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University of Central Florida: Mathematics Classroom Uses for the Digital Camera

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site has a few creative lesson plans on using the digital camera in a mathematics classroom. Includes geometry and measurement activities. (The link for the counting book does not work in archived version of site.)
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Photo Activity for Symmetry

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity has instructions for making symmetrical portraits of the human face using a digital photograph. It's an activity students of all ages would enjoy.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Nouns, Verbs, and Describing Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This language arts lesson uses technology to assess learners' understanding of nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Each student will use a digital camera to take a picture at school. He will then write a descriptive sentence about the picture...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Transformation Creations

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The young scholars will use critical thinking skills and artistic abilities to "transform" an image into something completely different. The original images can be taken with a digital camera and printed out or cut from old magazines.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Andy Warhol/digital Self Portraits

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students will be introduced to the life and art of Andy Warhol as a way of considering photography as a self-portrait medium. They will create their own digitally manipulated photographic self-portrait and then write a poem to describe...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Soaring With Literary Elements and Devices

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this instructional activity, students will observe literary elements and devices in a variety of chapter books. Students will be paired with a partner and allowed to choose one book to identify literary elements. Using digital cameras...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Topography of Fruit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is an attempt to help students understand contour lines in map-making through the vector of digital photography. This hands-on activity will create an art piece out of fruit that will be analyzed to create topographic maps.