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Digital Time Capsule

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover ways to pass on stories to future generations by creating a time capsule.  In this history preservation lesson, students utilize a digital camera/camcorder to record their daily lives which is turned into a compact...
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Digital Black and White Photography

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students take black and white photographs. in this photography instructional activity, students discuss photographers and the effects they use. They take their own photograph and manipulate it in PowerPoint. 
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The Eyes Have It

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create a bulletin board using a digital camera. In this creative arts lesson plan, students take photos of one another's faces and eyes. Students try to match the eyes to the face.
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Digital Fairytale

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students write a fairytale. In this writing and illustration lesson, students read and study fairytales. Students discuss the characteristics of a fairytale and then work in groups to write their own fairytale. Students divide their...
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Digital Storytelling: At-Risk Students Find Their Voices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use digital cameras and software to create a digital story which consists of a series of digital images paired with a narrarated soundtrack. They focus on relevant images and a presecribed sequence of steps to provide a vignette...
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Group Rotation Digital Pictures

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders enhance digital photographs. They modify and combine the images to design composite images using Adobe Photoshop. They complete projects in their technology rotation and answer associated questions about the process of...
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Painting Botanicals by Computer

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars increase their computer graphics skills and trace and paint botanicals from digitals photographs they take of prairie plants using computer-aided artistic techniques.
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Literacy Through Photography

For Teachers K - 5th
Students practice using words to describe photographs they have taken.  In this descriptive writing lesson plan, students utilize a disposable or digital camera to take 5 pictures of their life after school.  Students create slides from...
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Digital Poetry Books

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students, after reviewing the writing process and assessing how to use a digital camera to take creative photos, create a Digital Poetry Book. They incorporate the use of Microsoft Photo Draw and Publisher for the creation of their...
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Digital Photography to Result in a Powerpoint

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders illustrate difficulties in giving speeches in Powerpoint presentations. Using digital cameras, they take pictures of objects both in and out of school. Students use the photos to illustrate prepositions, adverbs, and...
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Stepping Stones

For Teachers K
Students listen to stories read aloud. They examine a work of art by a known artist. Students take a picture using the digital camera. They listen as the teacher reads "Where the Wild Things Are." Students compare and contrast the...
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Inside, Outside, Upside Down

For Teachers K
Students study directional words and opposites. In this inside, outside, upside down, lesson, students illustrate words and are captured on camera sharing their words. The digital pictures will be compiled into a class slide show to...
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Nature of Geometry

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders capture geometry in nature. In this nature of geometry lesson plan, 4th graders use digital cameras to find real life examples of geometric terms.  Students create a presentation using the digital pictures and terms with...
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Photo-Morph Experiment

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students practice using the computer application of Photoshop in conjunction with a digital camera. They take photos of themselves and change them using Photoshop to morph the image into that of another person.
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Discover the World of Machines

For Teachers K
Pupils participate in a project which incorporates science with reading, writing, social studies, and technology. Through several activities over a 15 day period, they explore the computer, digital camera, computer software programs and...
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A Yearbook

For Teachers K - 1st
Students have digital pictures taken of themselves and put into Kid Pix program, type their names and sentence or two about themselves, draw pictures or use stampers to personalize page, print individual pages to be bound into yearbook,...
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From the Inside Out

For Teachers K - 5th
Students memorize songs, take digital pictures to be used in PowerPoint presentations, and compose songs for program, From the Inside Out.
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ESL Autobiographies

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Pupils develop collaborative skills while creating a vocabulary word list. They work together to take each others photos using a digital camera. Students access a website to copy and paste their photos into a word document. They create...
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Digital Art Show

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners put together an art show. In this photography activity, students learn how to use a digital camera and walk around the school to take pictures. Learners select their favorite photographs and add them to the digital art show.
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African Animals in Habitats

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars investigate animal habitats in zoos. In this animal habitat lesson plan, students fill in a KWLH chart about zoos before looking at pictures of African animals in zoo habitats. They discuss what they see and take a field...
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Digital Forensics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine a crime scene and photograph evidence.  In this forensics digital photography lesson, students recognize the correct procedures for filming a crime scene.  High schoolers document evidence and keep a log of the...
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Digital Story Book

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Learners create a photo story.  In this visual arts lesson, students choose a sentence about a specific topic, create a picture to go with their sentence, and take a digital photo of their picture.  The teacher compiles all of the...
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Digital Images: From Satellites To The Internet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine digital images and how satellites orbiting Earth send information and pictures to Earth over the Internet. They use a digital camera to put pictures on a computer and decode a satellite image from space.
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Caching in Pine's Treasures

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students compile image information about the Junior High School using a digital camera. They survey the area making observations and recording them with the help of portable technology and transferring the data to a spreadsheet and...