Third graders at Chamberlayne have been learning about economic choices and opportunity costs (SOL 3.9) so we created interactive Keynotes that let someone click on a choice and find out what the opportunity cost would be. Take a look at my sample and a student sample to get an idea of what I’m talking about. Each student selected two pictures to represent two choices. Then they used the Hyperlink feature in the Inspector to link each picture to a specific slide showing the opportunity cost. We also added a Hyperlink to the arrows so people could try again. If you’d like to try this project with your class, click here to download a template and complete instructions.

Third graders across the county have been finishing up their Greece and Rome unit and many teachers have been asking for some sort of culminating activity. Here’s one idea that is fairly quick and easy, and it provides a good review of the important concepts from the unit. It’s a Venn diagram comparing Greece and Rome. It’s made in Keynote so students can add their own animations after they complete the activity. They can also record their voices. The great thing about that is you can really tell what the students know by what they say. Plus it provides an excellent way to review since students enjoy watching the videos they made. I provide the Keynote template which you can download by clicking here. You can take a look at a finished student example by clicking here.