Student Lessons:
Nevada State Reports - This particular lesson iis based on Nevada, but can be adapted to any state. Download this Nevada Facts worksheet for students to use when gathering data for their report. Then create a PowerPoint presentation. Sample. Grade 4
PowerPoint Lesson Ideas - Project ideas for using PowerPoint and KidPix.
Grades 1-5
Clouds - Lesson Plan for using Powerpoint to present types of clouds. Students will learn how to change background color, add text and clipart. Grades 2 and up.
PowerPoint Tips and Tricks - a sample PowerPoint to get you started!
Ideas for PowerPoint - A list of possible PowerPoint ideas for all grades.
More ideas for PowerPoint - Another list of possible PowerPoint ideas.
Totem Pole Story - Students will research their family history and create a Totem Pole to communicate that history. Grades 4-5
Adjectives Describe - Students create powerpoint slides that illustrate descriptive words. Insert clipart and write a sentence containing one adjective. Use the circle and line drawing tools to mark each adjective and noun. See sample.
Multimedia Storytelling - Students use PowerPoint to create a digital story. Examples could be to: create a brief narrative based on a favorite vacation; create a story set in a fantasy land; create a story that depicts an important event in your life; create a story to illustrate math concepts; etc. Grades 2-5.
Teacher Resources - Out with the overhead! Engage students with these interactive lessons using a computer and LCD projector or PC to TV hookup!
Alphabet - Designed by Andi Jo White, Kindergarten teacher and webmaster for Douglass Elementary School in Memphis, Tennessee. This show reinforces letter recognition and word sounds. Slide two uses 26 invisible buttons to hyperlink to the individual letter slides. Download and use with Grades K-1. Older students could create their own alphabet slideshow for the younger students.
Virtual Field Trip - Use this sample to inspire your own "field trip" creations. Demonstrates a good use of buttons and links. Grades 4-5
Parade of Games - Downloadable games and templates for use with PowerPoint. Jeopardy, Flashcards, What Am I?, etc. Edit to fit your curriculum.
PowerPoint Games - More downloadable games and templates. Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Twenty Questions, etc. Edit to fit your curriculum.
FREE PowerPoint Presentations - Hundreds of online and downloadable PowerPoints. Use an LCD projector or PC to TV hookup to share with students, or download and edit to fit your curriculum.
PowerPoint Presentations for the Elementary Classroom - Why re-invent the wheel? Elementary Powerpoints for everything from Dolch Sight Words to Contractions.
Map Attack - Originally designed as a tool for student test preparation. This site contains PowerPoints for a plethera of elementary topics.
PowerPoint Resources - Sight Words, Times Tables, Parts of Speech Raph, etc.
FREE PowerPoint Templates
Awesome Backgrounds - Download FREE PowerPoint backgrounds.
Instructional PowerPoints - Lots of Powerpoints to illustrate different concepts. Save and use with your projector!