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Self-Portraits

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use a software drawing program to produce self portraits. They draw using the available tools and matching their features such as eye color and shape. They print the portraits for a classroom display.
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Water Conservation

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students create short videos about water conservation using the computer program iMovie in this cross-curricular lesson provided by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology.
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Triangle Explorer

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students compute the area of triangles in a computer program. In this measurement lesson plan, students complete 5 easy, 5 medium, and 5 hard problems.
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Big Green Monster

For Teachers K
Students listen for the purpose of following directions and use the strategy of drawing to comprehend a story read aloud.
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Triangle Explorer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students calculate the area of triangles using a variety of materials including computer applets.
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Wonderful World of Dinosaurs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders obtain information about the characteristics of diet, locomotion, behavior, habitat, and anatomy of five dinosaurs by observing the Wonderful World of Dinosaurs HyperStudio presentation. They complete a student worksheet.
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Symmetrical Shapes

For Teachers K
Students find symmertical shapes around their school. In this symmetry lesson, students create symmetrical shapes. Students print symmetrical shapes from Kidworks Deluxe and take pictures of objects around their school that are symmetrical.
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Teach Inventions with PowerPoint

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students research famous inventors and what they invented. In this technology instructional activity, students gather facts about a specific invention and create a PowerPoint slideshow about it. Students practice adding in animation and...
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Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars watch streaming video, Holiday Facts and Fun: Thanksgiving, define and discuss acrostic poetry, complete circle map using words associated with Thanksgiving, and create acrostic Thanksgiving poems to be typed in Microsoft...
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Kids Negotiating the Electronic Superhighway-Self Care & Repetition Injuries

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers arrange, recognize and illustrate the connection of body movements to technology to injury. Students explore their findings to examine the statistics to their own personal lives. Middle schoolers focus on a variety of...
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Why Does It Rain?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the water cycle. They observe a demonstration of the water cycle involving ice, water, bowls, and steam, explore various websites, and listen to the book, "The Magic School Bus: Wet All Over: A Book About the Water...
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Severe Weather Action Plan

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students obtain and review copies of school's severe weather action plan (if one exists) and discuss how plan can be used in an actual severe weather emergency; if no plan exists, students develop, write, edit, and present one to school...
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Global Weather and the Greenhouse Effect

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss how local weather patterns effect or relate to global weather and environmental changes, explore connected nature of our planet, and examine global weather patterns, their changes, and their possible connection to global...
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Geography Puzzles

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students study the continents of the world. In this Internet geography lesson, students connect to online mapping games. Students collaborate in order to develop their understanding of world geography, including countries and capital...
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CLIMATE AND WEATHER UNIT

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars locate on-line weather source, gathers and interprets weather data, work collaboratively on-line with other schools to collect weather data, and write about the cause of temperature inconsistencies in various locations.
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Visit My Class Wikis

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students visit the links on the blog site to learn about class wikis. In this technology integration lesson, students visit the links to view class wikis.
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Internet Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers K
Students practice colors. In this color instructional activity, students read several books that review the names of colors. They go on the computer to do an Internet scavenger hunt where they identify the colors of the online...
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Famous Women Trading Cards

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders research the accomplishments of famous or important women in history. They write 5-7 research questions. Using information from the research, they design trading cards that highlight the accomplishments of the women they...
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Career Awareness on the Internet / Inspiration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students choose an employment opportunity from a list of jobs. Next, students research their job and an employment application form on the Internet. With partners, students create journals describing the job qualifications, salaries, and...
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Months of the Year In Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students type Haiku poetry using AppleWorks, including special holidays or events and famous Americans for the month about which they choose to write.
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E-mail-based Lessons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice using computers. They use the Internet to practice surfing the web and finding information. They also practice writing emails and journal entries.
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Comparing Fractions

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students use the assistance of computers to explore reducing fractions. Using various internet activities, students experience comparing and ordering fractions. They develop methods to estimate the value of fractions.
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Pronoun Party

For Students 5th - 7th
In this parts of speech worksheet, students replace the nouns in 10 sentences with the appropriate pronouns from the word bank. Students also write 2 original sentences using pronouns appropriately.
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Perimeter

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars use their hands, feet, computer, and rulers to measure the perimeter of objects. For this measurement lesson plan, students measure objects around the room and computer generated shapes.