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Who Am I and Who Are You?
Students document their unique characteristics through photography. In this self-discovery lesson, students take photographs of themselves and others. As a class, they discuss similarities and differences, and sort, graph, and find...
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Lights, Camera, Action!
Students participate in an alternative reading assessment using a video camera and script. In this alternative reading lesson, students work as a group to perform their reading story. students memorize their lines and film their play.
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Making Handbound Books
Young scholars make handbound books. In this book making lesson, students make handbound books by following the 7 steps. Young scholars may use the books for a variety of subjects.
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Keynote Digital Parts of Speech
High schoolers create a parts of speech digital presentation. In this parts of speech lesson, students create a slide show with audio, pictures, movies, and text. They combine their slides to project the entire project.
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Parent Functions in the School
Students take pictures of items related to parent functions around the school. In this parent functions lesson, students take photos of an item that has a shape of one of the parent functions that they studied in class. Students also...
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Soil Slope
High schoolers study how to measure the soil slope of an area. In this soil lesson students work in groups and complete an activity that allows them to find the slope of a given area.
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Energy Efficient Homes
Students evaluate their home to see how energy-efficient it is. In this energy efficiency instructional activity students complete a worksheet and search the Internet to find ways of making their home more energy-efficient.
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Winter Animal Match
Students play a game. In this matching lesson, students learn about animals and their winter homes. Students match cards of animals with the cards of winter homes.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Using Google Docs to Write for Audience
Students write and digitally publish a weekly newsletter using Google Docs. The content will be a synthesis of interesting issues from their class as well as some outside news and issues which directly impact students. The target...
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Alex: Taking the Mystery Out of Writing a Mystery
This mystery-writing lesson focuses on the structure of a short story and the elements of a mystery in particular. Students complete the entire writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Students...
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Alex: Narrative Writing: The Autobiographical Incident
After organizing their thoughts using a graphic organizer, learners write a narrative essay which relates an autobiographical incident. Students present their essays in a slideshow which allows their classmates to practice predicting an...
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Alex: On the Farm With Wilbur and Charlotte
During this unit, students will explore many aspects of the book Charlotte's Web. Students will work as a group to develop a presentation, design a web page, and prepare a newsletter. They will also complete a WebQuest about Charlotte's...
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Alex: The Camelot Times: Writing a Newspaper
As part of a unit on Arthurian literature and medieval culture, young scholars imagine they are reporters living in the realm of King Arthur and create newsletters/newspapers based on their study and research.
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Alex: Biomes: Where Are the Wild Things?
During this lesson plan, students will explore biomes, ecosystems, and habitats by navigating the Internet. They will research biomes, ecosystems, and habitats in order to create a newsletter. They will have the opportunity to distribute...
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Alex: The Big Dropper the Life Cycle of a Raindrop
Students will research the Internet, Alabama Virtual Library, online and printed encyclopedias, and other reference material to gather information on the water cycle. Students will then use the gathered data to create a slideshow...
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Alex: Famous African Americans
During this unit students will study the lives of famous African-Americans who have had an impact upon history or present day society. This interdisciplinary hands-on unit will incorporate the subjects of social studies, reading,...