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Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
Digital Portfolio |
K to 6 |
Students in kindergarten and sixth grade will document their field trips using digital photography in order to share the experiences. |
Digital Revolution |
6 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will compose an original historical photograph about a revolution based on Eleanor Antin's work. They will also read a literature piece coinciding with the revolution they have chosen to study. |
Digital Science through Pod Casting |
7 to 8 |
Middle school students will perform various science experiments that will be recorded and converted to Pod Casts. These pod casts will be utilized by elementary teacher to teach various science concepts in grades 1-6. |
Digital Storybooks |
5 to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use an online story-starter to produce a creative short story. Students will then illustrate and animate this story using Microsoft PowerPoint software. |
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 Storytelling: At-Risk Students Find Their Voices |
9 to 12 |
Students will use technology and sound writing practices to relate personal narratives. |
Digitial Picture Water Source Hunt |
K to 2 |
Students will create a Power Point and book that will show an in-depth understanding of where water comes from and how we use water in our everyday lives. |
Discovering Your Hometown |
7 to 8 |
Inspired by the "Hometown America" writing contest by "Junior Scholastic," this lesson will allow all 7th and 8th grade students to explore and document the geography, history, culture and traditions of Folsom, New Jersey and the surrounding areas. |
Documentary-Style Research Projects |
4 to 6 |
(5.0 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. |
Dream Vacation |
6 to 6 |
In this project, students will create an itinerary, budget, route, and poster based on their choices about their Dream Vacation. Students will be given restrictions such as a $20,000 budget, must include a family of 4, must travel for at least 5 days, and must be outside of Pennsylvania and the surrounding states. |
Earth Day Movie Maker Documentary |
9 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 2 ratings) This lesson, which spans over the course of about a week and a half, has students researching a particular animal and the ways in which it has been impacted by humans and the environment. Students will take a field trip to the zoo and use flip cams to videotape their animal. They will then choose a prompt from the list and create a documentary (using Tool Factory Movie Maker) about their animal. |
Ecosystem Study |
9 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 2 ratings) An indepth inquiry based study of an ecosystem and how humans impact over time. |
Elaborative Detail- Write it right! |
4 to 10 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson teaches the importance of using elaborative and sensory details in writing. Children may think they are using good details until they see how many details are necessary to make the right picture pop into a reader's mind. |
Emerging Heros |
12 to 12 |
Students will understand the concept of a hero through visual arts. |
Energy Agents in Action |
K to 5 |
(5.0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will learn through video how to conserve energy and protect their environment. |
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. |
Enhancing Social Skills and Vocabulary through Photography |
K to 5 |
Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders will use photography to visualize, practice and evaluate their communicative exchanges.Younger students will use pictures to build their vocabulary. |
Expert Projects: Sound, Heat and Light |
4 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students researched, wrote a report and created a class website teaching their newly gained expert knowledge on a specific topic related to sound, heat or light. Students presented their webpage to the class to teach their topic. |
Exploration Journal |
4 to 8 |
(5.0 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 My Environment for Speech and Language |
K to 5 |
Student will photograph objects containing their targeted speech sounds and/or items in selected categories. These photographs will be used in a power point slide show for individual drill and copied to establish a "visual library". |
Facebook For Good! |
9 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) This activity uses the popularity of Facebook to motivate the students to conduct an electronic campain for change in the school! |
Facebook: The Developers of the Atomic Theory |
8 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Using the website "MyFakeWall.com" students will develop a facebook type page with friend comments and status updates on the development of the atomic theory. |
Family Artifact Research Project |
6 to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) The Family Artifact project is an introductory project for sixth graders to begin their life long journey of research, writing and presentation. The students will evaluate the differences between primary and secondary sources in both documents and artifacts. |