday, June 4, 2012

Botswana Computer Activities

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Botswana (Okavango Delta pictured above) is located in the southern part of Africa and is home to ~1.5 million people. 80% of the country is covered by desert, however, Botswana also happens to be home to many of the most beautiful safari destinations.

African Folklore

*All about African Storytelling Tradition*

Stories

The Heart Of The Monkey
How Death Came To Earth
The Spirit
Hare The Theif

Safari Games

Interactive Map
Critter Cam
Word Safari
Safari Time! (Super Fun!)
Safari Mash UP
Photo Safari
Photo Essays

Let's Plan A Trip To Botswana!

Make and share your own plans for visiting Botswana and we will post them here! Where would you want to go? Where would you want to eat? What would you wear? Include anything you want to - plan it with a friend or plan it alone, just have fun exploring the options.

Here is what Ella would want to do!
Duration: 6 Nights/7 Days
Regions Visited:

Okavango Delta (2 nights),
Moremi Game Reserve (2 nights)
Savute/Chobe National Park.

Activities Include:

Game drives
mokoro’s
game walks

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Awesome Kids Being Awesome

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Kids your age turning every day items and ideas into something amazing!

Lennon & Maisy putting Robyn to shame with only two butter dishes
A cardboard arcade that made over $2,000,000
Two weeks after this 9 year old started a food blog, her school started making changes in their school lunches
Go Abigail! She saw a need, and now is bringing happiness to hundreds.
At 9 years old, Winter created a triathlon team to help raise money for cancer research.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Japanese Shoji Screens

What is a Shoji Screen?
http://www.crayola.com/for-educators/lesson-plans/lesson-plan/simple-shoji-screen.aspx

Don't know what to put on your Shoji Screen? Here are some ideas for inspiration

Symbolic Animals in Japanese Culture: http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/japan/japanese-symbols-tiger-dragon-snake-rooster/1380
Colors: http://www.three-musketeers.net/mike/colors.html
Birds: http://janmstore.com/tsuru.html
Words: http://japanese.about.com/library/bl50kanji.htm

Friday, May 18, 2012

Teen Activities

Games:

Free Rice: http://freerice.com/category
Word Sushi: http://www.vocabsushi.com/

Videos:

Khan Academy (from homework help, to test prep to art) : http://www.khanacademy.org/

ASL | American Sign Language

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Hey!

A few of you have been interested in learning sign language signs, or wanted to know what a few of the ASL signs were. Here are some links to help you get those questions answered.

ASL Workbook (feel free to print it if you are going to be working on the courses):

http://www.start-american-sign-language.com/support-files/startasl_asl1_workbook.pdf

Start of the ASL Free Online Classes:

http://www.start-american-sign-language.com/learn-sign-language-asl.html

ASL Dictionary:

http://www.lifeprint.com/dictionary.htm

ASL Alphabet:

http://www.start-american-sign-language.com/american-sign-language-alphabet.html

Deaf Culture (facial expressions when signing, how/if speech is used, rules for behavior):

http://www.start-american-sign-language.com/deaf-culture.html

Thursday, May 10, 2012

May 15th, 2012 Activity Options

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TODAY'S ACTIVITY:

WE ARE CHOOSING AS A GROUP!

We can either have an original Origami contest. The person who makes the coolest, original origami piece, wins a homework reward card of their choice

-OR-

We can learn about, and write Haikus and have a poetry slam.
A Haiku: http://www.twodragonflies.com/4children.html | If you put your phrase in, this site will check to see how many syllables are in it! http://www.haikuwithteeth.com/index.php
Remember, Haikus are made up of three very short lines. The first line is 5 syllables, the second is 7 and the third is 5.

Example:

winter beach

an empty shell

holds the sound

-Peggy Lyles

The choice is up to you guys!

ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITIES:

Manga/Anime Activites:

Create your own Manga Character http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17219009
Create, draw and print your own Manga http://disney.go.com/create/apps/comiccreator/manga
Anime Character Creator http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/50078

Internet Scavenger Hunt Activites

Around The World Packet

Origami Activites

Origami Flower: http://mairuru.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-make-origami-lotus.html
Origami Fox Puppet: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-An-Easy-Origami-Fox-Puppet/

Okay really, anything you can think of, they have origami instructions for. If you can dream it, you can make it! Check this out! http://www.en.origami-club.com/fun/index.html

Art Activites

Make A Cherry Blossom Branch
Translate your name into Kanji and make a nameplate using the characters http://japanesetranslator.co.uk/dictionaries/your-name-in-japanese/
Let's publish your haikus on this site!