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Create a Greener Place- Adventures in Podcasting

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create a podcast. In this environment lesson, students learn what a podcast is and why it is used. Students make a podcast about making the world a greener place.
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An Interview with South Carolina Revolutionary Heroes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create mock interviews with revolutionary heroes. In this U.S. history lesson, students select a U.S. revolutionary war hero or British general, research their biographical information and the battles they participated in,...
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Capturing Bacteria Growth

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students grow bacteria. In this bacteria growth lesson, students allow bacteris to incubate for 2-3 days. The teacher uses a document camera to show how to remove the bacteria from the plate. Students remove a small sample of bacteria...
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Using Photoshop to Create a Travel Brochure

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Students create a travel brochure. In this Social Studies activity, students observe and discuss different travel brochures. Students look on the Internet and find interesting photos for a particular place. Students then insert their...
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Social Issues

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils examine issues that affect Americans every day and create a documentary regarding a selected topic. In small groups they select an issue, conduct Internet research, and create an information sheet. Students write interview...
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Digital Portfolios

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers determine how to use a digital camera, edit the photos using PhotoShop Elements, and how to make a PowerPoint presentation. They use the PowerPoint as a digital portfolio which is an archive of their work. Finally, they...
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Inventive Thinking - Future Inventions

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Pupils create marketing campaigns. In this technology skills lesson, students keep a log as they build prototypes of their inventions. Pupils then script and record video commercials to sell the prototypes.
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Advertising

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students complete a product analysis as a study of advertising. In this advertising lesson, students discuss advertising by putting up 10 product logos with the name of the products taken out. Students see how many products they can...
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Enhancing Friendships Through Photography

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students connect with pen pals through photography. In this digital photography lesson, students create photo booklets to share with pen pals. Students correspond with their pen pals throughout the school year. Students also create...
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Reflective Decoupage

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students decoupage a wooden item with pictures. In this visual arts lesson, students take pictures and use a computer program to print them out. This lesson includes all the steps needed to decoupage. 
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Making Movies to Demonstrate a Process

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students use Windows Movie Maker to complete a how-to description activity. In this how-to and technology lesson, students create a slide show using Windows Movie Maker. Students bring in the materials for the demonstration, draw a...
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Invasion of the Germs: We Fight Back!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students fight off germs. In this technology skills lesson, students create claymation videos with accompanying podcasts that educate others about the H1N1 virus and methods to fight germs.
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Digital Photography for Movie Making

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore digital photography. In this technology skills lesson, 5th graders take digital photographs and use them to create movies with movie maker software.
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Digital Revolution

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students take pictures in the style of Eleanor Antin. in this photography lesson plan, students work in groups to research a revolution and read a piece of literature that corresponds. They create an original image that represents that...
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Weekly Current Events Podcasts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a weekly current event podcast. In this podcast lesson, students find current events for the week and write out a script to explain this event. They add in music and sound effects and record their final product. 
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The Illustrated Bill of Rights

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners shoot Bill of Rights videos. In this Bill of Rights lesson, students film digital segment that illustrate the meaning of the first 10 amendments. Learners integrate the video clips into PowerPoint presentations.
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An Interview With the Past: Ancient Roman and U.S. Government Leaders

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students produce a modern television interview show where they present information about Ancient Rome and its influence on modern governments. In this governments lesson plan, students produce shows in groups.
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There! Their

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this there and their worksheet, students read labels to pictures and play a bingo game. Students read 13 labels and play bingo with many cards.
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Feelings Synonyms Connect Four Game

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this feelings synonyms worksheet, students play a connect four game with synonyms that represent feelings. Students play with 42 feelings cards.
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Math All Around Us!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students find math concepts in every day items. In this math concept lesson, students take ten photographs of things they find interesting. They analyze the photographs to find hidden math concepts such as counting, lines, angles,...
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Cultural Celebrations

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars create a presentation for their assigned country. In this cultural diversity activity, students use a WebQuest to research a country. In groups, they decide upon a way to present the information they have learned. Young...
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Our Town

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover what makes a community run smoothly by reading signs and visiting various places in their community. In this social studies lesson, small groups of students take photographs of community signs and places and then ask...
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What in the World..?!?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students photograph mystery images. In this observation skills lesson, students gather everyday objects and place them under a digital microscope. They magnify the image and take a photograph of it. The image is then displayed on the...
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A Picture is Worth a Million Words

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners practice composing digital photographs by documenting activities in their lives.  In this photography lesson, students utilize digital cameras to create beautiful art from things they find around the campus or at their...