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Homes of Yesterday and Today
Students explore homes as shelters while they built writing and technology skills. In this homes of yesterday and today lesson, students produce books using digital photography. Students develop vocabulary while researching how homes are...
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Health Education: Childhood Diseases and Health Issues
Fourth graders research childhood diseases and health conditions. In this personal health lesson plan, 4th graders identify problems associated with and measures to control common childhood diseases or conditions such as asthma,...
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Design a Book Cover
Students explore character, plot, setting, symbolism, and conflict for a book that they are reading. Sample book covers are provided and students apply what they have learned by designing a book cover.
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A Holiday Calendar in MS Publisher for Elementary School
Students create a holiday calendar using ms word. In this technology lesson, students create their own calendar while learning basic Publisher skills. Students use clipart, explore how to change fonts, and how to use templates.
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Yes, There Really Was a Santa!
Third graders read a selection concerning Santa Claus and the orgin of the Jolly Old Elf in the United States. They also create their own version of a new and modern Santa Claus that remain in the American culture.
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Animating a Historic Event
Research a historic event using textbooks, primary source documents, the Internet, and other library and media resources. Young historians will take the research they have gathered and write an attention-grabbing, historically accurate...
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Entrepreneurship: Is it for me?
Students get an introduction to entrepreneurship and business plans in the first lesson of this series. They attempt to determine what personal factors to consider in deciding if the time is right to become an entrepreneur.
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Kids' Newsbreaks
Group learners together to identify a question relating to an issue and create a 60-second kids news break highlighting information that begins to answer the question. They research and answer issue questions in a news story format.
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"L" Stands for Elevated
Students play a trivia game to learn more about the Chicago public transportation system. In this transportation lesson plan, students also create an "L" car, and write advertising slogans for Chicago's elevated trains.
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To Go Where No Student Has Gone Before
Eighth graders participate in interactive video teleconference with employees of NASA Johnson Space Center. Students visit inside of space station module, take video tour of Russian-built Service Module by Astronaut Bill Shepherd, visit...
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Periodic Poetry
Students review periodic table of elements, choose one element, and create piece of poetry about it using Cinquain, Haiku, or Acrostic format. Students then read aloud their poems to classmates.
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Making a Difference in World Health
Students discover environmental awareness by conducting a collection project in class. For this global food lesson, students identify the importance of feeding all of the humans on Earth and discuss why some aren't properly nourished....
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Design a Stamp
Learners research a famous scientist or mathematician, design a stamp to honor their work, and write persuasively about why this person and their work should be honored on a stamp.
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Decision Making and Assertiveness
Fourth graders identify a problem and write a persuasive essay to the appropriate audience, to correct the problem. They demonstrate effective decision making based on positive self-worth. Students need to write a paragraph about their...
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Intro to PowerPoint-with KidPix Pictures
Students construct a four sentence creative story by using KidPix software. In this computer technology lesson, students use KidPix software to develop slides about themselves, their family, and their house. Students illustrate each...
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American Revolution
Students create a magazine in Microsoft Publisher. In this magazine lesson plan, students create a magazine about the American Revolution using the publishing program.
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Animal Characteristics
Students create a graphic organizer to study animal characteristics. In this animal characteristics lesson plan, students use a program in Microsoft Word to create a brainstorm about different animal characteristics.
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Where Do I Fit?
Fourth graders complete activities to learn about career options and the role jobs have in community. In this career lesson, 4th graders complete a career exploration worksheet and study the local community jobs available. Students...
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WEAVING TECHNOLOGY INTO THEMATIC UNITS
Fourth graders explore the planets by researching and writing a report about one of the nine planets.
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Where the Red Fern Grows: A 4th Grade Literary Focus Unit
Fourth graders explore the human and animal connection along with the idea that death is a part of the life cycle. They read "Where the Red Fern Grows." Students examine the feelings and emotions surrounding death and they discover the...
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Trucks on the Roadway
Students explore trucks. In this truck and road safety instructional activity, students identify different types of trucks and define traffic and truck vocabulary. Students manipulate toy trucks on a road floor mat.
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Career Bytes Interview
Students conduct career-based interviews. In this career education lesson, students research careers and interview career professionals to produce a video that features ins and outs of the career.
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What's The Idea
Pupils discuss the importance of identifying the main idea in reading selections. After reading newspaper articles related to nutrition, students identify the main idea of the selection and three supporting details. A reading log...
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Poetry Describing Ordinary Life
Students examine the cultural and historical context which a poem is written in or describes. For this poetry lesson, students listen to an online recording of Philip Larkin reading "The Whitsun Wedding." Students explore how the poem...