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Animal Morphs
Students explore animal drawing. In this cross curriculum drawing, photography, and animals lesson, students combine computer drawing and freehand drawing to create an animal and its environment using a photograph of their...
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Shape Hunt
Students photograph shapes around their school and create a shape movie. In this shape hunting lesson, students recognize shapes in a shape hunt. Students can identify the shapes recorded by others in the class.
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Chemical Change in the Kitchen
Students examine chemical changes to food. In this chemical changes instructional activity, students make foods and observe the changes. The changes are recorded in an observation journal. Students photograph food they make at different...
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Historic Wilkes County
Third graders visit their local historic buildings. In this local history lesson, 3rd graders take a trip to their local Heritage Museum and visit a historic building. While on the trip students take pictures. Students then create a...
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Healthful Living
Third graders take digital pictures of people in healthful activities. In this technology health activity, 3rd graders use their digital pictures to create a healthy living multimedia presentation.
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Virtual Travel Plan
Students navigate the web to prepare for an imaginary trip and record expenses involved. In this state culture and symbol lesson plan, students gather information to be used in a multimedia project.
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Underground Railroad
Students explore the Underground Railroad. In this U.S. history and technology lesson, students research an assigned topic related to the Underground Railroad, such as "abolitionist," "conductor," or "station houses." ...
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T-shirts Build School & Community Pride
Students explore ways to promote community pride by creating t-shirts. In this community instructional activity, students utilize a digital camera to take photographs of their hometown and transfer them to a t-shirt. Students...
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How to Build an Electric Motor
Sixth graders build a working motor. In this lesson plan on motors, 6th graders use an inquiry method of learning to discover how to create a working electric motor with the supplies given to them. The teacher will guide them as needed....
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Scavenger Hunt
Students participate in a science-themed scavenger hunt. In this science overview instructional activity, students search the school grounds for various objects, such as an insect, a sedimentary rock, and a form of sugar.
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Research project
Eighth graders explore reference materials and then complete a research project. In this research project lesson, 8th graders choose the best reference source to use. Students learn to correctly site sources for their project....
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And Today's Guest Star Is...
High schoolers explore correct social behaviors. In this social skills lesson, students take turns modeling correct social behaviors in various settings. High schoolers write text for a social story and share them with the class.
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School Guides
High schoolers make a video. In this Spanish lesson, students write a script in Spanish for a tour of the school, map out the tour, and record the tour using a camcorder.
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GPS Ecosystem (Ecotone) Scavenger Hunt
Students describe the characteristics of an ecotone. For this ecotone lesson, students pick out their area and describe the visual appearance, conditions, ecosystem, biodiversity, predators, prey, and trees in their ecotone. They create...
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Can You Carry a Tune in a Bucket?
Learners use water filled pipes to play a tune and consider the mathematics behind the sound waves. In this sound wave instructional activity, students play a tune with water filled pipes. They create a mathematical model to evaluate the...
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Emerging Heroes
Twelfth graders define what a hero is and watch a video. In this hero lesson, 12th graders discuss the characteristics of a hero and list heroes and their attributes. Students read the poem Beowulf and identify...
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Back To School Scavenger Hunt
Students listen to the story "The Gingerbread Man". They search for teacher created and placed clues to help find The Gingerbread Man. They follow the clues as they navigate their way through the school and become aquainted with areas...
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What is effective communication?
Students practice a series of communicaton activities. In this communication skills activity, students role play listening and active listening strategies to improve communication. Students write a set of guidelines for improving...
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Run for your Health
Students, in groups, search the Internet for evidence to support the idea about a relationship between physical activities, health and well being. They create a flyer or newsletter for a campaign to recruit students to the runner's club...
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Sun, Sand, and Hippos
Students conduct research on varied aspects of hippopotamuses and in doing so, synthesize and evaluate a variety of information sources.They summarize content knowledge from varied resources and apply this knowledge by creating a mural...
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Literature: Watching Anna
Learners view the PBS presentation of Leo Tolstoy's, "Anna Karenina." Prior and after each episode, they discuss plot and characterization and in one lesson, use adjectives to describe each of the main characters. Then, students create...
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Polar Bear Literacy Activity
Students generate vocabulary words synonymous or related to "noise." In this literacy lesson, students listen to the book Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do You Hear? by Bill Martin and Eric Carle and discuss the meaning of vocabulary words...
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Food Math
Young scholars brainstorm healthy food choices. In this health science lesson, students calculate how much of each food group they need daily. They plan a menu based on the "MyPyramid for Kids" food guide.
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Shamrock Man
Students create "Shamrock Men" using construction paper, pre-cut patterns, glue, and scissors in this lesson that celebrates St. Patrick's Day. The lesson was originally create for a Special Education class but could be adapted for...