Students select a foreign city, research the city using the Internet, and plan an eleven-day vacation to that city. This lesson is ideal for a social studies classroom and includes ideas for using iMovie, Excel, and MS Works or AppleWorks.

Students research the history of a notable building and prepare a Power Point presentation to be used on the online scrapbook. They research the location of the building in the community, the architectural style and the date of...

Sixth graders explore the uses of herbal plants. They read the book Pharmacy in the Forest and discuss the vocabulary words that pertain to the structure of a plant. Students create a summary of what they have read and watch a video on...

Pupils research an animal and present their findings in an AppleWorks slideshow using computers, internet access, and Inspiration educational software. This lesson is intended for a middle-level Language Arts or Science classroom.

Discuss the definition of parallel structure with your high school class. In small groups, they read a section of "The Declaration of Independence" to identify examples of parallel structure. Each learner writes an essay explaining the...

High schoolers in two different countries work together to create their own business website. They are potential clients to the other teams involved in the project. They get a great realistic business like approach when the activity is...

Students complete an organizer listing five important events in their lives, use the dates to create a timeline of their life using Timeliner program, print and save their timeline and write a paragraph based on the timeline too.

Young scholars research the history of Olympic downhill skiing to gather information on names, dates, winning times, and the native country of Olympic downhill medal winners.

Students review how Ben and Jerry's ice cream is made to begin the lesson. Using the internet, they view a timeline on the history of the company. They use a software program to make an ice cream cone and color the ice cream as they...

Students use the Internet to complete a webquest about the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. They complete a worksheet with the researched information.

Students explore ecosystems by researching desert characteristics. For this drought lesson, students identify the potential impacts of a drought on their home state and interview people who are familiar with water studies. Students...

Students examine how to use basic HTML formatting tags. They add tags to a web page created in Notepad, and move the tags around their page, observing the results.

Learners practice counting from one to thirteen. They create a Halloween counting webpage.

Students work collaboratively in small groups to create and edit various publications to promote their school's activities and accomplishments. Groups work to complete these publications and publish or update them bi-monthly.

Learners are challenged to discover facts about snowboarding and write their own chapter for an imaginary book on snowboard history for publication on the World Wide Web.

Third graders research turtles and the ways they have adapted to their marine environment. They work in groups and publish their findings using SiteMaker a web-authoring tool.

Learners research online an influential woman, then create on the computer a quilt block with text and graphics. Quilt blocks are then printed and combined to form a quilt of connections.

First graders analyze the seasons and cycles of the Earth. In groups, they create a seasons book on the computer using their own photographs and graphics. Using the photographs, they note the differences in clothing and activities. They...

Students research a Spanish speaking countries using the Internet and other appropriate resources. They work in groups to complete a computer based treasure hunt before completing a Globe Raiders worksheet. They use the research...

Students use a word processing program to make a job pamphlet that is suitable for reproduction. This lesson help students write for a purpose. They use the skills of organizing, pre-writing, and revising with a word processing program.

Students explore computer publishing software. They layout guidelines for a business card, import background and logo graphics and create and format text. Students duplicate the card.

Young scholars use software to write a menu, including suggestions based on their own experiences cooking them, cultural and social context for their recipes and pictures or graphics. They shop for and cook the dinner for their families.

First graders sort Valentine candies according to kind. Data is inserted into a spreadsheet and displayed in various graphic formats.

Students practice addition and subtraction problems and answer questions using greater than and less than. They chart information to create a graph on the computer.