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| Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
| Local Geography’s Effect on Temperatures |
6 to 12 |
 (0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will gather data from weather websites and learn that inland cities’ temperatures can be more extreme than coastal areas. |
| Mock Congressional Hearings |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Last year I was privileged to attend the James Madison Legacy Project that equip teachers with the skills to dynamically teach civic education. Groups of students, (size varies), research and report on Constitutional matters in a mock Congressional format after extensive research and refined communication skills. |
| "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 |
| "Teach it to Me"-Seasonal Calendar |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) Students the use digital technology to pictorially depict weather conditions and environmental changes throughout the months and seasons. Then, they will use photographs to complete a seasonal calendar.
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| "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. |
| 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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| Breaking News ... from Our Solar System! |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a news broadcast about an object or objects in our solar system. Broadcasts will be recorded on video and shared with the rest of their class, other classes, and even other schools. Teachers can look into showing the broadcasts on the district's public access channel (if available). |
| Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Evaporate? |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Using BBC Science Simulations 3, students will recognize that matter changes depending on the temperature applied to it by running a simulated experiment, observing the results, and analyzing the tables, graphs or charts generated by the program.
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| 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. |
| CO2 Dragster Challange |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a new twist on an old unit. Many Technology Education teachers have been doing CO2 cars for several years now but this lesson will include creating pod-casts, video, and pictures to post and in a sense create an interactive data-bank!! |
| Computer Basics |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A lesson that teaches students what a computer is, and the types of computers we use today. |
| Creating a Virtual Zoo: A Cross-Curriculum, Problem Based Learning Project |
1 to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this unit lessons, students will use technology skills and digital media applications, along with science and literacy skills to research animals in order to create a "virtual zoo", for students who do not have a zoo nearby or cannot afford to make the trip. |
| Creating an Informative Video on the Importance of Healthy Rivers |
4 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn about the effects of pollution on rivers and how to chemically test a water sample. They will make an informative video about the importance of healthy rivers and present it to the whole school. |
| 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. |
| Ecosystem Study |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) An indepth inquiry based study of an ecosystem and how humans impact over time. |
| 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. |
| Fe Chef |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students study the chemistry of cooking and create a cooking video as the culminating project. In the video they describe the science principles associated with their recipe. |
| Graphing Weather |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Graphing Weather and writing about the results |
| How Slow Can You Go? |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will document the process of oxidation using apples and then write a procedure for slowing down the oxidation process. |
| Lego Mindstorms Robotics |
4 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The 5th, 6th, and 7th grade students of St. Catherine of Siena participate in Lego Mindstorms Robotics Initiative. By designing, building, programming and documenting robot performance, students will use science, engineering technology, mathematics and writing skills in hands-on projects that reinforce their learning.
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| Locating Lost Ladybugs. |
1 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will observe and then photograph ladybugs that they encounter on school grounds and outside homes. Pictures and data collected will be emailed to the Lost Ladybug Project which is a national based program coordinated through Cornell University Department of Entomology. |
| Making Butter- From a Liquid to a Solid |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will make butter and design/engineer hands-free butter-shaking apparatus. Students will record and graph the length of time of the butter changing process (change of state of matter). |
| Math All Around Us! |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a great culminating math project that uses higher level thinking skills. Students will take photographs of "math" in their community. They will use digital cameras and digital voice recorders. |
| Outside the Classroom Window |
P-K to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Garden Students would record the sights and sound of the garden. Using journals and time lapsed photography and video, the students can track the variables. recording rainfall, temperature, daylight and darkness |
| Rocky Point Recycler's |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Our students will be learning about how to save and protect our Earth. Students will use ipad's to reseach and present information to the other grade levels in our district. |
| Skyscrapers |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students learn about skyscrapers and explore various factors considered when building them. This lesson was part of a two-day thematic unit on architecture for middle school students. |
| 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. |
| Technology as a Tool of Science |
9 to 12 |
| Digital cameras and Tool Factory will be used in a variety of projects in several classes. The objective is to show students the tools that can assist them in the recording, cataloging and sharing of science information. |
| 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. |
| Water Unit |
6 to 8 |
| In this unit, students will learn about the essential and valuable properties of water. Students will learn through hands-on activities. |
| Weather or Not? |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students become junior meteorologists and create forecast for their fellow students. |
| Weather Watchers |
2 to 5 |
| Students will observe weather collecting data from hand made and scientific instruments and the internet weather resources. They will correspond with weather professionals and devise their own weather forecasting video using their knowledge and vocabulary. |
| What's Living in the Water? |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students assess water quality of a local pond through observation and testing. Students link changes in seasons to changes in water quality. |
| Why salt the roads? |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson focuses on why states like Illinois must salt the roads during the winter. We will focus not only on the why but which type of salt is most efficient and safe for the environment. |
| Your Weekend Weather - on a Flip Camera |
12 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students in my senior elective, Atmospheric Science, research, write and produce a video weekend weather forecast for New York City and Los Angeles. Filmed on a Flip camera, the videos are posted on Youtube. |
| “Through the Eyes of a Child- Student Photography” Elementary Level – Visual Arts |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will experience the beauty of literacy through the use of photography. Teacher guided photography instruction will focus on the subject areas of reading and writing skills to help students become better readers. |
