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Alex: Ambiguous Pictures/abstract Art
In this lesson students will use art, writing, and technology to explore abstract art. Students will use digital cameras to take extreme close up shots of objects that will resemble abstract art.
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Alex: Imaginary Journey Through a System of the Body
The students will choose one of the systems of the human body, such as circulatory, respiratory, digestive, or nervous system, and imagine that they are inside it. They will write a description of what a journey through this system of...
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Alex: That's the Story!
This is a fun lesson where the students use thinksheets and digital cameras. The students take an "interesting" picture using the digital camera. After they have printed them they are given at random another student's picture. They write...
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Alex: Math Is Functional
This lesson is a technology-based activity in which students extend graphing of linear functions to the use of spreadsheet software. After students have become proficient in constructing a table of values, students are able to...
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Alex: Air Is All Around You
In this science lesson students will be asked the question, "Does air take up space?" and "Does air have weight?" Students will conduct experiments that prove that air has mass, takes up space, and exerts pressure.
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Alex: Mitosis: Divide to Survive
This instructional activity includes a Power Point presentation that will guide the young scholars through an investigation of mitosis, or cellular division. The instructional activity will review the basic functions and parts of animal...
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Alex: 'Nuts' About Peanuts!! (Writing)
This lesson will be implemented as part of a unit about plants. The students will describe the characteristics of a peanut and peanut butter (using their five senses) and record their observations/descriptions on a graphic organizer....
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Alex: "Batty" About Bats!! (Reading)
As a part of a week-long unit about bats, the students will identify the characteristics of a bat and organize the facts using Think-sheets. Student understanding will be enhanced with the use of books, poems, lectures, discussions,...
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Alex: Appreciation of Literature Through Newbery Books
Students will select a Newbery Medal Award book to read. They will complete one of three projects to reflect understanding of the chosen book. Their projects will be presented to the class in an effort to entice other students to read...
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Alex: Digital Autobiography
In this lesson, students will create original poetry and prose and will assemble a written autobiographical booklet in a middle school language arts class. After all poetry and prose are written, students will create a digital slideshow...
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Alex: Sounds: What We Hear!
Students will create a descriptive writing about the sounds they hear in a favorite place. This is a good follow-up to a science unit on sound.
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Alex: Glorious Sunflowers
In this lesson students will identify, measure and graph seeds and other characteristics of sunflowers and write descriptive and narrative paragraphs about sunflowers. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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Alex: Planetary Cereal Project
This is a project which would be appropriate to use at the end of a lesson about the solar system. Middle schoolers will decorate an empty cereal box with information and games showing their comprehension of factual information about an...
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Alex: Hair Design (Computer Simulation)
Computer simulation allows students a realistic and risk-free way to experiment with different face shapes, skin tones, anatomical proportions, and hair texture and visualize how various hairstyles will appear on the client. Students...
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Alex: How Silk Is Made
This lesson plan focuses on sequencing using a narrative passage and Makes Sense Guided Reading Strategies.
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Alex: Capturing a Moment in Time
This lesson allows the students to explore imagery poetry through the use of a digital camera. The students visualize an imagery poem then look at a painting that pays tribute to the poem. Then the students think of a moment in time...
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Alex: Picturing Parts of Speech
For this lesson students use digital cameras to take pictures which illustrate various parts of speech, then insert the pictures into a digital slideshow presentation and write sentences about the pictures.
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Alex: Water Cycle Animation
This technology-rich lesson involves students using handheld computers, such as Palm Pilots. Students will use the program "Sketchy" to create animation of the water cycle. Students will also use "Word to Go" to write a paragraph on the...
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Alex: Amazing Adaptations Probing Pinnipeds
This is a technology-rich, hands-on science experiment exploring the world of pinniped adaptations using a digital probe as a data collection device.
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Alex: Using Technology in Teaching Reading
Elementary learners, while working on their basal reader story for the week, will use various forms of technology to increase comprehension and other reading skills. (Other strategies may be substituted if some of the technology...
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Alex: What Does That Car Really Cost?
In order for students to grasp the total cost of their dream car, students must be aware of the hidden costs of a vehicle. This instructional activity will teach students to shop for insurance and a deductible which fits their budget....
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Alex: Factoring Fanatic
This activity is designed to give students practice in "finding" the correct factors to use when attempting to factor a trinomial. The students are provided with a Tic-Tac sheet to help them discover the relationship or pattern between...
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Alex: Nouns, Verbs, and Describing Words
This language arts lesson uses technology to assess students' understanding of nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Each student will use a digital camera to take a picture at school. He will then write a descriptive sentence about the picture...
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Alex: Welcome to Our Classroom
Students will create a classroom resource book for substitutes to help them feel more comfortable and familiar with faces and procedures in our classroom and school.