Curated OER
Student News And Weather Channel
Fabulous! Your 5th graders should love this project. As an ongoing instructional activity throughout the year students use temperature probes to record outside temperature and then document their data using spreadsheets. They use their...
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl Matilda Lesson Plans
Fifty eye-catching pages contain six lessons about Roald Dahl's novel, Matilda. Each lesson has a theme and covers a different subject—literacy, social-emotional learning, science, and geography. Scholars analyze characters, examine...
Curated OER
Library Media Center Research Learning Unit for 6th, 7th, & 8th Grades
Students focus on the process of and skills necessary for researching a topic. They study the topic of immigration while practicing note taking skills, organizing information and writing conventions.
Curated OER
Holidays & Festivals Around The World-Kwanzaa
Young scholars use technology to conduct research. They use technology to convey principles and information. They demonstrate proficiency in the use of computer based technology.
Discovery Education
Sonar & Echolocation
A well-designed, comprehensive, and attractive slide show supports direct instruction on how sonar and echolocation work. Contained within the slides are links to interactive websites and instructions for using apps on a mobile device to...
Curated OER
The Amazing Race -- Africa
Students conduct research and gather information regarding various cities in Africa. They discover what it would take to travel to and through Africa and plan a trip through various regions of the continent. They present their itinerary,...
Curated OER
Identifying Modals In Context
Bring your class to the computer lab to read a short passage and practice identifying modals in context. First, they read the short passage about the changing music industry (although the information is dated), and then they answer a set...
Curated OER
Where Will I Go and What Will I Be?
Help your future college graduates prepare for higher education with this series of lessons. High schoolers complete research projects about the colleges they would like to attend, and create PowerPoint presentations about their careers...
Curated OER
Categorizing Objects
Kindergartners practice the important skill of placing things in their correct categories. They must discern between items of clothing and items of food. The use of the Inspiration 7 educational software is effectively used in this...
Curated OER
Internet Project - Project Groundhog
Students share weather and community information with other students across the continents. In groups, students collect details, pictures, and drawings about their community, its weather patterns, and school. They predict if groundhog...
Curated OER
Famous Photographers
Student explore, research, and discuss the life & artwork of famous photographers. They analyze & critique the artwork, photographers through a presentation. They recognize and identify technological developments in the...
Curated OER
Taking a Stand on Bullying
Middle schoolers stand up against bullying in a character-building activity. After discussing historical figures who became advocates in times of adversity, they brainstorm ways to end bullying at their own school, and use a formal...
Curated OER
Portrait Drawing
Eighth graders, in a computer lab, transform their images into a full face using the paint & draw tools.
National Institutes of Health
Paediatrics & Child Health: Impact of Media Use on Children and Youth
This article from Paediatrics & Child Health provides research about how television, radio, music, video games and the Internet impact media on children and youth.
Media Smarts
Media Awareness Network
The Media Awareness Network (MNet) "promotes media and Internet education by producing online programs and resources". MNet provide resources pertaining to blog & news, media issues, research, educational games, and special initiatives.
Media Smarts
Media Awareness Network: Allies and Aliens: A Mission in Critical Thinking
This interactive module for Grades 7 and 8 is designed to increase students' ability to recognize bias, prejudice, and hate propaganda on the Internet and in other media. Includes an extensive teacher's guide.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Technology and Resources: Lesson 2
This video discusses technology resources to use for creating your lecture media and the importance of injecting yourself into your lesson. This lesson is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Technology and resources."
Other
Berkman Center for Internet & Society: Confronting Online Challenges
Youth and Media focuses on the challenges young people face when accessing the Internet. Website addresses online safety, privacy, information quality and civic participation. Includes links to ongoing projects, publications and ways for...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Technology and Resources: Lesson 3
This video discusses technology resources to use for creating your lecture media and the importance of injecting yourself into your lesson. This lesson is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Technology and resources."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Technology and Resources: Lesson 1
This video discusses technology resources to use for creating your lecture media and the importance of injecting yourself into your lesson. This lesson is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Technology and resources."
Other
Critical Issue: Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement [Pdf]
NCREL provides a detailed report on the use of technology for student improvement. Click on Action Options and scroll down the area designated for teachers to view NCREL ideas on classroom implementation.
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Ncrel: Critical Issue: Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement
NCREL provides a detailed report on the use of technology for student improvement. Click on Action Options and scroll down the area designated for teachers to view NCREL ideas on classroom implementation.
United Nations
Unesco: Information and Communication Technologies in Schools
This UNESCO handbook for teachers delves into information and communication technologies in schools. Scroll down through the pdf document to pages 5 through 8 for a list of specific topics included in this extensive resource.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Traffic Jam
This lesson challenges students to solve congestion and traffic delays in an intersection through modifying traffic signal operation. Students are required to collect traffic data, optimize the timing of a traffic signal via the use of...