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Column Venn Diagram
In this column Venn diagram worksheet, students use this blank three-column graphic organizer to list unique and shared characteristics of two issues or ideas.
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Web Training: Do You Know How to Use the Internet?
Students discover how to use the Internet for research. In this technology lesson, students access and use the World Wide Web to research. Students are encouraged to critically consider information they find on the Internet.
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Seven Wonders of the World
Students recognize "The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World." In this world history lesson, students research various architectures on the Internet and construct a PowerPoint presentation.
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Technology
Students create podcasts. In this technology lesson, students familiarize themselves with podcasts and develop their own podcast about a current event.
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Computer Repair and Recycle
Students disassemble and rebuild computers. In this computer hardware lesson, students learn to refurbish computers, then donate the rebuilt computers in their community.
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Discovering the World Virtually
Students experience world adventures through the internet. In this technology activity, students use a suggested internet site and explore each expedition. Students can virtually travel such lands as China.
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Cornell Note Taker
In this note taking worksheet, students use the Cornell method for note taking. Students write down their topic, their main points, and evidence or details to support the main points.
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Concrete Detail and Commentary
In this writing skills worksheet, students practice writing with facts or quotes from a text by following the graphic organizer format. Students write the concrete detail and then list two commentaries for their facts or quotes.
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Inverted Pyramid of Ideas
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students use the inverted pyramid to help them organize ideas for a topic. Students write their ideas in the provided space.
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2 Column Notes
In this taking notes worksheet, students use the 2 column graphic organizer to help them take notes while reading. Students write the title and the two columns to organize their thoughts and quotes from the text.
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3 Column Notes
In this note taking worksheet, students complete the 3 column note graphic organizer to help them understand a text and organize their notes about the text.
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KWL Chart
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students complete a KWL chart with information about what they know, what they want to know, and what they have learned about an assigned topic.
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Using a Computer to Write a Letter – Verbs (Sequencing)
In this sequencing activity, students will cut out sentences about how to write a letter using a computer. Then students will rearrange the sentence strips in chronological order.
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The Credibility Challenge: In Search of Authority on the Internet
Students identify and interpret the background and practice in determining authority on the Internet. Then they identify how to tell whether an author has expertise or not, and whether they're getting the straight story. Students also...
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Computer Ethics
High schoolers examine the issues of ethics and ethical behavior as it relates to information technology. As a class they read and discuss a handout, then complete a worksheet. In small groups they read different scenarios and identify...
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Graphing
Learners gather statistical information on a chosen topic and place it into a spreadsheet. Using th Excel chart wizard, students create tables, graphs and charts of their information. They interpret the data and share it with the class.
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Stamps of Approval for Women Journalists
Students research, explore and analyze the history of how American women journalists have influenced major social change in the nation and the world. They visit major institution's to examine the written legacies of Abigail Adams,...
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Technology: Powerpoint, Lesson 2
Students create Powerpoint slide shows, entitled "All About Me." Their presentations include information about their families, hobbies, along with tables and charts. In addition, students use animation and sound in their projects.
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Computer Technology - Big Stepper Block Buster
Students use their document processing, spreadsheet, and/or electronic presentation skills to complete a cross curricular project during the semester (or trimester, etc.,) in which they are enrolled in the Computer Technology course.
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Create a Table
Students set up a simple table in Microsoft Word. They assess the terms columns and rows and compare the bingo card to a table, that will be created in Microsoft Word. They insert text files, graphics, or other objects into an existing...
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Keyboarding Technique
Students use correct keyboarding technique to improve speed and accuracy. They respond to verbal comments, such as "Be sure you are keeping your fingers on home row." They choose one technique component to work on and fill it in on...
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Survival in the Land of Batzilla
Pupils experience a guided inquiry into the workings of an ultrasonic motion detector. They are led to study something they cannot see, hear, feel or taste. Students design strategies to avoid becoming prey of the predatory "Batzilla."
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Alcoholic Advertisements
Alcohol is a powerful depressant drug. Over time heavy drinking can lead to severe health problems. This lesson shows how advertisements for alcoholic beverages entice people to buy their product by using wealthy people, or happy people...
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Introduction to Correlations
Students investigate correlations between human body height and other human features. They select ten subjects and record each subject's age and gender and measure for height, wingspan, distance, and size of hands. After measuring, they...