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Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
Harlem Renaissance: "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" |
6 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will use graphic design and powerpoint to discuss race relation and the Harlem Renaissance by creating a children's book for a younger groups of children. |
Hunting for QR Codes |
1 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use Smart Phone with QR code reader to complete scavenger hunt around school as a skill review. |
If Hornets Could Talk... |
5 to 5 |
(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 I Were 100 Years Old... |
K to 3 |
(5.0 stars, 2 ratings) For the 100th day of school, my first graders are asked to write about what they would and would not be able to do if they were 100 years old. To update this lesson, I would have them dress up as if they were 100 years old and record their thinking in a flip video. |
Integrated Curriculum, student- led Environmental Project |
P-K to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) A student-led environmental project based on cooperative learning with a cross-curricular base in order to address many subject areas and work towards the goal of creating positive change. This is an amazing project that empowers the children, helps them to discover and utilize their gifts to create change in the world. |
Intro to and Review of Our Kdgn Classroom |
K to K |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Video that students make for next years Kdgn kids to introduce them to review at home. |
Introduction to Programming the Recon Rover 6.0 |
2 to 3 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson will demonstrate to the students how to begin programming the Recon Rover 6.0 from SMART Lab as well as introduce them to the online program code.org as they begin to explore coding in the classroom |
iTeach iLearn |
6 to 12 |
(5.0 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. |
Keep it Beautiful |
2 to 5 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn different ways to keep the environment clean and conserve resources. They will use digital photography paired with writing to complete an Earth Day bulletin board. |
Keep Them Engage--Show What You Know |
3 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create an interactive whiteboard notebook lesson that can be used for use to introduce academic concept. It can also be posted on google classroom for student and parent reference |
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. |
L'Amitie pour Haiti (Friendship for Haiti) |
9 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) My French IV class is undertaking a service learning project in which they correspond via video with a small art school in Haiti. |
Lego Mindstorms Robotics |
4 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) The 5th, 6th, and 7th grade students of St. Catherine of Siena participate in Lego Mindstorms Robotics Initiative. By designing, building, programming and documenting robot performance, students will use science, engineering technology, mathematics and writing skills in hands-on projects that reinforce their learning.
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Living History Video Project |
5 to 5 |
(5.0 stars, 2 ratings) Students record an interview that they have with a senior in the community. This video is then edited by the students and turned into a short documentary. |
Living History--Documenting our Senior Citizens Lives |
7 to 12 |
(5.0 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. |
Many Hands Make Miraculous Mechanisms |
4 to 6 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) e-NABLE is a global online community of 3000 individuals (and growing daily!) who are using 3D printing technology to create free 3D printed hands and arms for those in need. Volunteers from all religious and political backgrounds, races, ages, occupations, cultures and educational levels from around the world are coming together to work for the greater good and make a difference in the lives of many by using their talents, creativity and ideas to produce assistive devices for underserved populations and individuals who were born missing portions of their upper limbs or have lost fingers and arms due to war, disease or natural disaster. Our class wants to build these devices to Make a Difference! |
Mitchell Road Investigation |
7 to 7 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students study the potential ecological impact of a developing 4 lane road through an open space near the middle school. |
More than Just an Essay... |
5 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students write essays, we grade them, and when returned these essays either get trashed or buried in a back pack never to be seen again. By turning an essay into a PODCAST and uploading it to a class website, students take ownership of their work. |
Movies for Motivation: Encouraging Literacy Through Student-Created Films |
9 to 12 |
Struggling readers enrolled in a Targeted Reading class will use Tool Factory Movie Maker to create videos advertising their favorite books. These videos will then be shown to the entire school as part of a school-wide literacy encouragement effort. |
NIce to Voki You! This is my Family Cyber Safety Glog |
5 to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 2 ratings) Students create voki avatars that speak and introduce themselves to the class
Create a famous historical figure voki
Digital Family Tree for the Entire Family
Cyber Safety Glog |
One L.E.S.S. (Partners in Education Campaign Initiative) |
9 to 12 |
(5.0 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. |
Photographical Ecology |
6 to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will photograph and understand differences in organisms and the roles they play in our environment. |
Picture the Future |
4 to 9 |
(4.0 stars, 2 ratings) Using various types of technology, students will assemble an electronic portfolio of their high school work to demonstrate their competencies, honors and achievements. |
Podcast for the Environment |
6 to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will improve comprehension skills and access prior knowledge by researching an enviromental issue and creating a podcast on the issue. |
Podcasting Challenge |
P-K to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students take ownership under the direction of their teacher to be trained and train others in the school to the use of Podcasting equipment. The final product results in monthly or bi-monthly podcast reports. |