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School Announcement Blog

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students become bloggers. In this technology lesson, students use video and image editing to add to an online school announcement blog that they maintain.
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Picture Yourself At New Market

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the functions of technology tools. In this technology lesson, students learn how to appropriately use digital cameras and upload pictures to computers. Students also investigate how to use Windows Movie Maker in order to...
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Movie Music

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discover film making by participating in a music performance.  In this performance arts lesson, students perform music and physical acting to convey an already written script for their peers.  Students collaborate with...
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Weekly Current Events Podcasts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a weekly current event podcast. In this podcast lesson, students find current events for the week and write out a script to explain this event. They add in music and sound effects and record their final product. 
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Digital Parts of Speech

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate different parts of speech by creating digital skits. In this digital education lesson, students collaborate in groups to research the Internet for clips and music that represent the different parts of speech....
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HIV/AIDS, iChat, and the Immune System

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study HIV and model the course of an infection.  In this immune system lesson students examine HIV and AIDS and learn that it is a preventable disease. 
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Drawing Into the Imagination

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a non linear story with multiple possibilities and endings. In this non linear story lesson plan, 6th graders research non linear stories, create their own, and illustrate it.
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If I Were A Raindrop!

For Teachers K
Students review the water cycle. In this water cycle lesson plan, students review the different stages of the water cycle. Students use the computer program Kid Pix Weather to help demonstrate understanding.
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Movie Making

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use a program titled Movie Maker to create movies on the computer. In this movies lesson plan, students create scenes, add background music, and more.
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For Goodness Sake, Power to the People

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the impact of the nonprofit sector on society by researching philanthropic Websites. They role-play as minority groups that used alternative power structures to change society and write in their journals on a...
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Animal Story: An Informational Narrative

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the computer to research information and publish creative narrative stories about the life of a specific Everglades animal. This instructional activity uses many educational, computer programs including the iLife suite,...
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Poetry Creations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students produce iMovies to share their thoughts of friendship along with poetry creations in this technology-based lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. The lesson includes a link to a "create a poem" site and requires computers...
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Telling Our Story

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars develop a presentation. For this service lesson, students respond to how they felt participating in a service project and brainstorm ways they can continue to serve. Young scholars create a class presentation that...
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Through the Viewfinder: Learning to Think Like a Professional News Photographer

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the skills for photo composition to become quality photojournalists. In this photojournalism lesson plan, students cut out photographs from magazines and decide on the best ones, as well as determine what makes them...
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Animation: ALICE Software

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students familiarize themselves with the ALICE software program. In this computer animation lesson, students are guided through a tutorial on how to use the ALICE software for animation.
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Government Lesson Plan: Lesson Plan 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze how interest groups present their viewpoint to the public. They assess how media can influence public opinion by closely examining a political ad from the 1964 presidential election.
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Lesson Plan 4: Political Advertising

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students observe a political advertisement and evaluate the views promoted in the ad. After exploring governmental policies, students create their own 30-second ad to promote a specified cause and publicize their views. Students share...
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Three Classes of Levers

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research the three classes of levers and create a Power Point presentation showcasing the fulcrum, effort arm, and resistance arm in each class. They then write a paper explaining real life applications of the levers.
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Celebrate the Arts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the responsibilities of people working in advertising. They create a campaign to support the arts including advertisements in several different media. Length of unit depends on number of projects completed.
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A Geological Wonder: Niagara Falls

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research the geological features of Niagara Falls. In this earth science instructional activity, students create a poster board proposing a new website for the tourist center. They share their project in class.
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Rain Forests

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students watch a PowerPoint presentation about the layers of the rainforest. They create a paper rainforest in the classroom. They take notes from the presentation and write a paragraph to include in a layer book. They create a...
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Picturing Shakespeare: Creating Illuminated Texts

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students experiment with illuminating important text.  In this fictional literature lesson plan, students research Shakespearean sonnets.  Students identify key elements of the sonnets, and examine the relationship between...
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Making a Pictorial Timeline

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners create a pictorial timeline of a biographical character. In this timeline lesson, students create a slide show illustrating the life of the person from a biography they've read. Learners also use Kid Pix to create a pictorial...
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Eruption Simulation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils conduct research and teach each other about the eruption of Mount St. Helens and identify the major components of the eruption, their characteristics and their effects. They simulate the eruption dramatically.

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