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Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
Science Fair Preparation |
5 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson plan,, students use Brain Pop resources to learn about planning science based projects when they create a science fair exhibit. Students will select a topic, explore the criteria for planning, and design a compelling and realistic experiment based on their research and topic choice. |
The Robotics Obstacle Course Challenge |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Robotics Obstacle Course Challenge is a comprehensive instructional unit that exposes middle school students to various engineering domains/colleges, enhances student motivation and engagement, provides authentic avenues for research, and challenges all students to excel in a robotics obstacle course challenge. |
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" is Awesome |
P-K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students respond to the book, The Absolutely Awful Alphabets by Mordicai Gerstein by taking digital pictures of alphabets occurring naturally throughout the school. |
"In the News!" |
2 to 8 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) A newscast that can be writen, produced and created by elementary or middle school students. Co-Authored with Stacy Bodin |
"Teach it to Me"-Seasonal Calendar |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) Students the use digital technology to pictorially depict weather conditions and environmental changes throughout the months and seasons. Then, they will use photographs to complete a seasonal calendar.
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"The Five Life Zone Research Project" |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) Students in grade 7 and 8 will travel from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Grand Canyon in Williams, Arizona to investigate and measure the soil and water quality (if water can be found) for each of five life zones. The five life zones are the Lower Sonoran or low hot desert; the Upper Sonoran or desert steppe; the Transition or open woodlands; the Canadian or fir forest; and the Hudsonian or spruce forest. This is equivalent to studying the life zones found from Mexico to Canada. The latest technology will be used to complete the field studies and record and communicate their findings. |
"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. |
(PART 1) Applied STEM: Rocketry and its Components |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This unit plan walks students through the entire model rocket design, construction, and test launch phase complete with diverse evaluations and using video technology to view every aspect of a rocket launch. All rockets are homemade - no kits involved. |
(PART 3) Applied STEM: Rocketry and its Components |
6 to 8 |
See Part 1 for following sections with the exception of Lesson Plan Description. |
1920's Personalities Podcasting Project |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students research people of the 1920's create a written report. Next students create a podcast finished with pictures and music if it enhances the "personality of the 1920s" that will be posted on the school website. |
21 century pen pals |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) These lessons are for the students to show what they've learned about specific topics to an international school. |
4th Grade Double Digit Multiplication |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) How to multiply two 2-digit numbers using the window pane and butterfly methods. |
A Math Twist |
3 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create mathematical problems using computer applications such as Microsoft Word and clearly explain in writing how the problem is solved. |
A Microscopically Enormous Look at Genetic Inheritance |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A lab to help better understand how traits are controlled by genes using drosophila fruit flies. |
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. |
Access to Technology |
P-K to K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will have access to our mandatory I-Ready software for our math program in order to build their Number and Operations, Geometry, and through the reading program in order to help in letters and sounds, reading comprehension during our differentiated instruction every single day.
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Activity Name: A Step Back In Time |
1 to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Each student will make their own Long Ago and Today Book. The books will consist of 10 pages. 5 pages will show what clothing, homes, schools, chores and technology was like long ago. The other 5 pages will be show pictures that the students have taken of what clothing, homes, schools, chores and technology look like today.
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Adding Creativity to Science Inquiry |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students create flip videos that enhance scientific investigations performed in class by having students think metacognitively while fusing the fun of creativity with the science of analytical thinking. |
All About Safety |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Robotics Class students will learn about safe operation of equipment in the robotics lab. As groups, students will create pod-casts summarizing their learning and teaching others about safely using machinery and tools. |
Alternative Energy |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Integrating technology for hands-on instruction to give students a better understanding of renewable energy, how electricity can be produced, and the relationship between wind speed and voltage. |
Alternative Modes for Alternative Ed |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) To provide media information in the form of a DVD library centrally located at Seminole County District Office in order to provide various learning formats for struggling and at risk incarcerated learnes. |
Analyzing Motion of a Tossed Ball |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using digital cameras, students collect videos of their peers making basketball shots or tossing a ball in a parabolic arc. Using Vernier software, the students then analyze the motion of the object. |
Animation |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Through the exploration of animation techniques, students will be able to describe and depict emotions and expressions with processes, traditional tools, and modern technologies used in the arts. |
Animation Pre-Production |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 6 ratings) Students will learn the process of animation from concept to a short storyboard/ comic strip. They will walk through the steps of developing a character creating a story around that character and imagining what they will look like. |
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. |
Antony vs. Brutus |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In groups of four, students will create an advertising campaign based on their given character/speech of Antony or Brutus from Shakespeare's Caesar. Students will use the project as means of debate focusing on the which character should have control of Rome after the death of their former leader, Caesar. |
AP Biology & Inquiry-Based Labs |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Instead of carrying around an encyclopedic textbook, students will have their text downloaded onto an iPad where they can highlight, bookmark, and find definitions instantly without ruining the book next year. Students will also be using their iPad for creating, reviewing, and sharing their own labs. |
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 and Life: Where Do We Use Art? |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson increases the relevance of not only art classes, but also all academic disciplines by engaging the students to research how art is used in all aspects of their education and their lives. They will create videos that will collect factual information and visual examples that will educate the viewers on how art is used in a variety of settings and how historical people and socities have depended on the coexistence of art and non art subjects. |
Assessing Reading Fluency using the Flip Video |
1 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will use the Flip video camera to record the reading of a peer’s previously introduced reading fluency story. Students will watch their recordings and complete a self-assessment of their reading fluency using the Dimensions of Reading Fluency rubric. |
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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Audio Storybooks |
3 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will turn their original stories into audio storybooks using the Tikatok website, and screen-capture software. |
Author Study |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) After students read a book of their choice, students will research the author and create a digital report. |
Autism Through the Eyes of Technology |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Statistics show that All children benefit from the use of technology in the classroom, however, children with Autism participate, communicate, and engage MOST effectively by using technology. In addition, most of my students have difficulties with fine motor skills, and using technology in the classroom for various lessons would help them grow tremendously. My project will enhance learning and motivate my students to initiate communication participate and collaborate with their peers in order to reach their greatest potential. |
Battleship |
5 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Our fifth grade students learn about the American Revolution. I had tried to incorporate learning Microsoft Excel by turning it into a fun game |
Beginning Sounds -What sound does each picture begin with? |
K to K |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Beginning Sounds -What sound does each picture begin with? |
Beyond the Basic Research Paper |
8 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will use technology to demonstrate understanding of immigration and create unique technology enriched products of specific research topics. |
Biographical Timelines |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Overview: Students will choose a biography or an autobiography to read and create a timeline on the person's life. |
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. |
Black History Month Menu/Choice Boards |
5 to 12 |
•Students will write and create podcasts for a variety of purposes.
•Students will make choices about their learning, using a menu/choice board as a guide.
•Students will conduct guided research to create a variety of podcast projects to communicate their understanding of their research.
•Students will work collaboratively with other researchers in creating interesting podcasts.
•Students will explore literature, music and the lives of people associated with black history month.
•Students will engage in differentiated learning activities based on their interest and their ability. |
Body parts Identification |
K to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson is geared towards lower elementary students, and students with special needs to identify the parts of the body. |
Bollywood, Philadelphia |
9 to 12 |
Students will create a Bollywood-type musical using digital media. |
Book Report |
1 to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Kids Book Report App will allow students to create their own book reports by filling in information on the IPad. Students can print their book reports on a wireless printer and staple them together to keep. |
Bouncy Ball Energy |
9 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students make their own bouncy balls after a short discussion about what is happening at the molecular level to convert the substance from liquid to solid. Then students record a video of dropping their ball to upload and analyze in LoggerPro. |
Breaking Color Barriers |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students use the scientific method to compare what is on the outside is not what's on the inside. Using white eggs and brown eggs as the comparison. |
Butterfly Life Cycle |
2 to 3 |
Students will describe and research the Butterfly Life Cycle. |
Butterfly's Journey through Migration |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) While working on a butterfly theme and unit.Math, Science and Geography can be incorporated through literature and writing. |
Caching in Pine's Treasures |
6 to 12 |
Project ‘Caching in Pine’s Treasures” was designed to increase student knowledge of Social Studies’ topics in a non-traditional way. Students will use digital cameras and GPS units to learn historical information outside the classroom walls increasing student motivation, content knowledge, and knowledge of “technology-based gadgets.” |
calendar skills |
P-K to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) lesson about calendar skills |
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. |
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. |
Character power points |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) While using a power point I created by using images from google and the idea of friendship. I help the students learn with each slide what frienship really entails. There are thought provoking images and conversation starters. |
Civil Engineering and Architecture |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson plan includes the Engineering Magnet students' use of 3-d CAD modelling software to design and create residential and commercial buildings. The goal is to get the students an Autodesk Revit certification. |
Classical Greece: Magazine Project |
5 to 7 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Members will be creating a full magazine centered on the Grecian’s Golden Age. Issues will be celebrating either the 30th, 40th, or 50th anniversary of the Greeks victory over the Persians. |
CO2 Dragster Challange |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a new twist on an old unit. Many Technology Education teachers have been doing CO2 cars for several years now but this lesson will include creating pod-casts, video, and pictures to post and in a sense create an interactive data-bank!! |
Collaborating Living Moments |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students who are incarcerated experience very little positive influences, have created substantial challenges, and show little ability to make beneficial, character building decisions. which incapacitate them to progress academically, socially, vocationally, etc., and ensure continued failure . We wish to utilize the Seminole County Dividend Speakers to influence these students, however, due to incarceration and facility regulations, students are unable to participate in their presentations. Therefore, we would request technology, in the form of DVD video camera and digital programming, to bring speaker presentations in house. We would tape initial speaker performances at Eugene Gregory and later present to other students at John Polk and the Juvenile Detention Facility. |
Collaborating with Robots |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students in the Behavior Support Program will practice communication, collaborative and pro-social skills to create and program a classroom robot using Lego Mindstorms technology. |
Collaborative Story Writing with the Dell Venue Pro Smartphone |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students learn the writing strategy of rereading the text while collaborating on a story with their peers. The Dell Vanue Pro Smartphone is utilized as a word processor and assessment tool. |
Collaborative Wriitng and Debating |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Through discussion, students will formulate opinions and defend their own positions in writing |
Collaborative Writing in 4th Grade |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson incorporates writing, listening and speaking skills in order to have each group of studnets produce a piece of publishable narrative writing. |
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. |
Come Meet Us at the Zoo |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Come Meet Us at the Zoo is a project theme lesson plan that incorporates technology with life science, literacy, writing skills, and creativity. Children will identify animals, research them online and with books and magazines, then write a book about the animal of their choice. |
Community Based Instruction |
P-K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Community Based Instruction involves functional academics, independent living , self-help, interpersonal as well as speech and language development/skills. Most activities require the student to demonstrate learning through a hands on approach assessed with measurable goals in which a rubric or percentage is obtained. The best part of CBI is that the activities allow students with various abilities, skill levels, and various learning styles an opportunity to be successful. |
Community Problem Solvers |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) Students collaborate in teams to conduct research and solve real community problems using science and engineering. This is applied to the ECybermission Challenge. |
Compare/Contrast Animal Kingdom Characteristics from Informational Texts |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will compare and contrast the various animal kingdoms. Students will take this knowledge and complete a compare/contrast essay after researching the animal kingdoms. |
Comparing and Contracting modern and colonial children |
2 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will compare and contrast their 'modern' life with the lives of 'colonial' children. Students will complete a Venn Diagram, and take the information on the Venn Diagram to write a paragraph comparing the different time periods. |
Computer History Jeopardy (Nonlinear PowerPoint) |
10 to 12 |
Students use PowerPoint to learn about the history of computers. Digital cameras are used to take pictures of items which can be associated with their assigned topic. |
Constructing collaborated constructed responses for the Common Core World |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to get instant peer feedback to better collaborate for correct answers. Students will also be able to get a better sense of peer writing styles to help develop their own. |
Cool Commercials CRITIQUE |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will watch TV commercials and complete provided critique sheet.
A nice mini-lesson that provides the opportunity to connect with commercial media in a critical way. |
Correlating Robotics to the Human Nervous System |
7 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The human nervous system is composed of three distinct types of neurons--sensory neurons, associative neurons and motor neurons. These specialized nerve cells correlate to the three categories of Cubelets--Sense, Think and Action. This lesson will provide students with anticipatory set when studying the nervous system. |
Create and Respond to a Music Video |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings)
Student will create a Music Video by performing a song, create choreography for the video, create props, coodinate the performance, and respond to theirs and others performances.
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Create Floor Plans in Excel |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will identify geometric patterns, practice measuring and drawing to scale, find perimeters and areas, improve business application technology skills, incorporate algebra and geometry skills and learn to appreciate a variety of home types. |
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 How-To Video |
3 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will complete an essay and short video using iPads, transitional words and power verbs. Students will choose from a list of "how to" ideas, create a video explaining and demonstrating the steps. Students will also use laptops/computers to compile a narrative essay. |
Creating a TV Commercial to Air on Morning Announcements |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Focused advertising is everywhere; and the goal is to make the student more aware of how they are targeted negatively and/or positively and the choices they have as consumers. Students learn about various types of media and advertising tactics, create their own commercial, and learn how they fit into our economy as consumers. |
Creating Online Science Lab Notebooks |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will complete an in-class lab and record their results online using a variety of online resources to create a rich, multimedia-rich end product. |
Creating Online Science Lab Notebooks |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will complete an in-class lab and record their results online using a variety of online resources to create a rich, multimedia-rich end product. |
Creating Videos for Teachers |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students created videos for teachers based on an interview with the teacher. The video included specific skills that the teacher requested. |
CSI London: The Bubonic Plague Edition |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) By doing the role play activity, students will record their parts and clues using flip cams (in partners) and watchthe video of the ten cases. Students will be able to develop a hypothesis and a conclusion for the cause of the Bubonic Plague during the Renaissance. |
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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CSI: Native America |
5 to 6 |
This is an interdisciplinary inquiry unit based on a true incident involving the death of the last Native American in an Indiana County. Students will use CSI problem solving skills to draw conclusions concerning the case. |
Cuentitos para niños...Childrens Stories |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students need materials to produce childrens stories in Spanish. Students will write children stories, illustrate them in powerpoint, move them to Moviemaker and then narrate them. |
Cultural Awareness in Omaha: Entering the Golden Door |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Jr. High students at Holy Name School will develop their cultural awareness through a technology project using tablet computers. The tablets will be used to record interviews with community members of a minimum of 8 different cultures and to develop an innovative presentation about their discoveries and incites based on those conversations. |
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 |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Second and third grade students will discuss rules for keeping safe online. Students will identify private information that should not be shared over the Internet (name, address, phone number, school name, etc.) without adult permission.
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Daily Announcements Made Easy! |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create daily (or weekly) announcements for their school or classroom using a webcam. |
Density- An Intrinsic Property |
K to 12 |
Students will use common lab equipment and materials to design an experiment to prove that density is an intrinsic property. They will use a digital point and shoot, a computer, a PowerPoint program and a digital projector to develop and present the procedures they create and perform in the lab. |
Desert Tortoise Adaptations |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will observe how a desert tortoise is adapted to its surroundings. They will take notes and then photograph the environment and tortoise to design a powerpoint. |
Differentiated Tea Party: Important Groups in Feudal Japan |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson teaches the students the important groups that made up Feudal Japan, and the very different views that they had. The point of this lesson is to show the students the many changes that took place in Japan following Prince Shotoku's desire to open Japan's borders to other Asian influences. |
Digital Biography Project for African American History |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will answer questions on an important person during African American History month. They will type, voice record, and upload photographs/drawings to create a biographical digital story about their person. |
Digital Bubble Maps - Geography of our Environment |
P-K to 6 |
Each environment is different depending on where we live. This lesson is to visually capture the geographical environment a student is apart of. |
Digital 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 Dewey System |
2 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) 4th grade students created "How to" Flip video presentations. Video clips and photographs were created from the Flip video presentations and inserted into a Dewey Decimal Classification game that 2nd - 4th grade students played to learn the 10 Dewey Decimal classifications. |
Digital Journaling in the Outdoor Classroom |
P-K to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Watch the progression of seeds, plants and animals from late winter till June through journaling, discussions, photography music and poetry. |
Digital Literacy |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Plan designed to improve reading comprehension and writing skills for high school english students through script writing and film adaptation. |
Digital Research Animal Project |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will research an animal of choice and use an iPad app to create a trading card to inform peers of their new learning. |
Digital Scratchboards |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn a new art technique using digital software. Scratchboard procedures will be used to produce high contrast photographs. |
Digital Storytelling |
5 to 12 |
Students write more when they are inspired either by the topic or by the process. Using Movie Maker, students bring their creative stories to life and have a Windows Media Player as their final version of their work. |
Digital Wildflower Collection |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn how to use technology to communicate scientific information and explore. Students will become familiar with the diversity of native species without endangering the environment. Many rare and protected species will be able to be documented without harm. |
Dissection Scramble |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Use digital cameras to take pictures of a dissection in progress and download to laptops. Then have the students create a game using the pictures in order to have the other students label structures on the pictures. |
DNA Replication Animation |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use modeling clay and stop-motion animation to illustrate the replication of DNA. |
Document Camera Captures Bacteria Growth |
7 to 11 |
Students will learn how to isolate a colony of bacteria, as modeled by the teacher using a document camera. |
Documentary-Style Research Projects |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will research a topic related to the social studies curriculum, and then create a report and a short documentary video using iMovie. Along the way, students will learn how to narrow topics, take notes, keep citations, and make editing choices. This is an ideal lesson for a computer lab setting. |
Documenting Science Through an Active Inquiry Process |
4 to 12 |
Students will engage in active learning about science topics and document findings, experiences, and insights with point and shoot cameras. |
Don't be a Bully, Be a Star |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will develop a podcast featuring a bullying situation at school with two different outcomes, a negative one and a positivie one. Students will lsiten to the podcast and share their opinions about the events that occurred. |
Don't Just Do It - Talk About it! |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) A hands - on science class provides student with the opportunity to experience learning rather than just hear about it. Combine that with a Flipcam and you have a winning combination. Students using hands-on activities for direct experience and video to help students explain and internalize their learning. |
Earth Day - 3rd Grade |
3 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create videos utilizing Tool Factory's movie making software about pollution and how to protect the Earth. |
Earth Day Movie |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The Earth Day lesson plan has students write, record and edit an Earth Day movie. The concepts of Renew, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle are incorportated into the video. |
Earth Editing: Increasing Environmental Awareness with Student Created Public Service Announcements |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create a Public Service Announcement video on issues concerning the environment, which will “air” on the school website and at an Earth Day Assembly. Each video will focus on a single strategy that students and community members can do to help protect our planet Earth. |
Ecosystem Study |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) An indepth inquiry based study of an ecosystem and how humans impact over time. |
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. |
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. |
Element Advertisement! |
6 to 8 |
Using digital voice recorders, students will create radio advertisements to inform their audience about the specifics of different elements found on the Periodic Table. The advertisements will then be uploaded to a class blog and presented to the class. |
Engage in Literature Circle discussion. |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students discuss readings from selected texts, done the previous night, with the goal of engaging text, interacting with each other, and exhibiting ordered but collaborative work. |
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. |
Engineering Design of Thermal Home with Renewable Energy Source for specific Biomes of the world |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will work together in families to discover one of Earth’s biomes. As a family, the students will focus their research on the climate, typical flora and fauna, and typical weather cycles of their biome. The family will then use their knowledge of thermal energy combined with their research data on their biome to design, construct and present their home design and reasoning to the class in a creative manner.
Students will then do further research into weather patterns, statistical data of precipitation, temperature, hours of sunshine, etc and viable renewable energy possibilities so that families can then add to their homes a unique means to use the natural resources in their biome as a renewal resources to generate energy for their home.
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Everyday Recycling |
P-K to K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson will teach students how to identify recyclable materials and integrate the practice of recycling into their own homes. The students will also learn words associated with recycling and create a take home project modeling Planet Earth. |
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 our World through Video |
2 to 4 |
I want to allow students to use video to express their lives and the area in which they live. I also would like for them to learn how to use a camera, import video and create great projects using that video. |
Exploring the cellular basis of life using real life object for project |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson is intended to familiarize students with different categories of cells. Emphasis will be placed on the comparison and contrast of plant and animals cells and the structures within them. They will explore the real world of cells by exploring using the digital microscopy. This concept will integrate with technology based hands on with the students as they engage doing a cell project out of the real object.
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Extr@ Spanish |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students watch an educational Spanish video series called Extr@. Students would use these cameras to produce and record their own episode of Extr@. |
Faces of Emotion |
5 to 5 |
Students will be photographed with a variety of facial expressions. |
Factors and Multiples |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will model and investigate math problems. Using a document camera, students will model arrays to discover the factors of the number six. |
Family History |
2 to 5 |
Students will take photographs of their family and gather pictures to create a family tree. |
Fantastic Feathers |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Inquiry student pairs will use a combination of technology and hands-on techniques, to learn about the form and function of bird's feather. |
Fast Food Meal Planning for Early Childhood |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Early childhood education students will use combined information on food and nutrition requirements for PreK age children to plan meals within the My Plate USDA guidelines and meeting case study criteria with fast food menus |
Fe Chef |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students study the chemistry of cooking and create a cooking video as the culminating project. In the video they describe the science principles associated with their recipe. |
Festivals, Fairs, and Fun and Unit Exploring Spanish Festivals |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will compare and contrast the cultural traditions and festivals of Spanish speaking countries with their own culture. It is our desire that students understand, value, and respect people and places outside of their own environment. |
Fifth Grade Physical Science - Atoms |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using PowerPoint presentations, realia, and various visuals and websites, students will understand that elements are made of atoms, and know the basic structures of an atom (nucleus, electrons, protons, and neutrons). |
Figurative Language |
4 to 5 |
Students create a visual image using Kidpix of an example of hyperbole or personification. |
Finding Your NOOK (TM) in the Classroom |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The Barnes and Noble's NOOK will allow students in my classroom to access e-books, digital resources, educational apps, and more. The sky is the limit! |
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.. |
Flip for Book Reports |
K to 12 |
Students will create Flip Video book reports to share in class and to keep as a data base of book reviews. |
Flip into Technology! |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use Flip cameras to gather information and integrate it into any classroom activity. |
Flip Lipdub |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Spanish students translate a song from English to Spanish, memorize the lyrics and create a lipdub video using a flip camera. |
Flip Video Cultural Exchange between students in Texas and New Zealand |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create a class YouTube video comparing the differences/similarities between the Hurricane Ike disaster in Houston, TX to the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. The video was sent to all schools in Christchurch, New Zealand - expanding students' world view to include more than just their immediate concerns. |
Flippin for Valley View Scavenger Hunt |
K to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a lesson for including an outdoor nature preserve onsite at our school and using it to teach state standards while incorporating technology into a classroom where nature can't come inside. |
FlipVideo Poetry: Teaching Narrative Poems Through Community Service Learning |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) In order to promote literacy as part of our district improvement plan, 7th grade students will work in pairs to draft, write and illustrate a narrative poem to be presented on National Read Across America Day to primary school students as part of a 'Seussical". Performances will be videotaped so that teachers can show the presentations over and over to varied classes for instructional purposes. |
Forming Author's Perspective |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be introduced to the concept of Author's Perspective by identifying specific opinions and adjectives from a specific article. This lesson plan is aligned with Marzano. |
Frogs: ELA and Science 1st grade |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a first grade ELA and science unit. This unit integrates technology and allows students to apply real world application with scientific inquiry, while critically analyzing literary and informational texts.
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Frontal Impact Safety Challenge |
8 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Design and construct a vehicle that will protect an egg if the vehicle is in a front end crash. |
Geographical Literacy through Building: A Minecraft Project |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use Minecraft for Education to build a community from a specific geographical area and understand how land forms, resources and spatial organization can affect human settlement
patterns and housing.
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Get a Move on: Using Promethean Technology to Create a More Engaging Classroom |
10 to 11 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson shows how my classroom can be more interactive and engaging with the use of a Promethean board. This lesson is an example of how I could teach that would help increase student scores on teacher created test. |
Gingerbread Math |
K to 2 |
This lesson uses addition sentences to help students build a gingerbread man. It coordinates with our thematic unit on the story The Gingerbread man and helps students practice addition in a fun and exciting way. |
Go Animate the 20th Century! |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students create an animation to share their knowledge of a historical event that took place in the 20th Century. |
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. |
GPS Ecosystem (Ecotone) Scavenger Hunt |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Using GPS's and your surroundings to make going outside fun for students! |
Graphing quadratic equations of the form f(x) = ax^2 + c |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, we explore the effect of the constant C in the quadratic function f(x) = ax^2. Students will be able to observe that C shifts the quadratic function up/down. |
Graphing Weather |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Graphing Weather and writing about the results |
Great Depression Gallery Walk |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will analyze the impact of the Great Depression on U.S. society and populations by analyzing primary source images from the Library of Congress website. |
Greek Mythology Movies |
6 to 6 |
Students will learn about Greek myths. Then, students create a script based off of a Greek myth, film, and edit their movies. |
Greetings, Introductions, and Farewells in Spanish. |
9 to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The student will learn some basic phrases for greeting another person and introducing yourself.
The student will understand the meaning of the sentences of their own dialog and practice with their classmates.
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Guías de la escuela-School guides |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Student will use flip camcorders to record virtual tours of different parts of the school in Spanish. |
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad |
2 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students work in small groups. They will use IPads to complete graphic organizers with an app called Skaffl. The teacher can assess one group on her account while sitting with another group. |
Hey! How'd you get so big? ( The Story of Mitosis) |
9 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) How do we grow from the size of an egg to the size the average human reaches at adulthood? The student will investigate this question through several different sources: hands on, use of technology and research. |
HFS - What do we have growing on the school grounds? |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will take pictures of the plants, trees, and bushes growing on the school and church property. What do we have growing here? |
How Slow Can You Go? |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will document the process of oxidation using apples and then write a procedure for slowing down the oxidation process. |
How to "Write Right"! |
K to 1 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) One to two sentences will be written on the board with an appropriate/relevant illustration underneath. Students will be given the opportunity to review and practice their oral, reading and writing skills in this lesson. |
How to Build an Electric Motor |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use the POE method to build an electric motor. |
How to _____ like a pro! |
K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) As young adults, many of our students have talents beyond what falls under "classroom curriculum". This project would involve filming something they are passionate about as a "How to Documentary" and create a written piece reflecting on their passion and their lives. |
Human Genome Debate |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will research the benefits and drawbacks of the newly decoded Human Genome. Students will create a brochure and presentation to be given before a judge outling their position to be granted $3 million to further their position. |
I Have A Dream Too |
5 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students will practice writing persuasive speeches according to a rubric outline, learn about Martin Luther King Jr., and learn how to give an effective speech. They will have the opportunity to view themselves giving their speech, so that they can critique their ability to give speeches. |
I Want To Be an Entrepreneur (Flip Camera Lesson Plan for Economics) |
3 to 6 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) I Want To Be an Entrepreneur (Flip Camera Lesson Plan for Economics)
Objective: The students will create and advertise a business while learning the meaning of the words entrepreneur, advertise, profit, and loss. |
If Hornets Could Talk... |
5 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) As a teacher, I find myself constantly challenged to integrate the state and parish standards, grade level expectations, ILEAP test preparation, and multi-disciplinary lessons, at the same time keeping my students engaged, excited, and learning. At times I find the students either bored or discouraged with basic assignments, in particular reading, writing, and researching. I find that no matter how important the components being taught, without a “catch” or “hook,” the students view the assignments as redundant and see no connection with real life. I’ve found a “hook!” |
If Spielberg Can Do It, So Can I!! |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students learn to make a movie using digital video cameras and video editing technology. |
Immigration and the Economy |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn how immigration impacts the economy of small towns like ours. |
In Our Own Voice |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The purpose of this lesson is to help students learn about poetry and apply it to real-world settings. |
In the Field with Salamanders |
5 to 5 |
5th grade students will collect and monitor the diversity of salamanders in their community. They will produce a field guide to share with other local students that will include both quantitative and qualitative data collected over time. |
Incorporating Garage Band into General Music Class |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use all the keyboard techniques taught to compose their own song on the keyboard. Then, students will create background loops on a computer program, Garage Band, to incorporate into their keyboard composition. Students will choose Garage Band loops to incorporate into their original keyboard composition based on their individual and personal learning level, and loops that coordinate well with the keyboard composition they wrote.
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INCORPORATING TOOL FACTORY TO GIVE CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS A VOICE |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Most children begin talking at the age of 2. My children are 4 and they still can’t talk! |
Inspirational Essay: Video |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create an inspirational movie using both video and text. Partners will choose a famous person who has inspired them. Using quotes and filmed clips, students will create a video detailing how and why this person inspired them. |
Integrating Technology for At-Risk Learners for the Pythagorean Theorem |
8 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson plan was developed for at risk 8th Graders at a Title 1 school who exhibit deficiencies in geometry, specifically the Pythagorean Theorem. |
Internet Security Basics |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The goal of the lesson is to educate the learners in the responsibilities of using the Internet's resources in a safe, secure, and ethical manner. In addition, students will be able to apply new knowledge to correct unsafe practices currently used by them on social networks and other Internet sites. |
Interview with Benjamin Franklin |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a cross curricular ELA / History lesson wherein students will create a mock-interview with Benjamin Franklin (and/or other historical figure from the American Revolution Era) and then post that podcast on to an established Google Classroom website. |
Introducing Multiplication |
2 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson shows a hands-on way to introduce basic multiplication concepts, mainly in how multiplication relates to addition. |
Introduction to Coding |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to establish a positive attitude towards building and not just consuming technology.
Students will be able to perform using logical reasoning while learning the fundamentals of coding.
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Invasion of the Germs: We Fight Back! |
3 to 4 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The news today can be scary for our children hearing the stories of the H1N1 virus. This unit will teach common, quality health practices to serve our community and remove fear and uncertainty out of this disease. Personal hygiene, scientific investigation and fun will mesh in this unit for 4th grade students entitled “Invasion of the Germ: We fight back”. The students will investigate hygiene and determine what habits will help their bodies fight infections. They will create clay animation videos with podcasts to teach younger students and our community how to fight germs and the H1N1 virus. |
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. |
Investigating Plants |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students will investigate plants found in their surrounding environment to find similarities and differences among them. They will take digital photographs of several different plants to be used in a classroom lesson thereafter. |
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 |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) - Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate use of login procedures and network printing.
- Students will be able to compose a document that applies intermediate formatting
- Students will use digital creativity tools to create original works.
- Students will use the Paint Application for designing
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Jazzing-Up Thanksgiving! |
7 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Through the years, students have answered the “What are you thankful for?’ question. In this unit the students will answer this question incorporating technology with art, figurative language, the study of biographies and autobiographies, research, and by producing a jazz / blues song. |
JUPITER |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson teaches students about Jupiter and Earth Science. It has been modified to accommodate students with various disabilities. |
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. |
Kandinsky on Computers |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson explores the Expressionist art style, specifically, the works of Wassily Kandinsky. Students listen to music and then create a poster expressing the mood oe feelings of the music. |
Keyboard BINGO |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Practice appropriate keyboarding skills while playing a game and identifying categories of various topics. |
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. |
Laws of Motion Keynote Presentation |
7 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) After reviewing Newton’s Laws of Motion, students will create animations to illustrate each of the three laws. When animations are complete, appropriate sound effects can be added. Finished Keynote presentations will be exported as Quicktime movies, to be embedded in class wiki. |
Learning About Area and Microsoft Excel |
3 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Third grade students will enhance their knowledge of area and technology by creating a floor plan of their home using excel. |
Lesson Plan Using iPads |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Standards (Common Core): Read and write whole numbers and decimals; identify places in such numbers and the values of the digits in those places; use expanded notation to represent whole numbers and decimals. |
Let's Get Active |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson plan utilizes a variety of technology and collaborative activities to demonstrate the difference between active voice and passive voice. It is for an inclusion classroom using a complementary co-teaching strategy and differentiated process, content, and products. |
Let's Write a Book About Trees |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Kindergarten students have concluded learning about trees and seasons in science class. They will now work together in groups of 4 to write a book about what happens to trees throughout the seasons. Students will collaborate with their group to create this book using Storybird.com. |
Letter Factory |
P-K to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will begin to identify beginning sounds and will show that they have an understanding of beginning sounds through a variety of methods. They will use the technology to begin to learn how to use technology as well as reinforce their learning. |
Let’s Get Excited about Roller Coasters! |
5 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) An amusement park has decided to open a theme park to be located in Waikoloa Village, Hawaii. It is an exciting time for the citizens of Waikoloa Village. Finally, this small town will be put on the map for something big. The residents are anxiously anticipating the grand opening of the amusement park. However, the operators of the amusement park need your help. They want to design a new roller coaster with a car that runs as smoothly as a marble would down the track. Your team has been hired to design this new roller coaster track for this theme park. Your task is to design a model of the track you would like to build for this amusement park. Your model must demonstrate the law of conservation of energy, gravity, force, momentum, and especially kinetic and potential energy. |
Let’s Get Excited about Roller Coasters! |
5 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) An amusement park has decided to open a theme park to be located in Waikoloa Village, Hawaii. It is an exciting time for the citizens of Waikoloa Village. Finally, this small town will be put on the map for something big. The residents are anxiously anticipating the grand opening of the amusement park. However, the operators of the amusement park need your help. They want to design a new roller coaster with a car that runs as smoothly as a marble would down the track. Your team has been hired to design this new roller coaster track for this theme park. Your task is to design a model of the track you would like to build for this amusement park. Your model must demonstrate the law of conservation of energy, gravity, force, momentum, and especially kinetic and potential energy. |
LIBRARY ORIENTATION |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will utilize the library technology to locate various information found in books or software in the library. |
Life Cycle of a Butterfly |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will be able to learn and document the different stages of a butterfly with a digital camera. |
Life Cycle of the Butterfly |
2 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to record and report the life cycle of a butterfly using a digital camera. A digital book or slide show will be created at the end of the project. |
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. |
Listening on the Go |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) To encourage students with Special Needs that they are able to enjoy reading and being read to with the latest technology. This technology does not have to look like the typical, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices or be software directly loaded onto a computer where they have to sit in a chair to access. |
Living History--Documenting our Senior Citizens Lives |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will interview senior citizens in the community and make a short documentary about their lives. students will research the history of the neighborhood we are living in and find correlations between the research and the interviews with the senior citizens. |
Local History Guided Tour Podcasts |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will research local history, choose significant landmarks and create a short audio tour of the area. Students will learn about local history in their area while also learning how to use podcast technology. |
Louisiana Cinquains |
P-K to P-K |
Overview: Students review language and grammar skills taught throughout the year. Students will also utilize the writing process in order to compose a form of poetry (cinquains). Finally students will incorporate our study on Louisiana as a focus on their poems. |
Louisiana Graphs (Can be adapted) |
2 to 3 |
Overview: We are studying Louisiana for the next 5-6 weeks. As part of our study, students will conduct surveys centered around Louisiana. We are also reviewing the parts of a graph and the steps in creating a graph. |
MAGIC WORMS! |
3 to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This is a fun and relevant Common Core math activity to help third grade students measure their 'worm' to the nearest quarter inch. To conclude the activity, a class line plot is created. |
Making Book Trailers |
5 to 7 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) 5th grade students will make short trailers for popular children's books using Windows Movie Maker. |
Making Butter- From a Liquid to a Solid |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will make butter and design/engineer hands-free butter-shaking apparatus. Students will record and graph the length of time of the butter changing process (change of state of matter). |
Math Game Video Tutorials |
3 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) To facilitate increased family involvement and support of students' mathematics learning, students collaborated in small groups to create video tutorials for family members to watch and learn how to play the math games students play at school as part of their math lessons. |
Me and My Shadow |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The student groups will make and observe their shadows at different times during the day. The groups will use a flip video camera to record the making of their shadows and the changes of their shadow and then answer, on camera, some of the lesson questions. |
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. |
Mitosis |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson is modified for technology infusion in a typical classroom for students to better understand Mitosis and be creative learning the concepts collaborative environment. It has also been modified for students with disabilities who have been integrated into the regular classroom setting. |
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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Monroeton Preschool's "Down by the Bay" (with help from Raffi) |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This preschool classroom will come up with four rhyming verses to Raffi's "Down by the Bay" song. The children will then demonstrate the rhymes throughout the classroom and it's centers, (with a little help from their teachers, if and when needed). |
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. |
Movement across the Cell Membrane using Multimedia |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will construct a model of the cell membrane and model how molecules move across the cell membrane through osmosis, diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and active and passive transport. They have a choice of technology or multimedia to complete this task. |
Multi Media: Television Show Production |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) OST class offered for students in grades 10-12. Introduction to multi-media production careers with partnership with local university students, radio station and cable TV. |
Multiplying 2-digit Numbers |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use several strategies to multiply two-digit numbers by two-digit numbers. They will use area models, partial products, and the standard algorithm. |
My trip to Spain |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using the Flip cameras during our trip to Spain, we are going to be able to show our experiences and blog about it. |
Native Americans |
3 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This unit on Native Americans encourages students to read print and online informational texts focusing on Native American tribes of various regions. They will create, practice, and present digital presentations based on the information they found. |
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.” |
Nuclear Scientists Project |
7 to 12 |
Students will study the history of the Atomic Age. They will be talking about many chemists and physicists who added information to the atom model we use now and the development of the atomic bomb. |
Objective Weathering and Erosion |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson is contains the learning of the erosion and weathering process. Students will study their own time-lapse photos to determine if their object of study has gone through the process of weathering. The student will have to determine which weathering process has occurred and illustrate what the future product would be. |
One L.E.S.S. (Partners in Education Campaign Initiative) |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Through this social marketing campaign - One L.E.S.S., the students will assume the role of a business professionals using different types of marketing media. The students’ initiative will increase collaborations between community leaders, the school, and youth. The concept is simple - One Leader Engaged in Student Success (L.E.S.S.) equals one less youth involved in juvenile delinquency and other destructive decision making. |
Order of Operations |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Assisting high school students who are in an MIID classroom the order of operations in solving algebraic equations. |
Our School |
K to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be learning all about our school, including our school name, what grade we are in, what we do in school, and the difference between rules at home and rules at school. The learning target for the lesson is that students will verbally or pictorially identify what school they go to and what grade they are in with 100% accuracy. |
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. |
Percents of Time |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will calculate various percents of time (50% of a minute, 20% of 3 minutes, etc...). They will then have assignments that require them to video a set of events (3 minute time frame: someone walking 20% of the time, running 50% of the time, and eating 30% of the time). |
Persistence of Vision/Thaumatrope and Flip Book |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Thaumatrope: Scientifically students will come to understand the Persistence of Vision, the theory which explains why our eyes are able to see objects on film move instead of seeing individual pictures. Flipbook: Students will take Persistence of Vision one step further by making a short 4 second flip book that will be captured and viewed on video as animation, finally seeing the tie between art, history, science, and technology.
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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. |
Plot and Conflict |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will analyze the concept of plot development and conflict resolution using their novel from the Summer Reading List. Teacher will tell the students their assessment will be based on their concept map they will create at the end of the unit. Students will Create a Concept Map using the Kidspiration software that includes the interactive graphic organizers. |
PLTW APP CREATOR |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn to code apps using Android Tablets. Using the knowledge of coding, students will create games and apps to submit to the Google Play Store. |
Poetry in Motion |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will write a poem in the Target Language and use Movie Maker to illustrate.
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Polar Bears |
K to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson students will learn about polar bears. They will create a writing piece about the characteristics of a polar bear. They will extend this activity by developing ideas about the extinction of the polar bear. |
Post Production -- Editing a Short Video |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students (in teams) will edit a short film using Final Cut Pro.
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Potlatch Weather Reporter |
8 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn to collect weather data, interpret it and make three-day weather predictions. They will use their predictions to create video weather reports for the school digital bulletin board. |
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. |
Preserving Living Legacies |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is an oral history lesson which engages students to research a top of United States History as related to the actual life experience of a senior member of our town community. Students will research, prepare interview questions, interview a senior, videotape their interview, and publish their findings in book form. |
President Slide Show |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) As a part of a government unit my students research Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Then they make a slide show of the information. |
Pretty Plants Point of View |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use kidspiration to create a flower of their choosing and write a poem from the flower's point of view. |
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. |
Project: Mother’s Day Video |
P-K to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Preparing students for the workplace requires providing learning experiences that mimic or realistically replicate those found in the industry. In this project, students are responsible for putting together a Mother’s Day video of the kindergarten children talking about their mothers, singing songs and reading poems, to be viewed at the annual Kindergarten Mother’s Day Tea |
Public Service Announcements for Our School |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will work in co-op groups to brainstorm, plan, write scripts, keyboard scripts and then use digital video camera to film public service announcements. They will edit on the computer and we will show on morning announcements and connect to website. |
Publish a Book |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will write 5 stories in Word and then logon to Student Treasures to upload and edit their stories, and then add pictures to enhance their text. Each student will receive one hardcover book to keep. |
Put the NEW in NEWBERY |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) Every year since 1922, the Newbery Award has been presented to the book selected by librarians as the “most distinguished contribution to American literature for children”. Using current technology, a librarian and classroom teacher team teach students to research and then create a podcast “commercial” for an award winner.
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QR Code Scavenger Hunt |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use ipod touches with a qr code scanner to scan codes at multiple stations and access selected web pages which contain answers to "scavenger hunt" questions. |
Quadratic Equations in Action |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will video and analyze real-life situations that produce a parabolic curve. |
Rainforest: Creating Globally Conscious Students |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to apply their knowledge of the rainforest ecosystem to create peer interviews with Flipcams. These interviews will be edited and posted on our district website as well as sites such as www.teachertube.com for students to convey their understanding of:
• The various strata of the rainforest, and the role that each plays in the overall health of the ecosystem.
• The interdependence humans have with the rainforest for health needs.
• The great diversity of the animal kingdom that resides in the rainforest as well as the effect deforestation has on these species.
• How our actions can directly impact the rainforests. Students should be able to persuade others to take simple steps to protect these regions of the world.
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Readers Theater In Action - Take 1 |
P-K to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will be working in five groups of four to come up with their own Readers Theater. They will be designing their own backdrop, creating the script for the story, and filming the entire step from beginning to end of the production to be displayed on the class smartboard. |
Reading Rainbow for Second Graders |
2 to 2 |
Students will collaborate to develop a multimedia presentation based on a theme using a Reading Rainbow format consisting of book summaries, a team documentary, and original writing with illustrations. Teams of students with similar interests would be selected to work together on an eight to nine week project which will allow for differentiated learning opportunities. |
Reading Strategies for Decoding Tricky Words |
1 to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Flip Ultra Camcorder will be used to create a video toolbox of reading strategies demonstrated by students. These strategies, which develop independent readers who self-monitor and self-correct as they read, will be shared with parents. The video toolbox will provide a balance between reading strategies, self monitoring, and cross-checking behaviors.
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Reasons Why... |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This English lesson will use flip cameras and persuasive techniques. |
Regions of the USA |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this unit students will use the internet to research the physical and human characteristics of the four regions of the United States and decide which one they would like to live in. |
Relevant, rigorous application practice and enrichment stations |
P-K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson management system covers any small group targeted instructional block of time such as ELA block, and math block periods. It allows the teacher to provide rigorous, differentiated, engaging, independent stations while he/she is teaching, remediating, enriching small groups of students through differentiated, targeted instruction driven by data. |
Research Project |
8 to 8 |
This lesson gives the a overview of common source types and outlines a research project. I have adapted this in several ways to include book reports, and research projects of any kind. |
Research Project |
8 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This is a lesson that incorporates a research project and allows students to create a publish their research project. |
Research Project |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is an 8th grade research lesson plan. Students research a variety of historical figures stemming from the film "Night At the Museum, Battle At the Smithsonian." |
Resistance Movement During the Holocaust |
9 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will work in small groups to create a podcast covering one of many examples of resistance that occurred during the Holocaust. Students will work on the computers for 2 days to collect information, and have 2 days to create a podcast on the Apple Laptops. Completed Podcasts will be emailed to the teacher.
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Robotics for KINDERGARTNERS |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) LEGO Education WeDo Robotics kits are designed for students at the lower elementary level; These kits cover the STEM areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. Students will be provided the opportunity to design, build, program, and test robotic models. |
Role' Em! |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will design and record social skill scenarios based on the Skill Streaming curriulum. The recordings will be showcased in future lessons as a means of sharing feedback and analyzing the skill sets utilized within the videos. |
Save the Rainforest in South America |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) 7th Graders: Geography affects the characteristics of a country. Natural resources can determine
the success or failure of a country. Each country is rich in culture, even if they are a
poor country. Each student will appreciate his or her life‐styles, and opportunities
compared to poverty stricken countries. Global issues are complex, and the student
will explain the challenges the rainforest ecosystem is facing, and will develop a plan
of action they can do to help
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School Motto/School Expectations |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students in GATE, grades 3-5, will teach and demonstrate the school rules and expectations to students in grade PreK-2. They will also, help model the expectations of our newly implemented school motto through the use of video and technology. |
Science and Art Museum |
6 to 8 |
Middle School students create works of art inspired by document experiments in science. Digital cameras record SCIENCE AS ART, in action! |
Science Fair |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using technology to create graphs on Excel, make PowerPoint presentations, using Office 365 for sharing documents, and preparing students with 21st Century Skills. |
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 Simulation Using BBC Science Simulations 3 |
3 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to create virtual experiments in the classroom using the software and interactive whiteboard. |
Science Video Journal Through Earth's Systems |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Collaborative groups will be used to create video lessons for classmates in a modified jigsaw type activity. Students will become experts on their topic and teach peers using creative video lessons to explain concepts on Earth's dynamic systems. Video lessons can be demonstrations, skits, interviews, songs, etc. |
Scientific Inquiry Work Sample Preparation |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This will provide students the knowledge to create a scientific inquiry for a state work sample on relating pitch and frequency of waves. |
Sea Scallop Data Mining Research Project |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students develop a research question and then gather the data to answer that question using the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Sea Scallop Survey database. Students present the results in a formal classroom presentation and a scientific poster session which is open to the public. |
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 Play |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Shadow Play is an integration of science, technology, and social studies. Students in K-2 discuss the significance of February 2nd; listen to a story about “Groundhog Day”, and create a shadow matching worksheet using word processing tools. |
shared reading book trailer creation |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) After completing a "shared reading" with a literature group, students will re-create portions of the book through various media and will create a short "book trailer" of the project to share with students, teachers and parents. |
Show de Moda |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students in will create a digital fashion show of themselves in order to learn clothing vocabulary. |
Signs Signs - Everywhere Signs |
10 to 12 |
Outdoor advertising is everywhere and it is important to be able to understand what the advertisements mean. This will introduce students to visual advertisements in their communities and enhance their consumer awareness. |
Silent Films with a Flip Cam |
4 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will analyze a variety of silent films, the roles and responsibilities of film careers and work together to create a film that demonstrates the basic storytelling concepts of conflict and resolution. |
Singing en espanol |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will work in pairs to write a song in Spanish about a famous hispanic musician and their country of origin. |
Snow! |
K to K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson requires students to research various aspects of snow and present with a group about what they have learned. |
Social Issues |
10 to 12 |
Students work in groups to identify and create a video presentation of a social issue facing America. Students must conduct interviews and research on a topic and create a documentary of the issue and a conclusion. |
Sound Design |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to manipulate soundtracks and sound effects into a soundscape that supports our theatrical productions. |
Special Reporters for School Daily Announcements |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create multi-media segments to be played during the School’s daily announcements. These will be multi-part, pre-recorded reports about school events and issues. These segments will include video, animation, graphics and still photography. |
Spring Break in Spain |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Level 2 Spanish students take a virtual trip to Spain for Spring Break. With this activity, students get an idea, from their seat in the classroom, what Spain is really like and all that would be involved in planning/taking a trip. |
Standard 6.07 - Produce computer-aided floor plan designs. |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson plan uses a computer-based design program to teach students how to produce a computer-aided floor plan. |
Star Reading |
4 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will understand the importance of fluency and become fully engaged in the process. The teacher will act as a facilitator while students perform the tasks. Students will become motivated to become more fluent readers as they view and graph their scores. They also learn to critique their own reading and that of their peers. They will begin to fully understand what fluency is and sounds like through the process. |
STEMing Mobile Devices |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Incorporating STEM and mobile devices into the physical science curriculum in an engaging and interactive way. |
Stock Market Project |
7 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this activity, you and/or a small group will invest $10,000 in four different companies and then track the stock market price of those companies over a period of time. |
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 to Jump Start Thinking! |
3 to P-K |
(0 stars, 5 ratings) For this project, students will be able to display their knowledge gained from an inquiry project or book reading using the stop motion techniques. |
Structures and Functions of plants and animals |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson is part of a unit to meet grade 4 Life Science Standards, Structures and Processes. In this lesson, students will conduct research on various animals and or plants to determine what external structures support survival and growth. In addition, students will use technology to publish their findings to a blog and have the ability to comment and respond to other classmate’s blogs, learning from each other’s experiences. |
Student Created Power Point |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Student will learn to use the tools in Power Point to create a Power Point project to introduce themselves. |
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. |
Students Are the Best Teachers |
4 to 12 |
Students will take an active role in the teaching and learning process by creating digital presentations that review basic concepts that are the foundations for all courses. These may include focused mini lessons on such areas as vocabulary, grammar, figures of speech, math problems and concepts, historical events, scientific elements, or technology operations. |
Students use Geometer’s Sketchpad here to construct geometric shapes |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will use Geometer’s Sketchpad to construct geometric shapes. |
Studio Photography |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This project involves shooting long exposure photography in the school portrait lighting studio. |
Surrealism |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use technology to explore Surrealist art. They will discuss characteristics, and research a chosen artist. |
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. |
Teaching Listening and Speaking Skills for Special Education Students |
K to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This ELA lesson plan for students with special needs includes technology integration while students enhance their listening and speaking skills. Students will learn different modes of transportation while building language and cooperative skills. |
Technique is the Key |
3 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The main focus of this lesson is improving students' keyboarding skills - specifically speed and accuracy. This lesson is taught at the beginning of the school year and is appropriate for 3rd-6th grade students. |
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 and your Future: Using SmartPhones and IPads in the classroom |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) Using research from the internet, via Smart Phone or I Pads, studnets will "open their eyes" as to what they will need to do and have in order to attain the life they desire for their future. |
Technology Rich Romeo and Juliet Lesson Plan |
9 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will understand Romeo and Juliet and as a result will produce and present a Storyboard that demonstrates a scene’s importance. |
Technology-Assisted "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" |
9 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This unit teaches teens the underlying principles that are essential to achieving their goals and personal success. The activities, described in detail below, support an understanding of each of the 7 Habits along with any important terms and the application of those habits into the daily lives of the students through the implementation of “baby steps” that will be monitored twice a week by the students’ personal mentor and supplemented with a wide range of technological hardware and applications. |
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. |
The Bill of Rights in Action |
8 to 8 |
In this lesson, students will view short video clips illustrating various rights in the first ten amendments to the Constitution. In groups, students will have to identify the right(s) in the video, discuss, and explain how that right is being celebrated. |
The Butterfly Effect |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) After studying the rise of Hitler and the Nazi regime, students are asked to think about the "butterfly effect" regarding negative events that happened in various countries because Hitler was the Fuhrer. This project begins with research, includes history, contains digital tools, incorporates fiction, and ends with a classroom presentation. |
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 Five Senses |
K to K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) •.This unit will focus on the use of the five senses to develop a heightened awareness of the world. Skill development is centered on observing, describing and classifying objects. Students will use their senses to describe objects and identify common properties. Students will develop more refined methods of observation, ability to make more detailed descriptions and an increasing ability to differentiate among similar objects on the basis of one, and then
multiple, characteristics. Describing objects will involve making measurements of various properties and comparing them to other reference points (e.g., a color chart). |
The Great Depression-A tale of misery and hope |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson will seek to explore images using Smart-board technology while making observations and inferences in describing the period of the Great Depression. Was it a time period that was misery, or was there a tremendous hope for the United States during this period? Students will use photographs shown to support their answer to this essential question. |
The More You Know: Designing Creative Solutions for Waste Reduction and Recycling |
2 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson outlines the conclusion of a larger unit plan based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Since these goals highlight global challenges that require innovative thinking and collaboration in order to develop possible solutions, the Design Process was also used to guide students throughout all aspects of the unit. Introductory lessons focused on the first two steps of this process: identify the problem and research possible solutions. Third grade is specifically working on Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, so they began by making connections between this goal and their own lives. After identifying numerous problems related to Goal 12 within Montgomery Township, they ultimately agreed to concentrate their efforts on the waste and recycling management at MMR. Students then conducted an assessment of MMR’s waste stream in order to identify how much waste was being produced every day and how much of that waste could be recycled. Using the data collected, they moved on to the plan and create phase of the Design Process during which they developed proposals for a new system to manage the waste and recycling in the school cafeteria and within each classroom. As a whole class, we selected the best proposal to move further along in the Design Process. At this point, students are preparing to test & improve the decided upon plan before they conclude the unit using the school’s broadcast studio equipment to produce a Public Service Announcement (PSA) that will be aired for the entire student body. The PSA will allow students to communicate the results of their efforts, spread awareness about an important issue, and inform the school community on how we can work together show respect for the environment. |
The Outsiders Unit Plan |
7 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and complete a digital-based lesson plan that incorporates the novel. |
The Shape of Disaster - Current Event - Swine flu/Hurricanes/tornadoes/Wild Fire |
K to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson involes using Kidspiration to enable non-readers to understand the importance of disaster preparation. Using kidspiration the students will develop a book that shows their understanding of emergency preparation for both natural disasters and pandemics |
The STEM Train! |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The STEM Train will be a school-wide program for students to create exploration through video-making, short films and documentaries. Students will become mini filmmakers. They will use the latest technology to make video presentations in class. Digital Cameras will be the source of our videos, but in order to “create” magic, we will need more electronic equipment. |
The Tales of Nerdy Norm |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students will create a stop motion video that showcases the transformations of quadratic functions by creating a clay model of "Nerdy Norm the Normal Parabola." Students will add audio to their movie to tell the tale of how a shift in Nerdy Norm's "mood" changes his graph! |
The Triple O |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) After completing an interactive technology based math lesson, students will create various movies showcasing their knowledge of the order of operations. Using movie making software, it will include a mathematical dance and various small group based presentations. |
The Waning Moon |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a short claymation video to explain the phases of the moon and what we can learn from them. |
The Water Cycle: A Green Screen Movie |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) After learning about the water cycle through hands on experiments, texts, and multimedia, students produce a video of the water cycle. You will be using the green screen effect. It is important that students have already had some video making experience and experience with the green screen effects prior to this lesson. |
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. |
This day In History |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will research past and current historical events. They will present their research in the form of a dramatic scene, videotape performances and watch together as a class for editing and a grade. |
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 |
Thorne Comm |
6 to 8 |
Technology can help teachers communicate more effectively with parents. Photographic evidence of student's performance is very effective! |
Time to Vote |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 11 ratings) The students will learn about the three branches of U.S. government by creating and simulating the election and campaign processes. They will utilize not only their textbooks and classroom materials, but will also take a hands on approach with various technologies to enhance their outcome. |
Time Warp Interview |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) With the aid of technology and a bit of creativity students will travel back in time and interview leaders of early America. Students will then be paired up to conduct interviews to portray the qualities of a great leader.
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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. |
Tour of African History |
3 to 11 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will explore African history by taking a gallery walk through an interactive museum, exploring Africa's geography and taking a virtual field trip. |
Tour the Solar System |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students in my computer class will create an animated tour of each planet in our solar system. The movie will take the viewer to each planet starting at the sun. |
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. |
Using Cubelets to Create a Self-Driving Car |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Lesson Overview- The students will design and create robot car that will drive and steer with cubelet sensors triggered by the students hands. They will design and create a track with construction paper where the car will run. The students will then research the development of self-driving cars and compare their basic components to the components of the cars they created. The students will create a short video showcasing their cars and research. |
Using Macs to Understand the Computer language |
K to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using macs along with other cd programs, students can learn various subject matter and feel secure while learning new information to use through out their lives. |
Using Podcasts to teach about the Constitutional Convention |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Using Netbooks with webcams and a Smartboard to create and share Podcasts. Students will participate in discussions and the creation of Podcasts by taking advantage of the interactive nature of table Netbooks and a classroom Smartboard. |
Using Repeat Photography to Map Environmental Hazards |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will collect historical photos from libraries, newspapers and family collections for comparison to recent photos to be taken by the class. Students will compare photos to assess changes in landscape, industry and neighborhoods and blog their results. |
Using technology to engage students in science through inquiry research |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) My students love to talk about the latest YouTube video so why not engage them through video based research projects? As a central part of an ethology (animal behavior) inquiry research project, my advanced biology students will be collecting data in small groups at a local zoo. |
Using VR to explore and explain human impacts on the environment |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will utilize VR technology to explore human impacts on the environment, then create their own VR experience to teach others about the topic. |
Video Self Modeling to Teach Students with Autism appropriate LIFE SKILLS |
1 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) By utilizing a flip video recorder, short instructional videos can be created easily to show students with Autism the appropriate behaviors, social skills, way to complete a task. They are visual learners and need visuals to learn. |
Video Social Stories |
P-K to 5 |
Let children see and hear what appropriate behavior looks and sounds like. |
View, Review, & Replicate: Using Graphics and Humor for Vocabulary Acquisition |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will recognize and review frequently tested ACT/SAT vocabulary words through the use of word/ graphic associations and humorous content videos. |
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. |
Vivid Visual Vocabulary |
K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create weekly presentations of their vocabulary words utilizing Flip Cameras, iMovie and Powerpoint. Computer generated, student driven learning always leads to life-long knowledge, but making videos to enact vocabulary words in context is fun. |
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 and Humor |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Objective: The students will work in groups to be challenged to use humor to help recall the vocabulary words for their Unit 12 Vocabulary test. |
Water Conservation |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will collect data on water usage, graph the information, and compare/contrast the results. |
Water Unit |
6 to 8 |
In this unit, students will learn about the essential and valuable properties of water. Students will learn through hands-on activities. |
Welcome to Kindergarten Scavenger Hunt |
K to K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) I invite the parent and students into the classroom to complete a classroom scavenger hunt prior to the first day of school so students can become comfortable in their new surroundings. After the hunt I allow them to do a craft and play with some of the toys in the classroom. |
Welcome to Our School! |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson plan is designed to teach students how to develop perspective, boost creativity, and promote communication and collaboration skills. Students will create a video about our school intended for new students to feel more comfortable and knowledgeable about our school before arriving on their first day. |
What can we learn from a box of crayons? |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Working in groups of 3-4 students, students will collaboratively (using a storyboard to plan and organize) create a time lapse stop motion movie through iMotion that expresses one unique characteristic about each child. |
What I Like About My School |
5 to 12 |
The objective of this activity is to introduce students to digital photography and Windows Movie Maker. Students will take various pictures of activities that they enjoy and then we will download them into the computer and make a mini movie. |
What is the FAFSA? |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Aim:
The purpose of this lesson is…
To familiarize students with what the FAFSA is and the steps to complete it.
To familiarize students with what the CSS Profile is and the steps to complete it.
To have Junior students submit their necessary materials, so they can be prepared for financial aid early.
To have Senior students complete their FAFSA, so they can receive aid for school. |
What's Living in the Water? |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students assess water quality of a local pond through observation and testing. Students link changes in seasons to changes in water quality. |
What's Up with the Water Cycle? |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Purpose: Students would learn the steps of the water cycle, then film the process and explain it using a flip camera. |
Where in the USA? |
K to 5 |
The ultimate virtual Amazing Race is about to begin! Using the high-resolution aerial and satellite imagery of GoogleEarth and Microsoft Virtual Earth, and the Internet searching power of Google, students will research, write, read for detail, summarize information, and deposit their knowledge in a multi-media project. Where In the U.S.A. is a rigorous, academic interdisciplinary competition developed to intrigue students to use clues to navigate their home country. |
Who stole the Halloween candy? |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Our school's Fall Festival is just around the corner and the candy has been stolen. Students will investigate by videotaping evidence, collecting fingerprints and teeth impressions, and recording their step by step processing of this crime. |
Whose Slipper |
1 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) In this unit students will explore multiple versions of various fairy tales. This is one of five lessons in which students read an original fairy tale and compare story elements of another version of the same fairy tale.
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Why salt the roads? |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson focuses on why states like Illinois must salt the roads during the winter. We will focus not only on the why but which type of salt is most efficient and safe for the environment. |
World of Quadrilaterals |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Why is it important to know the properties of quadrilaterals? How can we use it in our real life? |
Writing a Masterpiece |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) When working with students to create complete sentences, I make the visual connection to a masterpiece painting. This metaphor helps struggling writers connect to the necessary components of a sentence. |
Writing Classroom Agreements using Inspiration & Word to Go |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) At the beginning of the year, the class will create a "Classroom Constitution" using Inspiration software and, as an option for classrooms w/ Palm Pilots, Word to Go. Students will brainstorm as a class a list of behaviors that they think will help the classroom environment be conducive to learning & to show how they can become better citizens in their class. |
You Can Do It: Creating How-To Videos |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Middle school students create instructional videos for other students using Flip video cameras and editing software. Students must brainstorm a topic, write an original script and create their film and audio narration, then edit and and create an original movie. Sample topics include "How to tie your shoes," "How to be organized for Middle School," and "The Water Cycle." |
“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. |
“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. |