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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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Satellite Eyes

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the ways in which satellite images provide details of the Earth's surface and how they are capable of taking digital images of the Earth from space they vary in resolution and breadth. They view how cameras and lenses...
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Amazing Artists

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how social and cultural factors affect artists. In small groups they select a specific artist, and conduct research. Students then use a digital camera and digital video camera to create a mini-movie about their artist.
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Art in the Sky

For Teachers 1st
First graders become familiar with four types of clouds by experimenting with cameras and exploring the web. They observe illustrators' renderings of clouds and draw their own representation of clouds.
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Technology as a Tool of Science

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars monitor streams, take stream surveys, collect chemical and macro-invertebrate and stream discharge data. Using a digital camera, students observe the percentage of various types of vegetation on the flood plan, riparian...
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Photo-Based Reading Projects

For Teachers K - 12th
Students practice using a digital camera and identify the various parts. As a class, they review recent vocabulary and signs used in their community. In groups, they take pictures of various items and write complete sentences describing...
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Clay Animations

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students create short animated films using clay figures, digital video cameras, and the computer program iMovie. In this lesson, students work cooperatively in small groups to maximize success.
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Dental Health

For Teachers K - 1st
Students watch a presentation about how cavities are formed, view a dentist office on the Internet. Students make a class book about teeth after taking digital pictures of teeth.
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Geometry Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students use the digital camera, identify geometric shapes (in nature as well as man-made), and gain a better understanding of geometric vocabulary. They search for and recognize geometric shapes in unusual settings
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Making Books

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make a variety of books using the computer program iPhoto and digital images of their choosing. This lesson for the upper-elementary classroom includes an example of student work and four possible lesson extensions and...
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Symmetry In Nature

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the symmetry that is found in nature. They view shapes and patterns in nature while looking at images. Students look for tessellations while obtaining photographs with a digital camera. The information is used for...
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Motion Capture and Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students capture the serve motion of a tennis player with a digital or video camera. Using transparencies or a software package, analyze the speed, acceleration, displacement and time of the racquet head and ball in the tennis stroke.
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Beginning Sound Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to the sounds the letter b makes. Using the document camera, they view the letter b and take a picture of something in the classroom that begins with the letter. They share the item they found with the class.
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Have Fun With Technical Report Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners use Clarisworks Word Processing and Spreadsheet, Quick-Take Camera and Software, and produce a publishable technical paper.
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Commercials

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students observe as the teacher demonstrates how to use a digital video camera. They experiment with the camera to get to know its features. Finally they create a video commercial and edit it, inserting sounds, titles and other graphics.
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Thomas Eakins: Scenes From Modern Life Lesson 2: Studies in Motion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the motion studies of Thomas Eakins. They design motion studies as Eakins did using photography. They use digital photography to capture human motion and draw a representation.
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Roman art- Triumphal Teacher

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are introduced to the purpose and design elements of the triumphal arch. They utilize digital media (camera and computer) to create a triumphal arch design that highlights their " triumphs" in life. Students save their...
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Let's Forecast the Weather!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study meteorology and weather forecasting. They set up a weather forecaster area in their classroom using a large classroom map, a pointer stick, a microphone connected to an amplifier, a play suit jacket or lab coat, and a...
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News Broadcasts

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students create a news broadcast after studying example broadcasts about disaster relief organizations. In this broadcast news lesson, students research disaster relief organizations and then write a news broadcast related to a disaster....
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Kindergarten Shape Books

For Teachers K - 1st
Students, in groups, identify examples of shapes around the school site. They take digital pictures of these shapes and use them to construct a class book.
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Using HyperStudio to present a biography

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read a biography, present the six focus statements (areas of information) onto a 3-D box, photograph their box with a digital camera, and create a HyperStudio card with voice and text.
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Wanted: New Authors!

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders write a short autobiographical sketch and produce an author page to be used throughout the year with their writing. They take digital camera photos and produce a PowerPoint slide show with their photos and information.
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Henry David Thoreau

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the life and philosophy of Henry David Thoreau. Students watch a slide show on Henry David Thoreau. They visit a quiet, tranquil location and observe nature. After reading and discussing Thoreau's works, students create...
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What's the Depth?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners practice digital camera skills by identifying effects of depth of field at different apertures, comparing effects of depth of field with different focal lengths, and creating images showing effect of depth of field at different...

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