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Geometric Shapes at the OK Corral
Students explore geometric shapes. In this math lesson plan, students identify geometric and non-geometric shapes using the computer. Students research geometric shapes in art and architecture.
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Geometric Shapes at the OK Corral
Students explore regular geometric shapes. In this shapes lesson, students investigate geometric shapes in the world around them. Students differentiate between regular and irregular shapes.
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Tekkie Time
Students identify, review and use computer technology by reviewing pictures of CPUs, keyboards, mice, disk drives, etc.
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Tekki Pup
First graders learn basic computer terminology by viewing and participating in a PowerPoint presentation.
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Magnificent Magnification!
Students magnify their digital artwork to develop their motor skills with a mouse. Using the artwork, they discover how to look at it from different perspectives. They answer discussion questions as they complete the activity.
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Graphing Data on Ellis Island
Third graders use data to make a bar graph. In this graphing and social studies lesson, 3rd graders use data about where Ellis Island immigrants came from to complete a bar graph on Microsoft Excel.
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Technology Makes It Easier
Students identify different technological devices that make their lives and jobs easier. Instructors demonstrate how to use various devices and allow students to practice using them. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.
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Essay Exchange Unit: Rough Drafts
Students submit rough drafts of position papers and post them on computer networks for review.
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Technology: Locating Home on the Internet
Second graders use Yahoo to locate their home locations on maps. They discover the diatances from their homes to school to determine who lives the closest. They experience the Internet as a source for information.
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What Time is It?
Students explore time by completing worksheets. In this time-telling lesson plan, students utilize images of clocks and determine what time they read. Students answer more clock questions with a Smart Board and complete a clock worksheet...
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Individualizing
Students practice reading maps as they plan a day trip. Using the internet, they select a destination of their choice and choose a place to stop along their journey. They write an explanation on why they want to visit the place to end...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Cows Can’t Fly
Students explore language arts by reading a story book in class. In this tier two vocabulary lesson, students read the book Cows Can't Fly and identify the use of certain vocabulary terms. Students define the selected words and utilize...
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Pets & Possessions
Language learners engage in a series of games and activities using pet vocabulary and the verb "have" to show possession or ownership.
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How to Write a Concrete or “Shape” Poem
Writers compose an original shape poem. Scholars choose a subject to write about and create a visual representation by forming a corresponding picture using the poem's words.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Debt and Wars
Take a functional approach to the national debt. Learners collect information about the national debt by decade and plot the data. They determine whether an exponential curve is a good fit for the data by comparing the percent changes...
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Family Culture:
Learners tell about their family heritage by writing a story and illustrating it with a picture of a family item.
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On the Other Hand
In this personal characteristics activity, students, with a partner, discuss the unusual characteristics that four famous people have in common and start a conversation with seven main questions about left-handed people.
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Bar Codes
Middle schoolers identify five good qualities of a friend, four helping activities and carry out an activity to help a friend.
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Aquatic Life
Sixth graders work in pairs to research information related to aquatic life using references from the World Wide Web. They present their findings in the form of an oral presentation to the class.
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I Wonder What That Thing Is On My Manduca
Students use the internet to gather more information on the anatomy of the Manduca. They make predictions of what the insect will look like when it hatches and complete a crossword puzzle to practice their vocabulary. They continue to...
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Digital Kids Club-Painted Faces
Students use technology to blend a photo of something they like with a picture of their face. Students work with layers, saturation, selecting tools, filters, and affects. Students use Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 in order to create...
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Plants, Ecology, Seed Planting
First graders use senses to examine objective or events, then gather and interpret data with instruments. They design invention to support or refute hypothesis, then generate, record, and organize data. They improve environmental...
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Parts of a Spreadsheet
Students create their own spreadsheet. They identify the different parts that make up a spreadsheet and organize their data. They practice using functions and formats.
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A Day in the Life
Young scholars create a movie or slide show depicting a typical day at school through the eyes of a student. Students will use knowledge and experience to tell about events. Young scholars will use multimedia to tell about events.