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| Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
| Compare/Contrast Animal Kingdom Characteristics from Informational Texts |
P-K to P-K |
 (0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will compare and contrast the various animal kingdoms. Students will take this knowledge and complete a compare/contrast essay after researching the animal kingdoms. |
| Compare/Contrast Three Native American Leaders |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students read three articles from PebbleGo : Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph, and Crazy Horse. Then, they will compare and contrast the three Native Americans by creating a triple Venn Diagram. |
| Analyzing Fiction Text with Nearpod |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will complete a Nearpod interactive lesson with a partner in live time in class. Students will mark text with colors coordinating to specific criteria, as well as make predictions of what will happen in the story. |
| Ecosystem Study Outdoor Lab |
6 to 9 |
| Students make careful observations of three different ecosystems on our school property (hopefully using digital cameras, to add to their data). They compare and contrast, in order to learn about interactions between living and non-living components of each. |
| Exploring Our World |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students read texts and complete activities that relate to different regions around the world. Students can use the Amazon Echo to answer questions and research different regions/continents and listen to audiobooks that connect to our world. |
| Paul Revere's Ride featuring EduBlogs |
5 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students will use the program Edublogs to create a blog post comparing and contrasting the three accounts of "Paul Revere's Ride". |
| Sixth Grade - Quinceanera vs. Sweet 16 |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to compare and contrast a few differences and similarities between American and Hispanic cultures, specifically regarding a “coming of age” celebration. |
| A Snap at Geometry |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 4 ratings) This project focuses on analyzing objects and discussing their math attributes. After learners explore and build background knowledge about polygons, polyhedrons, and other geometric figures, they will complete a webquest. Students will create, explain, and evaluate their understanding of geometric shapes through activities.
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| "50 Ways to Use Your FlipCam" |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson/power point was developed in order to teach the audience (teachers/instructors) simple and quick ways to enhance their teaching and to help invest their student in their education by using a FlipCam. |
| "Dear Peter Rabbit" Lesson Plan |
1 to 4 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) This lesson incorporates Beatrix Potter's story of "Peter Rabbit" and a variety of technology resources. The end result has students writing letters online to Peter Rabbit after his ordeal in Mr. McGregor's garden.
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/sadies/lesson/peter/peterlesson.htm |
| "I Have a Dream" Podcasts |
K to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will watch Martin Luther King Jr's, "I Have a Dream" speech, then write their own speech about their own dreams. The speeches will recorded and turned into podcasts. |
| "In the News!" |
2 to 8 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) A newscast that can be writen, produced and created by elementary or middle school students. Co-Authored with Stacy Bodin |
| "The Five Life Zone Research Project" |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) Students in grade 7 and 8 will travel from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Grand Canyon in Williams, Arizona to investigate and measure the soil and water quality (if water can be found) for each of five life zones. The five life zones are the Lower Sonoran or low hot desert; the Upper Sonoran or desert steppe; the Transition or open woodlands; the Canadian or fir forest; and the Hudsonian or spruce forest. This is equivalent to studying the life zones found from Mexico to Canada. The latest technology will be used to complete the field studies and record and communicate their findings. |
| "To Be, or Not To Be, A Digital Citizen? That is the Question! |
4 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will become active participants in understanding what it means to be a digital citizen. The students will become aware of the importance of online responsibilities. |
| 21 century pen pals |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) These lessons are for the students to show what they've learned about specific topics to an international school. |
| 3D models and Volume |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create 3D models of cylinders, cones, and spheres to hold specific amounts of water. |
| 4th Grade Life Science Unit: Animals |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Our fourth grade teaching team will use technology tools to meet the description of Colorado’s 21st Century learning skills: critical thinking and reasoning, information literacy, collaboration, self-direction, invention. Through the use of technology, we will appeal to our student’s senses and teach to a variety of learning styles with meaningful, authentic learning opportunities. |
| A Trip to the Mall... Washington D.C. |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This project incorporate our Nation's Capital into a board game that integrates curriculum not only across subjects, but grade levels. |
| Adapting to Life by the Wild Myakka River |
6 to 9 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will use digital still and video cameras to capture organisms adaptations to their local environment while on a field trip to Myakka River State Park. Students will then use the captured media to create a digital interactive poster (Prezi) that they will present to the class. |
| American Cities |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, groups of students will work collaboratively online to create informational worksheets about a major American city through the ages. |
| America’s Roaring 20’s Decade Silent Movie Project |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using video as a medium to provide a visual presentation of the 1920’s can help students gain a better grasp of its effects on today’s society. In this project students will be asked to research and describe the 1920s and analyze cause and effect relationships within the 1920s and the effects of society on today. |
| Animation |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Through the exploration of animation techniques, students will be able to describe and depict emotions and expressions with processes, traditional tools, and modern technologies used in the arts. |
| Antony vs. Brutus |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In groups of four, students will create an advertising campaign based on their given character/speech of Antony or Brutus from Shakespeare's Caesar. Students will use the project as means of debate focusing on the which character should have control of Rome after the death of their former leader, Caesar. |
| Artists in Power Point |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Artist history comes alive to students when they make a power point about the artists. They are encouraged to find online images from the artists' works and incorporate them along with pertinant information to create a techhie bio of them. |
| At the Top of Mississippi: Southaven |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Project – At the Top of Mississippi: Southaven
Students will report and record personal events, people and places that are important to them in their daily lives. They will then, with their classmates, combine their efforts and produce a DVD that will be presented to the City of Southaven and the Southaven Chamber of Commerce to give to families that are interested in relocating to our city. This will promote Southaven in a positive manner through the eyes of our youth.
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| Beyond the Basic Research Paper |
8 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will use technology to demonstrate understanding of immigration and create unique technology enriched products of specific research topics. |
| Bill of Rights Documentary |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 5 ratings) Our fifth grade Social Studies students learned about the Bill of Rights by creating their very own documentary using the Flip camer and software. We held a viewing party at the end of the unit complete with a popcorn donation from AMC Theatres to celebrate our young filmmakers! |
| Book Trailers |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create digital book talks to highlight titles in our library collection. These book trailers will then be linked to the title in our online catalog. |
| Bringing STEM to the Elementary Classroom Through 3D Printing |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Utilize a project based approach to STEM by providing students an education in CAD software and 3D printing. The software utilized will be Google SketchUp |
| Building God’s House |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 5 ratings) This is fun, interesting project that gets the students excited about church. |
| Caching in Pine's Treasures |
6 to 12 |
| Project ‘Caching in Pine’s Treasures” was designed to increase student knowledge of Social Studies’ topics in a non-traditional way. Students will use digital cameras and GPS units to learn historical information outside the classroom walls increasing student motivation, content knowledge, and knowledge of “technology-based gadgets.” |
| Can You See What I See? |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) In this lesson, students will take digital pictures to represent various forms of energy and the steps involved in energy transfers and transformations. They will then create a Rebus story that can be solved using these pictures. This activity will bring to life a science concept that is usually difficult to see and understand. |
| Celebrations Summative Project - Kindergarten |
P-K to K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) (8 week lesson)After studying the holidays and traditions of autumn and winter throughout the world, kindergarten students are challenged to create their own unique holiday. While presenting their holiday, students will be digitally recorded to assess their understanding of holidays as a summative assessment.
*International Baccalaureate PYP* |
| Cellcraft Game |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students learn the cell organelles' location, structure, and functions by playing Cellcraft game while taking Cornell notes on the cell structures as they "discover" them, in the game. |
| Cherokee Unit- Lesson 1: Cherokee Religion and Culture |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this unit, students will learn about the beliefs, practices and traditions of Native American groups in North Carolina, specifically the Cherokee people, and explain how European explorers and settlers impacted these groups. |
| Climate Change in Context |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students predict and review the effects of climate change by reviewing text and writing hypotheses. Groups then present the information to the class in a jigsaw/spider web format. |
| Cochlear Implants-Flip camera |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a movie explaining if they support or oppose on Cochlear Implants. |
| Comparing and Contracting modern and colonial children |
2 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will compare and contrast their 'modern' life with the lives of 'colonial' children. Students will complete a Venn Diagram, and take the information on the Venn Diagram to write a paragraph comparing the different time periods. |
| Crater Lake and the Volcanoes of the Cascade Mountains |
1 to 2 |
| A unit studying volcanoes and how they relate to our local area. |
| Creating a Digital Portfolio |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Digital Portfolios encourage students to showcase their accomplishments, works in progress, or personal history when applying for a job or for college entrance. |
| Creating insects puppet show |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This plan integrates reading, investigating, writing, performing and technology into one fun and engaging project that will get students involved in writing a skit and performing for a " puppet-show " purpose. |
| Creation Stories |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Provide an authentic approach to improve understanding the foundation of American Literature and improve literacy skills of all the students. This project will allow students to research, create, and demonstrate, via podcasts and discussion boards, their knowledge of the origins of American literature. |
| Creative Videos for Basic Grammar Concepts |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 4 ratings) Using Flip Videos, students will teach and enhance classmates' knowledge about basic grammar concepts such as nouns, pronouns, proper nouns, adjectives, and action verbs. |
| Design Team Challenge |
4 to 8 |
| Students use technology and engineering skills to create robots. These robots are used to test various math applications, and data tables are used to compare data. |
| Digital Black and White Photography |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Using a projector, digital camera, laserjet printer and powerpoint, have students create contrast photos. Using the internet, students will discuss famous black and white photographers such as Ansel Adams, American Artist and Activist .
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| Digital Bubble Maps - Geography of our Environment |
P-K to 6 |
| Each environment is different depending on where we live. This lesson is to visually capture the geographical environment a student is apart of. |
| Digital Cameras |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Performance Objective:
Upon completion of this assignment, the students will be able to choose the right digital camera for the type of pictures they are going to take and successfully transfer images from the camera to their computer for editing. |
| Digital Forensics |
9 to 12 |
| Students will understand and comprehend how to investigate a crime scene and the importance of crime scene photography. |
| Digital Literacy |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Plan designed to improve reading comprehension and writing skills for high school english students through script writing and film adaptation. |
| Digital Research Animal Project |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will research an animal of choice and use an iPad app to create a trading card to inform peers of their new learning. |
| Digital Scratchboards |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn a new art technique using digital software. Scratchboard procedures will be used to produce high contrast photographs. |
| DROP BY DROP WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The purpose of the unit is for students to acquire information and knowledge about water, its structure, its properties, its usage, and its importance as a resource. Many students inherently know about water because they consume and use it every day. Many students however think there is an infinite supply of fresh water and all they have to do to get fresh water is to turn on the faucet. To acquire water usage statistics and appreciate the unique properties of water will help student accomplish their final task. |
| Economics: Products of South Louisiana |
2 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Economics: Products of South Louisiana: Students will learn how two products are part of South Louisiana's Economic Process.
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| Electricity - how it works and how we measure and pay for it! |
6 to 12 |
| What is electricity, and where can we see it in our daily lives. This lesson is primarily informational, providing an easy-to-understand description of electricity and how it is literally all around us. |
| Essential to Autumn: Line, Shape, Color, Texture, Pattern, Rhythm, Emphasis, Movement, Balance, and Unity |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will observe their natural environment to experience the changes that occur when Autumn arrives.
Students will create artworks based on personal observations and experiences with their environment in Autumn. |
| Exploring the cellular basis of life using real life object for project |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson is intended to familiarize students with different categories of cells. Emphasis will be placed on the comparison and contrast of plant and animals cells and the structures within them. They will explore the real world of cells by exploring using the digital microscopy. This concept will integrate with technology based hands on with the students as they engage doing a cell project out of the real object.
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| Festivals, Fairs, and Fun and Unit Exploring Spanish Festivals |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will compare and contrast the cultural traditions and festivals of Spanish speaking countries with their own culture. It is our desire that students understand, value, and respect people and places outside of their own environment. |
| Film Legends |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students utilize the internet to research/respond to topics/questions related to films they view. I found this lesson particularly engaging for my ELL students. Student presentations could definitely expand, if our digital equipment was increased! |
| Flat Stanley in the 21st Century |
1 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use the Jeff Brown story "Flat Stanley" as a bridge to learn about different geographic, cultural, and scientific features of communities around the state, country, and world. Letters and their "flat" person is emailed to friends and family, in order to learn about the world around them via email, websites and Skype conversations.
and results are shared with the grade level. |
| Flip into Technology! |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use Flip cameras to gather information and integrate it into any classroom activity. |
| FlipCam Field Trip - Habitat Exploration |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will take a field trip to a local county park or nature preserve that has several distinct habitat types. Each team of students will document as many distinct habitats as they can and ultimately present their video products to the rest of the class. |
| FlipVideo Poetry: Teaching Narrative Poems Through Community Service Learning |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) In order to promote literacy as part of our district improvement plan, 7th grade students will work in pairs to draft, write and illustrate a narrative poem to be presented on National Read Across America Day to primary school students as part of a 'Seussical". Performances will be videotaped so that teachers can show the presentations over and over to varied classes for instructional purposes. |
| Friendship Book |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will take pictures of their friends and write what they know about their friends and the things they like to do with their friends. It will turn out to be a friendship book.
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| Frogs: ELA and Science 1st grade |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a first grade ELA and science unit. This unit integrates technology and allows students to apply real world application with scientific inquiry, while critically analyzing literary and informational texts.
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| Gangs and Clicks... Are They One In The Same? |
7 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will work on a whiteboard or SMART Board and make a Venn diagram comparing/contrasting the two social groups. |
| Getting to Know the Characters in The Tempest |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson is about characterization and Shakespear's play, The Tempest |
| Greetings, Introductions, and Farewells in Spanish. |
9 to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The student will learn some basic phrases for greeting another person and introducing yourself.
The student will understand the meaning of the sentences of their own dialog and practice with their classmates.
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| Heredity |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will analyze their own understanding and mastery of heredity and punnett squares as we walk through an example as a class. Students will then use prior knowledge of heredity to complete a Heredity Game (Who’s You Daddy?), and reinforce the content knowledge we have covered. |
| If Dracula Walked Today |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Objective: Preserving the message and power within the original manuscript of Dracula, while recreating an original depiction using a flip camera and an understanding of pop culture. |
| Internet Security Basics |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The goal of the lesson is to educate the learners in the responsibilities of using the Internet's resources in a safe, secure, and ethical manner. In addition, students will be able to apply new knowledge to correct unsafe practices currently used by them on social networks and other Internet sites. |
| Intro to the Cardiovascular System Hybrid Lesson |
3 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students will learn about their cardiovascular system, using three different stations.
1) Independent Station 2) Collaborative Station 3) Teacher Centered Station |
| Invasion of the Germs: We Fight Back! |
3 to 4 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The news today can be scary for our children hearing the stories of the H1N1 virus. This unit will teach common, quality health practices to serve our community and remove fear and uncertainty out of this disease. Personal hygiene, scientific investigation and fun will mesh in this unit for 4th grade students entitled “Invasion of the Germ: We fight back”. The students will investigate hygiene and determine what habits will help their bodies fight infections. They will create clay animation videos with podcasts to teach younger students and our community how to fight germs and the H1N1 virus. |
| It's Challenging Being Green! |
3 to 5 |
| Students will delve into botany by planting a seed and watching it grow or die based on what they do to take care of it. Prior knowledge of human anatomy and physiology will be the entry point as students connect these two very different areas of biology. By the end of the unit, students will be able to defend plant conservation the way they could any other organism they study. Ultimately, students should have increased awareness of the lack of green spaces in urban areas and the need for more parks and gardens |
| iZOO |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is the cumlinating project for a unit on animal adaptations and habitats. Students will complete a WebQuest, create a slideshow or animated movie, and a podcast. |
| Jazzing-Up Thanksgiving! |
7 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Through the years, students have answered the “What are you thankful for?’ question. In this unit the students will answer this question incorporating technology with art, figurative language, the study of biographies and autobiographies, research, and by producing a jazz / blues song. |
| JUPITER |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson teaches students about Jupiter and Earth Science. It has been modified to accommodate students with various disabilities. |
| Las Vegas: We are just like you |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) What do you think of when you hear about Las Vegas? You think of Casinos, Theme Hotels, The Strip, CSI, and the bright lights. Our project will dispell the stereotypes and stigmas, by showing the world how similar we are to cities and towns everywhere. |
| Learning About Migration Through Interviews |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using Flip Videos, students will work together in partnerships to learn about why individuals migrate to the United States and hardships/obstacles a person may face. Students will also learn how to prepare questions, interview on film, use a Flip Video, make a movie of and interview. |
| Legacy Project: Using Flip Cameras to Connect Generations |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson will enable students in Ms. Barb Ressler's English classroom at Wahlert High School to capture insights from senior citizens by utilizing flip cameras. As a result, the students will be able to learn many important life lessons and build important connections with senior citizens. |
| Literacy Through Photography |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This project based lesson integrates reading, writing, and social studies skills on an elementary level. |
| Louisiana Graphs (Can be adapted) |
2 to 3 |
| Overview: We are studying Louisiana for the next 5-6 weeks. As part of our study, students will conduct surveys centered around Louisiana. We are also reviewing the parts of a graph and the steps in creating a graph. |
| M&M Graphing |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this series of lessons, students will predict and collect data, create a bar graph with paper and pencil, design bar graphs with different sorts of software, access and use the Internet, identify parts of a bar graph, compare the various graphs. |
| Middle Ages Cross Curriculum Project |
6 to 8 |
| This project incorporates all subject areas while students learn about the Middle Ages. |
| Mitosis |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson is modified for technology infusion in a typical classroom for students to better understand Mitosis and be creative learning the concepts collaborative environment. It has also been modified for students with disabilities who have been integrated into the regular classroom setting. |
| Mitosis and Meiosis Field Project |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A Biology class composes a documentary on Mitosis and Meiosis using themselves (i.e., holding hands, creating a circle) to diagram and perform the different phases of cell reproduction. The students will then be able to evaluate their performance through watching themselves on the video. |
| Modern Indian Culture as "Scene" through Bollywood |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using Knowledge from Current Indian Culture (social organization, religion, government, language, arts and literature, customs and traditions, economy) students will be asked to collaboratively create, film, and edit a five minute scene in the true style of a Bollywood film. |
| Native Americans |
3 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This unit on Native Americans encourages students to read print and online informational texts focusing on Native American tribes of various regions. They will create, practice, and present digital presentations based on the information they found. |
| Newton's Laws for One and All! |
8 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this unit, students will create a digital portfolio of their learning. Students will collaborate on portions of this unit, while other parts are individual. This unit focuses on learning, applying, and working with Newton’s Laws of Motion. It is a layered curriculum unit which has students progressively building in their understanding and use of the laws. |
| Objective Weathering and Erosion |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson is contains the learning of the erosion and weathering process. Students will study their own time-lapse photos to determine if their object of study has gone through the process of weathering. The student will have to determine which weathering process has occurred and illustrate what the future product would be. |
| Perspectives on a Shoe |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will photograph a shoe in various locations and then take the photo(s) to create a short story or poem from the perspective of their shoe |
| Photo Transfer Mixed Media Collage |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create a mixed media collage incorporating a digital image. Design must be created from a memory or tell a story about the students life. Composition must be created in layers. Students may create a background that is abstract or a background that emphasizes a message or story by use of imagery, pattern or words. |
| Photographing touch |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Blind students can do photography too! Students will locate natural material (plants or animals) by touch, and take a photo of what they feel. |
| Plotting the Way to Washington DC |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will use the streets of Washington DC to discover the unique role geometry plays in the artistic cartography design of our Nation's Capital. This lesson incorporates numerous Common Core Standards across the curriculum and grade levels. |
| Podcasting About Our World |
1 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will combine learning about the world around them through our 21st Century lesson about Flat Stanley with technology to create podcasts about their flat adventures. |
| Project: Mother’s Day Video |
P-K to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Preparing students for the workplace requires providing learning experiences that mimic or realistically replicate those found in the industry. In this project, students are responsible for putting together a Mother’s Day video of the kindergarten children talking about their mothers, singing songs and reading poems, to be viewed at the annual Kindergarten Mother’s Day Tea |
| Restoring Memories and Planning Autobiography |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This plan utilizes Google Maps for autobiography writing in response to the mentor text Knots in my Yo-Yo String” by Jerry Spinelli. |
| Rhetorical Analysis of Popular Media |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students are to analyze the rhetorical appeals, strategies and devices found in popular media. Students assess how effective the media is at trying to persuade consumers. |
| S.C.A.N.M.E. |
P-K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students Creating A New Method of Evaluation |
| Self-Portrait |
6 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) For students in middle school, the self-portrait is timely, as it is during these years, between the ages of 11-14, that young people are immersed in “the self”-exploring identity, finding his or her place in the world, building perception of self in relation to others. In the lesson plan, students delve into these artistic qualities as they first explore famous artists’ portraits, which grounds them in a range of styles and art history, all of which students reflect on as they design their self-portraits, which they will create using Photoshop using both the standard desktop computer and the WACOM tablet to compare/contrast the impact of the different technologies on the design process and final product.
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| Self-Portraits: Photography and Memoirs |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will read a collection of memoirs, short-stories and personal reflections about being a preteen or teenager and will write their own creative non-fiction piece about being 13 years old. This will be paired with a photography unit in which students will learn the guidelines for better photography and create self-portraits to accompany their creative writing. |
| Selfie vs Self-portrait |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This activity combines contemporary technology with archaic photographic processes the end result a one of a kind tangible self-portrait from a 200 year old process using modern technology. It challenges the students to further understand the difference between our cultural image capture and the power of a image when it's seen as an entity, not a digital thumbnail. |
| Show What You Know-Solving Subtraction Problems (K/1st Grade) |
P-K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The purpose of this lesson is to help students understand the concept behind the abstract symbols used in subtraction. Specifically, Kindergarteners are still learning number symbols and alphabets as well as the plus sign so distinguishing symbols and what they represent when presented with them are extremely important. All students need concept development to retain such skills. This lesson will teach students a new strategy for solving subtraction as well as provide a pictorial representation of subtraction. Language development of vocabulary like minus, take away, less and fewer is also important for all students in math progression as these terms will be used in word problems and comparing amounts throughout school and in the real world. First graders will have a combination of addition and subtraction with subtraction word problems. Students will discuss these concepts, learn and practice a new strategy and then use the strategy that works best for them in their independent and partner tasks. Upon completion of tasks some students will interview each other to discuss which strategy they used and why and how they used it. Others will create an avatar cartoon video or a song to share their strategy for solving subtraction problems. |
| Silent Films with a Flip Cam |
4 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will analyze a variety of silent films, the roles and responsibilities of film careers and work together to create a film that demonstrates the basic storytelling concepts of conflict and resolution. |
| SKYPE PALS Project Share NC |
4 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students studying Spanish as a foreign language collaborate to create digital presentations depicting everyday life and culture in North Carolina. Students establish friendships and exchange cultural and language information with students in Latin America via SKYPE and video sharing websites. Students create a SYPE PALS documentary which will be shared with the community at a special celebration in which students, parents, and the community come together to meet one another, to watch and discuss the documentary and to experience typical food and music from the Latin American country. |
| Sly Book Channel |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) We will create excitement and promote reading through our Sly Book Channel. Sly is our Fox mascot. Students will write and then make a commercial for their favorite book using a Flip-cam or Webcam. We will show these commercials on the morning announcements and through a website set up by our Technology teacher. |
| Solar System Planet Research Project |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will study the solar system through a variety of collaborative research based activities, culminating in a Google Slide presentation and a "Scratch Jnr." coding planet commercial. |
| Song Creation: Of Mice and Men vs. The Greatest Game Ever Played |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) After reading Of Mice and Men and watching The Greatest Game Ever Played, compare and contrast George Milton and Francis Ouimet and Lennie Small and Eddie Lowery in a song to be written and recorded. |
| Succession in the Classroom |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will observe and record with digital cameras the process of succession as it occurs in a 55 gallon tank that the students set up with soil from their own backyards. |
| Sustainability & Systems-Seven Generations |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a lesson meant to teach about sustainability while introducing students to a variety of new technologies. They will use Wordle, Google, and view You Tube video to help their understanding of the concept of sustainability |
| The Flip Side: A Multi-Genre Occupational Research Project |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson will provide students with the authority of the "naked eye" to give way towards finding their own truth, place, and ability to communicate efficiently in a global community. |
| The Original Photograph |
8 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using the medium of photography, students learn how to make ordinary subject matter "extraordinary" through the use of various photographic techniques, manual camera operations and iPhoto editing tools. |
| The Outsiders Unit Plan |
7 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and complete a digital-based lesson plan that incorporates the novel. |
| The Planet Mars |
5 to 8 |
| I created this lesson plan so that my fifth grade students would be able to compare and contrast the planets of Mars and Earth, and further build their knowledge of the solar system. |
| The Student Becomes the Teacher |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) We know that sometimes students learn better from their peers. In this lesson plan, the content that is to be taught in class is divided and taught by the students for the students. |
| The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf Again |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Comparing and Contrasting the various stories of the Three Little Pigs from the pig's point of view and the wolf's view |
| The Wonder of Seeing the Best in Ourselves- A+ Attitude |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will read the novel Wonder by RJ Palacio, learn about theme, character, perspective and the steps of writing a research paper. The students will then create a research paper, an oral presentation and a citizenship project that promotes compassion. |
| Thomas Eakins: Scenes from Everyday Life |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson will introduce Thomas Eakins as a photographer and painter. The students will apply Eakins' method of integrating photos into paintings |
| Tour Guide of WIllow Bend |
K to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Second language learners (ELL) will create a tour of Willow Bend School reflecting on what a newcomer would need to know. Students will use their past experiences to compare and contrast Willow Bend to other schools around the world. The video will include all aspects of school; teachers, support staff, locations, activities, etc. |
| Tracing the World |
P-K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using an interactive white board in Social Studies so students can label places on a map and show how maps changed through the years. |
| Traditional Tribal Homelands of Washington's Plateau Nations |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This WebQuest is the first part of a four part unit or can be used alone. It challenges students to think critically about the conflicts before, during, and after the Walla Walla Treaty Council of 1855. |
| Traditions Around the World |
5 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be divided into cooperative learning groups and given a country to research their holiday traditions. Students will use the internet, encyclopedias and other research sources to prepare a presentation. A brief discussion/mini-lesson will be given on credible resources.
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| Understanding light and sound through visual representations and robotics |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students will use robotics to learn about sensing and reacting to stimuli, particularly the input magnitude of light. They will make comparisons with what they have learned about the changes in magnitude of sound and how the human body senses and reacts to sound. |
| Using Repeat Photography to Map Environmental Hazards |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will collect historical photos from libraries, newspapers and family collections for comparison to recent photos to be taken by the class. Students will compare photos to assess changes in landscape, industry and neighborhoods and blog their results. |
| Using Tablets for Project Based Learning in Science |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will be able to use net books, laptops, and digital cameras to successfully complete learning projects that meet expectations in our new CCSS as well as the forthcoming Next Generation Science Standards. Tablets will enable students to conduct necessary research as well as produce digital presentations that they will share with their classmates. |
| Video Scavenger Hunt: Is It Alive? |
1 to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a 5-day lesson in which students learn the characteristics of living and nonliving things. Students will go outside to find living and nonliving things and film themselves describing their objects and explaining how they classified them. |
| Wanted - Dead or Alive |
3 to 6 |
| After learning about trickster tales, students will create clay models of a trickster, create a mug shot which will be used on a life-size wanted poster. Students will also photograph and animate the trickster using the Claymation software in Whole Class Fresco. Finally, students will design games based on a trickster tale for younger students. |
| Water Conservation |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will collect data on water usage, graph the information, and compare/contrast the results. |
| Web 2.0 - Video Sharing |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Create a video to share on a Video Sharing Site (Youtube, Flickr, etc.). Through this lesson, the student will become proficient at sharing files online using the various Video Sharing Sites. Students will use Tool Factory Movie Maker to edit and produce the video.
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| Where We Come From—A Culturally Responsive Writing Lesson |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Goals: (1) Students will communicate and collaborate listing details that represent their learning group; (2) Students will write a “We Come From” poem that represents their learning group; (3) Students will create a Wordle that represents their learning group. |
| Where We Live |
2 to 2 |
| American students will communicate with Jamaican students and a Peace Corp volunteer in Albert Town, Jamaica. Both groups of students will communicate via internet and construct a book about their communities using camera equipment and technology. |
| Who Am I? |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use the digital cameras to take profile pictures of themselves and then insert them into a word processing document where they have typed an acrostic poem with their name, giving clues about themselves. The pictures are then formatted to be black and white so that the photo looks like a silouette. |
| Who's the Man? Men of the French & Indian War and Road to the Revolution |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Who's the Man? Men of the French & Indian War and Road to the Revolution |
| Whose Slipper |
1 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) In this unit students will explore multiple versions of various fairy tales. This is one of five lessons in which students read an original fairy tale and compare story elements of another version of the same fairy tale.
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| Wishing for Wells |
2 to 2 |
| Students of all ability levels will learn about the water crisis in Africa. They will use iPads to conduct research, make PSAs to broadcast on the morning announcements, and complete other technology-infused projects to raise awareness (such as an interactive QR code exhibit about a region in Africa). The unit will culminate in a fundraiser to try to fund the construction of a well in Africa. |
| World Civilizations |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This project is an effort to incorporate interactive video games (Civilization 4) and collaborative internet tools (Google Docs and Wikispaces) with an understanding of historical knowledge and themes to better understand the interaction between culture, geography, government, and people over large periods of time. To do this, groups of students will play a networked version of Civilization 4, keep records of events which occur in this game, write a history of the nation created in the game, and publish the history online for others to use. |
| World of Quadrilaterals |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Why is it important to know the properties of quadrilaterals? How can we use it in our real life? |
| Written in Bones |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will read literary and informational texts about the stories of our past to understand how different texts offer unique historical perspectives and how authors sometimes alter details of history to serve a purpose. Students will express their understanding by corroborating details of the past, deciphering an author’s purpose, and writing their own fictionalized version of a historical account.
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