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Make a Windmill
Students explore Earth science by conducting an energy experiment in class. In this windmill lesson, students identify how wind has been used to pump water throughout history and the latest developments wind energy has produced. Students...
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Character Traits
Using a three-column chart labeled "Character," "Action," and "Trait," pupils analyze the traits of several characters from a short story. The lesson is designed for a SMART board, but a teacher could easily do the lesson without the...
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Researching Engineers Lesson Plan
Young scholars research different kinds of engineers and investigate what each one does. After completing three days of research and using a research guide sheet, they create a PowerPoint presentation of at least 8 slides but no more...
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Lesson Plan on Military Leaders in the American Civil War
Learners, in groups, half representing the Confederacy, half the Union, conduct research to find out about important Civil War military leaders from each side. They find the answers to a variety of questions regarding their military...
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Planning the Project and Preparing Questions for the Interview
Students create a project based from an interview. in this interview instructional activity, students come up with questions for their interview and plan their project based on the calendar provided. They create a storyboard and a slide...
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The Important Thing About Technology
Students assess the advantages of modern technology tools by creating a page in a class book utilizing pattern writing as well as the writing process. They organize and develop a composition on a selected topic after going through the...
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We're Going on an Animal Safari!
Learners take viewers on an animal safari. In this technology lesson, students research animals one would see on an African safari. Learners collaborate to create a storyboard and use Flip Video Cameras to create a virtual safari. The...
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Genealogy through Technology
Young scholars research their family history. In this genealogy lesson, students research their own family. Young scholars use storyboarding to organize their information. After gathering information students create a Powerpoint...
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The Science and Technology of Food
Students examine the guidelines the United States Department of Agriculture places on food. In groups, they create a list of the foods they consume and discuss the political and environmental implications of purchasing the food. They...
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Technology as a Design Tool for self-portraits
Students create self-portraits using the technology of digital cameras mixed with other media. Adobe Photoshop is a requirement for this specific three week project. State standards for the arts are addressed.
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Technology as a Design Tool for Abstract Artwork
Learners manipulate pictures using Adobe Photoshop and digital cameras to produce unique abstract works. This lesson can be modified to include a painting/mixed media element. State standards are addressed in this lesson.
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Technology for Displaying Trigonometric Graph Behavior: Sine and Cosine
Students explore the concept of sine and cosine. In this sine and cosine lesson, students work in groups to graph sine and cosine functions. Students examine how coefficients in various parts of each parent function shift the...
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This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land
Students review and evaluate the ways land is covered and used in their local community. They consider the environmental effects of the different types of land use. Students act as community planning engineers to determine where to place...
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Mush! Tracking Travelers on the Trail
Students get to know Alaska and the Iditarod route that is run by dogs as they track the mushers' progress on a map that they create specifically for the race. They learn about latitude, longitude, plotting on a map, checkpoints, and...
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A Fishy Environment 'We need 'em Clean!' Web Lesson
Students create a website. In this technology instructional activity, students use digital cameras and video to document their field trip to a local fish hatchery. Students use the photos and videos to create an instructional website.
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Different! Diverse! Dynamic! Lesson 2: Teaching Peace Through Literature And Song
Students investigate bullying and discrimination and draw pictures of a personal response to being bullied. They read Thank You, Mr. Falkner by Patricia Polacco, to determine the philosophic act that the main character performs. They...
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Pendulums on the Moon
Students conduct experiments to determine if length, mass, or starting angle has any effect on the rate of a pendulum's swing. They also conduct an experiment online to determine if gravitational force plays a role in the swing. Groups...
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Unit on Gandhi and Ahimsa
Learners explore the history of Gandhi and his viewpoint and example of nonviolence. For this World History lesson, students complete numerous research assignments and activities over the course of nine lessons to expand their...
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Acid or Base? Toxie's on the Case
Students recognize the difference between acids and bases. In this ToxMystery lesson plan, students play a computer game and experiment to find the difference between acids and bases. Students use litmus paper to determine if...
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Arkansas History Lesson: Arkansans
Third graders investigate famous Arkansans and their contributions. In this Arkansas history lesson plan, 3rd graders are divided into small groups and use a variety of resources to research one important Arkansan. Students write a...
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DNA Technology
Students prepare PowerPoint presentation on DNA and cells. In this biology lesson, students create a storyboard of their presentation. They share the finished project in class.
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DNA Technology
Young scholars summarize their classmates' presentation in class. In this biology lesson, students create a graphic organizer based on concepts presented. They discuss and share their organizer.
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Measuring Earthquakes
After a brief discussion on earthquakes, make a makeshift seismograph to record the shaking of the table that it sits upon. While the background information will be useful to you as a teacher, the seismograph does not seem like it would...
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Classifying Triangles Based On Properties of Angles
The interactive lesson plan featured here calls for the use of a Smartboard for sorting and classifying shapes. Then, pupils discuss the rules they followed for sorting their shapes, particularly focusing on the properties of angles....