Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Famous First Graders!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students assume a variety of roles as they explore the nature of fame and practice interviewing skills. The sharing of information about themselves and the gathering of data about others forms the focus of this lesson.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

People at Work

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a work of art and write a story about "Man with a Hoe Five Years Later." students also photograph their hands with a tool and write about what wonderful tools hands are.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Zooming In!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students observe an area of the schoolground, choosing a particular viewpoint or line of vision. At various times, students take photographs and videos of the observed area. Students write a news article based upon their observations.
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Curated OER

Third from the Sun

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students examine images from space.  In this third from the Sun lesson, students examine images from, Landsat, the satellite launched by NASA in 1972.   
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lithography Techniques/Making a Printed Circuit Board

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create an electronic schematic on their PCB. In this physics lesson, students solder and assemble electronic components. They research the function of these components and share their findings in a group.
Lesson Plan
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Still-Life Painting: Arranging Nature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students display the two still-life paintings that they created in previous lessons, along with their artist's statements. They write a review of a peer's work and discuss all of the paintings in a group critique.
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Art For All

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students view images of art work found at the Joslyn Art Gallery. They create their own work based on a selection of the art work they viewed. Students classify their art and write statements about their overall experience.
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Candy Land Math

For Teachers K
Students order numbers and sets of objects from 0 through 10 and organize and interpret information collected from the immediate environment. They read and interpret graphs usin real objects and the computer. Finally, students sort a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Florida the Best WebQuest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a multimedia presentation demonstrating that Florida is the Best State in this creative project for the early elementary classroom. The instructional activity can be adapted for any state or country.
Organizer
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Time Lapse-Nature Notebook

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this time lapse nature notebook worksheet, students find something they can observe over time, visit it regularly and record the changes. Students describe the item, take a picture or sketch it. 
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Protecting Art for Future Generations

For Teachers K - 12th
Students discuss the importance of preserving art for future generations.
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Curated OER

Looking at Photography Lesson 1: The Elements of Photography

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore and discuss the process of taking a photograph.
Website
Other

Peachpit: Designing Camera Shots

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to use the camera to lead the viewers' eyes, and how positioning and moving the camera conveys emotion in the film. Includes dozens of specific tips.
Website
Other

A Large Format Photography Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource explains all about large format cameras It explains what it is, how to use it, the advantages, (and disadvantages), of it, the cost, developing processes and much more. Many links to sites to give in-depth information on large...
Online Course
Other

Video 101: Shot Composition

For Students 9th - 10th
Video 101 is a fascinating introduction to television production--an impressive collection of engaging, interactive lessons with plenty of example video clips to explain concepts. This chapter on Shot Composition clearly explains how to...
Unit Plan
Learn My Way

Learn My Way: Using a Digital Camera

For Students 9th - 10th
In this online course, students will learn about digital cameras, how they work, and how to download photos from a digital camera to a computer so that they can be shared with friends and family.
Website
Other

Using Digital Cameras in the Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site was created by a technology coordinator to provide some ideas on how to use the digital camera in the classroom. The ideas have been collected from various educators.
Interactive
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National Park Service: Web Cameras

For Students 9th - 10th
Use national park webcams to determine how regional haze forms and reduces visibility. You can also explore the differences between smog and haze to determine some of the negative economic impacts regional haze can create.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Count on It!: Episode 204 Blossom and Snappy Go to the Farm, Part I

For Students 3rd - 5th
Blossom and Snappy go back to the pumpkin farm to investigate pumpkins -- using math -- to make into pies for Robbie. Then they go to a farmer's market to explore how vegetables are sold by weight. They also visit a packaging company to...
Interactive
NASA

Nasa: Play Pixel This!

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides great information on the subject. Learn to see things more clearly by studying about pixels and how they are used in cameras.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Getting to Know You

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The young scholars will go on an in-school scavenger hunt to get to know the many kinds of people that make up an elementary school community. They will work in small groups and use digital cameras to take pictures of the workers they...
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EL Education

El Education: A Color Expedition

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
These digital photographs were created by pre-kindergarten students at The College School, located in St. Louis, Missouri. As part of a Learning Expedition on color, students went on class walks to look for specific colors, noticing...
Handout
Other

Video University: Color Bars

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how color bars are used to provide consistent color when producing video. Describes how to set up the color bars for a monitor or camera.
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Digital Photography: Module 1: Past/present [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
In this first module of a course on Digital Photography, students learn about the history of photography, different styles and movements, photographers of the 20th and 21st centuries, tools photographers use for expression, and how...