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Body Language

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take pictures in different settings to demonstrate the importance and influence of body language. In this body language lesson plan, students use a camera and work in groups over a 5 week period.
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Integrated Video Technology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a Mother's Day video gift by utilizing the latest video technology in class.  In this film making instructional activity, students utilize important photographs related to their mother and import them into a...
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Using Photoshop to Create a Travel Brochure

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Students create a travel brochure. In this Social Studies lesson, students observe and discuss different travel brochures. Students look on the Internet and find interesting photos for a particular place. Students then insert their...
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Jones Soda Project - Photography as a Vehicle (For Marketing)

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students create a marketing campaign using digital photographs. In this digital marketing lesson, students perform online research to determine the attitude that a soda company is attempting to portray with its marketing. They take...
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Cool Commercials Critique

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate advertising by critiquing commercials in class.  In this media lesson, students view several commercials on their computers while completing a worksheet which helps them critique the ads.  Students define several...
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Cultures and Cuisines WebQuest

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create and present a powerpoint presentation.  In this cultures and cuisines research lesson, students select a country, interview someone from that country and visit a restaurant from that country.  Learners complete research...
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And Today's Guest Star Is...

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore correct social behaviors. In this social skills lesson, students take turns modeling correct social behaviors in various settings. Students write text for a social story and share them with the class.
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A Microscopically Enormous Look at Genetic Inheritance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use microscopes to examine fly families and analyze their genetic inheritance. In this genes lesson plan, students also use the chi square for comparing genes and compare the class results as a whole.
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Facebook For Good!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use Facebook to create a positive campaign. In this campaign lesson plan, students choose a topic and create a group account on Facebook for their cause. They post a question and write an action plan to meet a goal. 
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Creating a Commercial

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the world of advertising and video production by creating their own commercial.  In this advertising lesson, students discuss a fictitious product which they create an advertising campaign for.  Students create a...
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School Guides

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars make a video. In this Spanish lesson plan, 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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Mi Dia

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers photograph themselves doing everyday activities.  In this foreign language lesson, students write grammatically correct sentences for a story board to tell about daily activities and then input into the computer in a movie...
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Can You Carry a Tune in a Bucket?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners use water filled pipes to play a tune and consider the mathematics behind the sound waves. In this sound wave lesson, students play a tune with water filled pipes. They create a mathematical model to evaluate the wavelengths and...
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Self-portrait In a Masterpiece: Computer Illustrations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a self-portrait using an artistic masterpiece as a guide. In this art appreciation lesson, students research famous artists online, electronically saving a particular portrait or masterpiece made by the artist. Students...
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AP Chemistry Video Lab Book

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students develop a video lab book. For this web-based activity, students use flip cameras and the Web to create a video lab book of the labs they conducted through out the year. This will enable them to be better prepared for the AP exam...
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Me, My Digital Self, and Eye

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners create digital self-portraits for use in a collage.  In this technology lesson, students create an original work of art in which they identify a variety of images that reflect their personality.  Learners complete a...
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Real-World Probability

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners explore the concept of probability.  For this probability lesson, students create a video, poster, or podcast explaining what experiments, sample space, events, and outcomes are in relation to probability.  Learners create a...
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Emerging Heroes

For Teachers 12th
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 characteristics of its...
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"Flip-it" - Where Do I Go From Here?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders interview themselves reflecting on various topics.  In this self-reflection lesson, 12th graders video tape four different interviews throughout the year of themselves discussing various topics, with the last prompt being...
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Some People Just Don't Get It

For Students 4th - 5th
In this daily mind builders worksheet, students use inferential reasoning and deduction.  Students read a short passage and respond to 6 short answer questions stating their own opinion and providing evidence to support their conclusion.
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Jr. Chef Club Super Snacks Lesson 6

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore healthy snacks. In this nutrition and cooking lesson, students observe and identify food groups on USDA's MyPyramid food guide. Students discuss how fiber helps our digestive system and follow a recipe using yeast to...
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Pen Pals

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students write to a pen pal and learn about their lives. In this pen pal lesson, students learn about a person from another country. Students develop an understanding that they have many things in common with people from other parts of...
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Using the Commentaries in Class

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine language and communication by listening to a commentary radio show.  In this communications lesson plan, students listen to Michael Josephson's radio broadcast using the Internet and analyze his words and their meaning....
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Circumference Review

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this circumference lesson plan, learners review how to find the diameter and circumference of a circle, they apply their skills to a real life application. Young scholars are presented with the task of determining the circumference of...