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Ocean Commotion Activity - Dioramas
Groups make a model of an Ocean Commotion exhibit based on what they saw during the fieldtrip. These dioramas can be used as an informal assessment of student knowledge acquired at Ocean Commotion.
Statistics Education Web
Did I Trap the Median?
One of the key questions in statistics is whether the results are good enough. Use an activity to help pupils understand the importance of sample size and the effect it has on variability. Groups collect their own sample data and compare...
Kenan Fellows
Using Motion Sensors to Explore Graph Sketching
Get moving to a better understanding of graphs of derivatives. Using motion sensors, scholars vary their velocities to create graphs of the first derivative of a function. The activity challenges groups to first create a script of the...
Nemours KidsHealth
Skin Cancer: Grades 6-8
Do we really need sunscreen? What are the risks of tanning? Learners explore these questions through a series of informational texts and engaging, hands-on activities.
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Back To School Night iMovie
Learners work collaboratively to take and download digital images, use iMovie software, and create an iMovie to show at a Back To School Night event. They discuss how to organize the information into a clear and cohesive movie. Then,...
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Making Words
Young writers identify and generate words using the strategies of phonics on the Making Words computer program. Words are typed instead of having to use tiles or paper. Extension activities such as playing the memory game, drawing...
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Reviving the Renaissance
Bring the Internet and the Renaissance together in this presentation assignment. Middle schoolers give a presentation on the Renaissance, using computers to both research and create the slides. The lesson includes a short assessment as...
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PALM TREES Technology :Literacy Challenge Project
Do you have a class set PDAs? Seventh graders use the Note Pad function on their PDAs to brainstorm writing prompts. After three minutes of listing their favorite foods, class members use the Note Pad Eraser to reduce their list to the...
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Chemical Reactions and Balancing Equations
Students perform various laboratory activities involving chemical reactions. They write balanced chemical equations for all reactions observed using computer software.
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Community
Students use computer software to make a postcard. In this community resource lesson, students make a postcard for a place in their community using multimedia software on the computer. Students write a few sentences describing the place...
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Students Get Animated: Make Existing Lessons Move and Motivate Students
Students study the chemical elements in a computer generated cartoon format. In this computer animation and chemistry lesson plan, students learn how to animate using computer programs. Students use animation to learn about the Periodic...
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Reflecting On The Past, Looking Towaards The Future
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the formation of a multimedia presentation to create a documentary of a middle school. They take photographs with a digital camera and use computer software to create a school project.
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Survey Says...
Students practice taking surveys to answer different questions about radio. In this communications lesson, students brainstorm to create questions they can ask strangers about how often they listen to their radio. Students...
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Vocabulary Puzzle
Pupils create vocabulary puzzles using the computer. In this vocabulary puzzle lesson plan, students create vocabulary puzzles using computer software. Pupils include synonyms of the words and illustrations. Students trade the finished...
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Quadratic Equations with the CBL 2
Learners practice generating parabolas with a motion sensor while determining the vertex form of the equation. They compare it to the regression equation from the calculator onto a data mate software. Each student completes several...
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Computer Lab
Students engage in a variety of activities that are conducted with a computer lab or can be modified to accommodate a smaller group. They are encouraged to take personal pride in all the work they do. The lesson is meant to be a guide...
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Want to Drag?!
Students use the Metric system and engineering software to design a scale model car. In this scale model car making lesson, students design a scale model car using computer software, the Metric system, and properties of aerodynamics....
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Travel By Design Brochure Creation
Twelfth graders create a travel brochure using computer software and the Internet. In this foreign country lesson plan, 12th graders create a travel brochure as a marketing tool in order to attract potential clients and guests to...
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A Year in Arizona
Fourth graders create a calendar about their state. In this state calendar lesson, 4th graders select a state theme and create a calendar based on that theme. Students write paragraphs for each month related to the theme and design the...
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The Cost of "Free"
Explore the trade-offs of using a free app. The fourth installment of a 12-part unit helps young consumers discover the cost of receiving a free service. They learn how these apps make use of their access to data.
Beauty and Joy of Computing
Three Key List Operations
Develop an understanding of the Map, Keep, and Combine operations. The lab leads the class through the exploration of three list operations. Each task contains a self-check to measure scholars' understanding of the operation in the...
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Societal Issues Super Ethics
In this technology worksheet, students find the answers to dealing with the two scenarios that focus upon the practical use of computer ethics.
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Getting Started With Java-Background
Students study the history of computers including hardware and software, binary representation of data and examine the beginnings of programming languages. They investigate the development of software and the fundamentals of...
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MathKeys Software "Unlocking Whole Numbers, Vol 2 (Rolling the Highest Number)"
Third graders arrange four numbers in order to make the highest number possible. In this place value lesson plan, 3rd graders practice working with four digit numbers on the computer and with base ten blocks.