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Lights, Camera, Action!

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students add various types of multimedia to a website they have created about volcanoes. They review what would best enhance their website and determine what the value and cost be in adding that particular piece of multimedia.
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Multimedia Stained Glass Window Design

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students construct and display a stained glass gothic window box made from cardboard boxes, color tissue or colored plastic sheets of mylar, and glue.
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A Look At Charlotte's Web

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders investigate the social structure of VIctorian England. They research especially the lives of Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre. Students create an essay and oral presentation using technology. Then they use the internet to...
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Digital Fashion Show

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students research the dress of the 40's/50's in Harlem and create a multimedia presentation of at least 15 slides. They present a Fashion Show for the class.
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Tourism Potential in Different Locations

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students research an underdeveloped area and discuss ways that tourism could be promoted in that area. They work collaboratively to create a proposal for the rest of their group to encourage an investment in their selected region. They...
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All About My School

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students construct a website with several links to pages they create. The site weaves logo titles, photos, animation, and textured backgrounds created and edited in PhotoShop into pages created using Dreamweaver software. The project...
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Tessellations

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use pattern blocks to create tessellations. In this tessellations lesson, 4th graders create tessellations from a tessellation web page and define a tessellation. Students find examples of tessellations in their world....
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Oil Market Basics

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the global oil market through a web-quest. In this oil market lesson, students conduct a web-quest to gather information related to the global oil market then design and make a mural.
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Canadian Olympic Fashion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students construct a timeline for a Canadian Olympic sport and design a uniform for a Canadian Olympic teamIn groups, they must implement Canadian Olympic tradition and identity, and its functional characteristics into their uniform design.
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Engineering

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners examine how Shell uses engineering.  In this engineering principles lesson plan students visit a web-pages, answer questions, and examine the ways that engineers go about exploring different ideas. 
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Marine Protected Areas

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners design a research project about a Marine Protected Area they chose. In this marine biology lesson, students gather fish count and catch data then graph them. They create an information poster about their findings.
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Quests for Better Health

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the Internet to investigate a health quest that is assigned to them.  In this investigative lesson students research insights about the human body, evaluate and apply the information to create a chart, puzzle or design...
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The Dynamic Earth

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use the Internet to investigate earthquakes and plate tectonics. In this plate tectonics lesson plan, students complete a web quest with multiple links and activity types relating to earthquakes and volcanoes. They connect the...
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Rainforest Biome

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students view a video, listen to the Great Kapok Tree and navigate the way to find information of Rainforests.  In this biome lesson, students design models of the layers of the rainforest. 
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"Three Cool Kids"

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss literary elements: characters, setting, problem and solution, after reading Three Cool Kids by Rebecca Emberley. The teacher records what students say using Inspiration, making a web that shows the different...
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Lunar Field Trip

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students take a virtual tour on Google Moon of what human life would be like on the moon. In this moon lesson plan, students also compose web diagrams, make charts, make a time line, investigate problems, and more.
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HTML project--A Walk in the Park

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars make a web page which includes a table. They download text from the Internet, create a table, insert and adjust the size of images, establish hyperlinks, create an email link and add background and text attributes.
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Learning about Interest Group Politics

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students identify and interpret major interest groups and think tanks of the government. Students evaluate, record, and discuss the viewpoints of guests on the News Hour. Students select several Web-based transcripts of interviews,...
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Caution: Slippery When Wet....Not!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students and manipulate data from Internet sites to design a downhill ski course that meets the International Federation of Skiing's requirements for a safe and fair competition.
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Comparing Creation Stories

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students compare and contrast creation stories in different cultures. They write a creative story and design a visual aid showing what their new civilization would look like.
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Seashells of Galveston, Texas

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students take a trip to Galveston's beaches. They collect empty shells, and visit the internet site to identify the seashells they find. Students visit the linked websites to view pictures of seashells and aid in their identification....
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Conserve and Recycle: I Do My Part!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students focus on ways that they can recycle and conserve resources. They watch a web-based video at a subscription website before designing PowerPoint presentation that shows three ways to conserve and recycle in their lives. They...
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Animal Masks

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners design and make animal masks. In this research and application lesson, students use a computer to research what a panther eats, select an animal mask they want to make and then use the materials provided to create their...
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Discovering My Family History

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research their family trees. They research Internet sites, conduct interviews and, when possible, access primary sources to compile information about their family's history. Students present their findings in a family tree.