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| Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
| Bracket Madness! |
9 to 12 |
 (5.0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will "compete" against each other by utilizing various forms of imagery to compliment their research-based presentations in an attempt to end up in the championship bracket. Although the original idea is for a "Most Courageous Person in History" presentation, it is a concept that is easily adapted to any classroom curriculum. |
| Build An Instrument |
6 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will work in groups to explore the properties of sound and use that information to invent a functioning instrument. |
| Captured at the Farm |
K to 2 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Kindergarten students will capture digital photos and/or video while visiting a local farm to represent "life" (animals, gardens, milk, butter, etc.). Students will collaborate with a second grade class to create a multimedia digital storybook about their field experience. |
| Career Creation |
5 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will do career investigations based upon personal interests, skills assessments, counselor recommendations, dreams, parental guidance, etc. and develop a "Build Your Own Destiny" Google Form. Included in the Form will be pictures, videos, and links. |
| Celebrations Summative Project - Kindergarten |
P-K to K |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) (8 week lesson)After studying the holidays and traditions of autumn and winter throughout the world, kindergarten students are challenged to create their own unique holiday. While presenting their holiday, students will be digitally recorded to assess their understanding of holidays as a summative assessment.
*International Baccalaureate PYP* |
| Claymation Metamorphosis in Butterflies |
3 to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) This Claymation project will show the Butterfly Life Cycle. Starting with a storyboard plan our students will build characters ( young larvae, mature larvae, butterfly) and film their actions one frame at a time with a digital camera. |
| Cold War Virtual Museum |
10 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create virtual museums on the Cold War using a PowerPoint template. I collaborate with a World History Teacher in order to achieve projects from the East and West. Then I set up computers in a common room to allow students and staff to look at these projects throughout the day during free periods. |
| Commonwealth Connections |
9 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will make historical connections with Famous African-Americans from Virginia by learning and teaching others through this hands-on project. Students will research, write, film, edit, and publish videos about these important historical figures in order to promote tourism in Virginia. |
| Connecting Across the Atlantic |
6 to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) If the cameras are won 5 will be donated to our sister school in Ghana. Students in each school will then create daily life and educational videos to share across the ocean to encourage global awareness and citizenship. |
| Create and Respond to a Music Video |
4 to 5 |
(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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| Creating a Commercial |
9 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will review current and popular television commercials that use music to advertise the product. Students will then create their own product commercial and use either self recorded or other music to advertise. |
| Creating a How-To Video |
3 to 6 |
(5.0 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 School News Network |
9 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a TV Network where they will produce programming for the school and the school's website. This programming will include daily announcements, video shorts regarding special programs, projects, and events at the school. |
| Creating Our Own Newscast |
6 to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 2 ratings) Through effective delivery of the morning announcements, and adding creative visual headings for each, it is possible to share news on the school web page with students, staff, and parents, as well as archive the events of the year. |
| Digital Parts of Speech |
9 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Enlgish Language Learners at the high school level will create iMovie projects with music, photo clips, and video clips to enhance learning & instruction of parts of speech. |
| Digital Video Yearbook |
3 to 5 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students grades 3 through 5 will use digital photography and video to create a video yearbook. Students will be taught how to appropriately use and apply the technology within the classroom. |
| Earth Editing: Increasing Environmental Awareness with Student Created Public Service Announcements |
3 to 12 |
(5.0 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. |
| eLeaders Technology (Students of the 21st Century) Program |
4 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 2 ratings) With the new PILOT program of eLeaders, students are accepted that have an interest in technology, and volunteer their time, to troubleshoot technology, teach lessons to peers and teachers, and offer in-service presentations on staff Professional Development Days. Additionally, they assist with and participate in a (rotating) class of 60 students (changing every 2-4 weeks so all South Middle School population may participate) that create the SMS Video Productions (completely created by student body), our newly founded news source. |
| Enhancing Our Outdoor Classroom Studies through Technology |
K to 5 |
(5.0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will make and collect scientific observations in our outdoor classroom. In addition to traditional observations, video recordings and digital photographic records will be collected as well. |
| Everything American |
8 to 8 |
| Students work collaboratively to define "American Culture" by capturing images of the American way of life, and using them to create a PowerPoint display using words and images. |
| Fairytale tale rewrite video presentations |
6 to 6 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) The students have rewritten fairytales and made them more modern. They will be video taped and students will also create a power point presentation involoving the video and pictures taken during the project. |
| Farm Animals |
P-K to P-K |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Rodeo - Farm Animals
Elementary Zone Grant |
| FISH FACE: Character Design & Animation |
3 to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will explore how animators use facial expressions, physical gesture and sound to create characters, as they work with a partner to create an animated short. Students will be introduced stop motion animation with a screening of the claymation classic, "Creature Comforts." |
| 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 a Classroom Website |
K to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) I have a classroom website where my videos I have created on my Flip Video Camera are an intregral part of the overall effectiveness for both student and family use. |
