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Invention Convention Podcast

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners create Podcasts about individual inventions using GarageBand to record, edit, mix, and publish their work. The culminating Podcasts can then be downloaded to the school website via iTunes.
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Break Down

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders apply their understanding of the elements of plot structure and conflict to cooperatively create storyboards and speak effectively as they present their products. They create storyboards for some of the classic Disney...
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Multi Media "self" Presentation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars create a three-five minute presentation that visually illustrates major aspects of the their lives. Using Movie Works software as a base, they integrate video, photography, artwork, graphic elements, and sound to produce...
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The Oceans Below

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars investigate the geological characteristics of the ocean environment and create a labeled drawing of the ocean floor's geography. Students view videos and conduct Internet research about the ocean's floor and then create...
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Unleash your digital natives

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students create a multimedia presentation. In this multimedia lesson plan, students use sound and visual images to compliment the sound for their multimedia presentation in the subjects of science or humanities.
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From Peanuts To Peanut Butter

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to the accomplishments of scientist and inventor George Washington Carver. They get to experience a variety of products created from peanuts and make a collage of the way we use peanuts today.
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Ad Targeting and Techniques

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore advertising techniques. For this advertising lesson, students discuss what a target audience is. They brainstorm what products might be targeted toward them and other target audiences such as their parents. Students also...
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The American Dream

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars define the American dream. In this primary research lesson, students search the Library of Congress digital collections for primary sources regarding the ideal of the American dream.  Young scholars create...
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Animal skeletal design-reduction relief prints

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders compare and contrast various forms of artistic expression associated with specific groups of people, geographic regions, or time periods, specifically, art of Australia, and create art works using procedures borrowed from...
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Movie Project: "Living History...Saul, The King of Israel"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a movie about King Saul. They are evenly split into "production groups" composed of 5-6 students.
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Scale Me Down

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create scale drawings, and ultimately scale models, of real-world objects in this Math lesson about ratios, proportion, scaling factors, and cross products. The lesson includes ideas for cross-curricular extensions and is...
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Day of the Dead

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the Mexican celebration of Day of the Dead. They view a video and research questions on the Internet. They synthesize the information from the websites and the topic for their RAFT writing assignment. They write their...
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Talk the Talk

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students interactively learn multimedia terminology while using the Alice Programming.  In this multimedia lesson students become the director of a movie or video game. 
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Igniting Chemistry in Fireworks

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students watch a video segment and read text about the color of fireworks. Students watch a video segment and do an interactive activity on the mechanics of a firework.
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Igniting Chemistry in Fireworks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch a video segment and read text about the color of fireworks. Students watch a video segment and do an interactive activity on the mechanics of a firework.
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Igniting Chemistry in Fireworks

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students watch a video segment and read text about the color of fireworks. Students watch a video segment and do an interactive activity on the mechanics of a firework.
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Magnificent Mythology

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research Greek mythology and explore mythological references. In this Greek mythology instructional activity, 6th graders view a PowerPoint about Greek mythology and read myths and their characteristics. Students discuss...
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Running Water

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create products that feature the importance of water conservation. In this environmental stewardship lesson, 6th graders explore the water cycle and conduct on water usage. Students also research water pollution and...
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Classmate Pictograph

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Pupils create pictographs using their classmates in this technology-based lesson. The lesson uses Inspiration, or Kidspiration, digital cameras, and a downloadable pictograph template.
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Texas Native Americans

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research the Native Americans of Texas using the Internet. They create a Power Point presentation over the four Indian tribes of Texas - Caddo, Jumano, Karankawa, Apache.
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Transportation

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners learn all about how people and products get from place to place.
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Mardi Gras Quilt

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of Mardi Gras and how it is celebrated in Louisiana. They use technology in order to create interest in the form of a video. Students create a quilt template using the internet to copy and paste images.
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2, 4, 6, 8 . . .What Do We Appreciate-Patterns, Patterns, Patterns

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover and predict patterns in a numerical sequence. Through the Internet and video segments, students begin with basic number patterns and extend their knowledge into higher math skills. They will also create new patterns...
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How'd They Do That?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students research the movie production occupation and careers in the industry. In this movie careers and effects instructional activity, students watch a video about special effects used in movies and scale. Students draw a building to a...