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Zany Zoo Adventures
First graders create web pages. They design story books using digital camera pictures. They explore the Lowry Park Zoo web site. They visit Lowry Park Zoo and take pictures of animals.
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Technology as a Tool of Science
Young scholars monitor streams, take stream surveys, collect chemical and macro-invertebrate and stream discharge data. Using a digital camera, students observe the percentage of various types of vegetation on the flood plan, riparian...
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What Is Technology?
Second graders engage in a literature study that is concerned with transmitting new knowledge about modern technology. They identify different forms of technology and how it is used in everyday society. The lesson includes vocabulary...
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Images of Children in Dorothea Lange's Photographs
Pupils look carefully at two photographs by Dorothea Lange for elements of art and narrative content. They use descriptive language when speaking and writing about Lange's photographs of studenT lives.
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Rovers on Mars
Students explore latest Mars rovers - Spirit and Opportunity. They investigate the nature of communications with the Rovers including use of Mars Orbiters as relay stations. They research needs of future missions and design...
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Hermit Crab Races
Students predict the speeds of humans and hermit crabs and investigate their predictions using ratios and formulas. AppleWorks is used for this lesson plan, which includes a data worksheet.
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Pulse Rates
Students answer the question, "How will the intensity of exercise effect your heart rate?", using physical workouts and AppleWorks, or similar spreadsheet program. This lesson can conclude with the creation of a graph of data collected.
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BOUNCING INFORMATION AROUND
Students examine how satellite signals are sent and duplicate it with a mirror, flashlight and black paper.
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The Difference is the Truss
Young scholars use a computer to simulate building and testing bridges with various types of trusses.
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Lenses and Mirrors
Students investigate lenses and mirrors showing how they bend and reflect light waves.
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Dilettante Artists
Students investigate their personal heritage. They research and record iand organize nformation in journal notes. Students create folk art using a variety of techniques and media.
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Rocketry in Motion
Pupils investigate why a balloon flies in one direction as air escapes in the opposite direction, which helps them understand the nature of rockets and fireworks. Individually and in teams, students conduct research to create a timeline...
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Adaptive Reuse
Students identify historic buildings in their community that have been adaptively reused. Through "adopting" a building, they will study how recycling of buildings is an environmentally and economically sound practice for communities.
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Roaming Biomes
Students use the Internet to research the capabilities of earth-observation satellites. Using the information, they write a report on how remote-sensing technology is used to measure the impact of climate change. They identify the...
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Plant Journal
Students measure the daily growth of plants in this technology-based science lesson that uses Timeliner to record student data. The lesson allows students practice at basic computer skills (typing/data entry).
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Solar System
Students create and present PowerPoint presentations on certain aspects of our Solar System. The Nettrekker search engine is used for researching the information. Students can then add music and graphics to enhance their presentations.
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Heat Currents
Pupils using a slide made out of aluminum foil and pin holes observe visible light.
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Ethnographic Film: Representations of the Other in Media
Students examine how film represents different cultures. They think critically about these representations and how they affect people who are watching them.
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Video Recruiting
Students develop a recruiting video using technology to attract students to take JROTC as a class. Students video tape various ROTC activities throughout the year and select those required for the video.
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Lesson 9-Our Local Community
Second graders brainstorm and create a list of important features/characteristics that they would want to include in a community setting. They include physical features, economic activities, kinds of housing, etc. This lesson is a...
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Humpty Dumpty Webquest
Young scholars explore and dramatize the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty." They explore a variety of nursery rhyme websites, and listen to, dramatize, and recite Humpty Dumpty. Students also answer comprehension questions and sequence the...
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Watch the Sky
Learners describe the atmosphere, weather conditions, and climates. They describe seasonal changes in weather, the composition and characteristics of the atmosphere. Students describe patterns of changing weather and how they are...
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Social Networking in Today’s World
Learners explore social networking in today's world. For this ESL lesson, students discuss the various methods of social networking then complete a vocabulary assignment and brainstorming activity to reinforce the topic.