Bird Feeder Experiment
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
This lesson is an online project.  Students will discover if the location of a birdfeeder has an effect on the amount of activity at that feeder.  Students will monitor 3 bird feeders placed at different locations for 5 consecutive days.  They will record the amount of seed eaten from each feeder and submit their data online.  They will make conclusions about the data they recorded.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 2.

Bug Stories
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
This lesson is designed for kindergarten students to create a story about an insect using Microsoft Paint, after two weeks of a four week insect unit. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 3.

Collaborative Phonics PowerPoint
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Students will work in multi-age partnerships to create a slide in PowerPoint that focuses on a list of words with the same initial sound.  Students will add clip art, digital photos, sound and backgrounds to their slides.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 4.

Color Winner
Students use stamps to categorize colors. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 3.

Computer Readiness and Kid Pix
This site provides a variety of lessons to help students become more familiar with controlling the mouse and identifying letters. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 3.

Computer Parts
An Amphi TLCF Lesson
In this lesson, students will learn about computers and their hardware components.  They will then identify and label the parts of a computer using correct terminology.  Kidspiration is used to create diagrams of computers and their different parts. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 1.

Computer Rules
An Amphi TLCF Lesson
In this lesson, students will generate criteria for using the computer and being a good computer user.  From this, they will use a word processing program to create a chart of computer rules which can then be hung in the classroom.  Meets Arizona State Technology 
Standard 2.

Computer Rules
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
This lesson is designed for kindergarten students to develop safety and responsibility rules for computer use.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 2. 

Creepy Crawlies
In this integrated unit, students work copperatively to study insects by reading CD ROM books and other literature, accessing the Eric Carle web site, creating a Kid Pix presentation and creating insect models and diaramas. Meets Arizona Standards 1, 2, and 3.

Dinosaurs
Students use the Internet to explore differebt web sites to discover the defining characteristics of dinosaurs and their habitats. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 1.

Keyboarding: Find Your Name
Students practice typing names with a partner. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 2 and 3.

Keyboardind: Identify Letters and Numbers
Students use the keyboard to help identify letters and numbers. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 2, and 3.

Kid Pix Alphabet
Students work with a partner to select a stamp to correspond with each letter of the alphabet. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 2, and 3. 

K-W-L Charts
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
In this lesson students will use electronic resources, with the guidance of the teacher, to answer questions generated from an Ocean theme K-W-L chart.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 5.

Living vs. Non-Living Things
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
This lesson is designed for kindergarten students who are learning to distinguish living things from non-living things. This lesson combines classroom discussion and collaborative decision making with the use of the KidPix drawing program.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 2.

Musical Stories
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
Did you know that music tells a story?  Students will be listening to different pieces of music and learning the stories that go with them. They will then listen to a new piece of music and use Kid Pix to draw a picture of their interpretation of the new piece of music.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 2.

Simon Says Let's learn the Computer Parts
Students identify the parts of a computer while playing Simon Says. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 1.

Using Literature to Develop Number Sense
An Amphi TLCF Lesson
In this lesson, students will read a series of number books.  They will identify and record the numbers and number words from each book.  They will create a class book that demonstrates number sense using one of the books as a pattern.  Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 3.

What Can Bugs Do?
An Amphi Ed Tech Lesson
What better way to learn about verbs then to watch bugs at play? In this lesson, students will read an on-line story about different bugs just doing what they do best. The student plots on an organizer the activities within the story. This lesson even offers an extension. Great for second language learners. Meet Arizona state standards 5 and 6.