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Autobiographies
Students create an autobiography. In this autobiography lesson plan, students create a digital autobiography using photographs and captions about their lives. Students will publish their autobiography on the class blog page, as...
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Wanted- Dead or Alive
Students identify the characteristics of trickster tales. In this literary genres lesson, students read trickster tales from Africa and create a clay model of a trickster character. Students design a "wanted" poster with a...
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I Want To Be an Entrepreneur
Students define the word entrepreneur as they create a business. In this economics instructional activity, students understand the elements of creating a successful business and record them. Students create a commercial for their...
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Electronic Poetry Project
Students create a digital project to go with a poem. In this technology lesson, students pick a poem and create images to go with it. They make background music for the narration of their poem and attach it to a PowerPoint...
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Digital Dreams
High schoolers write a speech. In this dreams lesson, students define the word dreams and list their own dreams. High schoolers read and discuss Langston Hughes work, read and discuss excerpts from speeches by JFK and Martin...
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Sunlight and Warm Air
Students examine the different ways heat can be felt. In this radiation and conduction lesson, students recognize that the sun radiates heat. Students conduct three experiments to find how the sun warms the Earth and how that heat...
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Kindergarten Memories
Students create a monthly memory and compile it into a Kindergarten Memory Book. For this memory book lesson, students create a monthly memory page. Students create a graphic organizer in Kidspiration which is developed into...
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Community Helpers in our School and Town
Students create a PowerPoint presentation. In this community helpers lesson, students discuss community helpers and create a t-chart to list what each community helper does. Students watch a PowerPoint presentation, walk through the...
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Go Animate the 20th Century!
Learners create animations to match their social studies. in this 20th century lesson, students work in groups to read and present to their classmates World War I, World War II, The Great Depression, The Space Race, or the Civil Rights...
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American History Digital Movie
Fifth graders create a video. For this historical presentation, 5th graders watch a video clip of a dramatization of a historical event in American History. Students discuss how this video was put together. Students divide into small...
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Rainforest Unit
Students investigate the Rainforest. For this Rainforest lesson, students research magazines, journals and the Internet to create a "Save the Rainforest" slogan. Students will record local rainfall amounts and create a graph comparing...
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Tuning the World One Note at a Time
Students investigate music around the world and work with a photographer to understand elements of photography. In this photography activity, students visit a dance hall and interview the dancers. Students gather ideas and create a...
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This is A Day in My Life: A Photo Essay
Studenty create a photo essay of a day in their lives. In this photographic story lesson, students take pictures throughout their day and use the images to tell a story. Students create an album with an online account.
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Me, My Digital Self, and Eye
Students create digital self-portraits for use in a collage. In this technology instructional activity, students create an original work of art in which they identify a variety of images that reflect their personality. ...
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Real-World Probability
Learners explore the concept of probability. In this probability lesson, students create a video, poster, or podcast explaining what experiments, sample space, events, and outcomes are in relation to probability. Learners...
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Isn't It Ionic?
Students research the properties and health risks of organic chemical solvents. They create a Safety with Solvents newsletter to share with others in their school and community.
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The Geometry of Paul Goble's Artwork
Students examine the concepts of geometry used by Paul Goble in his book Adopted By The Eagles. After analyzing Mr. Goble's work they create an original piece featuring symmetry, pattern, repetition, and other principles of geometry....
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Adventure Into The World of Shapes
Students view Elmer Holtzrichter's work Mystery Planet and discuss basic shapes and patterns. They create their own collage. and discuss the patterning they created. Students demonstrate how this pattern would sound with clapping and...
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My Family - Bookmaking for Social Studies
Students create family histories. In this book making lesson, students take digital cameras home for the night and take family members' photographs. Students use the photographs and text they write about their families to create a family...
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Using Our Senses
First graders explore the five senses. In this five senses lesson, 1st graders use digital cameras to take pictures of things in nature they can hear, smell, see, taste or touch. Students create a slideshow and present to the...
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Flipping Over Our Weather Reports
Students create their own weather report. In this weather lesson plan, students work in groups to predict the weather for three days and create their own video. They have a director, camera-person, still cameraman, and two weathermen.
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Save the Animals!
Students research an endangered animal and share what they learned through the use of technology. In this interdisciplinary lesson on animals, students conduct research on an endangered animal. Then, students create a PowerPoint...
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Book Trailers
Students develop a list of criteria for a book trailer. In this book trailer instructional activity, students review book trailers, create storyboards and use Photo Story 3 to create book trailers. Students create a mini-webquest to...
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Digital Video Interviews
Students explore the jobs in their community. In this career education lesson, students interview a community member about his or her job in the community. Students video the interview.