FIFTH GRADE GIFTED PROJECTS - LINKS AND INFORMATION

"When you're being creative, nothing is wrong." JOHN CLEESE

PROJECTS FOR FIFTH GRADE:

WORLD WAR II
​Choose your project.  You will need to address the social studies standards dealing with WWII.  Click here for the requirements of your proposal.

​LETS GO TO A RESTAURANT!
lET'S MAKE A TABLE TOPPER TO DISPLAY AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT.
yOU WILL WORK WITH A PARTNER TO CREATE TWELVE CARDS TO INSERT INTO THE SIX SLEEVES OF OUR TABLE TOPPERS.  hERE ARE THE CHOICES FOR TOPICS:
THE ATOM BOMB
ADOLPH HITLER
LEADERS OF WWii
THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN WWII
BATTLES OF WWII
THE HOLOCAUST

​Amazing activity to compare and contrast using movie trailers.
http://www.byrdseed.com/compare-and-contrast-movie-trailers-over-time/

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​101 Questions:   http://www.101qs.com/

A great link to some economics activities that you will really love!
​https://usinsuranceagents.com/life-lessons-money



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​MOCK TRIAL:  http://games.sunnylandsclassroom.org/Preview/Default.aspx
FIFTH GRADERS WILL CONDUCT THE TRIAL OF STATE OF GEORGIA VERSUS THE WITCH OF HANSEL AND  GRETEL.

THE GREAT DEBATE
YOU WILL WORK WITH A PARTNER TO ACT OUT A GREAT DEBATE BETWEEN TWO FAMOUS (OR NOT SO FAMOUS) PEOPLE IN HISTORY.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER VS. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
WILLIAM MCKINLEY VS. LEON CZOLGOSV OR WJ BRYAN
THOMAS EDISON VS. NIKOLA TESLA
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL VS. ELISHA GRAY

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Resources to research the assassination of Abraham Lincoln:

Good information:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln/
Video on Lincoln's life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXyshykSu_0
Reading of the Gettysburg Address:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdtY___zdwA
Resources for Abraham Lincoln
http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/education/curriculum.htm
Primary Sources for Abraham Lincoln:
http://www.underhishat.org/intheclassroom.html
This has a great map of Booth's escape:
http://www.accessible-archives.com/2011/04/the-presidents-murderer-is-dead/
Great information:
http://mrnussbaum.com/abraham_lincoln

AMAZING Neuroscience Unit!

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html

http://www.brainline.org/multimedia/interactive_brain/the_human_brain.html?gclid=CM3vjIOa1rwCFRRo7AodKBsALg
http://www.rah.sa.gov.au/birs/bi_brain.php

​WEBSITES FOR FIFTH GRADE:

Sudokupuzzles
KenKenpuzzles

​Spelling Bee resources

Oratorical Contest Resources​

​Reading and ELA Enrichment sites: 
The Whiz Times
"Dig" for Archaeologist Kids!
 National Geographic Kids
 The Latest Books & Reviews
 Sports Illustrated for Kids
 Time for Kids-Just  Scoop It!

​Reading Comprehension
Into the Book
Mr. Anker's Reading, ELA & Math
Animated Tall Tales
The Lost Lunch Box!
Compare & Contrast
Elements of a Story
What Are They Selling?
Implied Rather Than Stated
Interpreting Charts 
Listening to Details
Lots of Listening Activities!
Main Idea Supervisor!
I Know the Main Idea Challenge
Reading Graphs
Reading the Fine Print
Sequencing Comic Strips

Vocabulary
Fun Brain Vocab Games
Word Central

 

 Take a look at these amazing brainteasers and puzzles!
Optical Illusions onlinemasters.ohio.edu/masters-health-administration/health-brain-games-optical-illusions/  THANKS PEYTON!!!
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interactivesites.weebly.com/brainteasers.html

Why don't you take a break from the routine and check this out?
http://www.whyfiles.org
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Games
http://www.gamequarium.com/index2.htm

Analogies for Two
http://www.quia.com/cb/7146.html

Paperfolding
http://www.paperfolding.com/

Brainiacs, Have Fun!
http://smithsonianeducation.org/students/ideaLabs/digging_for_answers.html

Idioms and Cliches  video
http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/idiomsandcliches/

Make a puzzle/word search and more
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

More Set puzzles
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/crosswords/setpuzzle.html

Illusions at Brain Connections
http://www.brainconnection.com/library/?main=playhome/illusions

Brain Games
http://www.thethinkingbusiness.co.uk/brainfunstuff.htm

Neuroscience Brain Games
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chgames.html

BrainQuest
http://www.brainquest.com/

Brain Boosters
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/brainboosters/

PBS  Visual Mind Games
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mind/games.html

Brain Teaser Index
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/braint.htm

Optical Illusions
http://www.sandlotscience.com/Illusion_Jump_Main/Master_Jump.htm

Optical Illusions Gallery
http://dragon.uml.edu/psych/illusion.html

Recommended by DaKota!

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Here is a challenge you might enjoy!

http://www.seenandshared.com/leapfrog.htm


http://www.brainspade.com/free-brain-games.php


These are great puzzles:
http://www2.stetson.edu/~efriedma/puzzle.html


http://flashlightcreative.net/swf/ghostwhisperer/

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Excellent math resources:

http://www.pleacher.com/mp/puzzles/mtricks.html

http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/cms/lib3/GA01000373/Centricity/Domain/822/nonverbal_logic_activities.pdf  This will take you to  a list of resources

http://www2.stetson.edu/~efriedma/puzzle.html  Great puzzles and mazes

http://www.seenandshared.com/leapfrog.htm  This is a really fun challenge to move frogs, it will be hard to be quiet

http://flashlightcreative.net/swf/ghostwhisperer/  This is totally amazing – mesmerizing!

http://www.321know.com/  Choose a topic in math to explore

http://www.mathsisfun.com/index.htm  Choose your grade level

http://mathsframe.co.uk/  Great resource from the UK

http://mypages.iit.edu/~smile/index.html   This one is super hard

http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/index.shtml  This will make worksheets for you – FREE

http://www.math-drills.com/  Another site to make math worksheets FREE

http://www.dadsworksheets.com/ Also free worksheets but on a much higher level

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/math  basics plus decimals, fractions, percents

http://www.thirteen.org/get-the-math/  Math applications in the real world – difficult.  Fashion designer, music production, etc.

http://www.learningwave.com/abmath/ pre-algebra math games

http://braingenie.ck12.org/ math and science including chemistry and biology

http://mathfights.com/  warning – you need an email and this website will  take you to an online math challenge/fight with someone else who is online

http://www.turtlediary.com/math-games.html  scroll down to find your grade level

http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/ kid friendly games

http://www.theproblemsite.com/default.asp great thinking games

http://www.hoodamath.com/index.html great math resource

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html really cute videos to explain tons of math concepts – use headphones

http://mrnussbaum.com/mathcode/  who doesn’t love Mr. Nussbaum?

http://www.softschools.com/math/ from counting all the way to probability and geometry

http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/  choose a mystery to solve – great site

Are you ready for some Algebra?  Riley...this is for you!

http://www.math-play.com/Algebra-Math-Games.html
http://www.mathplayground.com/shuttle_mission_math/shuttle_mission_math_game.html
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/math-algebra.htm
http://www.free-training-tutorial.com/algebra-games.html
https://learnzillion.com/lessons/3545-show-the-relationship-between-variables-using-a-graph
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/cc-6th-expressions-and-variables/cc-6th-dependent-independent/v/dependent-and-independent-variables-exercise-example-2

Reading lists by grade level:
​http://imaginationsoup.net/2015/05/03/summer-reading-list-for-kids/