+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Circling Around

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Young scholars will calculate the diameter, circumference, and ratio of a real world object. Students will create an electronic slideshow to illustrate the process of determining the diameter, circumference, and ratio of these objects.
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: This Business Called Learning: Advertising

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
After analyzing the techniques of propaganda in commercial advertising, students work in cooperative "business" groups to create an advertising campaign for a new product called Giggle Gum. Campaigns include a press release, slideshow...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Figurative Language

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson used a slideshow presentation to explain the difference between similes and metaphors. Students are challenged to identify these figurative elements in literature and then create some themselves.
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Settling the West: Westward Expansion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson, students will have the opportunity to experience the westward expansion through literature and the Internet. By creating a brochure and a slideshow presentation, students will become aware of the difficulties people...
+
Lesson Plan
Tech4Learning

Tech4 Learning: Creative Educator: Not Your Average Portfolio

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As the agent for a famous person you are studying, it is your job to develop a portfolio for him or her that will help them showcase specific skills and accomplishments to potential employers. This project sets the stage for...
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Dream Vacation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This unit teaches students to plan a trip with an itinerary, remain within a budget, and work cooperatively. It is a technology-based project that combines a study of mathematics, economics, geography, and social studies.
+
Website
Other

Pocantico Hills School: Winter Olympics for Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th
Originally created in 2001 by a fourth-grade class, "Winter Olympics for Kids" is updated every time the Winter Olympics comes around. View a very simple slideshow on the origins of the Winter Games, read about the events that takes...