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| Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
| Capturing Our Learning (through photos/videos) |
K to 3 |
 (0 stars, 1 ratings) Our virtual school meets once a week and we like to share our day with our families. This lesson includes the making of our weekly video. |
| From Photos to Poetry |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will create photographs and poems which have meaningful themes through a thoughtful and deliberate process. |
| Impossible Situation Project using Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 |
8 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Goal: To put together an artwork that is made up of edited pictures that could not be a real situation. |
| Publishing With Photos! |
K to 5 |
| Students will create their own books using photographs for illustrations. |
| Using Photoshop to create a travel brochure. |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use Adobe Photoshop to create a tri-fold travel brochure. Students should have a working knowledge of Photoshop before attempting this lesson. |
| I See Lots Of People |
10 to 12 |
| Students take pictures of one another in the same space and then use Photoshop to create a "cloned picture" of their friends. I call it "Double Take."
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| 2D Project: Deep Space |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this project, the student will create a digital scene that creates the illusion of deep space. This artwork will recreate an event from the student's own everyday life using as many perspective techniques as possible. |
| A Digital Walk Through Chatham |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Our project is a digital storytelling activity using MultiMedia Lab V and digital cameras. Students will photograph important landmarks in town, write descriptive articles, and share them with other students through the school newspaper and web site. |
| An Entertaining Assignment |
11 to 12 |
| Make a gossip style video about a medieval character and the rules of Courtly Love and Chivalry they have either broken or upheld. Video may be shot using a Flip video camera from the media center and edited using MovieMaker. |
| An Explorer's Virtual Sea Chest |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will be assigned an Explorer to study. They will create a photo story depicting the voyage as a crewmember of a ship that belonged to a famous explorer. One aspect of the job required that they document the voyage and create a virtual sea chest to document the explorer’s findings in the new land.
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| Caught Being Good - Spread the Word! |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Share positive behavior and learn character traits! |
| Creative Color Wheel |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will incorporate color theory with digital photography. Students will learn to hand paint a photograph using Adobe Photoshop CS3, while creating a creative color wheel. |
| 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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| In the Days of our People: Shageluk, Alaska |
K to 12 |
| Archiving Athabaskan Memories from Shageluk: Student projects |
| Jones Soda Project- Photography as a Vehicle (for marketing) |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will display their understanding of photographic composition, Photoshop skills, and photography as a vehicle for marketing in today's visual culture by taking interesting photographs and posting them on the Jones Soda Company website http://www.jonessoda.com in an effort to be published and distributed world-wide as Jones Soda Label Art. |
| Let the Sun Shine-Development of the Digital Negative/Cyanotype Printing |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson helps students understand the concept of what photography is and to learn alternative printing processes. Students use hands on traditional photo chemistry along with modern digital imaging techniques. |
| Let's Go Batty |
1 to 3 |
| Students will learn about bats and how important they are to the ecosystem of Texas. |
| Long Beach History Digital Scrapbook |
3 to 4 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students create digital scrapbooks for their city's local history, including the Tongva Native Americans, settlers and newcomers to the land, and how the city was created. Students attend field trips to local historical sites and current landmarks, documenting their visit and reporting on it in a scrapbook. |
| Mixed Beasts |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Goals: To show students how to modify images using Adobe Photoshop
Objectives: Students will produce an image representing a “mixed beast” using two or more separate image files.
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| 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 |
| Multiplicity - Creating a photo composite in digital art |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a multiplicity composite image of themselves in the same photo by using a tripod with a partner to control the location, lighting, shadows, and perspective. They will then upload their photos into photoshop and by layering the photos, composite the images together so that they are in the one photo, 5 times.
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| My Ideal World |
8 to 12 |
| After reading the book To Kill a Mockingbird in English, students will use adobe Photoshop or GIMP Photoshop to create their own ideal worlds. |
| Mythbusters |
8 to 8 |
| The popular show "Mythbusters" is the ultimate way for students to utilize the scientific method every day to answer questions about science and life. |
| Photography Lesson |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn the beginnings of taking a clear picture of a subject. Students will also learn to upload pictures. grade 3,4,5 (differentiate as needed per grade level) |
| Pictures of Our School |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The children will use camera's wtih the teacher's assistance to take pictures of thier school. The children will then print the pictures and make dictations about their pictures of their school. The children will also ask questions to staff and other children in the school to learn more about thier school. |
| Promoting Reading Posters |
9 to 12 |
| Students are featured on large posters endorsing a novel for reading. Posters are student generated and posted throughout the school. |
| School Announcement Blog |
2 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will assist in creating an online school announcement blog that will include photos and videos of what's happening around the school. |
| Self portrait in a masterpiece |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will create a self portrait using the wacom tablet and Adobe Photoshop. This portrait will incorporate a Masterpiece of art, where the Alternative high school student places themself in the picture. using the Wacom tablet the students will be able to recreate the texture and subtle line variations that the original artist has done. |
| 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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| Shadow Hands |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using Photoshop, Pictures taken of Shadow/Hand figures, and Pictures of students to create realistic images. |
| Student Voices |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) To provide a media where our students are able to create a video that allows them to have a voice about something that they may be passionate about (i.e. sports, reading, family, &academic teams). This will allow our students to have a creative outlet to express themselves in a non-traditional way. |
| Virtual Vacation |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) During this pandemic, it is no advised to get outside and take a vacation! Why not a VIRTUAL vacation? Want to learn more about using technology to create a composition of your DREAM VACATION!? |
| Watt's Up with the Electricity Bill? |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) How students can learn to conserve energy by becoming informed consumers about energy usage. |
| 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 is Robert M. Glass? - Black History Month |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Robert Glass was an African American who was a member of the Tuskegee 332nd Fighter Group. He received several distinguished service medals. How many of our students would recognize his name? In this lesson, students learn about the contributions of other African Americans to our military service. |
| 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. |
| “Go Green” – A lesson in Movie Maker: Using digital cameras to make it personal. |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This multi-class period lesson includes the use of digital cameras and Move Maker (or other video editing software) to create a presentation of ways in which students can take environmentally friendly actions in their everyday lives.
This lesson can be flexible to different age levels and different time constraints. Other songs can be used to convey the "Go Green" theme based on teacher and student preferences. |
| A Family History |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 4 ratings) The students will create a movie about their family. They will have to use their digital cameras to take pictures of their old family pictures, and new pictures of their actual family. The students will be involved in an activity in which they can work closely with their family and also find more information about their ancestors and to appreciate their ethnic backgrounds. This project introduces students to new vocabulary in Spanish and they will develop their ability to write full sentences in Spanish and make it a fun project by using technology and digital cameras the student can use movie maker and photo story 3 to create a movie of their families. |
| A Ripple of Hope-Using History¡¦s Powerful Stories to Teach Tolerance |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 5 ratings) The overarching goal of this project is to develop conscious and responsible citizens of society.The culminating project will be a student created DVD. Students will select a role such as a journalist, history detective, or author and will record their reflections through genres such as poetry, interviews, stories, and plays. After obtaining parental approval for students to be videotaped, DVD copies of the student¡¦s performances will be shared with colleagues. |
| 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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| "A Picture Is Worth A Million Words" |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 4 ratings) This project is a photography, poetry, and bookmaking unit utilizing three artists-in-residence who teach photography, poetry, and bookmaking. |
| "A Portrait of Success" Elementary Student Portfolio Building |
K to 4 |
| Students use digital photography and appropriate software to record their work into a manageable portfolio to document personal progress. |
| "Coming to a Library Near You!" - Book Trailer Grant |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will read their chosen books and create book trailers using clip art and sound bites. These book trailers will be played on the district's television channel to share with all students. Book trailers will entice other students to read more books! |
| "Geotown" Scrapbook |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will use digital cameras to take photos of architecture and nature that represent geometric concepts. The photos will be used to create a digital scrapbook for the fictional town of "Geotown". |
| "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 |
| "Know Your Rights" Bill of Rights- Stop Motion Video Project |
8 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a stop-motion video short based on one of the ten amendments in the U.S. Bill of Rights. |
| "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. |
| "Trend to Try" for Fashion Design |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a "Trend to Try" moodboard digitally using google draw and then create fashion designs inspired by these trends. |
| "White on White" Photography |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Using a variety of selected materials, students will create photographic compositions using white objects against a white background. This unit will emphasize the art elements of line, shape, texture, and value. |
| (G.I.F) Graphics Integrates Fun |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) (G.I.F) Graphics Integrates Fun is a lesson plan that will enhance 7th and 8th grade graphic arts class projects by sharpening the students' kinesthetic graphic design skills through the technology of a Wacom Graphire 3 Classic graphics tablet and digital cameras. It will also instill lifelong learning that is fun while the lessons relate to other subjects. |
| 1 Picture = 1,000 Adjectives |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) When learning parts of speech, my students tend to have a difficult time thinking of powerful, creative adjectives, especially since I have a list of adjectives they are not allowed to use. The students groan when told to look at a thesaurus but having them complete an activity keeps them interested and actually causes them to ask for a thesaurus without being told. |
| 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. |
| 3-D Point of View |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will identify and build a three-dimensional object from a two-dimensional representation of that object and vice versa. |
| 6 Word Stories |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will creatively snap a picture, either of themselves or something in nature, and write a 6 word memoir about the picture using vivid vocabulary and expressive ideas. |
| A Cleaner Today for a Greener Tomorrow |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students become environmentalists through community activities. |
| A Day in My Life |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will collect data about activities done throughout their day. They will then use this data to describe the percentage of their day doing each activity and the years of their life spent doing the activity. |
| A day in the life of a 4th/5th grader |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) To encourage self confidence in a difficult age! Take pictures of themselves from start of the day to finish, then use the pictures and create a powerpoint presentation. |
| A Day in the Life on Tech’s Campus |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Multimedia assignment to capture what is happening on campus from multiple perspectives with photos, stories, video and blogs |
| A Fishy Environment 'We need 'em Clean!' Web Lesson |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Create a website that documents our field trip to a local fish hatchery, where we will learn the how the effects of methyl-mercury can impact us and our environment. |
| A Moment in Time |
5 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will research a year in United States history, and create a visual representation of what their life would have been like in the selected time period. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| A Year in Arizona |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will choose a theme related to our state of Arizona and create calendars around that theme. Some examples of potential themes are: animals of Arizona, Arizona cactus and plant life, Arizona history, Arizona's geology, and Native American culture. |
| ABC Grammar Book |
1 to 5 |
(0 stars, 4 ratings) Students will find objects that can identify parts of speech and capture the object in a photo. (Example: If you are studying verbs and nouns they could take a picture of a students swinging on a rope. Swinging = verb. Rope = noun) |
| 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. |
| African Kaleidoscope Music Visions Project for GT Music Students |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will explore the culture and music of an African country of their choice. They will present a short PowerPoint or Flipchart for the class, students could also use iPads to create iMovies. Students may choose to present it on a traditional poster. Students may wish to provide samples of African Tribal music. Students should also write a brief song in 4/4 meter and C pentatonic about African music. |
| African Kaleidoscope Music Visions Project for GT Music Students |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will explore the culture and music of an African country of their choice. They will present a short PowerPoint or Flipchart for the class, students could also use iPads to create iMovies. Students may choose to present it on a traditional poster. Students may wish to provide samples of African Tribal music. Students should also write a brief song in 4/4 meter and C pentatonic about African music. |
| All About Me Powerpoint (An upper grade back to school activity) |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a PowerPoint that introduces themselves to their classmates and includes personal information (family, likes/dislikes, strengths/weaknesses, friends,etc.) clipart images and scanned photographs. They will present their PowerPoint to classmates and teacher. |
| Alphabet Group Project |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students work in groups to locate alphabet letters in ordinary items and scenery. This is not a dictionary project, but rather an awareness of lines, shapes, angles, and level. |
| Amazing Photography |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson will serve as a follow up to an introductory lesson on photography. Each student will be responsible for creating a Powerpoint presentation with examples of "amazing photography." |
| And Action ........ Stop Motion Style |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Cross-Curriculum project integrating Art (sculpting) and Technology (Video Editing, Web 2.0 (Video Sharing), |
| 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. |
| Animal Morphs |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use photos (headshots) of themselves with the expression of an animal that they want to be. The photo sticker is placed on the paper, and the students add the rest of the body in its natural habitat. Information about the animal is written in the border of the picture. |
| Animation Festival |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) 5th and 6th grade students will create claymation and object animation shorts to be produced as a short film festival. This lesson is actually a unit on animation comprised of several weeks of group work and filming. |
| Animation Station |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create clay animated videos. These videos are based on idioms or short stories the students write. |
| AP Chemistry Video Lab Book |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The AP Chemistry Test is quickly approaching! Students need to review laboratory techniques and descriptive chemistry. The "solution"? Go to our AP Chemistry wiki page that contains a video scrapbook of the labs we have done throughout the year. |
| Around Town |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Objective: Apply organizational writing strategy of sequencing to write about a trip around town. allow students to experience the being the illustrator/photographer for their own writing/book. |
| art tech club |
5 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Interested and motivated students in various grades join one of my Friday "art club" groups. At least one group spends their time making an animated movie. |
| 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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| Author Study - Tomie de Paola |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students use Tomie de Paola books to explore different themes and ideas as well as make connections between Tomie de Paola's books and connections to real world scenarios and situations. |
| 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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| Bilingual Books for Home and School |
K to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) These lessons will allow students to create books that they can take home and share with their families. The books will integrate concepts in Language Arts with Science and Social Studies. |
| Biome Survivor |
5 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn how to survive in one of the world's Biomes. Students will collaborate on their experiences as they take on a job that will help educate them about their ecosystem. |
| Biotic and Abiotic Factors in Your Environment |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will be able to distinguish the biotic and abiotic factors in their environment and how they affect each other. |
| Book Report: Movie Trailer (Elements of Narration) |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Instead of the old "write a summary" book report, students will tell the parts of the plot by writing an interactive movie trailer. |
| Book Trailers |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) After reading a self selected text, students will plan and then use PhotoStory 3 to create book trailers which persuade an audience to read the highlighted texts in order to encourage and reinforce the practice of self selected reading by students.
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| Book Trailers |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) 4th Grade Students create book trailers for incoming students to their grade level for the following year. |
| Bringing Historical Figures Alive |
3 to 7 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) In this unit students will learn about a famous person in history and use several types of media to investigate them and show what they have learned. |
| 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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| Camera Settings |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students learn about the different settings on a DSLR camera. Technology students sharpen skills to help them take better pictures. |
| Camouflage Around Our School |
3 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will make insects and butterflies in different colors. They will then place them in different settings around the school, take photos of the animals in camouflage, and use these photos for journal entries and informational writing. |
| Can You Hear Me? |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Humor in forms of nonverbal communication (political cartoons and comic strips) is often used in place of a narrative form of communication.
This nonverbal form of communication provokes the reader to infer, use imagination, and prior knowledge to interpret the author’s purpose.
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| 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. |
| Canada Geography PowerPoint |
5 to 12 |
| Students will create a PowerPoint presentation about a geographic region or country. This project will take five 45 minute class periods. |
| Captured at the Farm |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Kindergarten students will capture digital photos and/or video while visiting a local farm to represent "life" (animals, gardens, milk, butter, etc.). Students will collaborate with a second grade class to create a multimedia digital storybook about their field experience. |
| Capturing Animals through Technology |
2 to 5 |
| Students will use digital recoding photograpgy equipment to take pictures of animals at our local zoo. They will then insert the photography into a variety of audio-visual technology -based reports featuring thier animals. |
| Capturing History |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson allows for students to gain an appreciation for local history and preservation through the use of photography and art. |
| 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* |
| Character Counts in Action! |
K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create documentaries based around the 6 Pillars of Character. Each group/individual, will highlight the pillars in a video that defines and provides examples of the pillar and problem solving solutions for difficult situations that arise in and around the school community. |
| 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. |
| Christmas Around the World |
P-K to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Christmas Around the World |
| City's 50th Anniversary: A Snap Shot in Time |
K to 12 |
| Walnut is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The project would have students from all age levels taking picture and creating a living snap shot of the community regardless of age, sex, or beliefs. This would be put on display in City Hall and used as a video for the local Cable Network. |
| Class Memory Book |
9 to 12 |
| The entire class will create a memory book for each student in the class. Pictures and paragraphs will tell a short story about each student. |
| Claymation |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) My students will create a Fairy Tale Remake with clay animation using photography (digital pictures), writing, directing, and editing skills. The computer application iMovie will be used to create the animated video. |
| Claymation Video Lessons |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create simple 3D oil-based clay characters, which will move through 2D student-created environments(stop-action videography). Students will narrate the stories thus created. |
| Collaborative learning through technology assisted projects |
K to 6 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) My class is a computer literacy class at an arts integrated charter school. Elementary students form Kindergarden to 6th grade will learn computer skills and Google's collaborative tools through project based learning. Problem solving, teamwork and critical thinking skills will be required to complete projects successfully. |
| Collaborative Writing using Blogs Lesson Plan |
1 to 6 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will create a paragraph that shares details of our weekly classroom learning. They will illustrate their paragraph with one or two appropriate pictures or photos. Then it will be put into our classroom blog. |
| Collecting, Organizing, and Displaying Data |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Groups complete fun activities, record and organize their results, and display them as dot plots and box-and-whisker plots. |
| Community Helpers in our School and Town |
P-K to K |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) This lesson correlates with our Reading Unit on Neighborhood Helpers |
| Community Words |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will use digital cameras to photograph words in their community. They will then make a poster or a book to display the words. This will be used to aid them in writing their own works. |
| Create a Mini Movie For Field Trips!!! |
4 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use the Magisto- Magical Video Editor App on a smartphone/tablet to create movies from selected photos and videos on a field trip. |
| Creating a Digital Newspaper |
P-K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Lesson plan for creating a digital school newspaper. This includes some modifications for students with disabilities. |
| 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 a Digital Story as a Summative Assessment |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) As an end of the unit performance task, my chemistry students will create a digital story that shows evidence of the learning that took place throughout the unit. The digital story will showcase digital pictures/videos of the labs/experiments/activities that proved useful in learning about chemical reactions. |
| 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. |
| CSI - Crime School Investigation |
5 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use the fun, hands-on science skills of collecting, analyzing and matching evidence to solve a mystery. By teaching the unit holistically students benefit in reading, writing, math and science skills. |
| 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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| Cultures and Cuisines WebQuest |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) Groups of Five are to select a country that they would like to learn more about.
Research that country's environment, people, customs and characteristic foods.
Prepare a report/display and present to the class. |
| Cyber Safety |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students discuss the dangers, as well as, the positive side of having internet and real life friends. |
| 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. |
| Dear Future Writing Assignment |
1 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be writing to future residents through a Time Capsule. |
| Designing a Digital Portfolio |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will design, produce, and evaluate digital portfolios. The purpose of this unit is to introduce students to digital portfolios. Web portfolios are effective tools that can help students showcase their projects to a global audience. |
| 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 Cameras and Numbers |
K to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using digital cameras to take pictures of groups of numbers to practice grouping and counting. |
| Digital Civil War Timeline |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) In this project students develop and design a video of photographs taken of the major events from the Civil War. |
| Digital Cloud Riddle Book |
1 to 3 |
| Students will learn to identify different cloud types, observe and photograph clouds in nature with interesting shapes, and print and write a riddle about the object they see in the clouds. Each student will add their cloud riddle and photo to form a class book to be added to the class website for everyone to enjoy. |
| 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 Field Guides |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students create digital field guides that document a local ecosystem. |
| Digital Nature Journaling |
P-K to K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Use digital camera and microscope to create a digital nature journal. Students will investigate different natural living/non-living items on school grounds. |
| Digital Photography and Movie Making |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn skills required for digital photography and movie making while learning about the behavior of light. |
| Digital Photography for Movie Making |
5 to 5 |
| Students photograph the world around them to create a digital movie in the computer lab. Photos are linked to homeroom lessons to expand on research skills. |
| Digital Portfolios |
9 to 12 |
| Students create digital portfolios of their artwork using PowerPoint. |
| Digital Revolution |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will compose an original historical photograph about a revolution based on Eleanor Antin's work. They will also read a literature piece coinciding with the revolution they have chosen to study. |
| 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. |
| Digital Storytelling - My Special Story |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn the techniques of Digital Storytelling in order to complete a narrative about an important event in their lives. Students will compose a narrative, collect images and photographs. Students will then create a digital slideshow, complete with spoken narration, images, music and transitions appropriate to the mood they want to set for their story. |
| Digital Time Capsule |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) In this lesson students use digital cameras to create a time capsule of digital images of their communities and families. They will use higher-order thinking skills to contemplate how digital images will be stored in the future and how we can present our life and time to people living 50 years from now. |
| Digital Video Yearbook |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students grades 3 through 5 will use digital photography and video to create a video yearbook. Students will be taught how to appropriately use and apply the technology within the classroom. |
| 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. |
| ecology |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will gain a lifelong love of nature by infusing the technology into what they are learning about ecology in a real way. Students will do this by creating PowerPoints of ecology concepts using photos/video of things found around them. |
| 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. |
| El menú fabuloso! |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Everyone loves food! Now we are making food an interactive project. In this project students are to make their very own menu in Spanish, pictures included. |
| Elaborative Detail- Write it right! |
4 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson teaches the importance of using elaborative and sensory details in writing. Children may think they are using good details until they see how many details are necessary to make the right picture pop into a reader's mind. |
| 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. |
| Electronic Poetry Project |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Electronic Poetry Project is a student-generated, project-based learning experience in which students utilize technology to develop skills in research, writing, and creativity to produce an audio/video presentation. Student-driven, project-based learning enhances lasting knowledge rather that just momentary learning. |
| Elementary Lessons for Primary and Secondary Sources |
3 to 4 |
(0 stars, 4 ratings) Primary and Secondary Sources Lessons |
| Emerging Heros |
12 to 12 |
| Students will understand the concept of a hero through visual arts. |
| Engaging Presentations of Research |
3 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use a Z5 Hovercam Document Camera to help present information gathered through a research project on the American revolution. Presentations include recording an 'interview' with a Revolutionary patriot. |
| Enhancing Friendships Through Photography |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Young learners will use digital photography to create new friendships with pen pals at another school. |
| Enhancing Social Skills and Vocabulary through Photography |
K to 5 |
| Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders will use photography to visualize, practice and evaluate their communicative exchanges.Younger students will use pictures to build their vocabulary. |
| 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. |
| Everything American |
8 to 8 |
| Students work collaboratively to define "American Culture" by capturing images of the American way of life, and using them to create a PowerPoint display using words and images. |
| Exploration Journal |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) We use Pixlr.com, a free photo editing site, to explore various regions of the world according to the new Social Studies standards in 7th grade. Students will edit a picture to portray themselves exploring the region and then create exploration journals documenting their trip. |
| Exploring My Environment for Speech and Language |
K to 5 |
| Student will photograph objects containing their targeted speech sounds and/or items in selected categories. These photographs will be used in a power point slide show for individual drill and copied to establish a "visual library". |
| Faces of Emotion |
5 to 5 |
| Students will be photographed with a variety of facial expressions. |
| Family HIstories Alive! |
2 to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will conduct a family interview, curate family photos through narration, and reflect on a family heirloom/artifact. Students will use a video camera to document their interview, photo narration, and heirloom/artifact reflection. |
| Famous Classmates! |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) As a way to get to know each other, the children become reporters, photographers, and movie producers to interview each other as they become "Famous First Graders." Learning to work as a team to interview the famous person and then produce a short movie helps establish a cooperative climate in our classroom. I guide the children as they create the roles and then help them learn the skills needed for their job. Part of the classroom is set up to look like an arrival area for famous people, like movie stars or the President. |
| Fantasy Fusion |
K to 12 |
| Creating fantasy books with students as characters. |
| Figurative Language Videos |
3 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will demonstrate their understanding of figurative language by integrating figurative language into web 2.0 tools. Students will then take the products from the web to complete a video in Windows Movie Maker. |
| FISH FACE: Character Design & Animation |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will explore how animators use facial expressions, physical gesture and sound to create characters, as they work with a partner to create an animated short. Students will be introduced stop motion animation with a screening of the claymation classic, "Creature Comforts." |
| Five Themes of Geography |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is an assessment tool for the Five Themes of Geography. Students will research the five themes of Geography for the assigned Canadian Province and make a “Doodlecast Pro.”, or another presentation app, make a presentation. This could be an individual or group project. . This could be a group on individual project.. |
| 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 Out Over Weather |
4 to 9 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will investigate will be assigned aspects of weather study and write a report. They will use Flip Video cameras to film each other reading their report. Students will gather photos and video clips to use in a video project that utilizes their weather report. And finally, they will work in groups to create a video script derived from their report. |
| Flipping Over Our Weather Reports |
2 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will write and film a weather report. |
| Follow the Drinking Gourd |
K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Learn about the Underground Railroad, Harriett Tubman, Slavery, and what it takes to have a safe classroom all in the same lesson. |
| Force and Motion Flip Books |
4 to 8 |
| Students will use a digital camera to take pictures of the six simple machines, the three types of levers, and Newton's Laws of Motion as seen in the "real world". |
| Fractals in Nature |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be introduced to the concept of fractals and look at examples of fractals, find fractals in nature, and create fractal cut outs. |
| From photo to printed word: Getting second-graders to write! |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) By taking pictures and focusing on the basics (capital letters and periods), second graders get the beginning concepts of writing a story by taking compelling images. |
| Geometry Hunters |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will review basic two dimensional geometric terms as they complete a digital scavenger hunt by snapping photos on the smartphone. Students will present their findings to the class in a googledocs slide show.
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| Getting Techy With Insects |
1 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will engage in a variety of activities, including a WebQuest and Google Hangout with another classroom. The duration of this lesson is a 2-5 days, depending on the activities used. |
| 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 |
| Goddard Gazette Web Site |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) My students will create a school news web site from the ground up, updating it every two weeks with news and events at our middle school. |
| Going Green Collaboratively |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A collaborative effort from Technology, Science and Art teachers to focus on the environment. Students capture images and process photographic and digital
prints for display that depicts what the local community is doing toward saving the environment. |
| Got Milk? |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn the importance of drinking milk and getting the calcium they need. They will research how much calcium they need a day and recognize good sources of calcium. |
| Grade 7 Science Vocabulary Building Through Visualization of Word Meanings To Make Digital Art |
7 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The meanings of Grade 7 Science words were visualized through acquisition of photo software skills to make digital art for retention of these word meanings. |
| Graphing the growth of our Garden Beans under different conditions |
K to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Children will use digital cameras to take picture of the growth of the same vegetable under different conditions, and then to graph it. The project will be made into an online book, using littlebirdtales.com |
| Graphing Weather |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Graphing Weather and writing about the results |
| Harlem Renaissance: "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will use graphic design and powerpoint to discuss race relation and the Harlem Renaissance by creating a children's book for a younger groups of children. |
| 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. |
| Hollywood is Southeast Georgia |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using digital cameras and Microsoft Movie Maker on desktop computers, students will create stop action movies with storylines of their own creation. |
| Holocaust background-Jewish Life Photo Project |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) To understand Jewish Life Pre-WWII by examining photographs and biographies through the US Holocaust Memorial Museum website |
| How does N.Y.C. play a role in international affairs? |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to recognize the international role of N.Y.C. , and appreciate the importance of the United Nations. Students will be able to identify aspects of N.Y.C.'s cosmopolitan nature. |
| 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. |
| I CAN DO IT: Shopping For Groceries |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students with severe mental, physical, and communication disabilities will learn to make grocery lists and shop for groceries with the aid of digital photos. To encourage independence, students with mental, physical, and communication disabilities will control the activity by directing an assistant to follow each step, a digital photo, which must be performed in the correct order to make a successful purchase. |
| I love Penguins!! |
P-K to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn about the different types of penguins, their habitat, etc. |
| Illustrated Dictionary |
P-K to 8 |
(0 stars, 4 ratings) As a culminating activity for a Science or Social Studies unit, students will create their own illustrated dictionary including key vocabulary learned throughout the unit. This activity will include small group as well as independent work, and employ technologies such as digital cameras, photo editing software, computer, printer, and SMART board. |
| Importance of Estimation |
5 to 8 |
| Students will make sense of big numbers in order to make reasonable estimates. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Invasive Species |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Invasive species can disrupt and use natural resources that are necessary for endemic species to survive. Students will conduct a field study of an invasive plant species to learn how their community and the endemic species have been affected. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Job Transition--The Great Adventure |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Help your students go out into your community and prepare themselves for life after high school by supporting their learning of essential job skills. Use digital pictures and the students' writing to create portfolios of their adventure! |
| Just Because You Cannot See It...Doesn't Mean It's Not There |
9 to 12 |
| Using a camera, microscope, and photography software, students will look at the microscopic world around them. Afterwards, they will create a photo album to assess what they have learned. |
| Kids with Cameras make a difference |
1 to 4 |
| 1-4th grade students create a photography exhibit titled "Sense of Place" about their community and then use the exhibit to collect donations to support international Kids with cameras programs. |
| 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. |
| Language and Literacy Support through Photography |
K to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This project provides ideas and activities for promoting development of oral language, literacy, and student identity through the use of photography-based Language Experience Approach lessons and books. |
| 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. |
| Lesson Plan: Us and Them |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will conduct exercises using cell phones, online applications, and word processing software to study and report on some of the dynamics of societal grouping, with a focus on inclusion/exclusion based on group identity. |
| Let's Make Subtraction Movies! |
1 to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create number sentences and create a little movie. |
| Let's Party like its 1849 |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson puts student on the Oregon trail. Students write a daily diary and take pictures on the trail. |
| Life Map |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a lesson plan that helps you to get to know your students and also helps you determine their computer/writing skills. For this lesson students use a computer that has Adobe Illustrator to design a life map. Then they need to submit a one page typed paper that explains their life map, I suggest using Microsoft Word. |
| Lights! Camera! Action! |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students will use resources to explore the functions of digital cameras. Students will then use a digital camera to take photos which will utilize simple photography configuration principles. Students use their photos to share ideas and information in the community and with peers, both in person and online. |
| Little Owl Press Report/Newspaper and Newscast Project |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will take digital photos to produce “The Little Owl Press,” an elementary newspaper, which will summarize important events and programs at our school for each trimester. This newspaper will be transformed into “The Little Owl Press Report,” a newscast that will incorporate digital video, digital photos, music, and voice recordings. This production will be broadcast to ours and surrounding communities through our local access station. The newscast will promote education in our schools and allow people who are not part of our school community an inside view of the highlights of each trimester. |
| Living Creatures Up Close |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will discover a pond habitat, capture a specimin and observe under a microscope. |
| 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 Heroes |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The students will use interview skills, digital photography, digital video and movie editing software to create a five-to-ten-minute video showcasing a local person who is a positive role model. |
| Make a Digital Dance Textbook |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a Wiki page/website that will be used as a dance textbook in class. |
| Making the yearbook |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) On any given day, the lesson plan in my yearbook class is roughly the same for everyone in my class: find something interesting going on in the school (a sporting event, a club meeting, a class presentation a field trip, a play, etc.). Attend that event, take a pile of photos, and then the fun of telling the story begins! |
| Mastering a Student's Personal Information in a Special Education Classroom |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students come to me lacking personal information such as their middle name, ability to spell and read parents' and siblings names, pets' names, dates of birth, etc. My project will focus on mastering this information through photography. Our product will be a photo book for each student. |
| 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. |
| Math is All Around Us |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Find real life objects of math vocabulary. |
| Math Technology Lesson |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using technology and gathered photos, calculate fractions, decimals, and percents; analyze angles, triangles, and quadrilaterals; and find length and area of objects in and out of school. |
| Maxi's Amazing Adventures |
P-K to K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This fun, family activity, which encourages both reading and writing through the use of modern technology, is called Maxi’s Amazing Adventures. Maxi is a friend that we have in our classroom. He is a soft and cuddly bear friend that travels home with each child. |
| Memoir - The Gift of Memories |
7 to 8 |
| This project incorporates the writing of either a memoir or a memoir poem- focusing on a favorite person or pet. Students create either a Power Point or Windows Movie Maker movie showcasing this person or pet-giving it as a gift. |
| Memoirs of a Fifth Grader |
5 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Fifth grade students will write an auto-biography and create a correlating video diary. |
| Mi casa es su casa |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) Students will create videos of their houses and sharing information about their home in Spanish. Students will pretend to be Real Estate Agents selling their home. |
| Mi dia |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will work in groups of 2 or 3. They will create an electronic story of a "day in the life" of 1, 2, or all 3. |
| Mi vida Loca |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a video presentation describing and showing important events and/or places of their lives. |
| 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. |
| Modified Digital Photo |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn how to take a digital image of a standing object, such as a tree or building, and modify the image using different collage techniques to create a series of four different images of the one photo. |
| Moon Craters Lab |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) By dropping a rock from three different heights, students were able to employ al the steps of the scientific method while conducting an investigation. They explored the limitations of models and connected the relationship of mass, height, and impact. |
| More than Just an Essay... |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students write essays, we grade them, and when returned these essays either get trashed or buried in a back pack never to be seen again. By turning an essay into a PODCAST and uploading it to a class website, students take ownership of their work. |
| Movies for Mothers |
P-K to 5 |
| Students will use photos, drawings, and videos to create a movie using Tool Factory Movie Maker as a heartwarming gift for their mother on Mother's Day. |
| Multi Media Urban Stories: "This is who I am" |
1 to 12 |
| Students will take pictures of their community, home, friends and family and provide written captions for an artistic display in the City Heights Mid City Building as well as publish their work to our classroom website and provide podcast audio captions that express description, sentiment, opinion, questions, and facts. |
| 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. |
| My Sierra County |
6 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use digital images and their own writing to create a powerpoint presentation depicting the attributes of the county in which they live. They will provide the audience a glimpse into what makes their county special, from their own unique perspective. |
| Nature Inspired Digital Alphabet |
2 to 5 |
| Through digital photography and basic computer skills students create their own nature inspired digital alphabet. Students find letters of the alphabet in objects made from nature, for example: ground erosion makes the letter “y,” or the veins of a leaf make the “A.” |
| Never Forget (Memorial Day or Veterans' Day Pre-Activity) |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This activity encourages students to record and think about the words people use as they recall their experiences in defending our country. Student will create word art from their interviews and the teacher will run a discussion on the words and how they tie into the freedom we enjoy in America. |
| 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. |
| New School Mural |
P-K to 12 |
| Students will use digital images to create a mural for one of the walls next to the breezeway doors. |
| Newspaper for Inner City School |
K to K |
| The project is to promote fluency both oral and written 2 languages. |
| Not so Simple Machines |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create a machine, using a combination of simple machines, to solve a problem. Students produce a podcast commercial, a photo story, and digital presentation to 'sell' their invention. |
| Oral Tradition-- digital storytelling |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students work to create an original tale from the oral tradition. Instead of publishing a formal written document, students create a stop action video depicting the tale. |
| 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. |
| Our Town |
1 to 3 |
| A walk through our town will unveil several reasons for reading and the culture and history of our town. Students will photograph signs and scenes from the downtown area and create a digital scrapbook detailing the experience. |
| P & P- " Portraits and Persepctive" Digital Photography for Kids |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Grade 2-3 students will be involved in a credential teacher led short term project that teaches the basic of digital photography using portraits and perspective practice lessons. Students will learn layout and design, captioning and title skills. |
| 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. |
| Paper Airplanes |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Applications of Scatter Plots, Lines of Best Fit, Dependant & Independent Variables through the making and flying of paper airplanes. I have the class research several designs of airplanes, we discuss aerodynamics, construct a their desired model, fly the model, gather information and plot the results. |
| Patchwork Quilt Class Project Thematic Unit |
3 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a thematic unit that integrates social studies, math, reading, and writing. |
| Peeps Project for Watership Down |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create a video of key scenes in the novel Watership Down. Student first create a storyboard timeline of the key scenes by using skills they have learned for determining importance and sequence of events and then they choose one to recreate using Peeps marshmallow treats. |
| 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 |
| Persuasive Essay Powerpoints |
9 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use digital cameras to document campus problems at our school and compile them into a PowerPoint presentation along with a persuasive letter to our school faculty, administration, superintendent, or school board. |
| 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. |
| Photo-Based Reading Projects |
K to 12 |
| Special Education students use digital cameras and word processing software to enhance reading and writing skills. |
| Photographical Ecology |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will photograph and understand differences in organisms and the roles they play in our environment. |
| 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. |
| Photography Presentation |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will present a Power Point of their favorite thing using photography. |
| 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. |
| PhotoTalk! |
K to 12 |
| Images communicate without written or spoken speech. Linking images to simple text in the target language is a powerful tool for helping second language learners speak and read! |
| Picture This - Stars over Hoke /Imaginarse - Estrellas sobre de Hoke |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) My grant request is to enable my middle school ESL students to better communicate and participate in classes by using digital cameraas and software to publish their own personal bilingual dictionaries, story books and PowerPoint presentations for the SMARTboards in their classes. |
| Plant, Point and Record the Life Cycles of Plants |
1 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will photograph the life cycles of growing plants. Using continuous photographs, they will monitor the scientific data collection of their plants' growth for online photo journals that they will posted on their student-created website. |
| 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. |
| Point and Shoot Mood Silent Movie |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) There is a movie, Who is Afraid of Virginia Wolf, that the story is told more by the actions of the characters than their words. This lesson will help students understand emotions and how to portray the mood of a story with facial expressions, music and no words. They will make a silent movie! |
| POP ART Lesson Plan |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will make computer generated art based on Andy Warhol's Pop art and use Pop culture imagery of today. |
| 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. |
| Postcards from Somewhere |
6 to 12 |
| The students will learn about another culture and the region of the world where their e-pal is located. They will then create a postcard with a picture from that region. They will also research and get details about our region of the country and create a postcard to send to their e-pal. |
| PRESCOTT, PHOTOGRAPH AND MODERN ART |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) STUDENTS WILL LEARN ABOUT THE STYLES OF MODERN ART, THE WORKINGS OF A DIGITAL CAMERA AND THE TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS OF OIL PAINTING. THEY WILL ACHIEVE THIS BY BY USING A DIGITAL CAMERA TO CAPTURE A LOCAL LANDSCAPE BRINGING IT INTO THE CLASSROOM AND PAINT IT IN OILS. |
| Presentation Blogs |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Create a series of audio/video blog entries in the target language as a means of assessing progress and skill/content acquisition throughout the course of language learning. |
| Pride in Diversity - Our Similarities and Differences Make Us Strong |
K to 8 |
| This project gives students experience with digital cameras and web design tools while showcasing the ways our similarities and differences make us stronger as a community of learning. |
| PROJECT H.O.P.E. (Highlighting Opportunities for Potential Employment) |
4 to 5 |
| This is an exciting Career Exploration Unit that allows students to integrate technology skills while researching various careers. |
| Projects with Pizazz |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) High School students make digital project presentations using Photo Story, Voicethreads, Animoto, Glogster, Windows Media Player and/or Quicktime |
| Readers Who Struggle Can Learn From Wonderful Teacher/Student Created On-Level Reading Projects |
K to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Imagine a reading lesson that is about you and your classmates. It is right at your reading level, and it contains the sight words and skills that are targeted for you and your classmates' specific learning needs! Best of all it is created by your classroom teacher and can be used with a SMARTBoard, burned to a cd, or printed off to be read at home for extra practice! And it can be used over and over again. |
| Ready SET go! |
P-K to 1 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will use the Digital Camera Lab to take pictures to identify and create sets of objects. |
| Ready, Aim, Focus! |
1 to 5 |
| Through a hands-on photography lesson, students will develop and enhance writing focus, including brainstorming ideas, topic selection, word choice, and use of descriptive words. Also, students will use the printed images to inspire additional writing strategies such as developing voice, organization, and editing. |
| Real World Equations! |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use digital cameras to take photos of items or situations that can be modeled using algebraic equations. |
| Real-World Probability |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use digital media to complete a culminating project relating probability concepts to real-world events. |
| Recipes and Recollections |
10 to 12 |
| Students interview their families to gather stories and to garner recipes. Many literary stories have their origins in family recipes, even the novels we study in English class. Each student compiled five family recipes and related stories for personal cookbooks. We also made a class cookbook. |
| Recycling PSA |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students apply the 3 types of persuasive appeals to make a public service announcement about recycling. |
| Reflective Decoupage |
7 to 12 |
| Cameras and art go hand and hand way beyond pictures and portraits, right? In this project, the cameras are going to help our students produce their reflective art through decoupage! |
| Renaissance Digital Story Project |
9 to 11 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Assignment: To produce a quality 2 minute speech and a quality 2 minute digital story that tells the tale of a Renaissance artist, inventor, or scientist. |
| 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. |
| safety on the internet |
3 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) this lesson explores the security of real friends vs the online "friends" |
| Scanning Pictures |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will scan a picture from home and edit it! |
| Science of the snowflake |
1 to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) I use this lesson to reinforce knowledge of the Caldecott awards and also to teach the children how to navigate their way around the Macbook touchpad as First Grade is their first formal introduction into the use of laptops. |
| Science Olympics |
K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Science Olympics will actively involve the chemistry and ELL science students at Reynolds High School with science education in one the district’s elementary schools heavily populated with ELL children. The high school chemistry and ELL students will be taught how to present and involve the grade school kids in a variety of hands-on science activities covering all seven of the Common Curriculum Goals and will be encouraged to think creatively and plan how to get these basic science concepts across to children in grades K-5. By doing so both the high school students and the K-5th graders will experience science as fun, rewarding, interactive, engaging, and memorable.
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| Second Grade Science Textbooks |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Second graders spend the year planning and making their own science textbooks. They are learning science as well as learning how to read and write nonfiction text. |
| See How They Grow |
1 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Student growth can be documented through digital scrapbooking of his school year. |
| See the Music |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create PowerPoint presentations featuring famous musicians, singers, or a piece of music |
| 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. |
| Shapes in Art, Shapes in Body |
P-K to 1 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students learn how to distinguish shapes through dance and music. |
| Signs of Spring |
K to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) k-1 students walk around the school and photograph some first signs of spring and then print their picture and write about it. |
| Sim's Cities - 5th grade (would work wonderful at the middle school level) |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Creating with Visual Arts through the 21st Century -Core Curriculum Skills |
| Similarities and Differences Across Cultures - In Modern Times and Throughout History |
1 to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use technology and literature to research past cultures and modern cultures. The objective of the lesson is for the students to recognize and define the similarities and differences between past cultures and modern cultures in areas related to daily living, food, art and music.
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| Similes and Metaphor |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will take photos of two very unlike objects. They will then brainstorm ways the two objects are alike and write similes and metaphors about the objects. |
| Simple Machines Scavenger Hunt |
3 to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) As a culminating project for a unit on simple machines, students will take pictures of examples of simple machines around the school and use them to create a powerpoint presentation. |
| 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. |
| Space Adventures |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson plan will introduce preschool children to various outer space experiences. |
| Spanish Childhood Memories |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Objectives: The students will use childhood vocabulary words and the imperfect past tense to write a letter describing activities and interests that they had throughout their childhood. The students will utilize the preterite past tense to describe one “bad” event that took place and to explain a cause/effect result of that event. The students will then utilize the present tense to describe solutions that have initiated in their lives to improve or make up for that initial “bad” event. |
| Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall: Dress and Play for Them All |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This activity will engage students to work in pairs to make up short stories about activities they can do during each of the four seasons. They will also focus on identifying clothes and activities which are appropriate for each season. |
| 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 Motion Animation Lesson |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students are to create a stop motion animation video from scratch. Students will plan, story board, take pictures, and edit a video to complete the stop motion animation project. |
| Stop Motion Animation with Photographs |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Have students move objects in a scene and take a series of photographs that create the illusion of movement of said objects. The students will then put the photos in a video editing program to make a short video of their characters in action. |
| Stop Motion PSA |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will create a 30-second stop animation clip to teach one our school's expectations to be shown on the morning announcements. This lesson will support our building-wide Positive Behavior Support (PBS) initiative. |
| Studio Photography |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This project involves shooting long exposure photography in the school portrait lighting studio. |
| 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. |
| Super Science Slueths Explain It All: Circumnavigating the Circulatory System |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students work in pairs to develop podcasts about the circulatory system as a capstone unit project to display what they have learned. The podcasts can take the form of dramas, sports casts, etc. requiring the students to do more than just memorize information. |
| Super Size It, Please! |
10 to 11 |
| Hands on math project to help students understand scale factors and ratios using photos of themselves! |
| Symmetrical Shapes |
K to K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use computers to create symmetrical shapes. |
| Symmetry in Nature and Congruent Shapes All Around |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) All students will work in groups to investigate nature and their surroundings to find symmetry in nature and congruent shapes all around. Students will take photos using a digital camera and help create a multimedia presentation of their geometric findings. Students will share the final project with their peers. |
| Take a Picture, It will last longer! |
3 to 5 |
| Begin a Camera Club after school hours that will enhance learning through cameras and technology. Students should be able to express themselves creatively with technology and gain a curiosity of the world around them through photography. |
| Teacher Appreciation Week |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a design to give to a current/previous teacher in honor of teacher appreciation week. |
| 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. |
| Techno Lit |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lessons includes a variety of technology to publish expository texts so they can be viewed on iPod touches and iPads. |
| 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 in Art |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Cubism using Digital Photography |
| 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 |
| Telling Your Story |
K to 4 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will take pictures of their daily lives and focus on what is unique and special about an ordinary experience in the medium of writing. The photos and writing will be bound and compiled into their own book, making them an author. |
| Thanks for Your Service |
P-K to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students need to learn to be thankful for what they have. What better way than to honor those who have fought for their freedom. |
| The ABC's of Winter |
K to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use a tablet to take photos of objects in the school that are ABC related. These will be photos of winter or winter-related themes. |
| The Autobiography of a Middle School |
6 to 8 |
| The multidisciplinary project would use the Olympus Digital Cameras and Tool Factory Software to help define and build school unity, self-esteem, and culture through student-made pictures, essays, biographies, and art. The final goal of this project will be an autobiographical photo-essay slide show that the student council will present to their peers, parents, faculty, and school board at their eighth grade graduation ceremony. |
| 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 Differences Among Us |
5 to 8 |
| In this beginning of the year activity, students will get to know each other by sharing cultural differences which make their families unique. Students will experience the personal stories of their peers, understand that all families are different, and accept that it's okay to be different. |
| THE DIGITAL CAT--A PURR-FECT SOLUTON! |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Anatomy students will make their own dissection manual complete with digital pictures and labels. Each year students will add to the manuals. |
| The Greatest Generation: Capturing Their Stories with Digital Images |
K to K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Digital Storytelling with the Greatest Generation is the focus of this basic primary source recording of extended family members. |
| The Three People I Would Like to Invite for Dinner |
7 to 9 |
| This is a 7th grade presentation project designed to get the students to think about the qualities of a real hero. The students will decide on 3 persons to invite to a special dinner party, the first person is a historical figure whom they admire, one a contemporary (in their lifetimes), and one person they know well. |
| 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. |
| The World Around Me |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will take pictures of landscapes, nature, the environment, etc. They will choose one picture that will be used as their "muse" to write a story that describes that specific picture. |
| The World Without Nouns |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will take pictures of them completing an activity. They will then use Photoshop to edit out one noun in the picture. Using that picture they will create a Keynote slide showing what the world would be like without that noun. |
| This is A Day in My Life: A Photo Essay |
8 to 12 |
| This project entails students creating a series of photos that show a day in their life, editing the images in Photoshop, and then posting them digitally. |
| This Is Our Town |
10 to 12 |
| Students document life in their small Iowa town by photographing, writing and creating art about the experiences and architecture of our community. These finished products will then be shared with the community. |
| 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 |
| Through Our Eyes |
9 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros is a novel that addresses many important themes, but none more important than poverty. But simply talking about a world problem does not teach my students as much as a hands-on problem solving project would! Upon completing the novel, my students will tackle the final project “Through Our Eyes.” |
| 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. |
| Time and Motion on Track |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use digital cameras to determine rate, velocity, displacement, and acceleration of their peers walking around a 1/4 mile track. |
| Time Capsule Essay (A Letter to Future Students) |
2 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Dozier Elementary's Time Capsule Project Link shows all information @http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/dozier/eye/09_10/TimeCapsule09_10/projects.htm |
| 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. |
| To High School and Beyond |
8 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This a project that my 8th grade students do to get them thinking about career and life goals. It is completed in four parts. |
| Total Physical Response Storytelling |
5 to 12 |
| Students will take pictures and make books to tell a story in a foreign language. |
| Toy Inventor’s Workshop |
11 to 11 |
| Students work in small groups to develop a toy for preschool age children. |
| 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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| Tree Trekkers |
4 to 5 |
| Students will photograph, identify, classify and write about trees in their school yard, the immediate neighborhood and in their own neighborhood. The will publish a booklet and/or a slide show about their trees. |
| Tuning the World One Note at a Time |
6 to 8 |
| This project is intended to broaden the horizon for our small town students. Students will produce a DVD movie/music video highlighting the world of music as its focal point. |
| Understanding Interactions Among Local Species and the Local Environment |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use digital cameras to observe and investigate a variety of species in the schoolyard ecosystem. Students will research the species and construct food chains and food webs from their photos. Students will use their observations to write hypothesis and develop experiments. |
| Up close and personal |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will take 3-4 pictures of an object of their choice, all extremely close up. Students will then make a display of their pictures so other students can guess what object was being photographed. |
| Using Our Senses |
1 to 1 |
| We will go on a nature walk and use digital cameras to capture the things we learn about using our five senses. |
| 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. |
| Video Yearbook/Senior Video |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Video Yearbook/Senior Video will be an ongoing year-long project. During the school year students will film school events such as sports and homecoming, drama and music productions, and club activities, and graduation. Tool Factory Movie Maker will be used to edit the clips for a Video Yearbook which will be burned to DVD. |
| Vintage Photography |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Learn about Photography and Art in the turn of the century. Use costumes and props from the 1900s and create the mood of that time era in a Photograph. |
| Virtual Museum of Musical Instruments |
4 to 8 |
| Students create and build their own musical instruments based on existing characteristics of the four families of the symphony orchestra. They will take photographs of their completed instruments, record the sounds and post them to an existing web site which showcases student work. They will also create their own web page which will be attached to the teacher web site. |
| Visualizing Vocabulary in an Ecosystem |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Learning about the pond ecosystem will be combined with a creative communication project, greatly enhanced by photographs taken with NEW DIGITAL CAMERAS!! |
| Vivid Visual Vocabulary |
4 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Vivid Visual Vocabulary Project is a student-generated, project-based learning experience in which students utilize technology to develop skills in research, writing, and creativity to produce an audio/video presentation. As students share projects that are developed individually and through cooperative, small learning communities, they become both teacher and learner. |
| Vocabulary Building Through Visualization Of Word Meanings To Create Digital Art |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Vocabulary enhancement came to the forefront with acquired skills of manipulating photographs ... utilizing various tools and filters within the software … and this cognitive and creative process placed the students in a new environment of hands-on with photo software and the requirement of researching the "real" meanings of words, then translating these "realities" into "creative" ones through visualization. |
| 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. |
| WANTED: GOOD CHARACTERS! |
2 to 4 |
| Students will use digital cameras and desktop publishing to recreate WANTED posters of the old Wild West. Only this time, they will be looking for good characters! |
| Water Cycle Voice Thread |
1 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson plan is geared towards elementary level students using a reader's theater script and VoiceThread to improve reading fluency. |
| WCCS News 78 Investigative Report |
K to 8 |
| Several television stations in the St. Louis metropolitan area feature a news investigative reporter who acts on tips received from local viewers. The West County Christian School seventh/eighth grade students will research/investigate a news tip, send their own news investigative team to the site to document digitally their findings, write the script to produce a news report, and then videotape that presentation. |
| 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. |
| Weathering Project |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) After studying weathering in class student will demonstrate their knowledge of weathering by creating a digital project. |
| 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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| 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 Do You Know About Your Town? |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Lessons that help students learn a little about their own community. Lesson is generated for Erath, Louisiana, however can be adapted to any area. |
| What is it... A Frog or a Toad? |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Frog and Toad
Lesson Purpose: Comparing Frogs and Toads (Can be used for science lessons or for any “Frog and Toad” Series book.) |
| What The Giver Society is Missing |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Student will create a slideshow about The Giver by Lois Lowry. They will show why some of the rules in that community are actually not beneficial and are quite harmful. |
| What's the Matter? |
1 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students explore the 3 states of matter, as well as the combination of these states, through the use of a digital camera. Students then create Photo Stories about matter to share. |
| Where is.... |
K to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a book using images taken of different locations around the school with an icon of themselves in the foreground of the page. The reader will try to identify the location of the photograph. |
| 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 and Who Are You? |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) We will be working on strengthening our understanding of identity. What makes us who we are? |
| WORDS: A Lesson in Collaboration (Disguised as a Lesson on Homophones/Homonyms) |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students work in groups to plan, create, edit, and share a collaborative, creative video on homophones and homonyms to share with the world. |
| World Travelers |
K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students in grades K-8 and Visual Art students would choose destinations to "visit" by grade levels, which would enable classroom teachers to use this project as a learning tool for many other subject areas. Classes would then photograph their ideas of locations, settings, places to visit, plant life, perhaps even life of that area to create a travel brochure for future visitors. |
| Write A Story |
1 to 5 |
| Using a wikispace, students will work together to complete a story. Each student will create a story starter, and classmates will add sentences one at a time to create a completed story. |
| Write My Name |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students take pictures and use a computer with iMovie to make a digital story of a slowmotion video of how to write their name, so they can practice independently. |
| Write to Read |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) There is nothing more motivating than teaching to the interests of students, and what middle school students' interests revolve around themselves and their friends. Digital storytelling of the school year gives them a voice and leades to improved language arts skills. |
| Writers are Explorers |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use the internet to research information about their favorite animal using Discovery Learning and National Geographic Kids. Students will use the information found online to write an Informational Text that will be presented to parents at a
Writers Celebration. |
| Year of Memories |
2 to 6 |
| Students will use digital photos taken throughout the school year to create a memory book as a keepsake of their year in third grade. |
| You Were There! Art History Game |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will photograph themselves and then use software to add a painterly look to their photos. Then they will compete to use the software to place themselves as the subject of some of the masters' paintings by following clues. |
| Zoom into Microscopy |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use digital cameras to document their inquiries into microscopic life. Digital images will be used to assemble picture books that show the detail of an organism as seen with the human eye, through a hand lens, and at each power of the microscope. |
| “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. |
