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Environmental Issues in Multimedia Presentation

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate a community environmental issue. They document it using traditional scientific methods, digital photography, and videotaping. After collecting data, they graph the results. Students present their findings in a...
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My Sierra County

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate the special landmarks of their county. In this geography lesson, students view a Powerpoint presentation about counties. Students create a Powerpoint presentation of their own county and use a digital camera to take...
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Capturing Light: The Science of Photography

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore light, and how it travels in straight path, recognize that light-sensitive chemical processes can be used to create images using light as catalyst, discover that light can be refracted by convex lens to focus camera,...
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Patterns & Balance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast the difference in the two sets of images and discuss the visual interest in the first set and the different visual interest created in the second set of prints.
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Life in Pictures

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners share opinions about the typical images that represent life in New York City. They create their own scavenger hunts to find images that represent the intrinsic character of their respective communities.
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Video Biographies

For Teachers 5th - 12th Standards
Who was Alexander The Great? How did Abraham Lincoln’s early life influence his political life? Learners select a historical figure to use for video biography. After developing research questions and collecting information, pupils search...
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Literacy Through Photography

For Teachers K - 5th
Students practice using words to describe photographs they have taken.  In this descriptive writing lesson, students utilize a disposable or digital camera to take 5 pictures of their life after school.  Students create slides...
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Exploring Symmetry

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use a software program to create artwork and to manipulate images to study mirror and rotational symmetry. They take pictures of items in their environment in which they identify symmetry.
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Subway Drawings & Semiotics

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students examine Keith Haring's subway art. Public art vs. graffiti is discussed and students create images that convey self-expression. They chose and load images onto Adobe Photoshop thereby investigating the photoshop program.
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Clay Portrait Project

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss facial proportions and mix colors similar to flesh tones. In this art lesson, students draw and paint a portrait and then translate this image into a 3D form using clay.
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Technology as a Design Tool for self-portraits

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students create self-portraits using the technology of digital cameras mixed with other media. Adobe Photoshop is a requirement for this specific three week project. State standards for the arts are addressed.
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Technology as a Design Tool for Abstract Artwork

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars manipulate pictures using Adobe Photoshop and digital cameras to produce unique abstract works. This lesson can be modified to include a painting/mixed media element. State standards are addressed in this lesson.
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This is A Day in My Life: A Photo Essay

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Studenty create a photo essay of a day in their lives. In this photographic story lesson, learners take pictures throughout their day and use the images to tell a story.  Students create an album with an online account. 
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Creating an Animated Film

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop an understanding of the animation process by working collaboratively to create an animated film. This lesson suggests using digital cameras, iMovie, Photoshop, and GarageBand.
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Wrapping Up the School Year

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a variety of writing and yearbook activities to complete the school year. They write a letter to the student that will sit in their desk the next school year, and a letter to their next year's teacher. As a culminating...
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Home Sweet Home

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students enjoy investigating and becoming aware of the habitats around them. They record their observations in scientific journals. Data collection can take the form of a simple drawing or taking digital photos or videos in the habitats...
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Oh! The Places I CAN See!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore landmarks around the world. In this world geography and technology activity, students view world landmarks using a webcam. Students take a virtual field trip during which they zoom in and manipulate three dimensional...
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Tools of the Trade

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars investigate different jobs that require specific tools.  In this occupational lesson plan, students describe a tool one of their family members uses for their job and why it is necessary to have.  Young scholars...
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Monkey Puzzle

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders analyze the life and work of Keith Haring. In this art criticism lesson, 3rd graders view images of his artwork, produce an anthology of his life's work and discuss his achievements. Students will recreate some of his work...
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Demonstration Speech: How to Prepare to Give a Demonstration

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Your class can practice public speaking by demonstrating an original recipe or how-to project. They must include images and speak for at least five to ten minutes. This is a very well outlined lesson that will be comprehensive for you...
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EngageNY

Systems of Equations Leading to Pythagorean Triples

For Teachers 8th Standards
Find Pythagorean Triples like the ancient Babylonians. The resource presents the concept of Pythagorean Triples. It provides the system of equations the Babylonians used to calculate Pythagorean Triples more than 4,000 years ago. Pupils...
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Briscoe Center for American History

Identifying Primary Source Documents

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Who is Mary Maverick and why is she important? the focus of this, the second in a series of five lessons that are designed to introduce middle schoolers to how historians use primary source documents to understand the past, is on...
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9/11 Memorial & Museum

The Destruction and Rebuilding of the World Trade Center

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How did an investigation into the causes of the collapse of the Twin Towers, as a result of the 9/11 attacks, inform the construction of the new 1 World Trade Center? That is the central question of a resource that asks class members...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History

A Lifetime of Responsibilities: Child Labor in Alabama

For Teachers 6th - 11th Standards
Imagine children working long hours in factories, coal mines, and in the fields. Class members examine a series of pictures and read about early attempts to regulate child labor and current child labor laws.

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