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Absolute Location Using GPS Technology

For Teachers 9th
GPS is great for identifying your position, but is it finding your relative or absolute location? Ninth graders explore the difference between absolute and relative location, use the standard grid system coordinate system, and use GPS to...
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Transformations, Tessellations, and Technology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers complete a unit about transformations and tessellations. They explore various tessellation websites, determine which shapes tessellate, complete a log about which website activities they complete, and create a...
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Launch Biotechnology into Your Classroom: Drug Delivery and Diffusion

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars distinguish between diffusion and osmosis and describe ways that drugs can be administered.  For this diffusion lesson students research career paths and create a presentation to give to the class. 
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Technology and Medicine

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students watch a video and continue with research of Ancient Rome and the quest for knowledge. They form expert groups to study one aspect of life in Ancient Rome and share with the rest of the class.
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How to Use Technology to Teach the Water Cycle

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students answer six content-related questions on reproducible information sheets. They predict how the jury vote at the end of the trial.
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The Science and Technology of Food

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the guidelines the United States Department of Agriculture places on food. In groups, they create a list of the foods they consume and discuss the political and environmental implications of purchasing the food. They...
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Environment: The River Classroom

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders engage in hands-on experiments and activities dealing with rivers and greenways. They also observe lectures and demonstrations by experts in water and river restoration. Students and teachers participate in canoe trips...
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Using Technology To Teach Parallel Lines With Transversals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the relationships between angles formed by two lines cut by a transversal when lines are and are not parallel. They define key vocabulary terms, then using a camera take pictures at their school of parallel lines with...
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Could There Be Cancer in My Classroom? Part II

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students collect and record data from a variety of web sites concerning cancer and treatment options. They examine a specific case study of a girl with cancer and determine what her treatment options might be.
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Nature of Science and Technology

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders measure weather using different instruments and gather information to make science comparisons. In this weather measurement lesson plan, 4th graders have activities they can complete whether they are visual, auditory,...
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Combining Clouds and Art in the Classroom

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students observe landscape paintings consisting of cloud formations. In this identifying cloud types lesson, students discover different cloud types and characteristics by looking at paintings. Students paint their own pictures at the...
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There's a Monster in My Classroom

For Teachers K - 8th
Students work in groups making drawing of monsters and then given written instructions to students in another class about how to draw the same monster. After the drawings are complete, they share with other students using an iSight...
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Using Primary Sources in the Classroom

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Suggestions for using primary sources.
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Literature Circles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Introduce how Literature Circles are formed in a classroom with this slide show. The slides go over each of the jobs that the students take on, such as: Discussion Director, Character Analyzer, Artful Artist, and Text Connector. After...
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Animal Classifications

For Teachers 2nd
While short, this resource could be used as an overview of amphibians. The presentation lists the characteristics of amphibians and provides several examples. For use in a classroom, a teacher could add information.
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Using Technology To Learn Independently

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore learning strategies that may be incorporated into a classroom. In groups, they prepare a role play that demonstrates a specific learning strategy. students discuss necessary materials,l take notes on the learning...
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Creating Literacy Centers Using Technology

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students create two literacy (reading and/or writing) centers to implement in an elementary classroom. Students review examples of educational software and determine the best potential centers to use in elementary classroom. Two centers...
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Classroom Triangles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use bearing measurements to triangulate and determine objects' locations. Working in teams of two or three, students must put on their investigative hats as they take bearing measurements to specified landmarks in their...
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Technology: Self-Portraits

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use Kid Pix to create self-portraits. Using mirrors, they create accurate renditions of themselves on the computer. They print the portraits and display them in the classroom.
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The Classroom Desk Graph

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders choose the appropriate measuring tool by discussing a tool to measure contents in desks. They then use a scale to weigh contents in desks. Next, they study standard units of measurement by writing down the weight in...
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Making a Map of the Classroom

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a map of the classroom using the computer programs AppleWorks and iChat in this math-based technology lesson. Lesson extension ideas include a scavenger hunt and maps of other school buildings.
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Out of This World and Into Our Classroom

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete a background survey on technology to determine where they need to focus on to complete this project. Using the Internet, they research a topic in Astronomy they are interested in and determine what math concepts are...
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Communication Collaboration with Technology Tools

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Introduce your class to technology tools that allow them to communicate with other classes. Using the Internet, they will send pictures of their class along with the school website to another class. To end the lesson, they practice using...
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Technology Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students measure various objects using non-standard units. The goal is for them to practice measuring in order to apply the physical act to various objects found in the classroom. The lesson is ideal for the kinesthetic learners and...

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