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Evaluating Web Sites

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students determine how to critically evaluate visual and medias aspects of web sites. They examine the purpose of assigned web sites.
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Study Habits

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate their own good and poor study habits. They write a plan to improve their weaknesses.
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Building a House: Laying a Foundation

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine how a house is staked when preparing to build while they discover what the foundation is made of. They study how the foundation is poured and that the plumbing is included. They identify the workers and tools used...
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Special Characters

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine the use of HTML codes for ISO Latin 1 characters to display accent marks for non-English letters. They examine how to add spaces between words and letters and override the use of < and > in documents.
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Breaking It Up Into Paragraphs

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine the appearance of a paragraph break tag in HTML. They insert paragraph breaks into the text of an HTML document and view the changes in their web browser.
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A Wee Dose of JavaScript

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students describe the difference between Java and JavaScript. They explain the relationship of JavaScript to other elements of an HTML document. They write general code for a set of JavaScript instructions. They describe the JavaScript...
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Researching a Company

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students conduct internet research on companies that they are interested in working for. They determine what jobs are currently available, what requirements are needed to apply for those jobs and examine the benefits provided by each...
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Project Management

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students, in project teams, demonstrate that they are able to successfully plan and manage a construction project. They meet with a customer, work as a team and complete the project to the customer's specifications.
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Getting Started With Java-Background

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners study the history of computers including hardware and software, binary representation of data and examine the beginnings of programming languages. They investigate the development of software and the fundamentals of...
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Help! I Need Five Minutes to Study

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students learn to use a time grid or a calendar to increase productivity of their studying.  In this studying lesson, students record how they spend their studying time and then adjust as needed.  Students recognize various...
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Electronic Mail - The Postman Delivers

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners examine the use of electronic mail. For this electronic mail lesson, students determine how to use different e-mail programs and how they access information using this medium. They discuss how e-mail differs from regular mail...
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Industrial Strength Design

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners design, invent, and build a model of something new, useful, or decorative to solve a problem using any combination of materials provided. They also create logos, packaging, etc. related to product sales.
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Creating a Job Resource Center

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work together to create a bulletin board display for their classroom which is a Job Resource Center containing information and ideas for job search.
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Worry Critter

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate what worrying is, its causes, feeling, and how to deal with it.
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My Study Habits

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders evaluate their study habits and what works best for them when studying.
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Multi Media "self" Presentation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a three-five minute presentation that visually illustrates major aspects of the their lives. Using Movie Works software as a base, they integrate video, photography, artwork, graphic elements, and sound to produce the...
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Web Page Creation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners complete a unit of lessons on web pages and web page creation. They conduct Internet research, identify the characteristics of effective and ineffective websites, construct a glossary of terms, and develop three web pages.
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Plan The Interior of a House

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study how electric wiring runs through a house, name plumbing, describe insulation, and demonstrate how wallboard is hung. They select flooring and fixtures for the house.
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WORKING WITH WORKBOOKS

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars work through problems in the textbook and teacher-made problems to reinforce the new learning. They turn in practice problems to instructor to be checked for accuracy and evidence of understanding
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Invention Convention Podcast

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create Podcasts about individual inventions using GarageBand to record, edit, mix, and publish their work. The culminating Podcasts can then be downloaded to the school website via iTunes.
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Human Computer Game

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students view the "Parts of a Computer" Power Point presentation then they view the inside of a computer and break down each operating system and its job. They compare and contrast the difference between human and computer parts that...
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Simple Internet Searching - Lesson 1

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students formulate strategies for locating information by identifying keywords and subject headings and by listing the steps to follow in carrying out information searches. They locate and access information from pre-selected sites.
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Account -Recording Purchases/Cash Pmts - Spec. Journals

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners review general ledgers, introduction of a corporation, and how they are set up. Students review transactions used on a general journal such as: journaling purchase returns and allowances, buying supplies on accounts, then...
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Gazebo Construction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create and give oral proposals for the construction of a gazebo using a blueprint created with Geometer's Sketchpad. They then build a gazebo model using the blueprints created and provide evidence why it should be...