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Book Advertisements
Pupils engage in the practice of producing a report about favorite books. The show Reading Rainbow creates context for this lesson. The making of an iMovie is done to present the book as an advertisement for the whole class.
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State Issues: The Native People of Hawaii
Students research issues about their state and community. They work in groups to create a multi-media presentation highlighting the issues.
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The Blend Game
Students become stars of their own educational video in this project that allows learning in several different styles.
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The ABCs of Conservation
Pupils identify the letters of the alphabet and corresponding sounds and words that begin with that letter.
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The ABCs of Conservation
Students explore the components of convservation, letters, and the sounds of the alphabet. The letters of the alphabet and the corresponding sounds and words that begin with that letter are identified as ways of protecting the Earth are...
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Clean, Green Power
Students explore and discuss alternative energy sources, and identify disadvantages of current fossil fuels.
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Are You a Super Sign Speler or Speller?
Why is spelling important? Develop your class' spelling skills. They examine examples of homonyms, heteronyms, and creative spelling. They also photograph misspellings in the real world in order to discover the importance of spelling...
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Flip Libdub
How do you translate songs from English to Spanish? Have your intermediate learners work in groups to choose a song, translate it, and record themselves singing the lyrics. Provide your class with more time or recommend some out of class...
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World War II Veteran Interview Project
Students learn interview skills by formulating questions and videotaping an interview with a veteran.
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PSAs: The Way We See It - Uncommercials
Students work in groups to identify a topic or issue that they feel passionate about and produce a short PSA for the topic. In this PSA lesson, students select an issue or social problem to research. Students create a video or a...
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Video Communication
Students explore information and communication technologies. They plan, organize, produce, and edit a video to show to peers. They express themselves in an activity combining music and video shot from their own surroundings.
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"Flip-it" - Where Do I Go From Here?
Twelfth graders interview themselves reflecting on various topics. In this self-reflection lesson, 12th graders video tape four different interviews throughout the year of themselves discussing various topics, with the last prompt...
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Journey
Students complete a variety of enrichment activities that focus on the book, Journey, by Patricia MacLachlan. They create a photo album that shows their own family history.
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Communicating through Engineering Information Technology
Learners analyze prior labs by keeping a lab notebook. They share their lab notebook by electronically sending it to their classmates. Students demonstrate evaluation of other lab notebooks within the same classroom and those from other...
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Health Education: Stress 2
Fourth graders investigate how to deal with stress. In this personal health lesson plan, 4th graders identify family, school, and community resources as sources of social support to reduce or prevent stress.
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Force and Motion Flip Books
Fourth graders identify six simple machines in real world examples, distinguish between the three different types of levers and explain Newton's three laws of motion. They create a multimedia presentation over the information they've...
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Create a Weather Newscast
Fourth graders explore and study basic weather terms, strengthen research skill on the web and create a weather newscast. They choose a weather site on the web, copy weather maps and create a videotape based on a written script to...
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GPS Ecosystem (Ecotone) Scavenger Hunt
Learners describe the characteristics of an ecotone. In this ecotone lesson, students pick out their area and describe the visual appearance, conditions, ecosystem, biodiversity, predators, prey, and trees in their ecotone. They create a...
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Kids' Newsbreaks
Group learners together to identify a question relating to an issue and create a 60-second kids news break highlighting information that begins to answer the question. They research and answer issue questions in a news story format.
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Career Connections
Students research information to create a career projects where technological skills will be utilized. In this career projects lesson, students create a project relating to a selected career of personal interest.
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How We Can Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
Students evaluate the school's recycling and waste management practices. After analyzing current methods, teams develop a new recycling plan, and create a slideshow presentation. They present their proposals to the principal for...
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Symmetrical Shapes
Students find symmertical shapes around their school. In this symmetry lesson, students create symmetrical shapes. Students print symmetrical shapes from Kidworks Deluxe and take pictures of objects around their school that are symmetrical.
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Shapes in Art, Shapes in Body
Students explore body movement. In this shapes and dance lesson, students demonstrate body movements and positions that resemble simple shapes. Students read I Spy Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwait and choose shapes from the...
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Protecting Our Native Forests
Students explore environmental awareness by utilizing computer technology. In this ecosystem conservation lesson, students read assigned text which describes the current ecological conditions of Hawaii. Students collaborate in groups to...