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Alex: Look at Me!
Students will write an autobiography and use pictures of themselves from past and present to illustrate it.
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Alex: The Spanish Speaking World
Students will research a Spanish-speaking Latin American country and make travel plans to the chosen country based on facts gathered through their research.
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Alex: The Craft of Poetry: Structure of the Sonnet
Using a sonnnet grid, learners write original Shakespearean sonnets and present them in digital slideshow format.
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Alex: Touring Our School Through Two Languages
This lesson will help students combine the tools of technology with language skills to communicate with non-English speaking students in the community.
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Alex: Introduction to Ayn Rand Using Online Resources
Students will research Ayn Rand, a contemporary novelist, for biographical information and for her personal philosophy as a prelude to reading her novel, Anthem. Students will partner to gather information via online databases and will...
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Alex: Newscast on the Battles of the Ironclad Ships
This lesson is on the ironclad ships and the battles that took place during the Civil War. Students will use the information from previous lessons to create a simulated newscast that takes place during an actual battle between ironclad...
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Alex: Researching Hurricanes With Technology
This activity will help learners to understand the formation, power, and history of hurricanes. Students will do this using a combination of technological skills. Examples of technology used include: PowerPoint, Word, Netscape Composer,...
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Alex: Boom Boom Thunder!!
The focus of this activity is for students to determine why thunder makes the "Boom" sound. Through hands-on activities students will become familiar with the sound thunder makes.
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Alex: M&m's and Blogs: Interpreting Data!
In this hands-on, technology-rich lesson plan, students will interpret data. The students will define words involving graphs, create a bar graph using M&M's, and post information from their findings on the internet. The students will...
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Alex: Exploring the World With p.w. Cracker!
This lesson can be completed in a whole group or small group setting. After reading the book "P.W. Cracker Sees the World," the students will complete an inquiry project that connects social studies/geography to what they read in their...
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Alex: Spotting Sounds All Around
This is both a hands-on and technology based activity where students can apply their knowledge of letter/sound relationships while incorporating the use of classroom technology. This Language Arts activity will allow for the students to...
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Alex: What in the World Is Wrong With Sammy?
This lesson provides students with the technology-based project researching Guinea Pigs. The trade book, Sammy, the Classroom Guinea Pig, will be used to make predictions.The students will use the facts from their research to create a...
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Alex: A Trip Along the Alimentary Canal
Students will prepare a digital presentation on the digestive organs, accessory structures, processes, digestive chemicals, and nutrients. This is a part of the unit on digestion and metabolism, and is performed at the beginning of the...
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Alex: Music: A Vehicle for Wartime Protest
In this lesson plan, learners will examine music during wartime protests. Students will analyze a wartime protest song and present it to the class. Includes a PowerPoint presentation discussing music as a primary source and links to help...
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Alex: Where Does Our Waste Go?
In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), waste disposal will be explored. The Pollution Patrol follows the steps involved in trash disposal, starting with a girl tearing a sheet of paper out of her...
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Alex: Earth, We're in It Together!
In this instructional activity from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), Earth Day will be explored. This instructional activity is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This instructional activity is provided...
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Alex: Life Is a Breath of Fresh Air
In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), air pollution will be explored. This lesson is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This lesson is provided by Lana Holmes.
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Alex: Envision, Enhance, Enjoy
For this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), habitats will be explored. Students will also create bird houses. This lesson is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This lesson is provided by Lana...
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Alex: Team Up to Clean Up
In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), natural and human-made litter will be explored. Learners will also participate in a litter removal activity. This lesson is one from the "Take Pride Statewide"...
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Alex: Recycle to Renew
In this instructional activity from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), recycling and uses of recycled materials will be explored. Students will also create a recycling collage. This instructional activity is one from...
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Alex: Conserve It to Preserve It
In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), conservation and describing ways to sustain energy will be explored. Students will also create a web diagram of ways to conserve energy. This lesson is one from...
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Alex: Protect Our Planet Piece by Piece
In this instructional activity from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), endangered species will be explored. This instructional activity is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This instructional activity is...
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Alex: Take Pride in America Auntie Litter Needs You!
In this lesson plan from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), Earth Day will be explored. This lesson plan is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This lesson plan is provided by Julie Danley, Pam Walston, and...
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Alex: Water You Doing to Help?
In this activity from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), water pollution will be explored. This activity is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This activity is provided by Julie Danley, Pam Walston, and Pat...