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Integrating Computing Across the Curriculum Center for Community Outreach Development


Over the past four years, we have collected content-specific lesson plans that integrate technology and computing into the curriculum.  These lessons, created by ICAC researchers and fourth and fifth grade teachers, best utilize the technology to enhance student learning and meet instructional goals.



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4th Grade Social Studies  





4th Grade Science Lesson Plans


Animal Story

Animals of the Gulf

Body Systems
Body Systems Prezi

Components of the Solar System

Distance and Beyond
The Nine (8) Planets Website
Solar System Song

Effect of Friction

Emergent Butterfly
Life Cycle of a Butterfly Video
Emergent Butterfly Scratch Project

Food Chain/Energy Transfer
Food Chain/Energy Transfer Scratch Projects

Friends for Life

Good Use for Kudzu

The Horned Toad Prince
The Horned Toad Prince Sample Comic

Life Cycles of Animals/Metamorphosis

Lost in the Solar System
Lost in the Solar System Scratch Project

Metamorphosis

Our Solar System
Our Solar System Scratch Project

Out of This World

Painting Circuits

Phases of the Moon
Phases of the Moon Scratch Project

Simple and Compound Machines
Simple Machines Scratch Project
Six Simple Machines Scratch Project

Space Explorers Biography

The Many Shapes of Earth
The Many Shapes of Earth Scratch Project

Transparent, Translucent, and Opaque
Build Me an Opaque House Video

Vertebrates or Invertebrates

Vertebrates or Invertebrates (version 2)



4th Grade Math Lesson Plans





4th Grade Language Arts Lesson Plans





4th Grade Social Studies Lesson Plans





5th Grade Science Lesson Plans


Animal and Plant Cells
Cell Images

Bending Light with Scratch
Lens Demo Video

Body Systems RAFT Lesson
Body Systems Prezi

Distance and Beyond
The Nine (8) Planets Website
Solar System Song

The Food Chain
The Food Chain Scratch Project

Food's Journey Through Digestion
Your Digestive System
Virtual Body
Interactive Body Systems Game

Getting to the Heart of Things
Animal Circulatory Systems
3-D Animation of Heart

Life Science Part 1 - Plants and Animals
Alabama Virtual Library
HSP Science

Life Science Part 2 - Body Systems
Alabama Virtual Library
HSP Science

Life Science Part 3 - Ecosystems
Alabama Virtual Library
HSP Science

Our Solar System
Our Solar System Scratch Project

Painting Types of Energy
Word Central
Kids Saving Energy
Kids Energy Zone

Parts of a Plant
Parts of a Plant Scratch Project

Rock on Baby
Rock on Baby Scratch Project

Spheres of the Earth
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere

The Water Cycle and Earth's Spheres
Lesson Rubric



5th Grade Math Lesson Plans





5th Grade Language Arts Lesson Plans




*Based on the Alabama Course of Study standards prior to 2010 updates.