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Advertise a State Vacation
Students create a brochure advertising a state for vacation. In this internet research lesson plan, students do research on a state and create a brochure with the information. Students write a commercial and videotape them.
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Tuning the World One Note at a Time
Students investigate music around the world and work with a photographer to understand elements of photography. In this photography lesson, students visit a dance hall and interview the dancers. Students gather ideas and create a video...
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Elemental Photography
Eighth graders investigate objects for a specific element from the Periodic Table. In this elemental photography lesson, 8th graders observe for and object and photograph it. Students use photographs to prepare a multimedia...
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I Have a Dream Podcasts
Students write dream speeches and record them as Mp3's. In this speech lesson, students watch Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, "I Have Dream Speech." They use the writing process to develop a dream speech which they rehearse. They record their...
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Classical Greece
Young scholars research historical events in ancient Greece. In this ancient Greece lesson, students design a magazine which includes a cover, table of contents, cover story, advertisement and visuals. Young scholars focus on Pericles...
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Welcome to Our School
Students build a friendly environment for future students by creating a PowerPoint presentation. In this middle school introduction lesson plan, students utilize a camera to record important moments throughout the school year. Students...
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Electronic Poetry Project
Students create a digital project to go with a poem. In this technology activity, students pick a poem and create images to go with it. They make background music for the narration of their poem and attach it to a PowerPoint presentation.
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Privacy - What's the Big Deal?
Students investigate Internet privacy by discussing ideas with their classmates. In this personal information lesson, students listen to a teacher tell them their every move will be watched as part of a research activity at school....
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The Great Wave
Young scholars investigate tsunamis and how they are caused. In this natural disaster lesson, students discuss earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and other causes of tsunamis. Young scholars conduct an experiment in which they drop...
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The Engineering Design Process
Students utilize their creative skills by solving engineering issues. In this problem solving lesson, students examine the 6 steps to the engineering process by completing a worksheet. Students examine one of three scenarios and follow...
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Conserving the Pantanal
Students discover ways to preserve their environment by identifying threats. In this ecological lesson, students view an EarthWatch DVD and investigate the Brazilian wetland known as Pantanal. Students complete a worksheet about the...
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How is Atomic Energy Used Today
Students investigate energy sources by examining photographs. In this atomic energy lesson plan, students identify and describe various pictures and how atomic energy is used in them. Students create a presentation demonstrating how...
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Habitat Art: Florida Panthers
Students discover the lifestyles of a Florida Panther by investigating its habitat. In this wild animal lesson, students utilize the Internet to research the habits of a Panther and what their habitat is. Students create an artful...
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Creating a Food Web
Young scholars investigate hunters and prey by creating a food web. In this animal life lesson, students investigate a single organism in preparation for a field trip, discovering its diet and habitat. Young scholars each discuss their...
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Introducing the Narrative Account Web Page
Learners complete a narrative writing assignment by critiquing a sample webpage. In this narrative writing lesson, students view the sample webpage and take notes. Learners create a similar webpage that contains a narrative account based...
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Natural Inquirer Ecosystem Article Lesson
Students discover new ways to preserve the ecosystem by completing graphic organizers. In this environmental lesson, students read an article from the Natural Inquirer in small groups and fill out a graphic organizer based on the...
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Panther Exam: Writing a Play
Students demonstrate their knowledge of panthers by writing a play on the subject. In this animal life instructional activity, students view a slide-show on school computers of a veterinary exam of a panther. Students utilize this...
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Natural Inquirer Lesson Plan - Bio Energy Edition
Learners investigate energy use by discussing the pros and cons of oil use. In this energy source lesson, students portray different individuals in the fictional town of Heatville and argue why they should or should not switch from oil...
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World Trade Center Design Proposals
Students explore architectural design. In this critical thinking and architecture lesson, students view a number of websites providing proposals for design plans of a new World Trade Center. Students choose and evaluate three possible...
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Native Lands: Indians in Georgia-Shifting Ground Political Cartoon-Introduction
Young scholars explore the relationship between the Creek, Cherokee, and European/American cultures prior to the American Revolution. Students do Internet research to identify and explain changes in these cultures, then create six...
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How Much Is It?
Students explore foreign currencies. In this foreign currencies lesson plan, students simulate travel to another country and determine the value of the US dollar compared to other countries. Students use a conversion table and search...
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Splendid China: Chinese Folktales
Students investigate Chinese culture by reading their folk tales. In this creative writing lesson plan, students practice identifying the different elements in a folk tale and examine the related vocabulary. Students organize thoughts...
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Bad Algae!
Students explore algal blooms. In this ecosystem and health lesson, students define and describe harmful algal blooms, then discuss ways in which the impact of these algal blooms could be reduced. Students work in groups to research...
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Boolean Search Techniques
Young scholars search using the Boolean search model. In this navigating the Internet lesson, students narrow their searches using and, or ,not and parentheses. Young scholars recognize the differences in a one word search and one of...