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| Lesson Plan Name |
Grades |
| 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. |
| Super Sleuth |
K to 5 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will explore the Fibonacci numbers in Nature by examining flowers, pine cones, tree trunks in our neighborhood park. They will record their "evidence" in pictures and will create a school wide exhibit. |
| Symbiosis |
4 to 4 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will learn about symbiotic relationships between organisms living in a particular ecosystem. The learning will be capped by a student created presentation that shows the different symbiotic relationships, while providing real world examples. |
| Teacher Appreciation Week |
9 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will create a design to give to a current/previous teacher in honor of teacher appreciation week. |
| Techno Lit |
3 to 5 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) This lessons includes a variety of technology to publish expository texts so they can be viewed on iPod touches and iPads. |
| Technology-Assisted "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" |
9 to 10 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) This unit teaches teens the underlying principles that are essential to achieving their goals and personal success. The activities, described in detail below, support an understanding of each of the 7 Habits along with any important terms and the application of those habits into the daily lives of the students through the implementation of “baby steps” that will be monitored twice a week by the students’ personal mentor and supplemented with a wide range of technological hardware and applications. |
| Teen Business Plan |
7 to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 3 ratings) This simulated project provides students with a contextualized learning experience where they will create a legitimate business plan for an actual teen-based business. |
| Thanks for Your Service |
P-K to 12 |
(4.5 stars, 2 ratings) Students need to learn to be thankful for what they have. What better way than to honor those who have fought for their freedom. |
| Thanksgiving Feast |
6 to 8 |
| Every year the students in our Life Skills Support class at Beaty Warren Middle School take on the huge task of planning and preparing a Thanksgiving dinner for approximately 80 family, faculty, and staff. Under the direction of the special education teachers and classroom aides, the students decide who to invite, develop a menu, find recipes, make grocery lists, and begin to shop at the local grocery store. The students make placemats, decorations, signs, and a place card for each guest. |
| The Daily Scoop |
K to 12 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) With this lesson plan, students get a chance to be the classroom reporter, record their newscast, and then upload the video to the classroom website. This is a great way for students to practice their writing and speaking skills while sharing the classroom events with their parents and community. |
| The Five Senses |
K to K |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) •.This unit will focus on the use of the five senses to develop a heightened awareness of the world. Skill development is centered on observing, describing and classifying objects. Students will use their senses to describe objects and identify common properties. Students will develop more refined methods of observation, ability to make more detailed descriptions and an increasing ability to differentiate among similar objects on the basis of one, and then
multiple, characteristics. Describing objects will involve making measurements of various properties and comparing them to other reference points (e.g., a color chart). |
| The Greatest Generation Voice Thread |
6 to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) After hearing a guest speaker(s) from the Greatest Generation, create Voice Threads that showcase their lives, and their contributions to America during WWII |
| The Human Body |
8 to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will synthesis the body systems. Students will explain the function of each body system and how they work together. |
| The Outsiders Unit Plan |
7 to 9 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and complete a digital-based lesson plan that incorporates the novel. |
| The Planet Mars |
5 to 8 |
| I created this lesson plan so that my fifth grade students would be able to compare and contrast the planets of Mars and Earth, and further build their knowledge of the solar system. |
| The PLEO Project: An Introduction to Computational Thinking and Programming |
8 to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 2 ratings) This small group collaborative project introduces 8th grade students to programming with PLEO, a robotic baby Camarasaurus with a LifeOS. Students first get to know PLEO's personality by interacting with him to learn about his behaviors. They will then learn how to program him to perform their individually created original "skits". |
| The Power of Images |
9 to 12 |
| A 2 minute Multi-media presentation using colors, textures,images,drawings, photographs, video clips, etc. To portray a political or social issue in the school, community or country. |
| Through Our Eyes |
9 to 9 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros is a novel that addresses many important themes, but none more important than poverty. But simply talking about a world problem does not teach my students as much as a hands-on problem solving project would! Upon completing the novel, my students will tackle the final project “Through Our Eyes.” |
| Tool Factory American Independence Lesson |
4 to 7 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will first investigate the American Independence experience through two websites. They will than create a newspaper from July 4,1776, making mock interviews of the major players, covering the major events, and even writing opinions articals from both points of view. |
| Total Physical Response Storytelling |
5 to 12 |
| Students will take pictures and make books to tell a story in a foreign language. |
| Tour Guide of WIllow Bend |
K to 6 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Second language learners (ELL) will create a tour of Willow Bend School reflecting on what a newcomer would need to know. Students will use their past experiences to compare and contrast Willow Bend to other schools around the world. The video will include all aspects of school; teachers, support staff, locations, activities, etc. |
| Traditions Around the World |
5 to 5 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) Students will be divided into cooperative learning groups and given a country to research their holiday traditions. Students will use the internet, encyclopedias and other research sources to prepare a presentation. A brief discussion/mini-lesson will be given on credible resources.
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| Treasure Hunt with cameras |
6 to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) The students will take pictures of the items on the treasure hunt list. Then they will create a collage and use technology to edit the photography. |
| Tuning the World One Note at a Time |
6 to 8 |
| This project is intended to broaden the horizon for our small town students. Students will produce a DVD movie/music video highlighting the world of music as its focal point. |
| Unexplained Phenomenon |
4 to 8 |
(5.0 stars, 1 ratings) This unit requires students to conduct research and evaluate credible sources. |
