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Curated OER

Learning the Basics: Photography According to Kodak?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research, using links to Kodak.com web pages and answer questions dealing with basic photography terms and photographic elements. They type or write out the answers. They share their finding with the class.
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Curated OER

The Photo Show

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take pictures through out the school year. They make a PowerPoint presentation to show off their best photos of the year. They make a CD of their PowerPoint an keep it as a portfolio. They share their presentation with the class.
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Curated OER

Picturing History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the value of a photograph and the circumstances under which photographs are taken, research the importance of a particular photograph. They create original photographs that illustrate the emotions, events or ideas...
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Curated OER

"Photograph Math" Word Problems

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create a photograph that illustrates one of the ways in which they use math. In this math and visual arts lesson, students write their own real-life word problems to accompany the photo.
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Curated OER

The Autobiography of a Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use digital cameras to document school experiences. Afterwards, they use computer software to manipulate their photos and write poetry, essays or biographies to compliment the pictures. Finally, students create an...
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Website
INTERNET Red 2000

All About Spain: Todo Sobre Espana

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive index of information about Spain and Spanish culture. It contains photo tours, city guides, a traveler's yellow pages, and a country and culture section filled with useful information. In Spanish and German also.
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NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Photo Gallery: Venus

For Students 9th - 10th
Photos of Venus' surface and cloud tops. Includes 3-D surface views. Thumbnail images load quickly and link to larger files for more detail.
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Website
J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: In Focus: The Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
Celebrate a universal symbol of life, the tree, represented by different forms of visual art at this virtual exhibition.
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Unit Plan
Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: Negative and Affirmative Words

For Students 9th - 10th
Colby College offers a fill in the blank exercise that gives the user practice in determining which negative or affirmative word to use. Photos of new food vocabulary words are also accessible by clicking on the underlined word.
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Other

Lunar and Planetary Institute: Oceans From Space

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of photographs from space-shuttle missions shows some features of oceanic circulation that simply cannot be seen from any other vantage point. This site is a great resource for many different topics of study.
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Other

Costa Rica Images Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a virtual trip to Costa Rica by looking at these beautiful images on a variety of subjects.
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Other

Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a lot of information about Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement. Includes photo, his biography (in English), statements of his beliefs, and translations of his other books.
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Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Focus on Liberation

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that documents D-Day and the start of the liberation of concentration camps throughout Europe.
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Other

Sacred Sites: Parthenon

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource focuses on sacred sites, and provides an excellent, intelligent article written about the Parthenon in Greece. Includes a good photograph as well.
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Curated OER

[A Photo of Prince Charles With Some Vegetables]

For Students 9th - 10th
National Union of Journalists stand on photo-manipulation. Article discusses the amended NUJ's Code of Conduct to include provisions that digitally-manipulated photos will be indicated with a symbol within the picture.