http://ideaexchange.edublogs.org A Blog Where Fourth and Fifth Graders Can Share Ideas Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:55:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I think blogging in class can be very engaging,  What do you think? http://ideaexchange.edublogs.org/2007/07/20/blogs-in-class/ Dear Class, Thanks for taking the opportunity to write to your state governor about conservation issues in your park.  Since this is a formal letter that will be sent, some revisions are needed on your drafts.  Please review and revise your letters.  The ones I have are attached below. IMPORTANT:  Save your ... http://ideaexchange.edublogs.org/2007/06/13/letters-to-state-governors/ I am a 5th grader and I have a great dog that I love a lot. Her name is Flash. My family wants to go on vacation and I know Flash would like to go too. I heard that lots of times what you read on the Internet ... http://ideaexchange.edublogs.org/2007/06/04/me-and-my-dog/ We are 4th graders from Exmouth, Australia. We know that otters live in most areas of the world but they don’t live in Australia or Antarctica. We heard that the Monterey Bay Aquarium is working to protect sea otters. Google maps showed that the aquarium is in California ... http://ideaexchange.edublogs.org/2007/06/04/all-about-sea-otters/ We are 4th and 5th graders from Lincoln, Nebraska. We've been looking and looking but we don't know for sure how many species of otters there are. Our teacher says that the sites we get information from should be made by experts. We found one website, but we’re not sure ... http://ideaexchange.edublogs.org/2007/06/04/how-many-otter-species-are-there/ We are 4th & 5th graders at Edwards School in Vancouver, Canada. We are looking for a site we lost called "Endangered Animals around the World" and the BBC makes it. Can you: ·  find this site ·  read the information about the eight animals AND ·  send us this site’s website address Post: · the ... http://ideaexchange.edublogs.org/2007/06/04/test/ I am a 4th grade teacher in Albuquerque, NM. My class and I just read an article in National Geographic Kids News about the dangers of keeping exotic animals as pets. You can find it at: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/kids/2004/04/exoticpets.html I had my students respond to a question I posted on our class ... http://ideaexchange.edublogs.org/2007/06/01/exotic-pets-run-wild-in-florida/ Hi! Attached you'll find a template for our brochure project. We are using PowerPoint to do the layout of our text and graphics. The gray lines show where the brochure will be folded. There are two slides total, one for the front, and one for the ... http://ideaexchange.edublogs.org/2007/05/30/template-for-national-parks-brochure/ The other day we wrote questions about what I need to learn before I move to Connecticut.  I looked at the questions and organized them a little bit.  There are now 15 categories.  For each category I listed the kinds of information you should find.  If you find more that ... http://ideaexchange.edublogs.org/2007/05/18/connecticut-questions/ You will be researching a National Park. We will work on these projects in class. Click national-park-brochure-project1.doc to get a full description. To begin thinking about the project, please use these links to discover the many National Parks in the United States. http://www.nps.gov/ http://home.nps.gov/applications/parksearch/atoz.cfm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_areas_in_the_National_Park_System_of_the_United_States http://ideaexchange.edublogs.org/2007/05/17/national-parks-project/