University of Manitoba
Cm Magazine Profiles: Joe Mc Lellan
Welcome to the world of 'Nanabosho' and his author! Find out about Joe's life and what led him to create this aboriginal series of books which children and adults alike find so appealing!
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Creating Magazine Covers to Summarize Texts
For this lesson, learners will examine the ways in which a magazine cover's headlines and graphics express the main ideas of its articles. They will then use an interactive tool to create covers that summarize chapters of informational...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: To Infinity and Beyond Magazine of Planets
This is a student led activity in which young scholars have to accomplish the task of choosing the most entertaining way to relay written expository information. Art/self expression along with technology are utilized to develop a...
Other
Ballet Dance Magazine: An Interview With Evelyn Cisneros
An interview with Evelyn Cisneros and with the choreographer of a dance, "Lambarena," created especially for her. In it, Cisneros discusses why she started dance, her early training, and the work that went into "Lambarena."
Other
Ties Magazine: Think Big
Hear from one company who specializes in making oversized art. Get the inside scoop from William Kreysler and Associates (WKA) on how monumental sculptures and billboard signs are created.
EL Education
El Education: Bacterium Weekly
Middle school students from the North Kirkwood Middle School in Kirkwood, Missouri, created this scientific magazine as part of a study of bacteria. After doing background research, a small group of students created this magazine to...
SMART Technologies
Smart: Creating a Works Cited
The intended learning outcomes are to identify the basic elements of a citation, and to understand that the elements of a citation vary with the format of the source cited (e.g. book v. magazine article v. online resource), and to know...
Other
Ariadne Magazine: Syndicated Content
This article examines issues arising from the current enthusiasm for syndicating content to portals or other web sites. It offers a list of best practices for creating an RSS feed.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Living Light
Alison Fromme's article in Zoogoer, "Living Light," examines the role of light and luminescence in the lives of animals with specific attention given to those creatures which are able to manifest their own bioluminescence.
Other
Creating Together
An interesting overview of the diverse artists who have influenced theatre and dance in Canada.
Other
Locus Magazine: Interview With Tamora Pierce
Author Pierce shares inspiration for the characters she creates and her devotion to her teen audience.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Environmental Issues Scrapbook and Podcast
Over the duration of a semester students will collect newspaper and magazine articles related to environmental issues. Students will compose a scrapbook of articles. Students will choose two topics to record and share with the class.This...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: If I Read It, It Must Be True
Working in groups, students identify methods of propaganda and analyze television, magazine, and Internet ads. Groups then create their own ad using one of the identified methods.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How to Cite Online Resources
After research in the Alabama Virtual Library, students will write a paragraph essay and use an online citation utility to create bibliographic citations for an online encyclopedia, an online magazine, and a print resource. Copying and...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Exploring Paper
Learn how new materials, new methods and new ideas are transforming traditional origami. Watch videos of a master origami folder create his unique pieces. Learn how to make your own paper and how to fold your own paper airplanes.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Cnn Debuted as the First Television News Network in 1980
These lesson plans relate to the gathering and production of news and creating a visual timeline. There are links to other lesson plan ideas, as well as web links, and a brief bibliography. SL.11-12.2 Eval&Integrate sources
EL Education
El Education: Leaving Traces
Students create a magazine with photographs, illustration, charts, and text explaining their research and understanding of fossil records, the theory of evolution, and other topics related to early man.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing a Science Article Review
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing writing in the science classroom straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this interactive lesson tutorial.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: "The Great Gatsby" 1920s Project
This is a lesson plan resource in which students create a classroom magazine straight from the 1920s to enhance and expand understanding of The Great Gatsby.
Other
University of Vermont: Godey's Lady's Book
A collection of a magazine published between 1855 and 1858 in the Philadelphia. Each issue contained poetry, articles, and engravings created by prominent writers and other artists of the time.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: The Explosion of the Delft Magazine
An image of "The Explosion of the Delft Magazine", created by Egbert Van Der Poel, c. 1654 (Oil on canvas).
Curated OER
Locus Magazine: Interview With Tamora Pierce
Author Pierce shares inspiration for the characters she creates and her devotion to her teen audience.
Other
Public Roads Magazine: Creating the Interstate System
Discusses the creation of the interstate highway system by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Picturing the Body
An online version of articles and activities from the Exploratorium Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 3. This issue looked at how we are able to examine the inside of the human body, what kinds of technology are used, and how each of them is used...