+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: United States Virtual Tour Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Groups/pairs of students will create a short digital slide presentation and travel brochure on one of the 50 U.S. states. They will do research in encyclopedias/atlases and on the Internet to include information on geography, official...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Now and Then and Back Again: Study of Transportation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
By using a slideshow presentation and a Conestoga wagon project, students will experience different ways people have conquered the human and social need for transportation in America. Students will begin by studying ancient and Native...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Digital Autobiography

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students will create original poetry and prose and will assemble a written autobiographical booklet in a middle school language arts class. After all poetry and prose are written, students will create a digital...
+
Interactive
Other

Tagxedo

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Tagxedo is a tool for making word clouds for visual displays and graphic use. Students insert a piece of text and the words are laid out to form a shape. A Tagxedo can also be created by pulling text in from a website, Twitter handle,...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Grammar and Literature Through Digital Storytelling

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this lesson young scholars create digital stories in cooperative groups using multimedia tools to demonstrate comprehension of the elements of grammar, literature, and technology introduced in the lesson. Students become actively...
+
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather & Climate: Clouds and Precipitation

For Students 3rd - 5th
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of clouds, how they form, the kinds of precipitation they can create, the main types of clouds, and cloud descriptor terms.
+
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Earth Sciences: Carbon Allotropes: Coal to Buckyballs

For Students 9th - 10th
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing carbon allotropes straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences with this slideshow.
+
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Past Perfect Continuous

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow lesson explains the past perfect continuous verb tense; it defines it, discusses its purpose, explains how to create it, and provides examples.
+
PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Information Literacy Models

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This slideshow, created by Mary May Porto, provides a comprehensive look at 3 major informational literacy models.
+
Graphic
New York Times

New York Times: Batman's Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Audio slideshow explains differences in Batman characterizations that have evolved over time as the superhero, first created in 1939, moved across media formats from print, to television, to film. An interesting overview of a favorite...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Long and Short Vowel Sounds

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
During this lesson, students will learn the different sounds vowels make. They will view a slideshow presentation that teaches them the different sounds. Once they have learned the sounds, students will create a document of pictures...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Lesson Plan: Body Symmetry of Animals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will watch a slideshow about the body symmetry of animals. Included is a short quiz of animals and images. The students will determine the symmetry of each animal. Students then design their own animals. They should design one...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: At Home in a Biome

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This activity allows students to study and learn the names and characteristics of Earth's six major biomes. The biomes are introduced with a slideshow presentation. A paper-folding poster activity gives students the opportunity to...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What's in Your Secret Garden?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After reading F.H. Burnett's The Secret Garden, learners create their own secret gardens and design a slideshow presentation of their gardens to share with the class.
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Montgomery Field Trip Tour Book

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson, students explore the functions of our government through the Internet, slideshow presentations, and by visiting Alabama's capital city of Montgomery. Students will use their field trip as a guide to create a tour book...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: It's a Small, Small World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
As an introduction to the study of diversity of life, science students will use hands-on inquiry experiments to discover the microscopic world through a microscope. Students will use computers to create a brochure or slideshow...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Our African American Heroes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars will create a short digital slideshow presentation and brochure on a famous black American.
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Narrative Writing: The Autobiographical Incident

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
After organizing their thoughts using a graphic organizer, students write a narrative essay which relates an autobiographical incident. Students present their essays in a slideshow which allows their classmates to practice predicting an...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Imagine Mars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will learn about Mars and what adaptations would be needed for people to live on Mars. They will develop a plan for the colonization of Mars. A slideshow presentation and brochure will be created to entice people to join this...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Weapons of World War I

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The students will use the Internet and the school's media center to discover the weapons of World War I. They will compare and contrast the weapons used during that time period with the weapons that are used in warfare today. At the...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Who's Who on Olympus and Why Should I Care?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
References to mythology extend far beyond the basic exploration of a genre. This unit will serve as an exploration of the creation myth across cultures, an introduction to the major Greek gods and goddesses, and an opportunity to link...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Researching Dolphins as Endangered Mammals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this interdisciplinary lesson, students work in groups of 3-4 to use the Internet for research. Students create reports and slideshow presentations (optional) defining dolphins as mammals and as an endangered species. Students will...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: How to Set the Table Correctly

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The Family and Consumer Science (FACS) portion of this lesson provides opportunities for students to utilize acceptable guidelines for table setting. A basic computer research component familiarizes students with fundamental processes of...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Effective Interview Techniques

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The lesson will begin with a lecture on the importance of effective interview techniques. A technology-based project will be assigned for students to use the Internet to gather information and then create either a slideshow presentation,...