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Our Favorite Pet

For Teachers K
Students each have a turn, telling the class his or her favorite pet. The choices are cat, dog, fish or bird. Using the computer, the information from the tally be recorded on a spreadsheet and bar graph.
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How To Use the Internet To Make Student Glossaries

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use an internet dictionary to produce a glossary of words related to a particular subject area being studied. They choose the correct meaning of the word for their glossary, based on it's relationship to the subject matter being...
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Intro to Wikis

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore different aspects of online safety, they post current information to a collaborative wiki page. They search for additional facts and hyperlinks to their sources. Students draft a storyboard and/or script for a...
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Master Artist Internet Research Project: Timeline

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders find specific information about a topic on the Internet using an outline created by the class prior to the lesson. Using this outline, 7th graders create a chronological timeline of a famous artist's life on MSPublisher.
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Keyboarding - Fractured Fractions

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use keyboarding skills to find the "fractional part" of a word.
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Wastewater Treatment - Frontline Environmentalists

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners create a slideshow depicting the wastewater treatment process and present it.
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Video Reporters - "Get Ready to Use Your Computer"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use technology to produce a student-produced video that shows other students how to adjust keyboard, monitor, chair, and posture for safe and healthy usage of computer. It also demonstrates how to ask for help appropriately in...
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Learning, Communication, and 21st Century Skills: Students Speak Up

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars brainstorm to come up with examples of things they do with computers and write them down for the class to observe. They then raise their hands to respond to each survey question, tallying their answers on the board and...
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The Eerie Canal

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover bodies of water in the United States by investigating the Eerie Canal.  In this U.S. Geography lesson, students discuss Lake Eerie and the canal that was built in order to transport goods.  Students research the lake on...
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Computer Pictures

For Teachers K
Students manipulate the mouse to draw a picture on a computer program such as Kid Works or ClarisWorks for Kids. Then, using the keyboard, the student type a word to label the picture and type his/her name.
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Research Project

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students learn the importance of National Marine Sanctuaries and create an original illustrated research project.
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Spiders' Wheel

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students engage in a lesson which reinforces the concepts of clockwise and anti-clockwise rotation, while developing an understanding that angles are measured in degrees. They utilize a mathematics educational program to gain practice.
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Poison Boxes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students utilize the Poison Boxes activity on The Nature Park is used to practice the recognition of 2D shapes and their properties. They utilize a mathematics educational software program to gain practice.
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Tunnel Traps

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify shapes that match specific shape descriptions involving a range of geometric terms and correct polygon names. They utilize a mathematics educational software program to gain practice.
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Choosing the Best Hits

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students practice quickly scanning the results of an internet search to determine which might provide the best information. They choose key words or phrases to type into the search engine and read the descriptions of each hit.
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Solar System

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create and present PowerPoint presentations on certain aspects of our Solar System. The Nettrekker search engine is used for researching the information. Students can then add music and graphics to enhance their presentations.
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Miniature Portraits

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are developing their computer skills as they create self portraits. They decorate and develop their own picture to later be made into pins, or necklaces. Students also develop a feel for using a camera.
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Computer Technology- Spreadsheets

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students will be learning about how to create a budget. Give them the worksheet and have the students come up with how many items they will need for their Thanksgiving party and how much they think the items are worth. When they have...
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What is a file?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students demonstrate procedures for opening and closing files. They write a story using Microsoft Word and practice opening, closing and saving the file.
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Proper Care of Equipment and Media

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the proper care of equipment while seated at computer. They demonstrate proper care of equipment such as having clean hands, treatment of peripherals, clean work area, no magnets around computer station, general care of...
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Homework Help In A Hurry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover strategies for getting immediate help with their homework, including online sources in which an adult is available for assistance. They work through a simulated situations in which they visit one of these sites to gain...
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Soaring Through Space With a Kid Pix Slide Show

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a slide show on Kid Pix about space. In this space lesson plan, 1st graders will explore the earth, sun, moon, and planets. After exploring their motions and locations around the sun, they create a 4 page slide show...
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Adventures in Alice

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students produce a development project with characters.  In this investigative lesson students use a program to understand its basic features and how to create and insert characters. 
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Exploring Fish Anatomy and Commercial Fishing Gear

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Pupils investigate commercial fishing by exploring the technical methods.  In this environmental lesson, students identify the fish that are most commonly consumed by humans and trace their path from ocean to plate.  Pupils examine live...

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