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Flipping Over Our Weather Reports

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create their own weather report. In this weather lesson, students work in groups to predict the weather for three days and create their own video. They have a director, camera-person, still cameraman, and two weathermen. 
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State History Acting and Podcasting

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars participate in a play. In this historical figures lesson, students choose a person from history and take on their role. Young scholars research the character, create historically accurate costumes and work in groups to...
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Book Talks- Reading Rainbow Style!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recommend a book. In this book talk lesson, students watch Reading Rainbow book talks, choose a book to recommend to others and write a brief summary and recommendation. Students video tape their introduction and take pictures...
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Literacy Through Photography

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners practice using words to describe photographs they have taken.  In this descriptive writing lesson, students utilize a disposable or digital camera to take 5 pictures of their life after school.  Learners create slides...
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Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students watch streaming video, Holiday Facts and Fun: Thanksgiving, define and discuss acrostic poetry, complete circle map using words associated with Thanksgiving, and create acrostic Thanksgiving poems to be typed in Microsoft Word...
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Follow the Drinking Gourd

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners, after assessing a valuable history lesson, create an amazing and very personalized quilt. They explore how individuals helping the slaves escape to freedom, hung a quilt on their front porch to let the slaves know that the...
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Super Hero High

For Teachers Pre-K - 9th
Students define the characteristics of a hero by creating their own fictional superhero.  In this film making lesson, students write the background of a superhero character and storyboard scenes from a movie they would like to make....
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Walk a day in my moccasins

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students create videos about students in their classroom. For this self-expression lesson, students use videos to give voice to students who are reluctant or can't participate. Students listen to several books and generate questions...
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What's the Matter?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore matter.  In this matter and technology lesson, students locate examples of solids, liquids, and gases inside and outside the classroom, and record their findings in a graphic organizer.  Students listen to the...
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"Girls Only" Science Workshop

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Learners design sleds. In this engineering lesson, students collaborate to engineer and build a real working sleds from the materials provided.  This lesson was originally designed to be taught to a group of female learners.
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Forces and Motion Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners determine how force on an object affects its movement. In this force and motion lesson, students take digital pictures of objects in the school setting that are pushed and pulled. They develop a presentation using the digital...
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Thanks for Your Service

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Learners thank their freedom fighters. For this Veteran's Day lesson, students honor members of the U.S. Armed Forces by designing a program to pay tribute to them. Learners use technology tools to conduct interviews, take pictures, and...
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Book Report Alternative

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students create a video book report. In this literature lesson plan, students read a book independently and fill out a graphic organizer. Students use a digital camera to record their book review.
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21st Century Social Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Explore communication techniques by using the latest video technology.  In this special education instructional activity, young scholars create a video discussing their own social goals for the future.  Students utilize Flip...
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Recycling & Our Environment

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students present information about recycling to other students. For this environmental protection lesson, students create a puppet show or commercial about the importance of recycling for other students to view.
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Forms in Architecture

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore shapes and forms in architecture. This lesson also introduce students to the concepts of form and function in architecture. They take an architectural tour (on foot or with visuals) to identify forms and shapes.
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Life Skill Communication

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students use  digital camera to document the needs for daily living. In this life skills and visual arts lesson, students create class books that include photographs of everyday objects that they use in their home, school and...
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I Went Walking

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students take pictures. In this nature walk lesson, students read I Went Walking and brainstorm a list of things they might see on a nature trail. Students take pictures of things they see on the nature trail, write a caption for each...
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Graphing Weather

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students make a graph. In this weather lesson, students fill in a KWL chart about different types of weather. Students watch a PowerPoint presentation about weather and natural disasters and where these types of weather are common....
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Build an Approximate Scale Model of an Object

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a model of an object of their choice using sketches that they have drawn. They study what a scale model is and how to construct one. They examine the uses for scale models and why they are produced.
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On the Farm with Wilbur and Charlotte

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Students understand Charlotte's web through the completion of a web-quest. In this Charlotte's Web lesson, students complete comprehension tasks such as role playing their favorite scene, choosing a character and making a multimedia...
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Geography of Our Environment

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students explore geographical elements. In this geographical elements activity, students create a map showing the geographical elements in their area. Students take pictures of these elements to glue to their map and present it to the...
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Digital Cloud Riddle Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine clouds. In this technology skill lesson, students identify different cloud types, observe and photograph clouds in nature, and print and write a riddle about the objects they see in the clouds.
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Water Cycle Voice Thread

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students understand the water cycle through a role playing activity. In this water cycle lesson, students become familiar with the water cycle through a play about the water cycle. Students illustrate their parts and create a VoiceThread...