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| Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
| Centers for Increasing Learning Capability & Engagement for students with Autism |
K to 5 |
 (0 stars, 1 ratings) This plan utilizes technology to motivate and engage elementary students with autism to learn much needed skills. Since each program is only available to one student at a time, scheduling of classroom activities including specific Modules for each student to complete on a daily basis depending on needs and ability would be a critical piece of gaining optimum benefit from the skills taught by these programs. |
| Engage in Literature Circle discussion. |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students discuss readings from selected texts, done the previous night, with the goal of engaging text, interacting with each other, and exhibiting ordered but collaborative work. |
| IPad Literacy: Engage and Enrich 21st Century Learners |
2 to 3 |
| Students will use the iPads as literature and reading response resources during partner or listen to reading. The teacher will use the iPad to formatively assess and keep track of student progress. |
| Keep Them Engage--Show What You Know |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create an interactive whiteboard notebook lesson that can be used for use to introduce academic concept. It can also be posted on google classroom for student and parent reference |
| Students will utilize tablets to research S.T.E,M, topics to enhance their knowledge, achievement, success, and engagement in the classroom. |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Student teams of three will select from a teacher prepared list of STEM topics. They will utilize a tablet to research, document and create a variety of presentations on their selected topic. Student teams will utilize a teacher prepared rubric to complete their assignment. |
| Using technology to engage students in science through inquiry research |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) My students love to talk about the latest YouTube video so why not engage them through video based research projects? As a central part of an ethology (animal behavior) inquiry research project, my advanced biology students will be collecting data in small groups at a local zoo. |
| One L.E.S.S. (Partners in Education Campaign Initiative) |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Through this social marketing campaign - One L.E.S.S., the students will assume the role of a business professionals using different types of marketing media. The students’ initiative will increase collaborations between community leaders, the school, and youth. The concept is simple - One Leader Engaged in Student Success (L.E.S.S.) equals one less youth involved in juvenile delinquency and other destructive decision making. |
| Sketchnotes Reading Comprehension |
P-K to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use ipads to sketch drawings they think of while reading a text. This helps with reading comprehension. |
| TV and Clickers to Increase Student Learning |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using a classroom response system to check for understanding in real time throughout a class period and then adjust teaching as needed. |
| The Robotics Obstacle Course Challenge |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Robotics Obstacle Course Challenge is a comprehensive instructional unit that exposes middle school students to various engineering domains/colleges, enhances student motivation and engagement, provides authentic avenues for research, and challenges all students to excel in a robotics obstacle course challenge. |
| Blogging In Kindergarten! |
K to K |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) All of my 18 Kindergarten children have their own kidblog that they use to record their learning. Kindergarten life is full of day long discoveries and kid blogging is just one of the many ways I am documenting the excitement of the discoveries made. |
| "In Three Words" |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) "In Three Words, a lesson creating an anti-bullying Animoto video, allows students to take an active role in the development of an anti-bullying lesson thus taking ownership of the message. Students used the Good Morning America segment “Your Three Words” as a model for creating videos depicting powerful anti-bullying messages. Using flip video cameras, students filmed short clips displaying their three word messages and then created a collective video using the web 2.0 tool, Animoto. |
| "SMART" Science |
7 to 7 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The following description of our 10 week Energy unit (Colorado Science Standard 3) in the life science curriculum demonstrates how I will integrate the SMART board system into my classroom and use it to engage, excite, motivate and challenge my students in order to help them learn and understand essential life science concepts. |
| 26 Days/Weeks in Our World Writing Project |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will each take one photo during their assigned week on a class digital camera. Students will share there photo and the class will write a descriptive journal entry about what they see in the photo. |
| 4th Grade Double Digit Multiplication |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) How to multiply two 2-digit numbers using the window pane and butterfly methods. |
| 6th grade-Greatest Common Factor |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Introduction to Greatest Common Factor |
| 7th grade- Adding Rational Numbers |
7 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) -Adding integers using a horizontal or vertical number lines.
Adding integers using counters/chips
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| 8th grade Math-Intro toTransformations |
8 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A week of lesson plans to introduce students to the different Transformations. |
| A New Way of Looking |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to understand the concepts of light and lens using the life of Galileo as a guide. Students will be given opportunities to experiment just like Galileo. Students will be given a variety of opportunities to learn about the complexity of light using many different mediums. |
| A New Way of Looking |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to understand the concepts of light and lens using the life of Galileo as a guide. Students will be given opportunities to experiment just like Galileo. Students will be given a variety of opportunities to learn about the complexity of light using many different mediums. |
| A New Way of Looking |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to understand the concepts of light and lens using the life of Galileo as a guide. Students will be given opportunities to experiment just like Galileo. Students will be given a variety of opportunities to learn about the complexity of light using many different mediums. |
| A Picture of Dreams |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will merge photography; gel transfer pictures, writing, and their plan
for their future to result in a multi dimensional visual art project
that supports digital skills, education and career development, and the
arts, poetry and English language. |
| Analyzing Concrete Jungles |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will take pictures of plants located throughout the school campus (which has very little grassy area.) They will compare and contrast the plants that are thriving with the plants that are struggling for survival. |
| Anatomy & Physiology/Healthcare Applied Therapeutic Services: "So Doc, what's the prognosis?" |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will take on the role of a medical intern in a hospital cardiovascular rotation whose focus is to communicate through modeling the process of and treatment options for a specific cardiovascular related disease/disorder to a newly diagnosed patient. To assess their ability to communicate this knowledge, students will create a Flip Video presentation of their role play for which self and peer review commentary is provided. |
| Animal Ambassadors |
K to 1 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) My class is starting a year long animal research project. We will be covering all academic subjects throughout the year as we research, read, learn, write, and observe all types of animals and their habitats. |
| Annotating and Analyzing Readings with Tablets |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson plan shows how tablets and/or computers with internet access would be used in my ELA classroom to enhance engagement and independence reading and analyzing Common Core texts. |
| AP Biology & Inquiry-Based Labs |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Instead of carrying around an encyclopedic textbook, students will have their text downloaded onto an iPad where they can highlight, bookmark, and find definitions instantly without ruining the book next year. Students will also be using their iPad for creating, reviewing, and sharing their own labs. |
| Apparel Design technology. |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students in the 11th & 12th grade fashion class will be able to: 1. design a fashion apparel line using the ipad sketch, and textile design soft ware application. |
| Architecture: Re-Designing our School |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Architecture is the catalyst for teaching students to be curious, informed, and empowered to positively impact the built environment around them. Our students have the unique opportunity to correspond with real architect mentors from across the nation to re-design an area of their school. We need Samsung Google Chromebooks and 3D printers to bring their projects to life. |
| Becoming Africa’s Wildlife |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Each student becomes an expert on one of the animals native to Africa and contributes important information to a safari field guide. Each student investigates the natural history of the animal and learns about the animal’s habitat, ecological niche, interdependence, relative position in a food web, adaptive features and behaviors, and conservation. With their research behind them, each student “becomes” an animal and creates a poster presentation written primarily from the animal’s point of view. |
| Behind the Camera |
5 to 8 |
| Students create a documentary-style video that speaks to an organization within the community. |
| Behind the Mask |
P-K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A mask has historically been a symbol to both represent and disguise a particular culture,
individual, or even a corpse. We associate them with tribal and social celebrations or representations of those who have passed on. Students will create their own masks to represent their external and public persona, but underneath they will enclose a poem on the back that reveals what lies underneath.
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| Biographical Timelines |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Overview: Students will choose a biography or an autobiography to read and create a timeline on the person's life. |
| BLANKETING THE WORLD WITH LEARNING ANDLOVE |
K to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) We used the Flip Camera to capture all classes' interpretations and lessons related to reading the Book "The Lady in the Box" by Anne McGovern. We compiled videos of 12 classes into a movie and culminated the project with a blanket drive. |
| Building a School Archives: The First Twenty Years |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) History can be close at hand and relevant to students! My students will improve their literacy, critical thinking, and collaboration skills as they become historians and create an online school archives of the first twenty years.
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| Cabezas Arriba! |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will practice the preterite tense using Quizlet Live, then present short skits where they use the tense in conversation, and then students will play Cabezas Arriba (Heads Up) with a Google Doc that is displayed on the ITV. Students have to describe the words behind the student (can't see word) using the target language. |
| Cameras and Shadows |
K to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will utilize photographs to capture shadow changes throughout the day. These changes will help to make predictions about how the shadows will change and why they change. They will use this information to then create and document a sun dial that tells time. |
| 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* |
| Cheesy Connections |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students plan, shoot, and create cheesy videos of their chosen SAT vocabulary word to help other students learn the meanings of the word.
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| Chemical Change in the Kitchen |
3 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will photograph the different stages of a food item being cooked. They will then put their photos into a slide show with captions describing the photos and any evidence of chemical change. |
| Chemical Reaction Demonstration |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Identify and classify chemical reactions based on the five following types of reactions: synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement, and combustion. |
| Come Meet Us at the Zoo |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Come Meet Us at the Zoo is a project theme lesson plan that incorporates technology with life science, literacy, writing skills, and creativity. Children will identify animals, research them online and with books and magazines, then write a book about the animal of their choice. |
| Commercial Success with Sensory Adjectives |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn about sensory adjectives by using various modalities. They will create a 1 -2 minute commericial for a product using sensory adjectives in writing and in a presentation. |
| 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. |
| Computer and Technology Lab Projects |
1 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students develop significant projects in our Computer and Technology Lab, and we require a safe, easily accessible repository of digital images and audio for student use. These various projects are theme related and correspond to specific grade levels. |
| Cow Eye Dissection |
6 to 7 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The student will identify and locate the part's of a cow's eye. The learner will exhibit proper lab safety procedures during class. |
| 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 an Effective Ad Campaign |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The student will create an ad using technology tools to promote membership in FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America). |
| Creating Our Own Newscast |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Through effective delivery of the morning announcements, and adding creative visual headings for each, it is possible to share news on the school web page with students, staff, and parents, as well as archive the events of the year. |
| CSI Podcasts |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) Students will create a reference library of podcasts to help them solve crime scenes and later review for tests. |
| CSI: Chemistry Student Investigators |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students master scientific inquiry skills as they design investigations to solve mysteries based on scientific concepts, use hand held computers and digital cameras to capture data generated in their investigations, and use Tool Factory software to compile data and lab reports to create electronic lab journals.
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| Cubelets Challenge Beginner |
P-K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The challenges are aimed at thinking about building something to meet a need, solve a problem or make something that that can help us to understand or do something. |
| Cyberbullying |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) With the layering of identity through the use of nicknames and avatars as well as a sense of anonymity, it is easy for young people to sometimes forget that real people – with real feelings – are at the heart of online conversations. In this lesson students will explore this concept and discuss the importance of good netizenship. |
| Dakota Pipeline Lesson |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is an a unit that is geared towards students understanding the components of the Regents exam. The argumentative essay will focus on students reading and analyzing 4 different texts that examine multiple sides about the Dakota Access Pipeline debate. The essay will extend in students participating in a socratic seminar with their peers using respectful and accountable talk and fostering productive peer to peer discussion. |
| Debating with Technology |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will debate over a predetermined topic and use the technology located around them to back up their statements. They will also be using their smart phone apps to use their phones as "clickers" to complete an assessment. |
| Digital Curation: A way to organize your favorite Web 2.0 tools |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be introduced to Web 2.0 tools that they can use in the classroom (science, math, social studies, ELA) to demonstrate content knowledge |
| Digital Doubles |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Adding doubles is a great strategy for adding numbers and gaining number sense. First grade students will use virtual manipulatives to add doubles. |
| Digital Dreams |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson connects students' experiences with short stories, poems, speeches and newspaper articles in a thematic unit on "Dreams." Students take images that best reflect the pieces read as well as take photos for pieces of writing students create. |
| Digital Journaling in the Outdoor Classroom |
P-K to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Watch the progression of seeds, plants and animals from late winter till June through journaling, discussions, photography music and poetry. |
| 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. |
| Digitally Concerned Citizens |
5 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students need to learn relevant technology skills to succeed in the modern workforce. This lesson allows students to master skills with an inquiry based investigation on how humans contribute to changes in ecosystems. With a better understanding of issues facing our planet, students increase their ability to voice their concerns and facilitate change. |
| Discovering Strategies to Divide |
5 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will solve real life story problems by modeling, writing equations, and justifying their use of operations and strategies. Strategies and solutions are then shared with the whole group to encourage flexible math thinking. |
| Documenting Science Through an Active Inquiry Process |
4 to 12 |
| Students will engage in active learning about science topics and document findings, experiences, and insights with point and shoot cameras. |
| Earth Science Group Project |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students work in small groups to research and create a presentation on one of three Earth Science topics. |
| Electronic Poetry Project |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will utilize digital technology to create a presentation of a chosen or original poem. The project will include creating photos/videos, voice overs, original background music, and character generation to interpret a poem for classroom and podcast presentation. |
| Expert Projects: Sound, Heat and Light |
4 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students researched, wrote a report and created a class website teaching their newly gained expert knowledge on a specific topic related to sound, heat or light. Students presented their webpage to the class to teach their topic. |
| 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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| Exponents |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Introductions to Exponents: showing students how exponents work, what they are, explaining the meaning, and how important it is to understand it is repeated multiplication. |
| Fantastic Feathers |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Inquiry student pairs will use a combination of technology and hands-on techniques, to learn about the form and function of bird's feather. |
| Farm Animals |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Rodeo - Farm Animals
Elementary Zone Grant |
| Finding Solutions to Hunger |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a project plan more than a lesson plan. It is a 10-week project using a wonderful online collaboration tool designed to be used by educators. Besides teaching the curriculum objectives—the goal is to open the students’ eyes to hunger in the world. |
| Finding the Tipping Point |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will read and analyze Malcolm Gladwell's Tipping Point and then apply their understanding of the book to their school. |
| Flip for Family History |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students would interview use the flip cameras in order to conduct oral family history interviews. The students would also create a short film about their experience in finding out their family history. |
| Flip Video Cultural Exchange between students in Texas and New Zealand |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create a class YouTube video comparing the differences/similarities between the Hurricane Ike disaster in Houston, TX to the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. The video was sent to all schools in Christchurch, New Zealand - expanding students' world view to include more than just their immediate concerns. |
| Flipping for Force and Motion! |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will go through many fun, hands-on experiences using the flip cams to document evidence of their learning. |
| Flipping the Science Classroom: iEnergy |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) What if homework was done in the classroom and the teacher lesson was watched at home? With the help of this grant I plan to flip my classroom as I engage students in creativity and interactive learning. |
| Forming Author's Perspective |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be introduced to the concept of Author's Perspective by identifying specific opinions and adjectives from a specific article. This lesson plan is aligned with Marzano. |
| Fractions in Action |
5 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) We will learn fraction using the Blended Classroom method and kicking them off with an Engaged Learning Unit. Students will learn to add and subtract fraction with unlike denominators. |
| Get to know me |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The beginning of the year is difficult for all levels of students. Using a free download, Windows Movie Maker, this lesson will allow students to each shine in a different way. |
| 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 |
| Gumby Rules! |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Using Responsive Classroom ideas, students will brainstorm classroom rules, examples of those rules, ways to apologize when rules are broken, and possible consequences. Each student will then pick one part to animate with the software. |
| Historical Scavenger Hunts |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students explore the history of their community by paying attention to the details of architecture, monuments and area artifacts. This is a multi-step lesson that allows students to practice historical fieldwork, pre-reading strategies, acting skills, research skills, writing skills and public speaking skills. |
| How to Be (Me!) Photo Book |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Our objective is to engage our kindergartens’ interests in animals and tie these to emerging oral and written literacy skills in creating class photo books on an iPad application The first book will focus on team-work and on identifying characteristics of the pets and animals that we keep at our school, and the second book will focus on the students themselves, showcasing their individual characteristics and diversity. |
| If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words... |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) I will be using photography as a way to focus and enhance students' writing. |
| In Touch with Nature |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Ipod touches will be used in conjunction with our Nature Space/Bird Habitat, on school grounds, community programs, local businesses, Cornell University, and volunteers. These members will aid in constructing a Bird Watch and Feeder program to collect data to be analyzed through the touches, student interaction, and Cornell Labs. |
| Input and Output and Processing...Oh My!!! |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will go on a Scavenger Hunt with the digital camera to find input, output, and processing devices. This allows them to learn how to, not only learn about computer devices, but digital photography and multimedia presentations as well...all while having FUN! |
| Inspiring a Bigger Picture! A 4th Grade Global Newspaper! |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) My students have created a vision to develop a Global Newspaper for our classroom, community, and other students around the world via a web based publication. They have developed a list of jobs, ideas, and supplies needed and are excited to work to make this vision a reality. |
| Integrated Curriculum, student- led Environmental Project |
P-K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A student-led environmental project based on cooperative learning with a cross-curricular base in order to address many subject areas and work towards the goal of creating positive change. This is an amazing project that empowers the children, helps them to discover and utilize their gifts to create change in the world. |
| 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. |
| Interpret the equation |
8 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) To interpret the equation of line, students will rotate through three stations. Each station will require the students to interpret the equation but using different techniques. |
| Interview with Benjamin Franklin |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a cross curricular ELA / History lesson wherein students will create a mock-interview with Benjamin Franklin (and/or other historical figure from the American Revolution Era) and then post that podcast on to an established Google Classroom website. |
| Intro to Marketing |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will engage in an extensive market simulation covering material from chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, & 6. The simulation will include but not be limited to the 4 P¡¦s of Marketing, SWOT Analysis, Business Ethics, Global Marketing, and Maslow¡¦s Hierarchy of Needs.
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| Intro to Photography for Middle School |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is an entire curriculum, not just one lesson plan. Students will take a six week course that teaches them the fundamentals of camera operation and shot composition. |
| Introduction to Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal |
8 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson introduces eighth grade mathematics students to the concept of parallel lines cut by a transversal. As a result of this lesson, students will be able to develop an understanding of and identify the interior and exterior sections formed by parallel lines. Students will also be able to identify the interior and exterior angles formed when parallel lines are cut by a transversal. |
| IPAD Lesson on Nouns |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will use the application "Story Kit" to write a short story about nouns. They will take a picture of a noun, label it, and record themselves talking about what the noun is and why they know it is a noun. Students will then share different pages of their stories with the rest of the class via the projector. |
| iPod review |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) By using iPods, students can review for tests at their own pace. Group work, review at home, auditory learning, individual pacing, all occur with the use of iPods. |
| It's Fun to Learn! |
K to 6 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Learning should be fun, and nothing can be better than using Music and Technology together to enhance learning. |
| iTeach iLearn |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The iTeach iLearn Project is the artful mixing of video, narratives, images, music, sound and special effects into a digital story teaching about any concept. These digital stories reflect the student’s understanding of the themes of science. Science is a way of learning about the natural world, science has built a vast body of changing and increasing knowledge described by physical, mathematical, and conceptual models, and science’s effect on technology and society. |
| Kindergarten Memories |
P-K to K |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) We will create a Kindergarten Memory Book. Each month we will create a monthly memory page regarding our experiences during the month and world happenings. |
| La Presencia Escondida: Spanish Speakers in Our Community |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Using skills learned in Spanish class and technology students will venture out into the community to become more familiar with native Spanish in the area and how they have come to live and work locally. |
| Land is On the Move! |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Through time lapse video of several laboratory experiences with erosion, students will analyze how environmental factors influence landforms. Students will collect, analyze and interpret data for use in constructing arguments about scientific causes and effects. |
| Leaf Scavenger Hunt |
6 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will be going on a learning excursion to Mandalay Trail National Wildlife refuge to collect leaf samples for their leaf scrapbook using digital cameras. Upon returning to school the students will be using the digital camera pictures to compose a power point presentation, and they will create data tables to compare the pH levels of the water quality samples. |
| Learning "safety comes first" through video modeling opportunities. |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) What a great way to learn new skills while reinforcing important safety skills! This lesson will help students with Autism in learning appropriate and safe skills for transitioning in and around school. Kids will enjoy modeling, videotaping and watching their own videos. |
| Learning through online programs |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Need Study.com subscriptions which is an online program, that helps students learn. |
| Les Petits Chefs |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using a flipcam, students created a proposal to offer French cooking and language lessons for children in our community. They submitted their video to the "Francophone Youth in Action" contest sponsored by the Francophone Centre of the Americas, and won a $2500 grant to realize their project. |
| Let's Collaborate! |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will work in groups using the digital storyteller website, www.storybird.com, in order to collaboratively create a story that includes all story elements. |
| Lexington and Concord Simulation |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will play the roll of a British military commander during the battles of Lexington and Concord making choices that will affect their outcome. |
| Life Cycle of a Butterfly |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will be able to learn and document the different stages of a butterfly with a digital camera. |
| Life Skill Communication |
K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using digital camera to expand students with significant disabilities' communication methods. |
| Literacy through Photography |
4 to 5 |
| Literacy through Photography encourages children to find their unique voice through original photographs and written text. Students photograph scenes from their lives, and these images drive related writing activities. |
| Literacy through Self-Ethnography |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Linking photography to writing encourages the students to lead a writing life. They will begin to see that the things they come across each day are worth writing about. |
| Living Organisms Digital Scavenger Hunt |
1 to 5 |
| We conducted a digital scavenger hunt with digital cameras at a nearby pond to document various living things for our science unit. |
| Local History Guided Tour Podcasts |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will research local history, choose significant landmarks and create a short audio tour of the area. Students will learn about local history in their area while also learning how to use podcast technology. |
| 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. |
| Measuring our Bodies |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will be able to measure their bodies by using string and a ruler. They will be able to master understanding measurements. |
| Meeting a Real World Need: Textbooks |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson focuses on students using technology to solve a need in the classroom. Students will seek to gain funding for a classroom library. |
| Minor League Baseball Stadium |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will compare other small towns with minor league stadiums and budget, design, plan, fundraise, and build one for our town of Wentzville |
| Mondrian - Primary/Secondary Color Study |
7 to 12 |
| Students will use photoshop to create a painting similar to Mondrian's with primary and secondary colors. Students must create the secondary colors from the primary colors and not select them from the color palette |
| MOON PHASE |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) What role has NASA played in space exploration?
What role has the Moon played in human history?
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| Movies for Motivation: Encouraging Literacy Through Student-Created Films |
9 to 12 |
| Struggling readers enrolled in a Targeted Reading class will use Tool Factory Movie Maker to create videos advertising their favorite books. These videos will then be shown to the entire school as part of a school-wide literacy encouragement effort. |
| Muscle Tissue |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson uses the Nearpod app to engage students in a presentation about new content on muscle tissue. |
| My Digital Story |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Digital storytelling is one of the most creative ways to encourage students to write narratives. The project allows students to use existing writing, photography and computer skills, and gives them a challenging platform to create more intense, interesting and personal stories. |
| Nature of Science, Like a Scientist |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The first week of school is all about introducing students to the school and my classroom. I like students to explore the classroom (and expectations), create norms for a safe learning space, and explore what it means to be a scientist. |
| Our Past is our Future: We will repeat it if we don't learn from it |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Purpose and Overview: Create a multimedia social science project where students collect the oral history from elder volunteers who live in the surrounding neighborhoods. The purpose is to prepare students with severe emotional and behavioral disabilities for transition into the community and work world after graduation from high school. |
| Our Place In The Rio Grande Rift Valley Watershed |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) An arroyo that bisects our campus is the setting for student groups to explore the influence of flora, fauna, humans, land, water, and weather in this watershed environment. Students will use flip cameras and digital still cameras to document their observations and create digital presentations. |
| Pair Ideas:Parody |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) After studying a poem, play, or novel considered to be a "literary canon," students will write and videotape a parody of it utilizing live musical or acting performances, LEGO animation, or puppet theater to share with peers and then serve as mentors for middle school students to recreate this process. All videos will be accessible on a web blog site or through a Google Drive or dropbox. |
| Parallel and Perpendicular lines in our world |
9 to 11 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will collect real world examples of parallel and perpendicular lines and take pictures of them. Then the students will add a coordinate grid to the pictures and calculate the equations of the lines. Finally, the students will put together a presentation of their pictures, equations, and explanation of how the lines are related. |
| 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". |
| Penguin Pals |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Utilizing a cross curricular theme based lesson, this multi-sensory approach will allow my second grade struggling readers to experience activities in reading,writing,speaking,listening,science,technology, and integrated art. |
| Persuasive Elements Commercials |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) After studying ten primary persuasive elements, students were asked to brainstorm a known product and develop an angle. Then they drafted a 1-2 minute script and produced a commercial, including editing and post-production work. |
| persuasive writing FLIP style! |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students produced a persuasive i-movie presentation on avoiding caffeine-includes the characteristics of persuasive writing, images, voiceovers, data, recommended solutions, and song remake of "Pants on the Ground." |
| Photojournalism: Documenting the Four Greatest Threats to Global Sustainability |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The environmental science students will engage in an inquiry type project by capturing photos of examples of overpopulation/economic stagnation, ecosystem degradation, atmospheric changes, and loss of biodiversity. They will compile a photojounalism portfolio and present this portfolio to the class in the form of a PowerPoint, Animoto, Prezi, or Glogster-type presentation. |
| Physical Education Deal or No Deal |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will demonstrate and be engaged in a variety of activities/exercises that contribute to improvement of overall fitness by playing a game show called Deal or No Deal.
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| Pick Your Planet |
K to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Allows students to freely explore different "views" of human interaction and communication regarding the areas of being: assertive, aggressive, and passive.
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| 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 Poetry Slam |
3 to 5 |
| Students will participate in a poetry slam by podcasting. Poetry slams are a great way for students to improve oral reading and fluency and to make connections; it is only natural to incorporate technology. |
| Poetry Alive! Interpreting Poetry Using Digital Images |
9 to 12 |
| A team of English students will take the role of a production company and will create a 4-5 minute film using the digital image as a medium for interpreting students’ original poems. Three classes will be working together in order to complete this project: Creative Writing, English, and The Actor’s Studio. |
| Poetry Performance |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Making poetry come alive for tenth grade students is about encouraging students to reflect and examine their world. Using poetry models and digital cameras, student created poetry comes alive and is captured for PodCast and VCast to be shared with friends, family and community members. |
| Postcard from Abroad |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The following lesson plan is meant to combine the use of computer photography skills, communication arts skills, and social studies to create mock postcards from famous locations around the world. Appropriate for 5th grade and up. |
| Potlatch Weather Reporter |
8 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn to collect weather data, interpret it and make three-day weather predictions. They will use their predictions to create video weather reports for the school digital bulletin board. |
| QR Codes Use and Design |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Quick Response codes (QR codes) are being used by many retail businesses, schools and non profit organizations. Today's consumers want immediate access to what’s relevant and QR codes are being used to deliver what is being offered. |
| Question Pocket |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) We will use ClassFlow, a presentation product to introduce and provide background knowledge for ELP Standard 4 of making claims and supporting them. This will be how we start the lesson which will take place over several days. My students have an influence of another language at home. I regularly use technology to help with instruction and vocabulary. |
| Radio Station Podcasting Throughout History |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using Podcasting as a radio station to engage students in Social Studies and improve their fluency. |
| Rainforest: Creating Globally Conscious Students |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to apply their knowledge of the rainforest ecosystem to create peer interviews with Flipcams. These interviews will be edited and posted on our district website as well as sites such as www.teachertube.com for students to convey their understanding of:
• The various strata of the rainforest, and the role that each plays in the overall health of the ecosystem.
• The interdependence humans have with the rainforest for health needs.
• The great diversity of the animal kingdom that resides in the rainforest as well as the effect deforestation has on these species.
• How our actions can directly impact the rainforests. Students should be able to persuade others to take simple steps to protect these regions of the world.
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| Read 180 Rotations |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students are working in small groups utilizing their IPAD Software. |
| Reading to Haiti |
3 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students in the U.S. will practice fluency by reading Haitian picture books in English, creating short videos after book selection and practice, and saving them on flash drives. Students in Haiti will use their One Laptop Per Child laptops, and their own copies of the books to read along with the children in the videos. |
| Relevant, rigorous application practice and enrichment stations |
P-K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson management system covers any small group targeted instructional block of time such as ELA block, and math block periods. It allows the teacher to provide rigorous, differentiated, engaging, independent stations while he/she is teaching, remediating, enriching small groups of students through differentiated, targeted instruction driven by data. |
| 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. |
| Robotics for KINDERGARTNERS |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) LEGO Education WeDo Robotics kits are designed for students at the lower elementary level; These kits cover the STEM areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. Students will be provided the opportunity to design, build, program, and test robotic models. |
| Schoolwide Math Competition |
K to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using the online math product, Mangahigh, we would create an excitement over mathematics in our school. Students would work the math lessons to earn as many points as possible for their classroom. |
| Science and Art Museum |
6 to 8 |
| Middle School students create works of art inspired by document experiments in science. Digital cameras record SCIENCE AS ART, in action! |
| Science Equipment |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Introduce equipment used in a science lab with student produced video. Use student produced commercials and product reviews in lieu of teacher demonstrations. |
| Science Video Journal Through Earth's Systems |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Collaborative groups will be used to create video lessons for classmates in a modified jigsaw type activity. Students will become experts on their topic and teach peers using creative video lessons to explain concepts on Earth's dynamic systems. Video lessons can be demonstrations, skits, interviews, songs, etc. |
| See the Music |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create PowerPoint presentations featuring famous musicians, singers, or a piece of music |
| Shadow Play |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Shadow Play is an integration of science, technology, and social studies. Students in K-2 discuss the significance of February 2nd; listen to a story about “Groundhog Day”, and create a shadow matching worksheet using word processing tools. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Small Moments |
1 to 2 |
| Children partake in many "small moments" that can be captured in a picture at home and at school. When "small moments" are recorded, children can look at them, remember them, and write a genuine "story from experience" including many details that the picture shows. |
| 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. |
| Stain Glass |
P-K to 12 |
| This is 5 lesson plans in sequence from introduction through Glass History to the current methods applied in Glass Forms: lesson 1, stain glass history; lesson 2, community impressions; lesson 3, stain glass design; lesson 4, color theory; lesson 5, form and application. Wrap up includes reflection. |
| Static Electricity Intro. |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This is an introductory science lesson on static electricity. By the end of this lesson students will be able to explain what static electricity is and describe static electricity through examples. |
| Stop Animation, Art history and Literacy |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students work in teams of two to create a short Stop Animation Film for pre-K through 1st graders to learn about the Masters of Art History. |
| Storytelling with a Document Camera |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use the document camera to retell and put on a presentation of a Native American folktale, legend, or story that they read. This project aims to help students practice and enhance their reading fluency, comprehension, and speaking skills, as well as understand Native American history and culture. |
| Students Are the Best Teachers |
4 to 12 |
| Students will take an active role in the teaching and learning process by creating digital presentations that review basic concepts that are the foundations for all courses. These may include focused mini lessons on such areas as vocabulary, grammar, figures of speech, math problems and concepts, historical events, scientific elements, or technology operations. |
| 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 |
| Teching Up the Nature of Science |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Fourth grade GPS Standards:S4CS8. Students will understand important features of the process of scientific inquiry & S4CS7. Students will be familiar with the character of scientific knowledge and how it is achieved. Students will explore these standards while keeping a video diary of developing results & an online log for their peers to "question" as well. |
| Technolgy and Thematic Lessons in Literature |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use the Flip VideoT cameras to record their book reviews and Socratic Circle discussion groups while analyzing the thematic lessons of their books and how they apply to real-wolrd isssues. These videos will then be linked by the students to the Media Center online web site for school-wide viewing. |
| Technology Across the Curriculum |
K to 5 |
| Students will be using digital cameras in Math, Language Arts, and Science. They will be producing symmetry pictures, a scrapbook, and learn how a camera and an eye are similar. |
| Technology made easy: Scholastic News Magazines |
P-K to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson will help your young readers develop the essential literacy and critical thinking skills they need to become successful students. |
| Technology with nouns |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A Lesson on using technology and nouns to bring interest and engagement to a lesson. |
| Telling Time through Digital Devices and Photo Story Telling in the Classroom |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) To engage learners physically, mentally, digitally and help them to develop the following time telling skills through an array of digital devices and human interactions |
| The History of Daily Life in America: An Inquiry-based Unit Plan |
P-K to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) By completing an inquiry-based project, students will be able to compare the various ways people lived in the 1800’s to the way we live today. Students will learn how to form a good inquiry question, effectively search the web for answers and synthesize the information found to form a deep understanding of the topic. Students will prepare a Power Point presentation of their knowledge to share with the class. At the very end of this unit, students will take part in a living history lesson and act like people living in the 1800’s. |
| The Important Thing |
P-K to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) At the end of the school year, students create a movie using iMovie or Photostory with the theme of "The Important Thing About Fifth Grade." This movie is shared with incoming 5th graders the next year! |
| THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT - SHADOWS |
K to 2 |
| Kindergarten through Second Grade students will explore light and shadows in science. |
| 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 STEM Train! |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The STEM Train will be a school-wide program for students to create exploration through video-making, short films and documentaries. Students will become mini filmmakers. They will use the latest technology to make video presentations in class. Digital Cameras will be the source of our videos, but in order to “create” magic, we will need more electronic equipment. |
| The Water Cycle |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The first graders are studying our Science Unit on the Water Cycle. The students will be learning and discussing the various parts of the water cycle and how they work. The students will observe the water cycle experiment. |
| 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. |
| Through our eyes |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A guest speaker will introduce students to basic photography techniques and skills. Students will use cameras to capture the beauty of their lives. Each student will choose his or her favorite image to paint and to write a short descriptive essay. |
| Title: Digital Photo Storytelling on Five Senses, a project based learning activity by Mary Gore |
P-K to 2 |
| Learning about the five senses is a very exciting and fun experience that students in the primary grades are eager to engage in as well as share with others, in and out of the classroom. Through digital photo storytelling project learners are able to document their experiences and take on various roles as they create a presentation project.This is a project based learning activity. |
| Topic: Integrating Technology into the Classroom – Digital Storytelling |
P-K to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to retell a story and demonstrate understanding of the parts of a fairy tale.
Using apps, students will listen to or read a variety of fairy tales. At the end of the unit, students will video themselves recreating a favorite or original fairy tale. |
| Using Technology to Create a Portfolio, One Letter At a Time |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a variety of written assignments, covering all subject areas, using Tool Factory Workshop. Throughout the year the students will write poems, essays, summaries, book reviews and they will create graphs, presentations, and spreadsheets to show their learning throughout the school year. |
| Using VR to explore and explain human impacts on the environment |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will utilize VR technology to explore human impacts on the environment, then create their own VR experience to teach others about the topic. |
| Virtual Field Guide |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will discover and photograph wildlife around campus. Students will create a field guide to be published on the school website. |
| Virtual Reality in the Middle School Classroom |
7 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Virtual Reality is a relatively new concept, but it would be amazing for students to be able to tour places around the world virtually while they are learning about them in the classroom. |
| Voice of History |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Radio programs dominated national consciousness from the beginning of the 1900s to the dawn of television, and they were known for their abundant creativity, their clever advertising, and their infinite reach. Recreate the joy and drama with quick research, a few voice recorders, and a solid editing program. |
| Waste Water Research |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will engage in a year long study of the impacts of waste water and its impacts on the local community and the Hudson River. Students will evaluate the impacts that various green technology can have on improving the quality of runoff waste water. |
| We have a dream.... |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use the Flip ULTRA 120-minute Camcorders to recreate Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I have a dream..." speech with a little twist! |
| Weather Forecast Project |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) How can you use software available on a Mac laptop to best create a professional weather forecast that demonstrates your ability to read and interpret a weather map? |
| Weather Forecast Project |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) How can you use software available on a Mac laptop to best create a professional weather forecast that demonstrates your ability to read and interpret a weather map? |
| Weather Watchers |
6 to 6 |
| Students will take pictures of various types of clouds and weather patterns to analyze in the school science lab. |
| Welcome to Our School ! |
6 to 8 |
| Overview - using a camera for an ongoing class project will allow students to capture on film any and all projects done in classes for the year, Teacher expectations, and how to get around at our school. The selected activities will be documented and used to make additions and subtractions in an effort to make all projects more student friendly, and to familiarize parents and students with their new school. |
| What Time is it? |
P-K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) I have several centers that deal with the concept of time and telling time. Computers are highly motivating and a great way to reinforce skills. |
| What's in a Story--A Short Story/Film Unit |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students analyze and evaluate "story" through both the written word of short story and the visual images of short film. The lesson/unit culminates in a production of a short film. This is run in a workshop format, with mini-lessons and some direct instruction/practice of skills as the project unfolds. |
| Writing and Illustrating a Digital Children's Picture Book |
6 to 8 |
| Students will use digital cameras and Photoshop to create the pictures for a children's picture book which will be made into a hand bound book. |
| Writing Opinion Statements through Edmodo and Scholastic News |
2 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In my classroom, the children use a program called Edmodo which is an online blogging system. The students read a Scholastic News article on Edmodo and post their thoughts and reactions through online conversations. |
| 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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| “A Drop of Ink Makes A Million Think!” But... "A Design Can Change A Million Lives!" |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Research Paper brought to Life.......The Tween Teen Journey in ELA Research!
After students research the history and operation of a catapult, they will write an inquiry paper and design their very own catapult! Their research will be connected to all curriculums, as the end result will require building a catapult and synthesizing their outcomes, via comparisons and DATA analysis!
Learning brought to life!
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