Perfect activities to use with any Interactive Whiteboard

SMART Board | Promethean | Mimio | More

Build a Dinosaur Learn about dinosaur parts while constructing your own. (K–2)	Weather Watch Experiment with online weather tools. (K–8)
See Whiteboard Tip Go to Activity Build a Dinosaur Skills: Vocabulary development Identifying types of dinosaurs Practical Tips: Do you want a fun way to teach students about dinosaurs? Display the activity on Whiteboard and have student volunteers construct different parts of the dinosaur. Have students write down what they have learned about dinosaurs in their Scientist Notebooks. Go to Teacher's Guide Go to Activity	See Whiteboard Tips Go to Activity Weather Watch Skills: Formulating questions Making observations and gather data Drawing conclusions Practical Tips: Use the Whiteboard to introduce types of clouds. Print out the PDF and have students go outside and spend time watching clouds. Take the quiz as a class when they are finished observing clouds outside. Have students test their knowledge of weather and use their inference skills with the "Interactive Weather Maker." Go to Teacher's Guide Go to Activity

Max’s Math Adventures Sharpen skills with engaging math word problems.(K–2)	Math Maven’s Mysteries Solve math problems with the clues Math Maven uncovers. (3–5)
See Whiteboard Tips Go to Activity Max's Math Adventures Skills: Organizing information Math vocabulary Applying creative thinking to problem solve Practical Tips: These are great activities to use with your students to jumpstart a unit of study. Read the funny riddle/word problem together as a class. Discuss and highlight important information and vocabulary. Use the activity page on the Whiteboard to model how to solve the problem by breaking it down into steps. Activity pages can also be printed out so students can take notes. For students who need extra practice with a skill and problem solving, the activities found in Max’s Math Adventures are great to use as a reinforcement activities. Go to Teacher's Guide Go to Activity	See Whiteboard Tips Go to Activity Math Maven's Mysteries Skills: Recognizing key words and information Problem solving and critical thinking Applying math skills in authentic situations Practical Tips: Model with students how to problem solve by looking for key words and important information. Choose one of the mysteries to solve together as a class and print out a copy of the mystery for each student. Then read the mystery together, and on the Interactive Whiteboard model underlining key words and important information needed to solve the problem. Choose another mystery and give students a copy. Have students work in pairs to underline key words and important information. Choose one group to explain their thinking on the Interactive Whiteboard. Students can discuss the similarities and differences of what they underlined. Print out a copy of a mystery to have students complete as a warm-up. Once students have finished their work, go over the problem on the Interactive Whiteboard, underlining key words and information needed to solve the problem. Go to Teacher's Guide Go to Activity

Going Bug-gy! Discover insect facts and fun. (K–4)	Science Explorations Teach students to think like scientists. (3–10)
See Whiteboard Tips Go to Activity Going Bug-gy! Skills: Observing and classifying Comprehending nonfiction and informational texts Practical Tips: "Going Bug-gy!" is a great resource for teaching students about different insects during a bugs unit of study. Teach and model the skill: identify the parts of a feature article by projecting the article on the Whiteboard and reading through it together. Students should have a printed copy of the article so they can label the feature article parts: fact, opinion, story, and voice. Use the "Monster Bugs" game as a center during a bugs unit of study. Go to Teacher's Guide Go to Activity	See Whiteboard Tips Go to Activity Science Explorations Skills: Making inferences Drawing conclusions Comprehending nonfiction and informational texts Practical Tips: As a class, search for the clues to identify the animal that lives on the Galápagos Islands by "feeling around" with the Whiteboard. Once a clue is found, students can turn and talk to a partner about how to describe the clue and then use it to try to infer which animal it might be. They will revise their guesses as they find each clue and gather more information. Guesses can be shared with the whole class as each clue is found. Students can use a scientist’s lab sheet to record their findings as they work. Use the "Investigate" section of Level 1 as a general introduction to adaptation. Have students work in groups or pairs to brainstorm ideas about the questions. Or use in a small guided group to enhance inference skills. Use Level 2 of the Galápagos Islands section to teach inferring and drawing conclusions with small guided reading groups. Print out the information about shell types. Students have to use information they read about the different kinds of turtle shells and the different islands and put all the information together to infer which island each turtle lives on. Students will practice supporting their answers with facts from the text. Use the "Investigate" activity as a practice center after this lesson. Use the "Classify Bugs" activity in the "True Bugs" section as a center when studying bugs and insects. Go to Teacher's Guide Go to Activity

StudyJams! Introduce and reinforce more than 200 important topics in math and science. (3–6)
Go to Activity StudyJams! Go to Activity

See all Science & Math Whiteboard tips.

More to Explore

Look for this icon on Whiteboard-friendly activities.

Find Whiteboard lesson ideas:
- Whiteboard Resources for Every Subject
- Teaching With Interactive Whiteboards
- Interactive Whiteboard Activities: Five-Minute Proofreading Practice
- Interactive Whiteboard Lessons from SMART Board includes lessons on:
- Try Do The Math® Whiteboard sample lessons.
Instructor Magazine: See what Amazing Whiteboards can do for you.
Try "Science World’s PowerPoint Archive" for Whiteboard presentations.

Shop Interactive Whiteboard Products

New! Scholastic News Interactive A complete digital edition of the magazine with whiteboard-ready skill sheets, videos, slideshows, and interactive maps.
5-Minute Proofreading Practice 180 super-fun activities for spelling, punctuation, grammar, and more.
Writing Lessons for the Interactive Whiteboard Step-by-step lessons with tips for Promethean and SMART board users.
Elementary Whiteboard Bundle Four top-selling Tom Snyder interactive software programs. Buy together and save for a limited time!
Printables More than 15,000 Interactive Whiteboard-ready reproducibles, practice pages, and more.
Mimio® Interactive Teaching Technologies Discover how easy-to-use MimioClassroom™ tools can enrich your interactive whiteboard lessons.

Perfect activities to use with any Interactive Whiteboard

Build a Dinosaur

Weather Watch

Build a Dinosaur

Skills:

Practical Tips:

Weather Watch

Skills:

Practical Tips:

Max’s Math Adventures

Math Maven’s Mysteries

Max's Math Adventures

Skills:

Practical Tips:

Math Maven's Mysteries

Skills:

Practical Tips:

Going Bug-gy!

Science Explorations

Going Bug-gy!

Skills:

Practical Tips:

Science Explorations

Skills:

Practical Tips:

StudyJams!

StudyJams!

More to Explore

Shop Interactive Whiteboard Products