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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Movie Madness

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
This language arts projects motivates students through being a movie-based project. This instructional activity will have a duration of five days. The students will view a movie of their choice and analyze the movie to complete a chart...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Spine Labels

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is a first or second grade library skills unit, conducted by the librarian with help from the art, computer, and homeroom teachers. Students will create: their own book cover and title page containing title, author & slideshow...
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University of Washington

Iris: Noaa Images: Erosional Landforms

For Students 9th - 10th
Examples, with images, of different types of landforms created by water and wind erosion.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Chestnut Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
This annotated slideshow adapted from KET's Electronic Field Trip to the Forest illustrates how blight decimated the American chestnut tree and the methods scientists use to identify and pollinate the remaining trees to create...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Water Recycling

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS and the Online NewsHour have created this multimedia website about water recycling. You can see how this process is different than other waste water treatments by reading interviews, watching a slideshow or investigating a map of...
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheets: M1:l3: Operating System and Spreadsheet Applications Screen

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 1 Lesson 3 of this course on spreadsheets, students begin learning how to use Microsoft Excel to create spreadsheets. Slideshows walk them through how to navigate the menus and tools of Excel.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Pickle Ball

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan where students first learn about pickle-ball through a provided slideshow presentation. Next, students create a newsletter about the sport. Meanwhile, students will learn how to play pickle-ball and end with a singles and...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Keeping Games Fun and Friendly

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Social interaction is part of what makes online gaming so popular and engaging for kids. But online communication can come with some risks. This lesson helps students understand how to keep their gaming experiences fun, healthy, and...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: United States Virtual Tour Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Groups/pairs of students will create a short digital slide presentation and travel brochure on one of the 50 U.S. states. They will do research in encyclopedias/atlases and on the Internet to include information on geography, official...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Grammar and Literature Through Digital Storytelling

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this lesson students create digital stories in cooperative groups using multimedia tools to demonstrate comprehension of the elements of grammar, literature, and technology introduced in the lesson. Students become actively involved...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Tour of South America

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Familiarize your learners with South America by having them create a slideshow of a "Tour of South America" that focuses on its culture, geography, and history. This will help the students learn more about South America's people and places.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Memory Preservation One Relative at a Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
After organizing and conducting an interview of a grandparent/senior citizen, middle schoolers create a slideshow presentation using the information and memorabilia collected at the interview.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Weapons of World War I

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The students will use the Internet and the school's media center to discover the weapons of World War I. They will compare and contrast the weapons used during that time period with the weapons that are used in warfare today. At the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Who's Who on Olympus and Why Should I Care?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
References to mythology extend far beyond the basic exploration of a genre. This unit will serve as an exploration of the creation myth across cultures, an introduction to the major Greek gods and goddesses, and an opportunity to link...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Big Dropper the Life Cycle of a Raindrop

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will research the Internet, Alabama Virtual Library, online and printed encyclopedias, and other reference material to gather information on the water cycle. Students will then use the gathered data to create a slideshow...