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Animated Cartoons

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students draw ten frames for a cartoon and then use iMovie to create an animated movie in this technology-based art lesson. Transitions and audio tracks can be added to enhance final products.
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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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Patterns

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use a word processing program to make patterns.
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Alien Story:

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students choose 10 aliens (or any character) from the alien palette in Kidspiration. Have students write what the aliens are saying to each other in the text boxes. Use the listen tool to actually hear them talk to each other.
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Math Stories 1

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use technology to draw shapes or select pictues to represent an addition or subtraction equation. They also write the equation, and a story that matches the equations.
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Dr. Teeth and Dr. Gums To The Rescue

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders role play as dentists researching teeth and their care. They create a slide show showing how a character, Bear, can take care of this teeth explaining habitats, diets and teeth.
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Fast Food Survey Using Bar Graphs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders conduct survey and sort data according to categories, construct bar graph with intervals of 1, and write a few sentences about their graphs.
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Children, Children, What Did You See?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to a read aloud of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? They write a story based on naming and drawing things they saw when they visited the Black Bayou Lake refuge.
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Discovering the Oasis

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate riverbanks and oxbox ecosystem at the Truckee River. They observe the plants, animals, insects and water organisms located there. Students document water samples, flow and then categorize them in class. This...
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Mysterious Creatures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners create drawings of animals. The project is research based and teaches learners how to use encyclopedias. The focus is upon finding useful illustrations. The fun of the instructional activity is displaying student work for...
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Texture Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students work together to complete a scavenger hunt searching for objects with different textures. After finding the object, they make full page rubbings of each and later make a complete drawing of the item. They collect all of their...
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Mimeograph Madness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice working with a mimeograph. After having a sketch approved, they trace their drawing and color all areas they do not want a certain color. They complete their creation by placing the sketch on newspaper after it has...
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Hidden Collages

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students work together to decide on a theme for their "Where's Waldo" type of puzzle. Using magazines, they collect pictures of the animal, toy or object which is the focus of their puzzle and paste them onto a paper backing. They send...
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Charlotte's Web Venn Diagram

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, together as a class, construct a Venn diagram of characteristics they see in two classmates. Then, they independently create another Venn diagram comparing/contrasting two characters from the story Charlotte's Web. They share...
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Characteristics of Polygons

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss characteristics of polygons and organize and visualize those characteristics using Kidspiration. Students import pictures that demonstrate the characteristics and save their projects to be reviewed and graded by...
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Exposition Park Virtual Birding Field Trip

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore a variety of sources, including their experiences in visiting places. They access information online, observe and make determinations based on observations. Students hypothesize about observations of bird behavior.
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Internal Spatial Structure of Cities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the internal spatial structure of cities. In groups, they analyze patterns of functions, structure and characteristics of settlement patterns. They also identify the population densities of land value of business...
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Rocketry in Motion

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate why a balloon flies in one direction as air escapes in the opposite direction, which helps them understand the nature of rockets and fireworks. Individually and in teams, students conduct research to create a...
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Our Little Town

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students draw a map of their local community using a drawing program. Using the internet, they locate various landmarks and identify famous people living or coming from their town. They participate in interviews with the community...
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Candy Land Math

For Teachers K
Students order numbers and sets of objects from 0 through 10 and organize and interpret information collected from the immediate environment. They read and interpret graphs usin real objects and the computer. Finally, students sort a...
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Fun Facts About China

For Students 5th - 6th
In this China worksheet, students read 5 facts about China and look at a map, then write 2 "fun facts" about China on lines provided.
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Frenzied Food: Fantastic Fuel?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students infer the causes of obesity. In this health science lesson, students brainstorm ways improve to their diet. They write personalized journals with goals on how to live a healthy lifestyle.
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Alien Story

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice correct punctuation when writing a conversation by using clip art "characters" and the Inspiration or Kidspiration educational computer software. This great language arts lesson is intended for an upper-elementary...
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Discovering Dinosaurs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research facts about dinosaurs and practice effective speaking strategies by creating a Keynote or PowerPoint presentation in this Science and Language Arts instructional activity for the upper-elementary classroom. It includes...

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