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Activity
Technology & Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania

Creating a Team Logo

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Most companies have logos to represent them. Ask student teams to come up with their own logos and enter them in a class competition to be screen printed. Groups must include the school initials and the team name and follow a list of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Get the Turtle to the Pond

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Young scholars solve problems. In this math lesson, students write solutions using LOGO commands in order to help get the turtle to the pond.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Analyzing Media Unit Sequence of Five Activities

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders define terminology and explore the effects media has on our society and on individuals.  In this media evaluation lesson plan students work cooperatively and solve problems. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Athletics Datafile

For Students 6th - 9th
In this computer worksheet, students load and open a copy of ViewPoint and Olympics. They explore the data by identifying how many men and women are contained in the file and which country has the most files. Then they plot a bar graph...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

All About My School

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students construct a website with several links to pages they create. The site weaves logo titles, photos, animation, and textured backgrounds created and edited in PhotoShop into pages created using Dreamweaver software. The project...
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Curated OER

Design a Business Card

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners examine business cards, noting the essential components. They design cards for a fictitious restaurant. They include names, addresses, and graphics on the cards.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Design a Logo

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Student design their own canal company logo/design. In this design and creativity lesson plan, students use primary historical sources as the foundation upon which to develop their creativity and ability to investigate, develop, and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Time Capsule

For Students 3rd - 12th
In this creative thinking instructional activity, students identify and describe ten objects that they would put into a time capsule that people would open in another century. They also draw their time capsule.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Get the Turtle to the Pond

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars estimate length and angle measure. They are asked to enter a sequence of LOGO commands to help the turtle get to the pond. Students write their own solutions using LOGO commands and input them into the computer.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Is the Price Right?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the techniques used by advertisers to sell goods, increase their awareness of consumer habits, differentiate between information and selling, and become aware of what motivates them to buy products.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

You Can't Sell This Thing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in teams, design and create a logo/trademark, packaging box, and poster for advertising their new product/invention. They present their new product/invention, and information about the target audience, to the class.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Skiers on the Slope

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore mathematical concepts, problem solving, and the ability to program in LOGO to test ideas about speed, acceleration, gravity, and slope when dealing with downhill skiing.
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Website
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Logo Foundation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information and resources for the Logo programming environment, including on-line publications, workshops and consulting services.
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Website
Other

Learning With Logo

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains references to Logo resources from programming environments, examples and organizations.
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Lesson Plan
Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Albright Knox Art Gallery: Can It?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pop artists used consumer products, advertising, and popular culture icons as the major source for subject matter in their art. Between 1962 and 1967, Andy Warhol painted soup cans, both individually and in groups. 100 Cans is one of the...
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Activity
Other

The Art of Logo: Part 1

For Students 9th - 10th
How form, color, fonts, and finishes combine to create logos are explained in this 1997 web design article, which takes you step-by-step through creating sample logo.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Logo (Programming Language)

For Students 9th - 10th
A Wikipedia description of the Logo programming language.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Milwaukee Art Museum: You Can't Sell This Thing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Introduce learners to new product trademarks, logos, packaging, and advertising. Teams of students will design and create a logo or trademark, packaging box, and poster for original products.
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Article
Other

Graphic Greats: Photo Treatment

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource presents an article about the use of photos in documents.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Introduction to Logo Programming

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Excellent introduction to LOGO programming. Get started learning the basics of how to write procedures using the Logo programing language to get that "turtle" to move around and draw pictures. It sharpens your problem-solving,...
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Introduction to Logo Programming

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Excellent introduction to LOGO programming. Get started learning the basics of how to write procedures using the Logo programing language to get that "turtle" to move around and draw pictures. It sharpens your problem-solving,...
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Beginning Logo Programming

For Students 9th - 10th
A helpful compilation of lessons sequenced to help you get started learning the Logo programming language. Logo is used for writing procedures and superprocedures. It sharpens your problem-solving, sequencing, and geometry skills.
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Website
Other

Web Reference: Rough It Up: Production Graphics

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about using abstract shapes and positions of images to create interesting effects. Includes a tutorial.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers: Computing Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A great resource to discover fun new computer activities to bring to your classroom.