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Computer Pictures
Students manipulate the mouse to draw a picture on a computer program such as Kid Works or ClarisWorks for Kids. Then, using the keyboard, the student type a word to label the picture and type his/her name.
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Geography Fieldwork River Study
Eighth graders collect, record, and analyze data from a local river and input the data into the computer. They collect and record the information, discuss the data collected, and enter the data into a spreadsheet and charts to compare...
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Describing Words Lesson (Lesson 2)
First graders create a computer slide show. They select pictures from the gallery, write descriptive words or phrases about the pictures, and develop a three slide presentation.
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Skills You Need to Succeed
Middle schoolers identify basic skills needed to succeed in the world of work, including communication skills, computation skills, problem solving skills, and interpersonal skills.
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Descriptive Words
Learners use descriptive words in writing. In this descriptive words lesson, students learn to show instead of tell. Learners enter into a discussion of adjectives and adverbs, then add descriptive words to sentences to make vivid word...
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Changing Jobs (Vocabulary in Conversation)
In this interactive vocabulary worksheet, students recognize word meanings. Students complete each of the sentences by choosing the correct word for each of the ten blanks.
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Mystery Words - Part Two - School Terms
Students increase their vocabularies with the mystery words activity. For this vocabulary lesson, students solve the mystery words using clues.
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Question Words
In this ESL worksheet, students focus on words used to create questions. Students complete 19 fill in the blank and short answer questions using words that are commonly put into question form when asking about photographs.
Union County Vocational Technical Schools
Engineering Drawing
Knowing the basics of drafting allows individuals to create drawings that show all the views and measurements necessary to allow others to visualize the original object. Pupils gain experience by drawing three orthographic views of...
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The Need for Programming Languages
LEGO see if you can recreate my design. Individuals build an arrangement from LEGO blocks and write directions for someone else to follow in order to recreate the arrangement. Pairs then swap directions and try to...
Scholastic
Lesson 2: Values and Barriers
Scholars investigate and discuss the importance of values and how they can be used to break barriers. Small groups work collaboratively to examine the text and draw inferences to answer questions. A writing assignment challenges pupils...
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Introduction to Conditional Logic
On one condition ... explore how to use conditionals within conditionals. Scholars apply conditional statements to improve upon the app they built during a previous lesson. They also learn about nested conditionals in the 11th lesson of...
Noyce Foundation
Time to Get Clean
It's assessment time! Determine your young mathematicians' understanding of elapsed time with this brief, five-question quiz.
Shodor Education Foundation
Buffon's Needle
Find the needle on a lined paper. Pupils run a simulation of dropping a needle on a lined paper. The probability of the needle crossing at least one line is pi/2. After each trial, the interactive displays the approximation of pi based...
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Hector's World
Learners discover how they can protect a computer from a virus. In this computer awareness lesson, students discover that strong passwords can protect computer files. Learners watch a video regarding technology in their world...
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Chips, Anyone?
Young scholars identify how computer technology affects their lives, then read a news article about the impact of computer chips implanted under some people's skin. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a...
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Picture Dictionary
Students write and contribute one page for a class picture dictionary. They discuss how to alphabetize words, and examine both regular and picture dictionaries and how they are organized. Next they create a page for the class dictionary...
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The Three Gorges: Should Nature or Technology Reign?
Students participate in a debate regarding the Three Gorges Dam in China. In this research skills lesson, students prepare for a debate regarding the construction of the Three Gorges Dam in China. Students participate in the dam taking...
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Slush Rush
Students navigate software to help students understand the benefits of computer models. In this computer models lesson, students use computer inquiry tools to record simulated events and how they affect objects such as houses or...
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Returns an Refunds
In this online/interactive vocabulary worksheet, students fill in the blanks using the vocabulary words and phrases about returns and refunds to complete conversational sentences. Students write 10 answers and click the Check button to...
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Stress
In this stress instructional activity, students, with a partner, rank fourteen occupations in order of how stressful they can be, explain the underlined words and phrases in seven sentences and start up a conversation with ten key...
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Getting the Message: What Did You Say?
Learners listen to and compare the first sentence of the Gettysburg Address spoken in different languages. They also compare frequency readings for each and discuss how the brain interprets spoken words.
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Why Koala Has A Stumpy Tail
First graders read the story Why Koala Has A Stumpy Tail and complete language arts activities with it. Students have discussions, read, write, spell, and act out the story.
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Straight Talk On Tough Issues
Students engage in a lesson plan that is focused upon the concept of breast cancer and research is conducted using a variety of reference sources. They reflect upon how different people deal with the tragedy of cancer and then students...