4th Grade Computer Resources

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4-Fleet Animations

4-Goodwin Animations

4-Hendricks Animations

 

A Day in the Life of a Mexican Student  http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/jr/DayLifeStudentA.html 

 

 


Mouse Skills

Mousing Around http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/intro.htm 
This tutorial will help you learn to use a mouse to interact with a computer. Read each page and follow the instructions to build your skill in using a mouse.

Clicking the Mouse http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/click1.htm 

Scroll Bar Section http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/scroll1.htm 

Mousing Around Exercises http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/mousercise.htm 
Exercises that let you practice what is taught in the tutorial above.

Gopher Game http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/gopher.htm 
Practice you mouse skills with this game. Use your mouse to push the gophers back in their holes.

Red Bugs http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/games/redbugs/redbugs.htm 
Practice you mouse skills with this game. Click on the green bugs to gain points, but keep away from those red bugs! If they touch your mouse cursor, they will drain your life energy.

Pong http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/pong.htm 
Practice you mouse skills with this game. Move your mouse up and down within the black board to move your paddle up and down. No clicking is required. If you miss the ball, the game is over!

Mousing Around Games http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/games.htm 
Games that utilize mouse skills.  Gopher, Pong and Red Bugs just use mouse skills. All the rest also involve problem-solving and strategy skills.

Computer Vocabulary

Computer Vocabulary Activities http://www.quia.com/jg/2062224.html 

Start with the Flash Cards to study the vocabulary.

Try the Matching activity and match the picture to its vocabulary term.

In Concentration you have to find and match the picture to its vocabulary term.

On Word Search, find the computer vocabulary words which can appear horizontally, vertically, or diagonally; forwards or backwards.

 

 

Floppy Disks

 

Floppy Disk Terms http://www.quia.com/jg/717664.html

 

What's So Floppy About a Floppy Disk? questions http://www.quia.com/quiz/400260.html

 

Floppy Disk Care Hangman http://www.quia.com/hm/214572.html

 

Floppy Disk Care Jumble http://www.quia.com/jw/115444.html 

 

 

Electronic Cards

Valentine's Day ecards at  Yahoo! Kids http://kids.yahoo.com/ecards/category?catid=22 

Animated Ecards for Kids http://www.uptoten.com/kids/cards-home.html 
These are silly cards. They are animated and have sound. You can write a short message of your own. Check out the friendship cards.

St Patrick's Day ecards at Yahoo! Kids http://kids.yahoo.com/ecards/category?catid=32 

Spring Cards http://kids.yahoo.com/ecards/category?catid=80
Look at the "Spring is Coming" card.

 

 

Keyboarding

12 Piece Color Coded Keyboard Puzzle 12 piece color coded puzzle.exe
Choose Open to play. Right click on the puzzle piece to rotate it. Left click and drag to move the puzzle piece.

 

44 Piece Color Coded Keyboard Puzzle (very challenging) 44 piece color coded puzzle.exe
Choose Open to play. Right click on the puzzle piece to rotate it. Left click and drag to move the puzzle piece.

 

Learn the Keys http://www.abcya.com/keyboard.htm 
Your job is to put a keyboard back together. You can click and drag letters to their correct places. Only the letters in the right spots will stay! Choose the keyboard design you like below and click on it to begin.

 

Dance Mat Typing  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ 
Start with Level 1, Stage 1 to practice your home keys.

 

Nimble Fingers http://www.nimblefingers.com/index.html  
Start with Beginning Keys, then

 

Touch Typing http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/index.html 
Sense-lang.org, a free internet program for learning and practicing touch-typing. Builds slowly, two keys at a time. Also includes numeric keypad practice and two games and a timed test to use when user has learned all of the finger positions.

 

 

Educational Games

 

US State Detective Identify the states on a map. 
http://funschool.kaboose.com/globe-rider/games/game_wheres_that_us_state.html 

 

United States Puzzle Puzzle http://funschool.kaboose.com/globe-rider/celebrate-usa/games/game_united_states_puzzle.html
Solve the puzzle by putting each of the states in the right place on the map.

 

 

Ladybug Mazes http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_141_g_2_t_4.html

This virtual manipulative provides an environment similar to the Logo programming environment that allows you to create, try out, and revise plans (programs).

 

Ladybug Leaf

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_287_g_2_t_3.html
Hide Ladybug under the Leaf. Click on the Ladybug buttons to choose steps and turns for Ladybug to follow. Press the Play button to run your "program". If you do not reach the leaf, insert or delete steps and try again.

 

Turtle Geometry http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_178_g_2_t_3.html 
Move the turtle through complex mazes, or between rocks. Draw some shapes with the turtle.

 

 

Science

Frankenstein's Lightening Laboratory: Electrical Safety http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/safety.html

 

New Year's Resolutions

20 HEALTHY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS FOR KIDS http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/jankidstips.htm

Time for Kids Tope 5 New Year's Resolutions in 2003 http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/wr/article/0,17585,407552,00.html

Kid's Central New Year's Resolutions http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/nyres06.htm

Tips for Success in Making New Year's Resolutions http://www.saferchild.org/resolutions.htm

A Pediatrician's Advice on New Year's Resolutions for Kids http://pediatrics.about.com/od/parentingadvice/a/06_kid_resolutn.htm

 


 

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