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Opener: Poll Everywhere polleverywhere.com

 * ===sign up for an account and create polls online===
 * ===students can participate in the polls by texting answers in or by going to pollev.com to enter answer codes from computers and mobile devices===



Simple Mind Xpress [| (Heidi)]
 * ===Use the Simplemind Xpress app to map out your story about the life cycle of a butterfly. ===
 * === Using the web you created build a story about the life cycle of a butterfly in Storykit. ===

==== Storykit   ====

your photo library and then bring them into your story.

 * === See how you are able to share the stories you create. ===
 * === Pass the ipods around clockwise to view one another's stories. ===
 * === How else could you use this app with your students? ===


 * [[image:ischoolinfo/butterfly_emerging.jpg width="343" height="245"]] || [[image:ischoolinfo/eggs.jpg width="314" height="208"]] || [[image:ischoolinfo/Caterpillar12.jpg width="274" height="235"]] ||
 * [[image:ischoolinfo/americanlady.jpg width="294" height="237"]] || [[image:ischoolinfo/lifecycle.jpg width="353" height="269"]] || [[image:ischoolinfo/chrysalis.jpg width="256" height="284"]] ||

= QR Codes in the Classroom =



Kaywa is a website where you can create QR Codes.

 * ==Open the QR Code Reader app on the iPods==
 * ==Find the 10 QR codes posted around the room and scan each one==
 * ==Record your answer to each question in the default notes app==
 * ==We will share answers with other participants after everyone is done==
 * ==One QR code will take you to a website. See what activity is available at that website and try it out.==

the same for all WTW users.


=Pick Me Buzzer (Buzz in Trivia Activity with any Question Set) (Teresa and Shauna) =


 * ===Form groups of 4 people ===
 * ===One person has one of our Dept. iPod Touches with the Pick Me Buzzer App Open on it (in the Teacher Tools Folder) ===
 * ===The other group members will open the US Constituion App ===
 * ===The Host will start the game ===
 * ===Each group will "Enter Game" and click on the Host's iPod when they see it ===
 * ===The Host will ask a question pertaining to the US Constitution (1 ea. from the first 5 Articles and one additional question about the signers) ===
 * ===Each Group will search using the US Constitution App to find the answers to the questions ===
 * ===Buzz in when your group feels they have the answer. Give your answer. If it is correct, move to the next question. If incorrect, others may buzz in. ===

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Social Studies Apps



===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create A Graph is a Website that can be set as a desktop icon (Create bar, pie, line graphs and more) (Shauna) ===

Weather Bug App


===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Science Content Activity: Create a double line graph that documents high temperatures of two cities (SLC and St. George Utah) for the week of Feb. 13-17 2012. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Work in pairs ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One participant opens Weather Bug App to find data for each of the two cities. Add both cities to the app. (you can compare any two cities you want to) ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One participant opens the Create-A-Graph website that was set as an icon ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Work together to create a double line graph documenting the high temps for SLC and St. George or whatever two cities you have chosen for the next 7 days. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How could students find information that would help them in answering the essential question below? ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Email the Graphs to one of the instructors ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also take a snapshot of the graph that could later be used in a project ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Share Graphs ===

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Essential Questions:

 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How can two cities that are close to one another have such different temperatures? ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What other differences will you find in these two cities because of their unique climates? ===

=== Math Tasks  (Teresa) ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em;">Download the app called Math Task ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em;">In partners, work on finding the calculations for the tasks listed below. Measure the provided items using the rulers, then plug the numbers into the appropriate area of the app to help you find the correct answers. Be sure to write your answers including the unit of measurement (example: 124 inches squared). ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em;">Open Math Tasks. Click on Geometric Shapes. With your group partners, have one person open the Math Tasks app and everyone else be ready with a paper to work out the problems as well as the calculator app if needed. Collaborate to solve the given math problems by working them out together first. Then check the accuracy of your calculations by plugging the numbers into the Math Tasks app. This app has formulas that will automatically do calculations for you. Record your answers in the Notes app and email your final work to: hmeenen@graniteschools.org ===

===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">1. Find the area of the front table top in square inches. === ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">2. Find the perimeter of the same table in inches. === ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">3. Cut a triangle out of the construction paper. Find the area of your triangle in square inches. === ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">4. Find the perimeter of your triangle in inches. === ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">5. What is the radius of the paper plate in centimeters? === ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">6. Find the area of the paper plate in square centimeters. === ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">7. Find the circumference of the paper plate in centimeters. === ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">8. Find the surface area of one of the boxes provided in square inches. First record which box you have. === ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">9. Find the volume of the box you have. First record which box you have. ===

Fetch Lunch Rush (Heidi)

 * [[image:ischoolinfo/Screen_shot_2011-11-18_at_1.42.31_PM.png width="99" height="98" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fetch%21-lunch-rush/id469089331?mt=8"]] || [[image:gsdischool/Screen_Shot_2012-01-24_at_3.07.34_PM.png width="94" height="98" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/qr-reader-for-iphone/id368494609?mt=8"]] ||
 * Fetch Lunch Rush (Free) || QR Reader (free) ||

=== 1. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Open the Fetch Lunch Rush app. === ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 2. Pick how many people are playing and pick your names. === ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 3. Ruff will give you orders for food. Look through the camera on your iPod. Find the game piece that has the right number of food items on it. Tap the food items to send the order to Ruff. ===

===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **Teacher Prep: You will need to go to [] or have the application email you a copy of the QR codes game pieces.**  ===

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">**QR-Code Generator**
= Google Earth Activity (Shauna) =


 * === Click on the Google Earth App. ===
 * === Click on the search bar and type in the GEC address 2500 South State Street SLC UT 84115: ===
 * === Zoom into the level needed to view the property. ===
 * === Work in groups of 2-3 to answer the questions. ===


 * 1) ===On the West side of the property, there is a white shape with a black rectangle in the center of it (The Helipad). What type of polygon is the helipad?===
 * 2) ===Look at the Wilson playground. Write a ratio for the number of tetherball circles to the number of hopscotches painted there.===
 * 3) ===There is a "V" shaped parking lot on the SE side of the district buildings. About what percentage of the cars are red?===
 * 4) ===What season and time of day was this satellite photo most likely taken? What clues helped you decide?===
 * 5) ===There are some four square (lg. and sm.) painted on the South side of Wilson. If 12 children went out and stood in individual squares, what fraction of the total number of squares would be filled with children? Can you simplify that fraction?===
 * 6) ===What other math questions could be asked about this aerial view of the GEC?===