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Beginning Sounds-What sound does each picture begin with?

For Teachers K
Students view a multimedia presentation to identify beginning sounds.  In this phonics lesson, students recognize beginning sounds.  Students navigate a website for addition phonics sounds.
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Making Handbound Books

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners make handbound books. In this book making lesson, students make handbound books by following the 7 steps. Learners may use the books for a variety of subjects.
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Life Map

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compose plans for their futures.  In this writing lesson, students create life maps of past events and predict future events.  They brainstorm events of their lives and decide which ones are most pertinent to the...
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Plot and Conflict

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students review the literary elements of plot and conflict. In this plot and conflict instructional activity, students read a story and answer questions about the plot and conflict within. Students create a concept map for the novel to...
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Enhancing Social Skills and Vocabulary through Photography

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners in a special education classroom identify pictures of various living things. In groups, they role-play different roles to help them with their social and communication skills. To end the instructional activity, they take...
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The Shape of Disaster - Current Event- Swine Flu/Hurricanes/Tornadoes/Wild Fire

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars create a disaster preparation book. In this disaster preparation lesson, students research disasters and use the kidspiration program to create a shape to represent each disaster. They create a page for each disaster.
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The World Without Nouns

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study nouns. In this nouns lesson, students take pictures of themselves doing an activity. Students use Adobe Photoshop to color a major noun in the picture. Students use Keynote or PowerPoint to create a slideshow with the...
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Revolutionary Idea

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils take a field trip to watch a reenactment of the Revolutionary War. In groups, they participate in the same daily chores as the soldiers and examine the contributions of the colonies. To end the lesson, they eat a typical colonial...
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Who is Robert M. Glass? - Black History Month

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Pupils research the role of African Americans during the each of the United States' wars. In this African American history lesson, students research information and statistics about the role of African Americans in the following wars:...
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Our Monster Travels...

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students write emails to their parents and locate specific places on a map. In this email lesson, students email their parents from the teacher's account and map locations of their parents.
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News Broadcasts

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students create a news broadcast after studying example broadcasts about disaster relief organizations. In this broadcast news lesson, students research disaster relief organizations and then write a news broadcast related to a disaster....
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Lights, Camera, Action!

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students participate in an alternative reading assessment using a video camera and script. In this alternative reading lesson, students work as a group to perform their reading story. students memorize their lines and film their play.
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Literature is Alive and Everywhere

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss things that are valuable and things that are beautiful.  In this ode instructional activity, students look for something beautiful that inspires them and take a picture of it. Students write an ode to one of the...
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Techno Movie

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore storytelling by using video editing software. In this movie making activity, students identify the uses of PowerPoint and create a story using a digital camera which takes stills or video. Students combine this footage...
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Rock Creek Water Quality

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders test water in a local creek using chemical kits and probes. They take GPS readings and digital photographs. They calculate the Water Quality Index and create a spreadsheet.
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Instruments From Around the World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
How much does the environment affect how and what man creates? Children explore the effect of the environment on primitive man as they research raw materials from a specific location. They use their findings to write a short essay about...