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Treasure Hunt with cameras
Students complete a treasure hunt with digital cameras. In this technology instructional activity, students look for items specific to content and they photograph them with their digital camera. They upload the pictures to create...
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The National Math Trail
Students explore the many applications of mathematics in their environment . They formulate and solve mathematics problems. Students describe geometric elements, shapes and relationships. Students use technology such as digital cameras...
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Digital Smiles
Explore metric measurement, recording data, and creating an electronic spreadsheet displaying results with your math class. Scholars will measure the length of their smiles, record the measurements, and represent the results on an...
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Workshop Lesson: Digital Camera
Learners perform an activity in small groups in order to investigate different types of shapes found in photographs taken with a digital camera. The integration of technology is used to engage students in the lesson plan.
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Math All Around Us!
Students find math concepts in every day items. For this math concept lesson, students take ten photographs of things they find interesting. They analyze the photographs to find hidden math concepts such as counting, lines, angles,...
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Math is All Around Us
Students photograph examples of math vocabulary. In this digital math lesson, students use software to highlight a math concept. Students record narration to give voice to their concept.
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Flipping For Math
Seventh graders create a video of different formats to deliver a presentation of a math concept such as square roots, decimals, fractions, and more. In this math presentation lesson plan, 7th graders can plan a rap video, story,...
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Using A Digital Camera With HyperStudio
Students take and import pictures for use in a testing template, one page for each of the four basic functions of math. Students interact with an already designed HyperStudio template to develop a test of basic math skills.
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Get in Shape with Geometry
Using geoboards, computer programs, and hands-on manipulative materials, elementary schoolers engage in a study of two and three-dimensional geometric shapes. This lesson is chock full of good teaching ideas on the subject, and the...
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Going "Diggie" with Math Word Problems
Sixth graders create word problems. In this sixth grade mathematics activity, 6th graders use digital cameras to photograph interesting events around school and create word problems for their photographs that address the key concepts...
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Fish and Clips
Youngsters test magnetic strength by measuring the mass of paper clips that they "hook" with a magnet. Your first and second graders should love the hands-on activities associated with this plan. The reproducible materials are quite good...
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P & P "Portraits and Perspective" Digital Photography for Kids
Learners use digital photography as a lesson on portraits and perspective. In this photography lesson, students explore their school grounds and take pictures using their cameras. Learners' goal is to create architectural and portraiture...
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Math All Around Us!
Students walk around their neighborhood and school to find objects that remind them of a math concept or vocabulary term. For this real world math lesson, students find math concepts in various familiar locations and take pictures...
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Digital Images: From Satellites To The Internet
High schoolers examine digital images and how satellites orbiting Earth send information and pictures to Earth over the Internet. They use a digital camera to put pictures on a computer and decode a satellite image from space.
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Math Prefixes
Young scholars use a dictionary to gather appropriate information for writing simple definitions. They recognize prefixes that relate to numbers, such as mono-, bi-, and tri-. Pupils use their creative abilities to extrapolate new words...
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Geometry Slideshow
Sixth graders create slideshows of geometric terms. They use images taken with digital cameras or scanned from magazines.
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"Who am I?"
Pupils of all ages work in pairs to find information about themselves and record a digital "Who am I?" They observe and measure each other, write clues, and illustrate before having others guess who is described.
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Identify and Label Different Types of Angles
Students identify and label acute, obtuse, and right angles within a picture. Using Kid Pix software and digital photos, they manipulate, identify, and label the angles and describe the angles to a classmate.
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Nature of Geometry
Fourth graders capture geometry in nature. In this nature of geometry lesson, 4th graders use digital cameras to find real life examples of geometric terms. Students create a presentation using the digital pictures and terms with...
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Flipping with Math
Students write simple addition number sentences. In this addition lesson, students write simple addition number sentences using tangible objects as their guide. Using a paint or drawing program on the computer, students create a visual...
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Life Skill Communication
Students use digital camera to document the needs for daily living. In this life skills and visual arts lesson, students create class books that include photographs of everyday objects that they use in their home, school and...
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Today is Monday - Calendar Math
Students practice memorizing the seven days of the week and keeping them in order. In this calendar lesson, students read aloud the book Today is Monday by Eric Carle, and create their own calendar style book using educational...
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Real World Equations!
Help your math class "get the picture" in a quadratic equation instructional activity that integrates digital photography. Individuals take pictures to help them model the shape of an item or situation using algebraic equations. They...
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Jumping in the Air - What was your Height?
Students solve equations using the quadratic formula. For this quadratic equations lesson, students use digital cameras to film students jumping and import film clips into a computer. Students use the data in the quadratic formula...