Fourth+Grade

Fourth graders use Fourth graders use technology tools to enhance learning in an integrated curriculum that includes language arts, science, social studies, mathematics and art. Students are becoming technological literate and have a vast knowledge of programs and tools. They are able to determine the best use of tools and make choices about the use of these tools and programs. Students enjoy interacting with each other and are efficient at working in groups. Many have identified their own strengths and will take on tasks in a group that will allow them to be successful.

Students technology products for this year include:
 * Intricate designs
 * Digital photos
 * Edited digital photos using GIMP
 * Short movies
 * Digital Stories
 * Commercials using audio only
 * Stories
 * Advertisements
 * Documentaries

During the next 9 weeks, students are able to choose from one of the following projects. They will collaborate with students from all over the world to learn about topics that interest them.


 * Visualizing Solid Shapes
 * Sue, the T-Rex and Other Dinosaur Discoveries
 * Soccer Fever
 * Making a Movie
 * Share the Skies

Earlier this year fourth grade students participated in National Geographic's "Oceans Now" project. The project's objectives were to advance students' understanding on one or more of the following subjects:

1. Scientific method and inquiry 2. Food webs and ecology 3. Technology of ocean exploration 4. History, politics and borders of the protected area around the Cocos Island

Students went on a virtual journey from Costa Rica to the Cocos Islands. They watched video updates and kept up the expedition team by reading a blog. They brainstormed questions for Dr. Sala and he answered their questions about the ecology of the Cocos Islands, discoveries they made along the way, and problems they faced. It was an exciting way to join the expedition team on their journey.

The students conducted their own research along the way and completed activities. Here are a few samples of their work!

Students learned about sea turtles, then had to determine what can be done to help save them. One group created this video about what they learned. The Endangered

Other students created advertisements for the Cocos Islands. They included facts they learned about the islands in their advertisements. Come and See Ad

Cocos Island News

Visualizing Solid Shapes (more to come...) Students were asked to study about sea turtles and write a story using what they learned.

by Zach, Austin, Brittany, & Chance If I was a baby turtle I would wake up in the safety of some sort of green plant I've never seen before. My mother tells me it is called "seaweed". She tells me that we eat jellyfish, but warns me not get to stung. Next I'll go to school to learn how to survive in the open water. There are dangerous creatures like sharks, killer whales, and humans. The humans leave their fishing lines and hooks in the ocean, so we have to be careful when we swim or else we will get caught in them. They also put their garbage in the ocean and it destroys our habitat. It makes the water dirty and unsafe for us. Soon I make some new ocean friends. We chase each other, practice our swimming, and play hide and seek in the seaweed. By the end of the day, I am tired and want to go to sleep. I go into the seaweed and go to sleep. Soon it will be morning and I'll start the day all over again. By Tori and Kristen If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play If I where a turtle I would probably live in a cave with brightly colored fish swiming in and out of my home.I would eat seaweed or jelly fish ,seaweed is not very hard for me to find because it is all over the ocean even right where I live. Jelly fish are sometimes hard to find,they some times live in shallow water. I find some buddys and we all play tag.We try to stay away from eager fisherman.Then I say goodbye to my friends and head home for some sleep.