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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Computer Technology Skills — Grade 3

Goal 3: The learner will use a variety of technologies to access, analyze, interpret, synthesize, apply, and communicate information.

Objective 3.04. Identify, discuss, and use multimedia to present ideas/concepts/information in a variety of ways as a class. Strand - Multimedia/Presentation

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Tour the United States
Students will combine classroom, library time, and computer lab time to research and construct knowledge about 49 U.S. states. (Students will not research their home state.) Students will use their new research knowledge and the resources provided to construct a presentation on their assigned state using PowerPoint or some other presentation program.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills and Social Studies)
By Karl Schaefer.
PIZZA = "Fractions: Any Way You Slice It!"
During this lesson, students will explore and investigate the relationships among fractions. Students will use paper pizzas divided into fractional parts to compare equivalent fractions. They will see part-whole fractions as fair shares and begin to understand that the parts must be equal.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills, Information Skills, and Mathematics)
By Alta Allen.
A geometric field trip
Students conduct a field trip around the school (inside and out) looking for examples of geometric shapes. They record their findings using a digital camera and present their findings in a multimedia presentation.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills, Information Skills, and Mathematics)
By Mary Rizzo.
Fractions on Kid Pix
Students will create illustrations of fractions as parts of a whole and parts of a set using Kid Pix computer program.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Computer/Technology Skills, Information Skills, and Mathematics)
By Ann Keable.
Faces tell feelings - Part 4 - Computer animation
In this lesson, students will create an animated face presented in a slide show using Kid Pix software.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Computer/Technology Skills)
By Susan Wenzel Getter.
A brochure of safety tips
The students summarize information they have read and learned in school to create a brochure of important safety tips. They work in teams, each on a specific area of safety, to create a multimedia presentation on the computer using HyperStudio, or other publishing or presentation software, for text, graphics, and sound.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Healthful Living and Information Skills)
By Shanti Kudva.
Beans and how they grow
The students will incorporate computer skills, math, and literature with books such as: Miss Rumphius and The Reason for a Flower.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills and Science)
By Betty Black.