Pinterest into the Classroom

Pinterest. Such a fun website to be on. Many people use it to plan out their weddings or design their dream homes. However, I found a way to make Pinterest a fun website to use in the classroom (for teachers). The way Pinterest works is you get on there and find a ton of things that have been pinned by people, and then you can save them to your boards. You're able to get on there and find tons of ideas for anything, which is where classroom activities come into play. You can follow different boards and find different, fun activities that you can do with your students in just about every subject.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CwIfQhBXKS7iFBZyFa33wnEE9HXAy40D0tuqCYXha1g/edit?usp=sharing

All the students had to do was use Google Slides and an app called "50 State Information" to learn about their 3-5 favorite states and tell about that state such as what all their symbols are and what their motto, slogan, etc. is. Simple project, but they are able to learn a lot and share with the other students, so every state gets talked about. My step by step example is below: Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas are my favorites!

I made this simple project using ideas from Pinterest for my fourth grade classroom. I got the idea of a presentation of three states that tell the motto, symbols, etc. like in the common core standard for 3rd grade.
I made this because I felt like it would be easy to do with 3rd graders and it would be a fun learning activity for them. I remember as a kid when I learned about a state how neat it was and I always loved learning about Oklahoma because my dad lived there and Florida, just because I knew the beach was there. I feel like kids today have their own reasons just like I did for wanting to learn about those few states.