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| Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
| Student Solutions- Saving Our Surroundings |
4 to 8 |
| Students will investigate plants, animals and their habitats creating several products to educate and share their fellow classmates. During the process of research, students will also develop ideas to help solve the problem of endangered habitats, animals and plants. |
| The Wealth Effect |
9 to 12 |
 (0 stars, 1 ratings) “The Wealth Effect” is a comprehensive based learning activity that engages and promotes sound financial thinking and planning by incorporating numerous aspects of the Personal Financial Literacy NJ core curriculum content standards through a series of integrated lessons. |
| "Blood on the River" Reading Project |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) These are activities for both Lanugage Arts and Social Studies after reading the Book " Blood on the River" |
| "In Three Words" |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) "In Three Words, a lesson creating an anti-bullying Animoto video, allows students to take an active role in the development of an anti-bullying lesson thus taking ownership of the message. Students used the Good Morning America segment “Your Three Words” as a model for creating videos depicting powerful anti-bullying messages. Using flip video cameras, students filmed short clips displaying their three word messages and then created a collective video using the web 2.0 tool, Animoto. |
| "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. |
| Animal Trading Cards |
2 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This is a collaborative unite in which students research an animal and create a trading card like a baseball trading card using Microsoft Word or other word processing software. |
| 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. |
| Banking in the Digital World |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This is a unit that teaches the students about using debit cards, and keeping up with deposits and withdrawals to buy things from a classroom store. |
| Building a School Archives: The First Twenty Years |
3 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) History can be close at hand and relevant to students! My students will improve their literacy, critical thinking, and collaboration skills as they become historians and create an online school archives of the first twenty years.
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| Create a Greener Place - Podcast |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students are asked to research and use slass instruction to create a 3-5 minute Podcast about making the world a Greener Place. |
| 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. |
| Digital Dynamite |
6 to 8 |
| The primary purpose of this unit is to provide art students an opportunity to develop photography skills. Students will be able to apply the elements and principles of design as they take photographs and again as they choose which photos to print. and use. |
| 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 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 Time Capsule |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) In this lesson students use digital cameras to create a time capsule of digital images of their communities and families. They will use higher-order thinking skills to contemplate how digital images will be stored in the future and how we can present our life and time to people living 50 years from now. |
| Discovering Strategies to Divide |
5 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will solve real life story problems by modeling, writing equations, and justifying their use of operations and strategies. Strategies and solutions are then shared with the whole group to encourage flexible math thinking. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Electronic Poetry Project |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will utilize digital technology to create a presentation of a chosen or original poem. The project will include creating photos/videos, voice overs, original background music, and character generation to interpret a poem for classroom and podcast presentation. |
| Endanged Animal Power Point |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Create a Power Point Presentation
About an Endangered Animals
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| Endangered Animals Podcast |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will be researching endangered animals on the internet, writing a report about why they are endangered and how we can save them on Microsoft Office, recording their report with MP3 players and uploading them online to a podcast. |
| 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. |
| Flip into Technology! |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use Flip cameras to gather information and integrate it into any classroom activity. |
| 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. |
| High School Energy Audit |
9 to 12 |
| You will take scientific measurements, question school staff, and obtain various kinds of information related to how your school uses energy. As you finish each investigation, you will write a scientific report with graphs and recommendations and present it to school
officials. |
| 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. |
| iTeach iLearn |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The iTeach iLearn Project is the artful mixing of video, narratives, images, music, sound and special effects into a digital story teaching about any concept. These digital stories reflect the student’s understanding of the themes of science. Science is a way of learning about the natural world, science has built a vast body of changing and increasing knowledge described by physical, mathematical, and conceptual models, and science’s effect on technology and society. |
| 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. |
| Maui Podcast |
6 to 12 |
| Maui is an island under siege from invasive species and ecological damage brought upon by humans. Teach your students about Maui's beauty and the importance of conservation through this scientific activist podcast. |
| Musical Instruments of the Orchestra |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will explore the families of instruments online and create a digital media project that gives information about a particular instrument or family that they select. |
| Oh! The places I CAN see!! |
1 to 2 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) This project will allow students in grades first and second to bring landmarks to life/reality through Google Earth utilizing a new technology called Augmented Reality |
| Organizing Data |
11 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students in a statistics class will learn how to use Microsoft Excel to organize, summarize, and present data. They learn about and use formulas, charts, sorting features, and data analysis. |
| Political Campaign Commercial Project |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Standards 6d. The student will demonstrate knowledge of State and Local elections by analyzing the influence of mass media and campaign advertisements and public opinion polls.
Purpose: The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to political advertisements and help them understand how those advertisements influence the issues and candidates in campaigns.
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| Programming with Alice |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Learn computer programming skills in a fun and creativity way using Alice, free software developed by Carnegie Mellon University. Create 3-D movies and video games while learning traditional programming concepts such as loops, nesting, if/else statements, and functions. |
| 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. |
| Rocky Point Recycler's |
P-K to P-K |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Our students will be learning about how to save and protect our Earth. Students will use ipad's to reseach and present information to the other grade levels in our district. |
| Save Trees, Use the Mini to Complete Our Assignment! |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn that by using technology in the classroom, they will be saving trees from destruction to create our textbooks and workbooks and how we can stop filling our landfills with mounds of paper. With our reading program online, students will have access to the program and will be able to complete assignments directed by the teacher and have immediate feedback on their performance. |
| Students will FLIP for the News |
4 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Incorporating technology skills with both written and verbal communication skills, students will create news programs to be shared on School Tube. |
| 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. |
| 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 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. |
| Tutorial Videos |
K to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Videos created for school and community access to impact student learning. Students use videos to review concepts, work at their own pace, and gain confidence. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| WORDS: A Lesson in Collaboration (Disguised as a Lesson on Homophones/Homonyms) |
6 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students work in groups to plan, create, edit, and share a collaborative, creative video on homophones and homonyms to share with the world. |
| Writing and Illustrating a Digital Children's Picture Book |
6 to 8 |
| Students will use digital cameras and Photoshop to create the pictures for a children's picture book which will be made into a hand bound book. |
