Educational Television Lesson Plans

Learners explore a particular problem with the development of new television shows and create original reality-based educational programming.

This lesson has students explore hearing loss and ways in which technology can help the hearing impaired by experiencing a simulation of hearing impairment and by researching and presenting related topics. They investigate and evaluate dangers to their own hearing.

In this lesson students travel with Christa McAuliffe through space demonstrations. In this space lesson, students follow through the past to the present air travel. In this lesson students understand the benefits and problems associated with zero gravity and how it has helped to develop inventions. In this lesson students complete an experiment and compare to the experiment in space.

In this lesson learners explore solar energy, why we use it and how we use it.  In this renewable energy lesson learners compare active and solar techniques.

Students identify commercialism from media and compare and contrast the benefits and disadvantages of television. In this technology and society lesson, students view and discuss a film on the effects of television in Bhutan. Students analyze commercialismon tv and report back to class. Students design a broadcasting plan that demonstrates application of educational and commercial purposes of television.

Students view a video to understand the set-up of the shuttle aircraft. In this shuttle lesson, students recognize the functions of parts of the space ship and why they are important. Students research the shuttle and present an oral report.

This lesson has students research biofilms and create brochures. They role play as advertising firm members assigned to educate the general public about biofilms. They create "wanted dead or alive" posters about harmful and helpful biofilms respectively.

This lesson has 8th graders research the development of a technology and create a timeline and skit about it. In this technology lesson, 8th graders research the history of a chosen technology. They create a storyboard timeline and a skit illustrating the development of the technology.

Learners research the habitat of threatened and endangered species. They design habitat models for zoo exhibits. They examine causes for the extinction of different species. They present their findings and exhibit to classmates.

Learners brainstorm types of measurement tools. Using unifix cubes, they measure various objects located in the room and record the length. In groups, learners participate in a "broad jump" activity and measure the distance they jumped. Additional multisensory activities are included.