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Winter Quilt

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a class winter quilt. In this visual arts lesson, 2nd graders use construction paper, glitter, markers, and ribbon to create a patchwork quilt of winter scenes or memories.
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Life in the Arctic

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a model of an arctic animal. In this animal adaptation lesson, students research an arctic animal, create a 3-D model of their animal, and explain the physical characteristics animals in the arctic need to survive.
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Lace Pictures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create Valentine's Day gifts. In this visual arts lesson, students create a Valentine's Day project using paper doilies pasted onto construction paper. Students frame their art with brown construction paper and give their...
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Mmm Mmm Good- Making Soup

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a soup recipe. For this recipe and measurement lesson, students discuss their favorite kind of soup, talk about the ingredients, and work with a partner to create their own soup recipe.
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Symmetry in Butterflies

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students design butterflies.  In this symmetry activity, students examine butterfly pictures, discuss the symmetry of their wings, and create their own symmetry patterns.
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Designing Future Houses

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss houses of the future and imagine future house designs. They create a floor plan, architectural drawing, and write a short description about their future house.
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Promoting Reading Posters

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students create a series of large posters to encourage reading on the campus. In this reading posters activity, students use a camera to take pictures of students reading in order to promote reading on their campus. Students use digital...
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Publishing With Photos!

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners create books with photographs as illustrations. In this book making lesson, students create books for different subjects to accompany what they are learning. They take photographs to match what they have written. 
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Enhancing Friendships Through Photography

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students connect with pen pals through photography. In this digital photography lesson, students create photo booklets to share with pen pals. Students correspond with their pen pals throughout the school year. Students also create...
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Family History

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create photographic family histories. In this technology skills lesson, students create family trees with digital photographs that they take of the family members.
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How the Test Was Won

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students create 'Wanted' posters based around their state testing activities. In this state technology integration lesson, students take pictures of themselves in sepia tone in an Old West pose. Students write captions for the photos...
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Students Solutions - Saving Our Surroundings

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the environmental impact of humans on the plants and animals in their state. In this environmental impact lesson, students use digital cameras to photograph plants and animals in their state. Students investigate the...
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A Year in Arizona

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create a calendar about their state. In this state calendar lesson, 4th graders select a state theme and create a calendar based on that theme. Students write paragraphs for each month related to the theme and design the...
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Digital Storytelling

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders write a creative story and turn it into a digital storybook. In this digital storytelling instructional activity, 6th graders write a creative story, illustrate the story, and then use computer technology to turn their...
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From Athena to Zeus: Digital Stories Through the Eyes of Greek Gods and Godesses

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Practice creating digital presentations based around Greek Mythology. Your class will create digital books dedicated to individual Greek Gods.  They will utilize their photography skills and multimedia labs to create a digital...
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Dewey Decimal Rap

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students analyze four books and find the appropriate number in the Dewey Decimal System. In this Dewey Decimal System instructional activity, students compare their analysis with the reason they are placed in the library. Students create...
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Thanksgiving Feast

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Use the Tool Factory Workshop to have your class create a list of people to invite to their Thanksgiving Feast.They will take pictures related to the fall season and create invitations using Tool Factory Database. Students make a grocery...
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Science and the Envrionment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students utilize a digital camera to record interesting objects in their environment.  In this ecology instructional activity, students participate in a mini-field trip around their campus as they take 2-3 pictures of the school...
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Schoolyard Jungle: What's Out There?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create a plant study guide using their outdoor classroom environment. In this ecology lesson, 8th graders take photographs of plants they collect from the outdoor classroom and create plant field guides. Students...
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Defining the Difference Between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine microscopic life by conducting a scientific investigation. In this cell analysis lesson, students define the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and discuss their word origins. Students view each type of cell on slides...
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Book Discussions via Web 2.0

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Students discuss books they read via web 2.0. and create a wiki and podcast that will present the audience with their select a book by a popular teen author and write a short script about the book. Students and type the critic of...
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My Ideal World

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create an image symbolic of their ideal world. In this lesson inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird and the artwork of Edward Hicks, students use Adobe Photoshop to create an image symbolic of their personal utopia.
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All About Safety

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a safety podcast. In this safety lesson plan, students in a robotics lab are introduced to the safety rules for each station. They create a podcast about one station explaining the rules with video, graphics, voice...
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Design a House

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils explore the basics of house design and compare examples of architecture from different times and places. The influence of site, materials, function, form and style are probed as their own floor plans are created.