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Water Conservation

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners create short videos about water conservation using the computer program iMovie in this cross-curricular lesson plan provided by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology.
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Plant Journal

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students measure the daily growth of plants in this technology-based science lesson that uses Timeliner to record student data. The lesson allows students practice at basic computer skills (typing/data entry).
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Water Quality Data Analysis

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students develop a process for analyzing collected bayou data. They find the mathematical relationships among various biological factors. Students, work collaboratively using technology in their data analysis.
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GIPSE Lesson Plan

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students participate in a Chemardy game that shows what they recall from the previous year of Chemistry. They use the computer lab and various web sites to explore other areas of chemistry. Students discuss if they think that they...
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Who's Who in the Pacific War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the historical figures of World War II that focuses on the fight in the South Pacific. They conduct research using a wide variety of resources. Students use the information to communicate a report in written and oral...
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

For Teachers K
Students communicate and express ideas through drawings that represent the stated ideas. They use a pattern book after listening to the story, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?"
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Statistical Accuracy and Reliability

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders assess the accuracy and reliability of current survey data and how it is represented. They design a survey, collect data, and use technology to analyze the data and present the results. Students examine scatter plots and...
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Photo Talk!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students communicate with Epals. They write letters with photo exchanges and create a website for presentations of 3,000 words or less and one photo. They tell their life stories and illustrate with photos in the target language. V
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Research and Report

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research topics from their social studies or science curriculum. Working in groups, they use the writing process to communicate what they discovered from Internet resources. Research is then presented using PowerPoint,...
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Science: The Purloined Letter

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine Edgar Allan Poe's "the Purloined Letter" from the perspective of a profiler. To sharpen search procedures, they examine the text and make lists of items and places in the house that were searched. Then students discuss...
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A Novel Idea

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students use Moodle to participate in a chat session to complete a character analysis for a novel they've studied. In this novel analysis and technology lesson, students are assigned a character from a specific chapter and use Moodle to...
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Robot Olympics

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students design a robot based on given requirements. In this technology instructional activity, student test whether their robots can perform certain tasks. They present and discuss their program design.
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The Cassini Robot

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars compare the functions of a robot to that of the human body. In this technology instructional activity, students identify the important components of the Cassini robot that would enable it to carry out space missions. They...
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Learning from history: can it save lives?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students research and document lessons learned from this disaster, then compile and synthesize information. They write effectively for public education purposes and use visual communications tools
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Communication - Vibration, Electronic Signals, and Electromagnetic Radiation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate how we use technology to communicate.
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Making Steel: An Awesome Process

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify the six basic stages used to create a steel component, and explain how each stage influences or interacts with another. They give examples of how technology has improved human lives.
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Learning Abstract Concepts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create iMovies depicting abstract concepts, such as sorrow, future, wishes, infinity, etc., in this technology-based Visual Arts/Language Arts lesson. Music can be used to enhance created movies.
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Student Experiment Flies On NASA Space Shuttle!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students design and construct an experiment that will be launched into space aboard a NASA research shuttle. How better to gain and appreciation for (and, hopefully, a love of) scientific investigation than to do real science and be...
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Geoscience Careers

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Pupils explore the world of geosciences and all the career possibilities and options that this field of study offers. They relate this field to engineering and other health professions. Each student utilizes technology to assist them in...
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E-Pals - Key-Pals

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders communicate with another 2nd grade classroom through E-mail.
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Transportation and Communication Timeline

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the growth of transportation and communication technology since 1500 C.E. Individually or in groups, they research lists of developments in the two areas. Finally, students create timelines indicating the development...
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Three-dimensional cooperative modeling

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore what is present below the surface in order to drill into the ground and record the type of material that the drill brings to the surface. They discuss the benefits and drawbacks of distance communications. ...
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Music to My Ears - Figures of Speech and Stylistic Devices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students know the meaning of a given list of figures of speech and stylistic devices. They identify examples of these terms in the music and songs with which they are familiar. They examine how to apply the knowledge of these terms to...
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Skittles Galore!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Youngsters show understanding of accurate division of whole number, decimals, fractions, and percents using manipulatives (candies). They use white boards to demonstrate their understanding of representing numbers as defined in the...