Curated OER
Goals And Objectives for Units of Study And Lesson Plans
Students determine the role that goals and objectives play in lesson planning. They identify the difference between goals and objectives.
Curated OER
Designing Your Professional Portfolio
Students watch a video about professional portfolios. They brainstorm ways they could use this information to build their own portfolio. Students identify five things they have accomplished in student teaching that could be included in a...
Curated OER
Media and Society
Students rank public figures and decide what makes a good citizen.Working in pairs students design their own way of assessing contributions to society. The following contributions are examined for evaluation: Helping others, obeying the...
Curated OER
Can You Find It?
Fourth graders discover how to do an Internet search. They reviewi traditional rescources used to find answers in the classroom and are introduced to electronic sources. They discuss terminology for navigating the Internet using the...
Curated OER
Good E-mail Manners
Students discuss online e-mail safety and etiquette rules and how they should apply the same rules in cyberspace as they use when encountering strangers in the face-to-face world. They participate in mock situations and tell what the...
Curated OER
Whistle While You Work
Students participate in methods to become organized and involved in clean-up and set-up of equipment at the beginning and end of each class. After being grouped in teams of colors, students observe their group's duties for the beginning...
Curated OER
The Job for You
Students identify jobs that they would be interested in doing in the future. In this jobs lesson plan, students partner up and ask each other questions about jobs they saw in the book "Paws in Jobland". They each identify jobs they may...
Curated OER
Disaster Strikes
Students investigate disaster response teams. In this safety lesson, students simulate the role of a disaster response team and discuss the factors involved in an effective disaster response. Students use decision-making skills to...
Curated OER
Carbons to Computers
Young scholars collect, organize, and analyze primary and secondary source information that documents a local office. (Students synthesize what they have learned to predict the office's organization and functions in the year 2025.)
Curated OER
Master Artist Internet Research Project: Timeline
Seventh graders find specific information about a topic on the Internet using an outline created by the class prior to the lesson. Using this outline, 7th graders create a chronological timeline of a famous artist's life on MSPublisher.
Curated OER
Addicted to Your E-Mail?
Ninth graders determine how to set up an e-mail account. They send and receive e-mail using the account. They discuss privacy and legal issues associated with e-mail messages.
Curated OER
WHAT MAKES AN EFFECTIVE LESSON
Studnets recognize the elements of Internet-based lessons that make them effective and then create a lesson using the model.
Curated OER
Traffic Watch with a Palm
Students, in groups, interpret data about traffic using Palm technology.
Curated OER
Spin The Bottle
First graders play spin the bottle and when the bottle points to them they are to describe their job at school.
Curated OER
Heavy Equipment
Students study the names of heavy equipment and the order it is used at a construction site. They chose a favorite piece of equipment and discuss their choice.
Curated OER
House Builders
Students name the workers involved in building a house. They label tools used by different workers and the parts of the house that the workers are responsible for.
Curated OER
Maintain Safe Work Environment
Students are introduced to the ways in which they can make their workplace a safer environment. Using an example of an emergency plan, they follow it in chronological order and identify any hazardous materials. They also comply with...
Curated OER
Telling Teachers About Bullying
Students examine what a bully, victim, and ally are. They discuss various methods that can be used to deal with bullying. Students reflect and evaluate on how their behaviors affect others.
Curated OER
Computer Salesmen
Third graders visually list the components of a computer and their functions. They then discuss and show advertisements on television, billboards, internet, and other forms of print.
Curated OER
Take Care of Your Computer Poster and/or Slide Show
Students discuss taking care of technical devices. In groups, students illustrate each point and write a few words about it using KidPix. They print out results and mount on a large poster.
Curated OER
Funny Money
Students are rewarded for attendance. In this school-wide rewards lesson, students earn "dollars" for attendance and being in class on time. Students use those dollars to bid on everyday items of their choice.