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Biomes of Canada
Fifth graders, in groups, research one of the biomes of Canada. They create a multi-slide PowerPoint presentation about their biome that contains specific types of inserted/downloaded pictures, recorded voice, and a sound effect.
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A Victory for Tiger Woods
What's up with Tiger Woods? Find out by reading a sports article describing an upswing in Tiger's career. Interested readers will scan the article to answer nine comprehension questions. Note: A secondary related article and blog post...
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Related Addition and Subtraction
Can your scholars match these fact families? There are eight number sentences listed here, both addition and subtraction. Learners scan a list of eight other equations, matching each original with one that is in its fact family. All...
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The Parts of Speech
Identify action verbs and decide whether they are transitive or intransitive. After labeling fourteen sentences and their verbs, learners move on to distinguish action verbs from linking verbs in twenty additional sentences. The...
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Evernote
Here is an app version of a powerful tool that allows you and your students to have one place where you can capture, organize, and share items in multiple media formats. The different uses for this app are as varied as your ideas and...
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Exploring New York City
Your class members will get up close and personal with the Big Apple in this fantastic lesson, which introduces learners to not only the concept of a city, but also provides a thorough overview of New York City itself and its unique...
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Pieces of Mind: Remembering What Matters
Learners watch the program "Pieces of Mind" from PBS and participate in a class discussion about PET scans and their advantages. Students then brainstorm activities a PET scan could be used for.
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Ping!
Seventh graders study side-scan sonar and discover how it can be used to locate objects underwater. They complete a sonar simulation activity in which they create and map mystery landscapes inside shoeboxes.
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Powerful Polygons
Students scan the classroom to find different common shapes. They listen as the teacher defines polygon and regular polygon. The teacher demonstrates regular polygons via the Internet and the "Math is Fun" web site. Students go outside...
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Explorers of the New World
Students research explorers and explore how exploration affected the Western Hemisphere; students demonstrate competency in using multimedia encyclopedia and information software, and present PowerPoint presentation to class with two...
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Making and Using a Gel Person to Teach Human Anatomy
Young scholars investigate organs, anatomical planes and transverse sections of the human body using gel people. In this human anatomy lesson plan, students use gel molds, gel and food items to make models of the human body. They create...
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Haring Inspired CD Covers
Students create CD covers from their music-inspired drawing sessions. They compare what they drew while listening to classical, punk and rap music. They scan their drawings into Adobe Photoshop and design their cover.
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Portrait of the Artist - Georgia O'Keeffe
Young scholars study the work of Georgia O'Keefe. They use a digital camera or scanned images from a regular camera and the PhotoShop application to create a landscape of their own which reflects the important shapes or objects in their...
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Alabama Biographies of the 20th Century
Learners research and examine the lives of famous people who have changed the history of Alabama. They write a short biographical summary and create a 3-D scan picture.
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Laurence Yep's Dragonwings
Students read independently the novel, "Dragonwings," by Laurence Yep and make connections between a text and the world. They summarize, paraphrase, analyze and evaluate skimming and scanning techniques when reading a novel. Each student...
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TECH:Medical Technology - Diagnostic (HST)
Students explore medical terminology used in diagnosis. They explore the dexterity needed by a doctor to perform surgery. Students explore diagnostic methods used today in the medical field, X-rays, Ultrasound, MRI, CT-PET Scans, and...
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Scooting Away from Justice?
Young scholars examine President Bush's July 2007, decision to commute the 30-month sentence of former White House official, I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby by reading a New York Times article. They scan editorial sources on various sides of...
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Memoir - The Gift of Memories
Learners create a memoir or poem about their favorite person or pet. In this favorite person or pet lesson plan, students also scan in pictures to PowerPoint and create a presentation about this person or pet as well.
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Bat Quest
Young scholars research bats. In this bat lesson, students read the story of Sellaluna to spark interest in bats. Young scholars use graphic organizers to collect information from the story. Students scan and post their notes on a...
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Mississippi River
Learners study scanning and skimming techniques. In this research skills lesson, students use the research techniques on print literature about the Mississippi River. Learners prepare book talks on the literature they read.
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News Quiz | July 22, 2011
It's that time again; time to take a good morning news quiz! Read, scan, or simply test what you know about the daily news. Today's topics are from July 22, 2011 and include five multiple choice questions to answer.
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News Quiz | Oct. 26, 2011
It's quiz time again! This time your class will be answering five fantastic questions about current event that took place on October 26, 2011. They can scan or read the attached articles, then answer each of the multiple choice questions.
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ZipGrade
Imagine using your smart phone or tablet to grade a class set of quizzes in less than a minute. Imagine getting immediate results and being able to give immediate feedback. No hunting for scantrons. No waiting in line for the scantron...
Media Smarts
Defining Popular Culture
What part does media play in creating, defining, and perpetuating popular culture? High schoolers chart their encounters with fads, trends, and icons and reflect on the media's influence on popular culture.
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