5th Grade Internet Safety

Never give out personal information online. Never give out your name, your age, or your location. And never agree to meet anyone you met online. This short video was produced for i-SAFE. The video is not a true story, in fact the actors include an actual middle school student and his principal playing the role of the online predator. Can you find all of the online safety rules that the student did not follow?



Pinky Pledge Public Service Announcement brought to you by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. Winner 2008 Telly Award PSA


3_5.DC.3 Digital Citizenship
3_5.DC.4 Digital Citizenship

Explorer Research

Use the links below to research your explorer. Find out the birth date and date of their death, nationality of your explorer, country represented, goals of their exploration, their key contributions, and interesting facts about your explorer.

Remember to use multiple sources for your research. Some website might contain inaccurate information!

• Enchanted Learning Zoom Explorers
• Columbus's Sailing Ships
• Explorers
• John Cabot
• Spain
• French Explorers
• Spanish Explorers
• Voyage of Exploration

3_5_RI.2 Research and Information Fluency

5th Grade Online Phone Book

A class lesson where we compared searching for phone numbers by using the "old school" phone book and two websites (yellowbook.com & whitepages.com). Which method are you able to find phone numbers more quickly? Which method is easier to use? Can you think of any instances when using the "old school" phonebook would trump technology?

3_5.CT.1 Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

3_5.TC.2 Technology Operations and Concepts

5th Grade Google Search Tips

Google Senior Engineer Matt Cutts, walks us through some interesting search strategies in this TeacherTube Google Search Tips video. Some of these tips can be very helpful! Now that you have learned some new search strategies, see if you can do the following:

• Find movie showtimes
• Find directions from your home to a business
• Narrow down your search results

3_5.RI.1 Research and Information Fluency

3_5.CT.1 Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

5th Grade Westward Trail

The year is 1848 and you are about to embark on a 2000 mile journey across North America from Independence, Missouri to Oregon Country on the Pacific coast via the fabled Oregon Trail (Westward Trail). Do you have the skills to survive? Choose your profession wisely, and carefully select a month to depart. Good luck, you'll need it!


  Westward Trail

3_5.CI.3 Creativity and Innovation
3_5.TC.2 Technology Operations and Concepts

5th Grade Desinging Floor Plans

Who says you need a degree to be an architect? Try the free demo at floorplanner.com and create your own floor plans.

3_5.CI.2 Creativity and Innovation

3_5.CC.3 Communication and Collaboration

5th Grade Google Search Stories

5th graders used this free online video creator (Google Search Stories) to produce their very own 35 second movie. Each "Search Story" is told through a series of Google searches. Give it a go and create your own Search Story now!

 3_5.CI.2 Creativity and Innovation

 3_5.RI.1 Research and Information Fluency