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| Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
| Second Grade Science Textbooks |
2 to 2 |
 (5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Second graders spend the year planning and making their own science textbooks. They are learning science as well as learning how to read and write nonfiction text. |
| Seed to Plate |
2 to 3 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Teaching children gardening and nutrition. Using digital cameras students will record the journey of growing a school garden begining with soil and seeds. They will also learn the important value of nutrition in the foods they grow and how to use them in cooking. |
| Silent Films with a Flip Cam |
4 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will analyze a variety of silent films, the roles and responsibilities of film careers and work together to create a film that demonstrates the basic storytelling concepts of conflict and resolution. |
| Simile Applications |
P-K to P-K |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson students will learn about similes and how to use a simile
correctly in a sentence.At the end of this lesson, students will be able to
• Identify similes in sentences.
• Create simple similes to describe themselves and others. |
| Skull-dugery |
7 to 7 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use a digital camera to photograph skulls of various specimens and will research on the internet to identify them. |
| Stem Cell Research Unit |
10 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Stem Cells are remarkable cells found in humans and scientists claim that they have the potential to treat a variety of diseases and help humans have a better way of life. In this lesson students are going to learn about stem cells and what makes them so unique. |
| 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. |
| Students Are the Best Teachers |
4 to 12 |
| Students will take an active role in the teaching and learning process by creating digital presentations that review basic concepts that are the foundations for all courses. These may include focused mini lessons on such areas as vocabulary, grammar, figures of speech, math problems and concepts, historical events, scientific elements, or technology operations. |
| Subtle Conversations |
6 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Subtle Conversations is design to give 60 students an opportunity to research current events and teen issues. Students will select various news, entertainment, sports, or locate events and teen topics to research and create a weekly talk show. Each group will design a production company to write, video, edit and prepare for broadcast. |
| Succession in the Classroom |
6 to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will observe and record with digital cameras the process of succession as it occurs in a 55 gallon tank that the students set up with soil from their own backyards. |
| Super Science Slueths Explain It All: Circumnavigating the Circulatory System |
6 to 8 |
(5.0 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. |
| Tech Savvy Naturalists |
P-K to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) While technology is the way of the future, the future of endangered plants and animals are our responsibility. Students will learn about ecology and biology of animals and plants in our community and create movies and picture books as their culminating projects. |
| Technology Across the Curriculum |
K to 5 |
| Students will be using digital cameras in Math, Language Arts, and Science. They will be producing symmetry pictures, a scrapbook, and learn how a camera and an eye are similar. |
| Technology and the Environment |
6 to 6 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Student teams will observe the effect of technology on the environment by constucting a grow column and planting grass seed. Teams will keep a jounral that records the growth and the effects on the grass of acid rain, salt and oil. |
| Technology as a Tool of Science |
9 to 12 |
| Digital cameras and Tool Factory will be used in a variety of projects in several classes. The objective is to show students the tools that can assist them in the recording, cataloging and sharing of science information. |
| The Bird's Word Video Podcast |
K to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students collaborate in small groups to write a script which explains, demonstrates, and gives examples of a specific part of a large topic (for example, one part of the water cycle). Each group films themselves using Flip Video Cameras and then the parts are assembled into one video which explains the large topic. |
| THE DIGITAL CAT--A PURR-FECT SOLUTON! |
11 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Anatomy students will make their own dissection manual complete with digital pictures and labels. Each year students will add to the manuals. |
| The Flip Side: A Multi-Genre Occupational Research Project |
7 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson will provide students with the authority of the "naked eye" to give way towards finding their own truth, place, and ability to communicate efficiently in a global community. |
| The Food Pyramid |
3 to 3 |
| Students will learn the importance of healthy eating through an understanding of the food pyramid. They will learn what makes up a healthy diet by studying the daily breakfast and lunches served in the school cafeteria. |
| Trees For Trout! |
4 to 4 |
| Classroom project that incorporates forestry and fish to investigate the lifecycle of trout and the effects of forest practices on them. |
| TV and Clickers to Increase Student Learning |
9 to 12 |
(5.0 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. |
| Understanding Interactions Among Local Species and the Local Environment |
11 to 12 |
(5.0 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. |
| Understanding light and sound through visual representations and robotics |
3 to 5 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) In this lesson, students will use robotics to learn about sensing and reacting to stimuli, particularly the input magnitude of light. They will make comparisons with what they have learned about the changes in magnitude of sound and how the human body senses and reacts to sound. |
| Using Repeat Photography to Map Environmental Hazards |
6 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will collect historical photos from libraries, newspapers and family collections for comparison to recent photos to be taken by the class. Students will compare photos to assess changes in landscape, industry and neighborhoods and blog their results. |
| Using technology to engage students in science through inquiry research |
11 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) My students love to talk about the latest YouTube video so why not engage them through video based research projects? As a central part of an ethology (animal behavior) inquiry research project, my advanced biology students will be collecting data in small groups at a local zoo. |
