Essential Skills
Tools to assist the learner in working with the data are necessary to explore and clarify the information. Beginning with Graphic Organizers and Mind Maps, this section of the resource also includes strategies for using modeling, spreadsheets and databases with students.
Check out these websites to assist with lessons and activities for these essential skills:
Graphic Organizers
My Webspiration
From the creators of inspiration, this a free interactive graphic organizer site
Graphic Organizers
Part of the Teacher Activity Bank Houghton Mifflin
Graphic Organizers as PDFs that you can print and use Freeology
8 pages of graphic organizers that are free to print for classroom use
Enchanted Learning
Gives thumbnails for a variety of graphic organizers. Requires site membership to print out full size
Graphic Org
Graphic organizers, concept mapping, and mind mapping examples
Teacher Vision
This collection of ready-to-use free graphic organizers will help children classify ideas and communicate more effectively
Kidspired Tales
Sample activities, links and tutorials for using Kidspiration in the classroom
Inspiration and Kidspiration
A variety of tutorials and resources for using Kidspiration and Inspiraton
Kidspiration Activities
Many activites that you can preview and download using Kidspiration
Edina
Kidspiration activities for Kindergarten to Grade 5
Spreadsheets/Graphs
Kids' Zone - Create a Graph
Enter data to create and print online graphs (5 types are included)
Databases
A Bit about Databases
Database lessons and ideas
Guildford School
Database lessons plans for Grade 6 Socials and Science. Can be adapted for other grade levels
Data Tools
Virtual Online Dice
Free virtual dice
Webquests
Biomes Webquest
In this webquest, a database of biome characteristics is compiled
Le Cirque
A webquest that involves creating a database to rate ten cities chosen to be visited
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