Students explore 1920s America. In this American history instructional activity, students research primary and secondary sources in order to examine the events and noteworthy people of the time period. Students use their...

Learners discover the importance of physical fitness. In this personal health lesson plan, students learn messages and receive demonstrations about good physical fitness practices, health messages, and safety tips.

Investigate how mobile phones impact their lives through this technology lesson that has learners discuss the history of the cell phone and research how cell phones are being used in third world countries. Students create a blog for new...

Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this child labor lesson, students examine photograhs by Lewis Hines and discuss the implications of child labor in America.

Students create wallpaper for their computer screen. In this technology instructional activity, students use KidPix or Paint to design a picture which will be used as the wallpaper on their computer.

Fifth graders create an image in Microsoft Word. In this technology lesson, 5th graders take an image and practice backgrounds, borders, rotation and more.  They start with Microsoft Word before trying the Photoshop program.  

Students complete an online study of art websites. For this art and technology lesson, students explore the links and try the activities to learn about art online.

Young scholars create a holiday card using technology. In this technology lesson, students use Publisher templates to create a holiday card. Young scholars organize, design, and edit their card.

Students use Publisher in this instructional activity to make a holiday flier. In this technology instructional activity, students create a holiday flier. Students choose fonts, use clipart, use grammar and spelling check, and save to...

Young scholars produce a holiday newsletter using a software program. In this holiday newsletter instructional activity, students use a software template to write a newsletter. They fill in the template with appropriate information and...

Students construct a four sentence creative story by using KidPix software. In this computer technology lesson, students use KidPix software to develop slides about themselves, their family, and their house. Students illustrate each...

Young scholars create a storybook by using KidPix software. In this technology lesson, students write creative short stories and publish them on KidPix. Young scholars illustrate the stories using Kid Pix tools.

Students use KidPix computer program to learn Dolch sight words. In this technology and language lesson, students type their Dolch sight words into KidPix to create a quasi-sentence.

Students use the computer program KidPix II to color a map of the world. In this world map lesson plan, students fill in different colors for different continents that are told to them on the program KidPix II.

Students create a compass rose. In this geography lesson, students create a compass rose using the computer program KidPix 1.

Students create a California Missions magazine that includes a Table of Contents, pictures, and websites. In this culture and history instructional activity, students research missions and write and create a magazine article about it.

Students create a magazine in Microsoft Publisher. For this magazine lesson plan, students create a magazine about the American Revolution using the publishing program.

Students create a timeline of events happening around the world. In this timeline lesson plan, students use Microsoft Publisher to create a timeline of events happening around the world as they live their lives presently.

Fourth graders use Publisher to create their own magazine. In this online magazine lesson, 4th graders follow the instructions to create a magazine using text, pictures, and colors within the Publisher system.

Students practice their keyboarding skills. For this typing lesson, students use interesting stories to practice their skills. They practice throughout the semester and then monitor their improvement.

Students fill out a timecard of family activities in Microsoft Excel. In this Excel lesson plan, students use the program to fill in times they do various activities with their families.

Students complete an Excel project on tessellations. In this technology and math lesson, students discuss tessellations and their occurrences in nature. Students use the Excel computer program to create tessellations.

Students use excel to analyze data. In this technology lesson, students enter data into the excel program to find averages and organize data.

Students create a graphic organizer to study animal characteristics. For this animal characteristics lesson plan, students use a program in Microsoft Word to create a brainstorm about different animal characteristics.