There is nothing more fun than tinkering and taking apart old and broken equipment and toys and creating something from it. Give a student an old phone or computer and have them take it apart. They can try to put it together again or create something new from the pieces. The students will see what these things look like inside and better understand how the equipment and toys work.

The REMC Association of Michigan, in collaboration with organizations across the state, has created a number of valuable resources to support you in teaching media literacy. (6)

Toony Tool is a free web tool that works on any device with a web browser. It allows students to be creative as they create their own cartoon/realistic scenes, comic scenes, posters or memes. It does not require a login. Pictures can be uploaded as well. Students can download or share their creations.

The Trading Card tool gives students an alternative way to demonstrate their literacy knowledge and skill when writing about popular culture texts or real world examples. This interactive allows students to create their own trading card about a real or fictional person, place, object, event, or abstract concept.

In order to show the world that the completed Brooklyn Bridge was strong enough, P.T. Barnum and his twenty-one elephants parade across to prove to everyone that the bridge is safe. The resource includes a lesson plan/book card, a design challenge, and copy of a design thinking journal that provide guidance on using the book to inspire students' curiosity for design thinking. Maker Challenge: Build a bridge between two tables or chairs that will hold one elephant per student in the class. Each student designs their own “elephant” using materials in the classroom.

A document is included in the resources folder that lists the complete standards-alignment for this book activity.

Students will learn about algorithms and how to create and follow step-by-step instructions when going through the code.org lessons.

Students will be able to learn about nouns by watching a Schoolhouse Rock video, A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing, with its catchy tune, then see instructional videos on the definition of nouns and how they are used in sentences. Finally, students will be able to check their knowledge of nouns through games and online quizzes and apply their knowledge in their own writing.

Students will be able to learn about nouns by watching a Schoolhouse Rock video, A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing, with its catchy tune, then see instructional videos on the definition of nouns and how they are used in sentences. Finally, students will be able to check their knowledge of nouns through games and online quizzes and apply their knowledge in their own writing.

Computational Thinking and coding go hand-in-hand. But what does it mean to think computationally, and how do we introduce this type of thinking to students? In this unplugged activity, students experience what it’s like to be a programmer while they code another student to complete a drawing.

In this lesson, students will become more advanced in their understanding of music by creating their own music with Chrome Music Lab.​

Learn how to use some of the toolbars in Google Sheets. The students will learn about setting up data, clicking and dragging to use data in a graph with the insert chart tool, and learn how to edit parts of the graph for better understanding.

Epic has over 25,000 books, videos and quizzes for students. Elementary teachers are able to sign up for a free account and use the Epic library with their students. Students will learn how to navigate a digital library and use appropriate tools to aid in their reading. In this activity, students will be introduced to fables and will use Microsoft Paint or Google Drawings to illustrate the moral of the story.

Students love to express themselves with images and videos. As we know there are a plethora of images and video readily available on the Internet for use in remixing other materials to create something new. Students can use public domain images and videos to remix for an assigned school project.

Visnos is an interactive math website that provides many different math tools to allow teachers to show math visually and allow students to explore with the tools.Visnos can be used with grades one-five as there are activities for telling time, fractions, multiplication tables, subtraction facts, angles, measurement using a protractor.

We would like our students to read daily to promote good reading habits. In many classrooms students/parents are encouraged or required to keep track of the minutes they read each month. Students will use Canva to create a goal-tracking sheet for the minutes they’ve read each month.

Wakelet is a free platform where teachers and students can save/post links, videos, images, and articles. You can easily share your page with others. Collaborators can also add notes or comments to each item. Students will learn about weather and collaborate together using Wakelet to share their research and findings.

Wakelet is a free platform where teachers and students can save/post links, videos, images, and articles. You can easily share your page with others. Collaborators can also add notes or comments to each item. Students will be telling a story with multimedia to engage their viewers.

Wakelet is a free platform where teachers and students can save/post links, videos, images, and articles. You can easily share your page with others. Collaborators can add notes or comments to each item. Students will learn how to write a newspaper using Wakelet.

Students will be learning what a digital citizen is and means in their setting and taking a more active role as digital citizens. Students will learn about the school's Acceptable Use Policy and work together to create a classroom contract on agreed upon acceptable behaviors.

In this activity students will have the opportunity to explore Google Images and choose pictures they are interested in sharing with their friends and teacher on Google Slides. They will also learn about copyright and how images they find online need to be cited as a reference.