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| Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
| Bringing Historical Figures Alive |
3 to 7 |
 (0 stars, 2 ratings) In this unit students will learn about a famous person in history and use several types of media to investigate them and show what they have learned. |
| Story Telling through Photography |
4 to 9 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use photographs to form the basis for a narrative story. This is lesson will be part of a series of lessons that will lead to a book of stories and student created images. |
| A Snap at Geometry |
5 to 6 |
(0 stars, 4 ratings) This project focuses on analyzing objects and discussing their math attributes. After learners explore and build background knowledge about polygons, polyhedrons, and other geometric figures, they will complete a webquest. Students will create, explain, and evaluate their understanding of geometric shapes through activities.
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| "Geotown" Scrapbook |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will use digital cameras to take photos of architecture and nature that represent geometric concepts. The photos will be used to create a digital scrapbook for the fictional town of "Geotown". |
| "The Five Life Zone Research Project" |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 3 ratings) Students in grade 7 and 8 will travel from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Grand Canyon in Williams, Arizona to investigate and measure the soil and water quality (if water can be found) for each of five life zones. The five life zones are the Lower Sonoran or low hot desert; the Upper Sonoran or desert steppe; the Transition or open woodlands; the Canadian or fir forest; and the Hudsonian or spruce forest. This is equivalent to studying the life zones found from Mexico to Canada. The latest technology will be used to complete the field studies and record and communicate their findings. |
| 'Student Teaching' |
6 to 6 |
| Students teamed up to teach a 20 minute mini-lesson. I used my Flip Video Camera and Tripod to record them. |
| 1000 Paper Cranes for Japan |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) My students will be learning about the history, arts, and culture of Japan through an Origami project. I will use the document camera to demonstrate the origami process for my students. |
| 1920's Personalities Podcasting Project |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students research people of the 1920's create a written report. Next students create a podcast finished with pictures and music if it enhances the "personality of the 1920s" that will be posted on the school website. |
| 8th grade Math-Intro toTransformations |
8 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A week of lesson plans to introduce students to the different Transformations. |
| A Year in Arizona |
4 to 4 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will choose a theme related to our state of Arizona and create calendars around that theme. Some examples of potential themes are: animals of Arizona, Arizona cactus and plant life, Arizona history, Arizona's geology, and Native American culture. |
| Amusement Park LegoWeDo Engineering Challenge |
P-K to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) LegoWeDo Challenge K-5. Parents and community can support this event in the school yard. |
| Analyzing and Synthesizing Propaganda Techniques in Film |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will analyze the non-verbal techniques used in films that attempt to manipulate audiences through political or commercial propaganda. In teams, students will then create their own videos demonstrating a synthesis of these techniques. |
| Animal Morphs |
2 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students use photos (headshots) of themselves with the expression of an animal that they want to be. The photo sticker is placed on the paper, and the students add the rest of the body in its natural habitat. Information about the animal is written in the border of the picture. |
| Animation |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Through the exploration of animation techniques, students will be able to describe and depict emotions and expressions with processes, traditional tools, and modern technologies used in the arts. |
| Animation Station |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students create clay animated videos. These videos are based on idioms or short stories the students write. |
| BackYard |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Interactive lesson that leads into student completion of a Backyard fencing task (including construction of the fencing, locating materials, etc). |
| Behind the Mask |
P-K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) A mask has historically been a symbol to both represent and disguise a particular culture,
individual, or even a corpse. We associate them with tribal and social celebrations or representations of those who have passed on. Students will create their own masks to represent their external and public persona, but underneath they will enclose a poem on the back that reveals what lies underneath.
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| Bring Black History Month to Life! |
P-K to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will research the life of a historically significant African-American and create a first person account of their accomplishments. Then the students will create a three dimensional video of the person to educate others about this person. |
| Caching in Pine's Treasures |
6 to 12 |
| Project ‘Caching in Pine’s Treasures” was designed to increase student knowledge of Social Studies’ topics in a non-traditional way. Students will use digital cameras and GPS units to learn historical information outside the classroom walls increasing student motivation, content knowledge, and knowledge of “technology-based gadgets.” |
| Claymation |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) My students will create a Fairy Tale Remake with clay animation using photography (digital pictures), writing, directing, and editing skills. The computer application iMovie will be used to create the animated video. |
| Facebook: The Developers of the Atomic Theory |
8 to 12 |
(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. |
| Famous Americans |
3 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In this social studies lesson, students chose a famous American to study in order to create a research-based PowerPoint presentation using a template. Ultimately, students present their work to the class. |
| Geometry Hunters |
3 to 5 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will review basic two dimensional geometric terms as they complete a digital scavenger hunt by snapping photos on the smartphone. Students will present their findings to the class in a googledocs slide show.
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| Geometry in Our World |
6 to 7 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Find geometric properities in objects inside and ouside of the classroom and building. |
| Harlem Renaissance Research Project |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will research an aspect of the 1920s and/or 1930s in order to gain an understanding of the setting in terms of the time and place of the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. |
| Historical Claymation! |
2 to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) The students will use Tool Factory Movie Maker to make a claymation video of a historical figure. |
| Historical Scavenger Hunts |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students explore the history of their community by paying attention to the details of architecture, monuments and area artifacts. This is a multi-step lesson that allows students to practice historical fieldwork, pre-reading strategies, acting skills, research skills, writing skills and public speaking skills. |
| How to Build an Electric Motor |
6 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use the POE method to build an electric motor. |
| Impossible Situation Project using Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 |
8 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Goal: To put together an artwork that is made up of edited pictures that could not be a real situation. |
| Integrating Technology for At-Risk Learners for the Pythagorean Theorem |
8 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) This lesson plan was developed for at risk 8th Graders at a Title 1 school who exhibit deficiencies in geometry, specifically the Pythagorean Theorem. |
| Lord of the Flies |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) In an effort to stimulate the interest of Lord of the Flies with high school seniors, I created a three option video project . The project was designed to integrate technology tools and concepts with their english curriculum. |
| Making Butter- From a Liquid to a Solid |
1 to 3 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will make butter and design/engineer hands-free butter-shaking apparatus. Students will record and graph the length of time of the butter changing process (change of state of matter). |
| Multiplication Live! |
3 to 3 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Filming student lessons with multiplication |
| One L.E.S.S. (Partners in Education Campaign Initiative) |
9 to 12 |
(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. |
| Oral Tradition-- digital storytelling |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students work to create an original tale from the oral tradition. Instead of publishing a formal written document, students create a stop action video depicting the tale. |
| Persistence of Vision: Animation I |
10 to 12 |
| Students will study the early history of moving pictures as an introduction to the concept of persistence of vision and animation. Students will develop a final animation which utilizes a variety of animation sequences: computer drawn, stop motion, hand drawn, with a 6.0 megapixel Olympus digital camera and the Tool Factory software MultiMedia Lab V. |
| Persuasive Essay Powerpoints |
9 to 10 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will use digital cameras to document campus problems at our school and compile them into a PowerPoint presentation along with a persuasive letter to our school faculty, administration, superintendent, or school board. |
| Portrait of a Year |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using the Internet, you will investigate a year of the twentieth century. After researching the year, you will create an electronic image commemorating that year. You will select images from the Internet representing your research. Using graphics software, you will modify those images and place them together into a single image representing all you have learned of that year. |
| Preposition. Preposition Starting with an A |
4 to 6 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) After an introduction to prepositions, students will create a hands-on Powerpoint slideshow using a digital camera, Lego figures, and their laptops. This slideshow will showcase their knowledge of prepositions and prepositional phrases. |
| Project: Mother’s Day Video |
P-K to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Preparing students for the workplace requires providing learning experiences that mimic or realistically replicate those found in the industry. In this project, students are responsible for putting together a Mother’s Day video of the kindergarten children talking about their mothers, singing songs and reading poems, to be viewed at the annual Kindergarten Mother’s Day Tea |
| Publishing With Photos! |
K to 5 |
| Students will create their own books using photographs for illustrations. |
| Radio Station Podcasting Throughout History |
3 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Using Podcasting as a radio station to engage students in Social Studies and improve their fluency. |
| Researching the Black Diaspora in Latin America |
5 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will first research, and then create podcasts about the Black Diaspora in Latin America. Research topics can include historical themes such as the middle passage or the triangle trade, cultural themes such as the influence of African rhythms in Latin American music, or social themes such as the social stratification and racial vocabulary that existed within Latin America. |
| Selfie vs Self-portrait - Creating a 19th Century Photograph using Modern Technology |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) The iPhone revolutionized how we communicate. It also changed how we see ourselves and how we see others. The ‘selfie’ phenomenon is not slowing down and as more people use their phones to take pictures of themselves we start to loose sight of what a strong self-portrait can communicate. |
| Solving 2-step Inequalities |
7 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students/teachers can do entire lesson on line w/videos and examples to enhance learning. |
| Speaking Our Truths: Podcasts as Relevant Research |
10 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students are creating informational podcasts as an alternative to a traditional research project. Students will be able to show mastery of the skills required to do a traditional research paper but in a way that is relevant to their lives. |
| Stop Motion Animation with Photographs |
5 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Have students move objects in a scene and take a series of photographs that create the illusion of movement of said objects. The students will then put the photos in a video editing program to make a short video of their characters in action. |
| Stop Motion to Jump Start Thinking! |
3 to P-K |
(0 stars, 5 ratings) For this project, students will be able to display their knowledge gained from an inquiry project or book reading using the stop motion techniques. |
| 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. |
| Super Size It, Please! |
10 to 11 |
| Hands on math project to help students understand scale factors and ratios using photos of themselves! |
| Symmetry in Nature and Congruent Shapes All Around |
2 to 2 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) All students will work in groups to investigate nature and their surroundings to find symmetry in nature and congruent shapes all around. Students will take photos using a digital camera and help create a multimedia presentation of their geometric findings. Students will share the final project with their peers. |
| The Geometry Amazing Race for High School Students |
8 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students groups will be able to use digital cameras to site evidence of geometry work completed at different country location stations or tasks given by teachers.
Students groups will apply properties of polygons, determine distances, points of concurrence, and justify answers. Integrated subjects of trigonometry and algebra will be visited. |
| Tour of African History |
3 to 11 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will explore African history by taking a gallery walk through an interactive museum, exploring Africa's geography and taking a virtual field trip. |
| Unit: Introduction to Coding Lesson: Code |
K to K |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will discuss the idea of a "code" and use the terms sequence, command, and algorithm while working to build a code. Students will use a variety of devices to learn about code including an iPad, the Daisy the Dinosaur app, task cards, legos, and coding block cards. Students will work independently and in small groups for this lesson. |
| UNIVERSAL BUS STOP |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) As a culminating activity, my Advanced Placement seniors create a script and storyboard combining literary characters and historical figures. The presentation must begin at a bus stop, and the identity of the characters / people should be made evident through dress, dialogue, and actions. |
| 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. |
| Video Self-Modeling (Social Skills) |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) High school students with autism will help create a video aimed at improving social skills. Targeted social skills (ie-introducing yourself to others) will be recorded, edited, and viewed regularly to model appropriate social skills. |
| Walking Stick Figure |
9 to 12 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students explore the history of art and animation and in the end create a walking stick figure on Flash, using traditional and digital animation techniques. |
| World History Tool Factory Workshop Fun! |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will make a database of each of the ancient civilizations covered and then use the word processor program to make presentations on each of them. |
| World of Quadrilaterals |
7 to 12 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Why is it important to know the properties of quadrilaterals? How can we use it in our real life? |
| Written in Bones |
6 to 8 |
(0 stars, 2 ratings) Students will read literary and informational texts about the stories of our past to understand how different texts offer unique historical perspectives and how authors sometimes alter details of history to serve a purpose. Students will express their understanding by corroborating details of the past, deciphering an author’s purpose, and writing their own fictionalized version of a historical account.
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