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Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
Get a Job! |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn how to prepare now for a successful career and explore how to choose a career. |
Personal PowerPoint |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will make a Personal PowerPoint and Present them in class. Students must fill out an outline and also present the powerpoint. |
My Altered Life, Exploring Mixed Genre Writing |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The purpose of this project is to present the students with a structured activity in which they are able to develop and enhance their reading fluency and comprehension skills in a fun and creative way. The mode of exploration will be that of mixed genre writing and altered books. |
A Book for Every Child |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will self-select a book to read through accessing an eBook on the school's library website. |
Animation Book Report |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will read a non-fiction book of choice and express their understanding of the book through an animation project. Students may choose clay animation, white board animation, sticky note animation or human subject/stop animation. |
At the Movies |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students respond to books, poems and literary genres by using flip cameras to make movie trailers, "behind-the-scene-clips", never before seen footage, movie reviews and commercials as the use imagination, innovations and 21st century digital tools to show their understanding. |
At the Movies |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson plan attempts at creating a framework for creativity, innovation and global collaboration while allowing students to create different movies as they respond to books and poems from different literary genres. The lesson plan allows for student-driven learning, with choices and project-based learning. |
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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Autobiographies |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) My kids will be creating Autobiographies or Biographies on a family member. They will be taking pictures that relate to different aspects of their life and writing about the photographs with paragraphs and captions. |
Black History Month Menu/Choice Boards |
5 to 12 |
•Students will write and create podcasts for a variety of purposes.
•Students will make choices about their learning, using a menu/choice board as a guide.
•Students will conduct guided research to create a variety of podcast projects to communicate their understanding of their research.
•Students will work collaboratively with other researchers in creating interesting podcasts.
•Students will explore literature, music and the lives of people associated with black history month.
•Students will engage in differentiated learning activities based on their interest and their ability. |
Career Research |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) 10 grade students will conduct research over a two week scaffolded lesson. This is one of the lesson plans attached to the career research, which includes technology as a way to communicate throughout this lesson. |
Character Education Podcasts |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Each month a different character trait will be focused on. Students will create and record a podcast highlighting the character trait. |
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. |
Create Docents For 25 National Monuments For In Class Field Trip To DC |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will each be assigned one of 25 national monuments to docent the class through a virtual field trip through Washington DC. The plan is to aid students in observing the historic changes in US monuments from "single man" to "multiple participant" or event depictions. |
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. |
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Unit |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) We will spend 2-3 weeks reading the biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in 7th and 8th grade History class. |
Digital Citizenship unit |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This wiki teaches 7th and 8th graders about Mike Ribble's 9 elements of Digital Citizenship -- using Internet links, online videos and podcasts. Digital Citizenship is one of ISTE's NETS-S. |
Digital Dewey System |
2 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) 4th grade students created "How to" Flip video presentations. Video clips and photographs were created from the Flip video presentations and inserted into a Dewey Decimal Classification game that 2nd - 4th grade students played to learn the 10 Dewey Decimal classifications. |
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. |
Discovering Your Hometown |
7 to 8 |
Inspired by the "Hometown America" writing contest by "Junior Scholastic," this lesson will allow all 7th and 8th grade students to explore and document the geography, history, culture and traditions of Folsom, New Jersey and the surrounding areas. |
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. |
Explore and Collaborate: Career Choices & Resume |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Explore and Collaborate Lesson Plans - Google Docs: Career Choices & Resume
A lesson that teaches students about career choices and how to build their own resume. |
Facebook: The Developers of the Atomic Theory |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using the website "MyFakeWall.com" students will develop a facebook type page with friend comments and status updates on the development of the atomic theory. |
Flip Cameras and QR codes |
K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a short 30-second commercial, using the Flip camera, about a book they have read . The students will then upload their commercial to SchoolTube and create a QR (quick-response) code using their video's URL address. The printed QR-code will be placed into the back of the book so that another student can scan the QR-code and watch a commercial about the book they might be interested in reading. |
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. |
Getting to know me interview |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create newsletter with his/her interests. Students will focus on his/her positive traits. |
Giving a Voice to Literature |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The students in my class have been working in reading groups called book clubs. This project will allow students to act out their favorite scene, give interviews as a character from the book, make a promotional commercial for the book, or give a book review as a famous reviewer.
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How Does Your Garden Grow? |
K to 4 |
With the help of technology the children will be amazed witnessing the school garden change before their eyes! The work and dedication put into a garden will surely pay off when the digital presentation is viewed. |
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. |
Incorporating Garage Band into General Music Class |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use all the keyboard techniques taught to compose their own song on the keyboard. Then, students will create background loops on a computer program, Garage Band, to incorporate into their keyboard composition. Students will choose Garage Band loops to incorporate into their original keyboard composition based on their individual and personal learning level, and loops that coordinate well with the keyboard composition they wrote.
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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. |
It Was Like Being There |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students create a movie, introducing their city, their school, themselves to be shared via Skype with students around the world. |
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. |
Listening on the Go |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) To encourage students with Special Needs that they are able to enjoy reading and being read to with the latest technology. This technology does not have to look like the typical, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices or be software directly loaded onto a computer where they have to sit in a chair to access. |
Long Term Projects - Jobs in your future |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson takes place over 4-5 weeks in the technology / computer lab. Students Explore productivity suite applications (like Microsoft Office, Open Office, Etc..) while opening or running a business that suits their interests. |
Microsoft PowerPoint |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A step-by-step lesson to teach students how to make an electronic presentations using Microsoft© PowerPoint. |
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. |
New and Different Civilizations- A Claymation Dreamer's World |
5 to 8 |
The book 'Westlandia' by Paul Fleischman is the inspiration for this claymation unit because the ultimate message is that it is o.k. to be different. In Art, I am an advocate for thinking outside the box and communicating what you are about through your art making experiences and explorations. With this in mind, I let Wesley's feelings and ideas be the seeds for our project. The only thing I change from the book is having students work in teams of 3 or 4 throughout this unit. |
Newspaper for Inner City School |
K to K |
The project is to promote fluency both oral and written 2 languages. |
Online - On Stage - and ACTION! |
P-K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This year-long 4th grade project integrates information literacy skills with the arts, character education, and social studies. |
PLTW APP CREATOR |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn to code apps using Android Tablets. Using the knowledge of coding, students will create games and apps to submit to the Google Play Store. |
Probability- How Likely Is It? |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use online manipulatives, Web 2.0 sites, Excel/spreadsheet software, Glogster.com, and a class wiki to conduct an experiment and communicate their results. This is a culminating activity/project for any probability unit in grades 5-6. |
Reading Rainbow for Second Graders |
2 to 2 |
Students will collaborate to develop a multimedia presentation based on a theme using a Reading Rainbow format consisting of book summaries, a team documentary, and original writing with illustrations. Teams of students with similar interests would be selected to work together on an eight to nine week project which will allow for differentiated learning opportunities. |
Research Project |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is an 8th grade research lesson plan. Students research a variety of historical figures stemming from the film "Night At the Museum, Battle At the Smithsonian." |
Sharing your PowerPoint Presentation |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A step-by-step lesson to teach students how to share their electronic presentations using Microsoft© PowerPoint. |
Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using Substitution |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This Algebra I lesson uses SMART Board technology to provide students with a physical sense of the process of substitution and how it can be used in solving a system of linear equations. |
Stem Cell Research Unit |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Stem Cells are remarkable cells found in humans and scientists claim that they have the potential to treat a variety of diseases and help humans have a better way of life. In this lesson students are going to learn about stem cells and what makes them so unique. |
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 |
Technology-Assisted "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" |
9 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This unit teaches teens the underlying principles that are essential to achieving their goals and personal success. The activities, described in detail below, support an understanding of each of the 7 Habits along with any important terms and the application of those habits into the daily lives of the students through the implementation of “baby steps” that will be monitored twice a week by the students’ personal mentor and supplemented with a wide range of technological hardware and applications. |
The Battle of the Ancient Civilizations |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Sixth grade students will create persuasive movie maker presentations on their Ancient Civilization and present them eighth graders who will choose their favorite. Students will use digital cameras, microphones, and computers to help them create the best power point. |
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. |
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. |
Transition Planning-Technology in Professions |
9 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson plan is designed to help student with disabilities (in a Study Skills class for students with IEP's) research and understand how technology is vital in almost every career, particularly health-related careers. It is also designed to show students how technology may help them in their current schooling and future career goals. |
Virtual Travel Plan |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson was created for 4th grade students in North Carolina. It integrates many areas of the curriculum including mathematics, social studies, and language arts. Students design a virtual trip through North Carolina to learn about the history and symbols of North Carolina. |
What can we learn from a box of crayons? |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Working in groups of 3-4 students, students will collaboratively (using a storyboard to plan and organize) create a time lapse stop motion movie through iMotion that expresses one unique characteristic about each child. |
What Do You Put Stock Into? |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Overview: In this unit, students will learn basics about the stock market. Students will choose and “buy” stock in a company. He/she will check the price of the stock each day and record in a spreadsheet. At the end of the allotted time, students will create a graph depicting losses and gains. After evaluating their data, students will compose a summary report which will include their losses/ gains and possible reasons for the outcome. |
Where should we go? |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) For this lesson, students are to create a digital poster using the program called Glogster EDU. (edu.glogster.com) On their poster, students are to describe three places that they would like to visit within a state found within the United States. |
Zoom into Writing |
1 to 4 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) To work on focusing on a specific topic, students will take digital pictures around the school yard. They will then use the zoom on the Olympus camera to focus on one part of the picture. Their stories will be based on the zoomed picture. |