Young scholars take ditigal pictures of any subject. Using Photoshop Elements, students organize and save their pictures. They edit the pictures using a Paint Dabs filter. Young scholars discuss their photographs and how photography...

Students practice using words to describe photographs they have taken.  In this descriptive writing activity, students utilize a disposable or digital camera to take 5 pictures of their life after school.  Students create...

Students compile image information about the Junior High School using a digital camera. They survey the area making observations and recording them with the help of portable technology and transferring the data to a spreadsheet and...

Students connect with an immigration unit through research, journal writing, digital photography, and a movie production using iMovie. By acting out the immigrant's experience, students gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of...

High schoolers research their community history and choose on aspect to create an iMovie on. They use digital photographs and old images of community place that show how they have changed.

Eighth graders complete an American slideshow. In this American culture lesson, 8th graders take digital photographs of things they believe contribute to American culture. They create a slideshow showing these photographs.

Learners practice composing digital photographs by documenting activities in their lives.  In this photography lesson, students utilize digital cameras to create beautiful art from things they find around the campus or at their...

Third graders visit their local historic buildings. In this local history lesson, 3rd graders take a trip to their local Heritage Museum and visit a historic building. While on the trip students take pictures. Students then create a...

Twelfth graders create a billboard design (on the computer) to promote and increase awareness of a social problem. Students conduct research of public service issues that are of interest to them. They collect photos and images through...

Twelfth graders use computers and the Internet to research a specified area, word processors to prepare an essay, a digital camera, a video camera gather visuals, and a scanner to add visuals to a PowerPoint presentation as they discover...

Students share information about themselves and their surrounding area through postcards, quilt squares, and recipes. Students use a digital camera to take pictures of their community and create postcards using desktop publishing. They...

Students compare and contrast cities whether they are large or small, rural or urban. They use digital photography to take pictures of the different types of cities.

Fourth graders investigate acrostic poetry by researching the Internet.  In this poetry writing lesson, 4th graders complete a worksheet detailing their personal activities and interests.  Students view the form of an acrostic...

Students explore key concepts/facts in 20th Century history, develop interview questions, and produce master list of questions that can be used in project. Students then interview grandparent, great-grandparent, or other elder about...

Create a digital movie documenting research about an American President. Using internet sources, students with special needs gather information about their chosen president. Working in groups, they use this information to create a...

Students create a multimedia project to represent their own culture and personal identity. They design a personal Coat of Arms using a computer graphics program and digital camera, write a script and film an interview, and contribute a...

Discover journalistic techniques by having learners prepare and write their own class newspaper. They discuss the five W's of investigative journalism and conduct interviews with school figures. They utilize video technology, podcast...

Students compare their community and region with other communities around the world. In small groups they complete a questionnaire about life in their community and correspond with e-pals, take digital pictures, conduct research on...

Students use digital cameras to record their second grade buddies performance of reading their famous American biographies. They retrieve digital pictures and insert them into the biography of their famous American. They print the...

Practice creating digital presentations based around Greek Mythology. Your class will create digital books dedicated to individual Greek Gods.  They will utilize their photography skills and multimedia labs to create a digital...

Students explore homes as shelters while they built writing and technology skills. In this homes of yesterday and today lesson, students produce books using digital photography. Students develop vocabulary while researching how homes are...

Students participate in a class that is designed for those who have physical and mental disabilities. They take part in class activities and field trips planned around the development of skills for activities of daily living. The teacher...

Fabulous! Your 5th graders should love this project. As an ongoing instructional activity throughout the year students use temperature probes to record outside temperature and then document their data using spreadsheets. They use their...

Fifth graders answer questions such as: Where does my family come from? What was it like for my ancestors to grow up as America developed? What differences in society were present then? What was similar to today? students conduct...