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| Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
| Data Collection Project |
8 to 8 |
 (0 stars, 2 ratings) My students will create a survey and use data collection to showcase the results. Technology will be used to put it in a video format for the school to see the results. |
| La Casa de Mis Sueños/My Dream House |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use present tense conjugation and learn vocabulary that describes a house. Students will create visual representation of their dream house using presentation tool of their choice. Students will “walk us through” their houses in small group presentations (6 students + teacher) while we roll a dice to ask questions about each presentation and providing verbal feedback, all in Spanish.
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| "50 Ways to Use Your FlipCam" |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson/power point was developed in order to teach the audience (teachers/instructors) simple and quick ways to enhance their teaching and to help invest their student in their education by using a FlipCam. |
| "A Picture Is Worth A Million Words" |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 4 ratings) This project is a photography, poetry, and bookmaking unit utilizing three artists-in-residence who teach photography, poetry, and bookmaking. |
| "Coming to a Library Near You!" - Book Trailer Grant |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will read their chosen books and create book trailers using clip art and sound bites. These book trailers will be played on the district's television channel to share with all students. Book trailers will entice other students to read more books! |
| "Geotown" Scrapbook |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will use digital cameras to take photos of architecture and nature that represent geometric concepts. The photos will be used to create a digital scrapbook for the fictional town of "Geotown". |
| "Scientific Method Multimedia Project" |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Student teams will develop a multimedia project utilizing Flip Video in conjunction with i-Movie. Teams will document from beginning to end their own journey through the steps of the scientific method as they design, carry out, analyze and troubleshoot an original experiment. |
| "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. |
| (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 4) Applied STEM: Rocketry and its Components |
6 to 8 |
| See Part 1 for the following sections with the exception of Lesson Plan Description. |
| 3D printing for Math and for projects |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The ability to figure out the equations necessary to print basic shapes and the ability to print useful items needed for robotics, drama productions, math/history/geography/all subjects demonstrations would be amazing!! |
| 3D Printing in Algebra Class? |
P-K to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) As a math teacher, one of the most common questions that students have is "Why do we have to learn this?" When students realize that they will need to apply algebraic reasoning to design and print something in 3D, their motivation and interest in mathematics will increase exponentially. |
| 7th grade- Adding Rational Numbers |
7 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) -Adding integers using a horizontal or vertical number lines.
Adding integers using counters/chips
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| A Matter of Fact |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) A math and science unit on matter. |
| 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 New Way of Looking |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to understand the concepts of light and lens using the life of Galileo as a guide. Students will be given opportunities to experiment just like Galileo. Students will be given a variety of opportunities to learn about the complexity of light using many different mediums. |
| A Simple Chocolate Bar Global Project |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Discuss and Investigate the many parts from different countries that are needed in order to make a product in this case a Chocolate Bar. Understand all the environmental effects that impact this product and the people and the environmental involved. |
| Addition and Subtraction Strategies using Blue-Bots |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to practice different strategies to add and subtract. Students will practice computer coding by programming a Blue-Bot to go to the correct sum or difference. |
| American Symbols |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The students will learn about American Symbols and why they are important. I will integrate technology in the classroom to enhance and motivate student learning. Education should come alive to the students and with the use of technology in the classroom…….students thrive. The lessons in this unit would not be possible without the use of technology. |
| An Explorer's Virtual Sea Chest |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will be assigned an Explorer to study. They will create a photo story depicting the voyage as a crewmember of a ship that belonged to a famous explorer. One aspect of the job required that they document the voyage and create a virtual sea chest to document the explorer’s findings in the new land.
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| Animal Ambassadors |
K to 1 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) My class is starting a year long animal research project. We will be covering all academic subjects throughout the year as we research, read, learn, write, and observe all types of animals and their habitats. |
| 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. |
| AP Chemistry Video Lab Book |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The AP Chemistry Test is quickly approaching! Students need to review laboratory techniques and descriptive chemistry. The "solution"? Go to our AP Chemistry wiki page that contains a video scrapbook of the labs we have done throughout the year. |
| 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 Movies |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students respond to books, poems and literary genres by using flip cameras to make movie trailers, "behind-the-scene-clips", never before seen footage, movie reviews and commercials as the use imagination, innovations and 21st century digital tools to show their understanding. |
| At the Movies |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson plan attempts at creating a framework for creativity, innovation and global collaboration while allowing students to create different movies as they respond to books and poems from different literary genres. The lesson plan allows for student-driven learning, with choices and project-based learning. |
| 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. |
| Body Language |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This unit is designed as an introduction to digital photography. The students are divided into groups and assigned roles within those groups. The goal of the lesson is to guide the students to see each other in a creative and positive light while learning the basics of photography. |
| Book Report: Movie Trailer (Elements of Narration) |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Instead of the old "write a summary" book report, students will tell the parts of the plot by writing an interactive movie trailer. |
| Capturing History |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson allows for students to gain an appreciation for local history and preservation through the use of photography and art. |
| Cat's Famous Cupcakes |
P-K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Autistic students, along with other special education students, will use the computer lab, Polyvision Interactive Board to recreate a cupcake from an example given to earn points. The faster they are, the more points they earn. |
| Cellcraft Game |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students learn the cell organelles' location, structure, and functions by playing Cellcraft game while taking Cornell notes on the cell structures as they "discover" them, in the game. |
| Cemetery Restoration Project |
K to 8 |
| An old abandoned cemetery is given the opportunity for new "life" through the efforts of its new owners, a Catholic school, and a new parish in the beautiful Frederick Valley near the foot of the Catoctin Mountains. |
| Climate Change in Context |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students predict and review the effects of climate change by reviewing text and writing hypotheses. Groups then present the information to the class in a jigsaw/spider web format. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Create a descriptive writing piece using descriptive words |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In the first part of the lesson we will use Kahoot to make sure all students know what adjectives and adverbs are. The second part will involve researching an animal and coming up with a one paragraph writing to describe how the animal moves and looks. |
| Creating an Informative Video on the Importance of Healthy Rivers |
4 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn about the effects of pollution on rivers and how to chemically test a water sample. They will make an informative video about the importance of healthy rivers and present it to the whole school. |
| 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. |
| Creative Book Report using Flip Cameras and Jaycut.com |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students recall important characters, settings and events from a book they have read together as a group. They then create movie with pictures and acting to share with the rest of the class. |
| 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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| 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. |
| Cyberbullying |
4 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Teach students how to prevent cyberbullying |
| Digital Cameras |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Performance Objective:
Upon completion of this assignment, the students will be able to choose the right digital camera for the type of pictures they are going to take and successfully transfer images from the camera to their computer for editing. |
| Digital Citizenship unit |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This wiki teaches 7th and 8th graders about Mike Ribble's 9 elements of Digital Citizenship -- using Internet links, online videos and podcasts. Digital Citizenship is one of ISTE's NETS-S. |
| Digital Science Fair |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use various productivity applications and Internet sites to create a digital science fair presentation. The presentations will be shared with the school and community. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| DROP BY DROP WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The purpose of the unit is for students to acquire information and knowledge about water, its structure, its properties, its usage, and its importance as a resource. Many students inherently know about water because they consume and use it every day. Many students however think there is an infinite supply of fresh water and all they have to do to get fresh water is to turn on the faucet. To acquire water usage statistics and appreciate the unique properties of water will help student accomplish their final task. |
| Electricity for Kids! It's Shocking! |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Electricity for Kids! It's Shocking! |
| Excel Proability with Dice |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This project is a 3rd grade excel project about proability and patterns using an Excel spreadsheet and dice. |
| 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 Climate Change Using the Eyes In the Sky |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using NEO (NASA Earth Observations) satellite images and NIH ImageJ to animate the images, students will explore various aspects of climate change. From the montage of images, students will write a report describing various areas of climate change.
Grade level: secondary |
| Facebook For Good! |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This activity uses the popularity of Facebook to motivate the students to conduct an electronic campain for change in the school! |
| 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. |
| Farming and Economics Problem Based Learning Unit |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Third graders will be introduced to basic economic principles through an assistance-seeking memo from the Future Farmers of America (FFA). Students will engage in this problem-based learning (PBL) unit for nine weeks and will be guided by mini-lessons throughout the unit that provide background knowledge and various examples of vocabulary and basic economic principles for students to extend to their products. Various technology is used throughout the unit.
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| Favorite foods of the 7th grade |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students survey their classmates and create powerpoint presentations to determine the favorite food of the 7th grade. |
| Favorite Holidays |
2 to 6 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The students will discuss their favorite holidays. Then they will take a class survey to determine which holiday; Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter, the class liked best. |
| Fit or Fat? |
6 to 8 |
| Students will be involved in a Science and Health lessons that involve nutrition and exercise. They will create Healthy Snacks and exercise profiles for the class. |
| Fitness and Math - It All Adds Up |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Combining principles of fitness and mathematics, students will see how math is used in the real world. |
| Flip Cameras and Puppet Shows Create Education |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create, film, download, and produce an educational video of a puppet show using a flip camera. |
| Flip into Technology! |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use Flip cameras to gather information and integrate it into any classroom activity. |
| FlippEd Geo Buddies |
3 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create videos that incorporate geometric shapes in the real world. They will also collaborate with other classrooms in a social network, uploading and commenting on each others videos using Edmodo.com. |
| Flipping Out at the Peoples' Choice Ad Awards |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) A marketing lesson plan taking marketing basic concepts and applying them in a culminating project. This is a grouped project requiring the students to use technology creatively to attempt to produce a winning video commercial for a classroom award ceremony. |
| 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. |
| Geometry Task Rotation |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will circulate around the room completing geometry tasks displayed on posters. At each question will be a tablet to scan a QR code to instantly check their work. |
| Get to know me |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The beginning of the year is difficult for all levels of students. Using a free download, Windows Movie Maker, this lesson will allow students to each shine in a different way. |
| 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 with Clickers |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use clickers to gather data from classmates. Students will then use the gathered data to create their own graphs. |
| Growing STEM Minds Through the Growing Gardens |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The nexus of our STEM activities revolves around our urban gardening center surrounding the school. The STEM activities will reach across all the subject areas including English, History, Science, Engineering, Technology and Math classes at our school. |
| Heads or Tails? Studying Regeneration in Planaria |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will brainstorm stem cells, help create a concept map, and view a video lecture or clip prior to performing an experiment (found at HHMI's Biointeractive site) in which they investigate regeneration in Planaria. They will relate this flatworm's ability to regenerate to stem cell study. |
| Health, Fitness and Technology |
4 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) SWBT obtain accurate height and weight measurements, plot stature and weight percentiles on clinical charts, evaluate growth and fitness and identify methods of improving health and fitness. Students will use a variety of technology tools and resources to research, calculate,analyze and present their information. |
| How Do My Vegetables Grow? |
1 to 1 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn how plants grow and how people use some plants while investigating what kind of soil is best for growing plants. |
| How Does Your Garden Grow? |
9 to 12 |
| Students will design, plant, and maintain a native plant garden on campus. The garden will serve as an outdoor classroom for lessons in ecology, soil science, and botany. |
| How Much does it Cost Project |
7 to 9 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) In this project, students investigate pricing schemes for various entry fees and determine which is the better option depending on their situation. |
| 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 Women Changed the World |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will investigate the roles women played in the development of technology and computers. |
| 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. |
| 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!” |
| IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH THERMAL IMAGING |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will use a thermal imaging camera and advance digital technology to analyze homes and business structures and provide them with an energy efficiency assessment. Students will also leave a dvd on how to do home energy improvements and follow up with a survey of property owners energy saving. |
| In Touch with Nature |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Ipod touches will be used in conjunction with our Nature Space/Bird Habitat, on school grounds, community programs, local businesses, Cornell University, and volunteers. These members will aid in constructing a Bird Watch and Feeder program to collect data to be analyzed through the touches, student interaction, and Cornell Labs. |
| 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. |
| Internal Combustion Engine |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will work in small groups as part of an overall team effort to design an internal combustion engine. They will design, virtually test, and print 3-D parts to assmeble for testing. |
| Interventions - Data Interpretation |
1 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This year I watched in amazement as at-risk students were scored as non-proficient in the area of data interpretation because they designed graphs incorrectly using a pencil, paper, and ruler. |
| 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. |
| Jigsaw Listener |
1 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will be asked to read a story and then recreate it using sequencing on an ipad. |
| Land is On the Move! |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Through time lapse video of several laboratory experiences with erosion, students will analyze how environmental factors influence landforms. Students will collect, analyze and interpret data for use in constructing arguments about scientific causes and effects. |
| Language Arts - Journalism |
7 to 7 |
| Objectives:
Identify the format of a news article.
Gather information needed to write a news article.
Apply an inverted pyramid format to write a news article. |
| Leaf Scavenger Hunt |
6 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will be going on a learning excursion to Mandalay Trail National Wildlife refuge to collect leaf samples for their leaf scrapbook using digital cameras. Upon returning to school the students will be using the digital camera pictures to compose a power point presentation, and they will create data tables to compare the pH levels of the water quality samples. |
| 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. |
| Lexington and Concord Simulation |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will play the roll of a British military commander during the battles of Lexington and Concord making choices that will affect their outcome. |
| Life cycle of Insects / Ciclo de la vida de los insectos |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will investigate and record some of the unique stages that insects undergo during their life cycle.
Students will work in the Blendspace project during the small groups part of our reading block. |
| 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. |
| Linear Relationships in the Real World |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The student will use problem solving, mathematical communication, mathematical reasoning, connections and representations to solve multi-step equations in one variable with the variable on one of two sides of the equations while identifying at least 3 careers which utilize this skill. |
| Living or NonLiving |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) To explore the characteristics of living creatures using brine shrimp. Examine brine shrimp under the document camera. |
| M&M Graphing |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this series of lessons, students will predict and collect data, create a bar graph with paper and pencil, design bar graphs with different sorts of software, access and use the Internet, identify parts of a bar graph, compare the various graphs. |
| Making a Battery and Energy Transformations |
7 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use the inquiry process to build their own wet cell battery. Focus will be on students understanding that energy can be stored in one form and transformed into other forms. |
| 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. |
| Mitchell Road Investigation |
7 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students study the potential ecological impact of a developing 4 lane road through an open space near the middle school. |
| Mondrian - Primary/Secondary Color Study |
7 to 12 |
| Students will use photoshop to create a painting similar to Mondrian's with primary and secondary colors. Students must create the secondary colors from the primary colors and not select them from the color palette |
| Motivating Readers through 21st Century Multiple Intelligences |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will read books and use online tech tools to engage with and express their learning based on their identified learning style. |
| Mythbusters |
8 to 8 |
| The popular show "Mythbusters" is the ultimate way for students to utilize the scientific method every day to answer questions about science and life. |
| Mythbusters - Don't FLIP Out! High School Isn't THAT Scary!! |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be introduced to various activities surrounding the concept of digital video production. Students will use Flip™ Video cameras to produce a video that will be used during the high school orientation night for the county’s incoming 8th grade class. |
| 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. |
| Not so Simple Machines |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create a machine, using a combination of simple machines, to solve a problem. Students produce a podcast commercial, a photo story, and digital presentation to 'sell' their invention. |
| Noun Book Videos |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students create a noun book with pictures they have pulled from various magazines. They then work in pairs, to video record each other as they present and explain their noun book. The videos are added to their Video Portfolios. |
| 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. |
| Paper Airplanes |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Applications of Scatter Plots, Lines of Best Fit, Dependant & Independent Variables through the making and flying of paper airplanes. I have the class research several designs of airplanes, we discuss aerodynamics, construct a their desired model, fly the model, gather information and plot the results. |
| Past tense verbs |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson is focused on verb tenses. We can complete most of the lesson in our computer lab. The independent practice cane be done in small groups with classroom chromebooks, if necessary. Class set of chromebooks is preferred. |
| Persuade the PTO |
4 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Create a video to persuade your local PTO to fund a classroom need! It worked for us! |
| Physical Descriptions - World Languages |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) To practice parts of the body leading to physical descriptions. Novice mid level. |
| Planet Protectors |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The goal of this project is bring awareness to how humans are impacting our planet. We can all make small changes in our every day lives that can have a huge impact on the environment. Every person truly has the power to make a difference, and help protect planet Earth. |
| Planets in Our Solar System |
P-K to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be able to use technology to visit space in a virtual reality Students will be able to observe the planets in our solar system up close and learn information about them to create a project. |
| Plant a Pizza |
P-K to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The students will plant a school pizza garden and will document the growing process on film. Every class from grades Pre-K to 8 will be expected to maintain their section of the garden and will celebrate the harvest with a school pizza party. |
| Poetry Slam For a Cause! |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Problem Based Learning, Driving Question: How can we as poets and poet critics, create and design a Poetry Slam to make other students and parents more aware of (a topic or cause of student choice/interest.) Students will research a few local problems or topics of interest and decide on one of interest to their group. Then, they will find poems and write poems to bring to life for a Poetry Slam and the slam will be recorded in imovie! |
| Postcard from Abroad |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The following lesson plan is meant to combine the use of computer photography skills, communication arts skills, and social studies to create mock postcards from famous locations around the world. Appropriate for 5th grade and up. |
| Probability- How Likely Is It? |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use online manipulatives, Web 2.0 sites, Excel/spreadsheet software, Glogster.com, and a class wiki to conduct an experiment and communicate their results. This is a culminating activity/project for any probability unit in grades 5-6. |
| Radio Station Podcasting Throughout History |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using Podcasting as a radio station to engage students in Social Studies and improve their fluency. |
| Reading and Responding to Real World Issues |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The purpose of this lesson is to allow students to read and respond to articles that address real-world issues. They will use technology to read, to make connections, and to share their responses with the teacher and the class. Students will learn to support their positions with textual evidence from an online article. Students will post responses on an online message board on Schoology.com. |
| Ready, Aim, Focus! |
1 to 5 |
| Through a hands-on photography lesson, students will develop and enhance writing focus, including brainstorming ideas, topic selection, word choice, and use of descriptive words. Also, students will use the printed images to inspire additional writing strategies such as developing voice, organization, and editing. |
| Respect yourself and others! |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students learn about cooperation and respect. Respecting yourself and others and why/how we do it. |
| Restoring Memories and Planning Autobiography |
4 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This plan utilizes Google Maps for autobiography writing in response to the mentor text Knots in my Yo-Yo String” by Jerry Spinelli. |
| Save the Animals! |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students research an endangered animal. They then develop a PowerPoint presentation (for their parents and peers) describing the animal, its habitat, its predators, its prey, and why it's endangered. Finally, students create a podcast for our class "Save the Animals!" series describing their plan to help these endangered species, as well as recruiting support. |
| Science Circles Podcast |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) Science Circles Podcasts will feature small groups of 3 to 4 students holding round table discussions on weekly science topics. Students will prepare statements presenting their ideas about the topic. A student facilitator will direct the flow of an open, round table discussion after opening ideas are presented. |
| 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 Safety Bots |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a bot using Cubelets and Legos to demonstrate a Science Lab classroom safety rule. They will then create an action card so others can recreate the bot while assigned to Cubelets station as a free choice activity on Robotic Day (scheduled robotics days at end of each science unit). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Sim's Cities - 5th grade (would work wonderful at the middle school level) |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Creating with Visual Arts through the 21st Century -Core Curriculum Skills |
| Solutions to Real World Economic Problems in the Classroom |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will investigate real world American economic issues that are effecting the average family. In this project, students will conduct research to identify the causes of the struggling United States economy. They will examine the effect it has on the average American citizen. They will create strategies to help the struggling American family. The final product of this project will be a documentary about the direct effect of the struggling economy on the DuPage county community. |
| Stations: Equation of a line and Slope |
8 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a stations lesson to check the learner's understanding of graphing lines and slope. The learner will receive immediate feedback at each station to determine if they fully understand the concept. |
| 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. |
| Studio Photography |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This project involves shooting long exposure photography in the school portrait lighting studio. |
| Super Science Slueths Explain It All: Circumnavigating the Circulatory System |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students work in pairs to develop podcasts about the circulatory system as a capstone unit project to display what they have learned. The podcasts can take the form of dramas, sports casts, etc. requiring the students to do more than just memorize information. |
| Sustainability & Systems-Seven Generations |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a lesson meant to teach about sustainability while introducing students to a variety of new technologies. They will use Wordle, Google, and view You Tube video to help their understanding of the concept of sustainability |
| Teching Up the Nature of Science |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Fourth grade GPS Standards:S4CS8. Students will understand important features of the process of scientific inquiry & S4CS7. Students will be familiar with the character of scientific knowledge and how it is achieved. Students will explore these standards while keeping a video diary of developing results & an online log for their peers to "question" as well. |
| Teen, Drugs and Alcohol PSA |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Students will create an informative video on a health topic related to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs with a group of their peers. |
| The Next DIY Stars |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 4 ratings) Teach students to write "how to" or "directions" essays,
then bring them to life by demonstrating on video using Movie Maker and Flip cameras. |
| 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 stoichiometry behind pollution |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) In many grammar schools, students are made aware of the need to recycle and be earth conscious citizens. However, they have no concept of the amount of how much they save in their efforts. Through this lesson, students will be able to quantize the amount of pollution they are preventing through stoichiometry. Students will then create posterboards with their research to convince the school and local community that pollution is a problem and carpooling is a simple solution. |
| The Year Is New, The Bugs Are Too! |
3 to 5 |
| The yearly theme for the elementary library is"Go Buggy For Books." This science theme is used to teach library skills. |
| Think It, Write It, Create It, |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will author, illustrate, and create digital book collections to share with the school and to promote reading through the use of technology. |
| Third Grade Fractions with iPad |
2 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Third graders will work to understand and identify fractions, equivalent fractions, compare fractions, order fractions, and add fractions with like denominators using a variety of applications on the iPad. |
| This Is Our Town |
10 to 12 |
| Students document life in their small Iowa town by photographing, writing and creating art about the experiences and architecture of our community. These finished products will then be shared with the community. |
| Through Our Eyes |
9 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros is a novel that addresses many important themes, but none more important than poverty. But simply talking about a world problem does not teach my students as much as a hands-on problem solving project would! Upon completing the novel, my students will tackle the final project “Through Our Eyes.” |
| Tree Trekkers |
4 to 5 |
| Students will photograph, identify, classify and write about trees in their school yard, the immediate neighborhood and in their own neighborhood. The will publish a booklet and/or a slide show about their trees. |
| TV and Clickers to Increase Student Learning |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using a classroom response system to check for understanding in real time throughout a class period and then adjust teaching as needed. |
| Twenty-First Century Social Skills Instruction |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This project uses video taped self modeling technique to help students learn and practice appropriate social behaviors. |
| 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. |
| Virtual Math Portfolio |
7 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a customized web page to post a series of unit-based math projects. They will keep a copy of the web page as a virtual portfolio of their exciting math year. |
| Want to Drag?! (: |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson plan will present 7th & 8th grade students with engaging, motivating, and fun hands-on engineering opportunity to create, design, fabricate, test, and competitively race scale model cars for aerodynamics and performance |
| 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 Conservation Video Lab |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson plan was created in an effort to have students become advocates for the world they live in. Students are asked to creating a Public Service Announcement Video for Water Conservation. |
| Water Unit |
6 to 8 |
| In this unit, students will learn about the essential and valuable properties of water. Students will learn through hands-on activities. |
| Weather Watchers |
2 to 5 |
| Students will observe weather collecting data from hand made and scientific instruments and the internet weather resources. They will correspond with weather professionals and devise their own weather forecasting video using their knowledge and vocabulary. |
| Welcome Back To School -- You Map It |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) As a welcome back-to-school project for your late elementary or early middle school math students, we will work on measurement, scale, and technology by measuring portions of the school and then using Tool Factory Math Draw to make a scale project with perimeter and area. |
| What are Numbers?: Learning to Add |
K to 1 |
| Students explore digital camera use while learning basic math concepts and simple number identification. |
| What Firemen Read |
9 to 12 |
| Armed with digital cameras, iPods with recorders, and great attitutdes, students will interview community members and find out what their favorite books are and why. Students will compile the results in both print and web formats and share their findings with the world. |
| What will I be when I grow up? |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will research various careers of interest to them using different modes of learning. Students will utilize the library, internet, college tours, guest speakers, college and career center, and classroom materials. |
| 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. |
| Who Ate Archy the Anchovy |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students will use flip cams to film clues about members in the marine food chain. The goal is to solve the puzzle of who ate Archy the Anchovy! Once clues are filmed, an interactive PowerPoint will be created for students to complete a problem-solving activity to solve this mystery! |
| 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. |
| Wordle It |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students learning about adjectives or character traits, can integrate this technology and practice these concepts in an artistic fashion. Using wordle.net, students will create a word cloud with their selected traits or adjectives. |
| 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. |
| Writing Prompt "Living With Fame!" |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Writing Prompt "Living With Fame!" |
| “A Drop of Ink Makes A Million Think!” But... "A Design Can Change A Million Lives!" |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The Research Paper brought to Life.......The Tween Teen Journey in ELA Research!
After students research the history and operation of a catapult, they will write an inquiry paper and design their very own catapult! Their research will be connected to all curriculums, as the end result will require building a catapult and synthesizing their outcomes, via comparisons and DATA analysis!
Learning brought to life!
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| “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. |
