Kindergarten Goes on a Sea Turtle Virtual Field Trip to South Padre

Kindergarten classes didn't have to pack their bags in order to visit Sea Turtle Inc, a sea turtle hospital in South Padre Island, Texas.  Students were able to interact with an educator from Sea Turtle Inc.  The kids were excited to not only learn about the many Sea Turtle Species, but to be able to see real Sea Turtles that are being rehabilitated at their facility.  What an incredible experience!!!

2nd Graders Using Kahoot

Ms. Hamilton's 2nd grade students were highly engaged as they worked in teams to answer questions about magnets using a highly engaging Kahoot!

Technology ROCKS!

Our 2nd graders used Kidspiration to summarize the different physical properties they can use to describe the different types of rocks.

Kindergarten learning about recycling

Mrs. Hewitt's class is learning about the importance of reycling and ways to help at school through ThinkQuest, a website created by students around the world who have participated in a ThinkQuest Competition.  

Reviewing Proteins with Promethean

Mrs. Delahoussaye's class is reviewing items that contain proteins.

Preparing for STAAR goes interactive

As classes prepare for the upcoming STAAR Tests, they get interactive with Promethean Boards and Voting Devices.  Here are just a few examples of a 5th Grade Science, 4th and 3rd Grade Math Review Flipcharts.  Using the voting devices is a great way for teachers to get instant feedback on what skills need further review.

5th Grade on StemScopes

As part of the Fifth Grade Science Curriculum, Students are exploring StemScopes interactive Science website. This site has great activities, lesson and media to support the RRISD standards aligned curriculum. Ask a Fifth Grader about the site!

Science Projects using Technology

Double File Trail Elementary is full of Scientists! Jan. 26th we held our school wide science fair and you won’t believe the technology that went into so many projects! Students used graphs to calculate data, digital images to show experiments and graphics for titles and accents. Many students used word processing to type out their problem, hypothesis, purpose, procedures, background, conclusions and captions. Kinder, PreKinder, First Grade and Second grade all did class science projects as well. Enjoy a sampling of our projects.

DFT Science Fair Projects


PreK, K, G1, G2 Classroom Science Fair Projects

Seasons Graphic Organizer

One at a time, each first grader in Mrs. Grimes's class would use the class computer and the Kidspiration template- Seasons to make their own graphic organizer. Students chose pictures to drag over to season boxes. Students would also choose and drag a text box to the season box and type words about the season. This was a great way to mesh Science TEKS and Technology TEKS. When the student finished, they each navigated to their individual student folder on the server to save their work!