Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Virtual Reality and Anaglyph Stereoscopic Technology
Experiment with 3-D glasses to learn about stereo images and virtual reality. Scholars look at various images to determine if green/red or red/cyan glasses are preferable. They determine distances between images using the 3-D glasses and...
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Virtual Reality Construction Project
Learners utilize the technology of virtual reality in order to perform a construction project. The construction has to do with the making of a reality scene using special Apple Virtual Reality software.
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General Lesson Plan for Documentary Lens
Use this general lesson guide to inform your instruction surrounding a documentary. The lesson is made up of five activities. The activities are intentionally general because they are designed to adapted for specific films. While the...
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Virtual Realities of War
Students outline the major events, mat??riel, and setting of a war or conflict. They develop a computer game narrative that draws on these historically accurate details.
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Virtual Reality
Students consider the implications of playing violent video games. In this current issues lesson, students visit selected websites to research virtual violence and video game censorship.
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Boolean Algebra is Elementary
See how Boolean algebra relates to video games with a lesson that teaches young scholars how to use Boolean algebra to create rules for a virtual world. They test the rule base for consistency in groups.
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Income and Careers: Career Exploration
Elementary schoolers take part in a virtual career day and are exposed to various career opportunities in the finance, education, and medical fields. By accessing a video you can download from the PwC Financial website, learners "shadow"...
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Oh! The Places I CAN See!
Students explore landmarks around the world. In this world geography and technology instructional activity, students view world landmarks using a webcam. Students take a virtual field trip during which they zoom in and manipulate three...
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Animal Hide and Seek
Students examine how animals use their colors to their advantage. They read the book, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?," participate in a toothpick camouflaging demonstration, explore the Camouflage Field Book website,...
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Phases of the Moon
Sixth graders learn that the moon orbits the Earth in a predictable cycle. Each learner engages in a two-week observation of the moon. They sketch its appearance, and take note of its position in relation to objects in their yard. Some...
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Sexual Pressures
This instructional activity contains sensitive material, please review to ensure that the content is suitable for your class. Small discussion groups explore ways to establish boundaries, make positive decisions, and respect others when...
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Social Reality Portrayed through Pictures: The City as a Social Laboratory
Twelfth graders analyze and research physical and cultural changes to the city of St. John. Viewing photographs in a virtual exhibit, 12th graders draw conclusions about the culture and societal norms in St. John through the years. ...
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Perception is Not Always Reality
Students view various types of illusions. Using one of the illusions, they try to determine how a scientist might explain them. They discover a t-illusion and use their own words to analyze them. In groups, they research a different...
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Teaching with Objects The Gold Nugget
Fourth graders complete activities related to the California gold rush. In this gold rush lesson, 4th graders go to an Internet website video that discusses the gold rush. They complete discuss miner's experiences, sing a gold rush song,...
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The Gold Rush Experience: Create Your Own Exhibit
Students create a virtual exhibit. In this gold rush lesson plan, students watch a movie about the California gold rush, view a virtual image of the gold nugget that started the gold rush and examine the sources. Students research and...
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Movement and Migration: the Gold Nugget that launched the Gold Rush
Learners learn what it was like to be a gold miner. In this California gold rush lesson, students watch a movie about the California gold rush and discuss what they learned. Learners use the Internet to examine the gold nugget that...
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Constructing Polyhedra
Learners explore the concept of polyhedra. In this polyhedra lesson, students use the Internet to manipulate virtual polyhedra models. Learners create polyhedra models from straws, toothpicks, cardboard, Plexiglas, and other materials.
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Looping and Simulation
Young computer scientists continue programming with while loops by creating a program to simulate coins flipping.
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Birthday Moons
Students find the phase of the moon on the date of their birth. In this science activity, students chart the moon from the date of their birth till they were one month old. Students fill out a graphic organizer after visiting a web...
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Citizenship
Students reflect on characteristics of good citizens, examine democratic symbolism, create an award and choose an individual to receive the award as part of this lesson on citizenship. Lesson ties together social studies, language arts,...
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High School Transition Plan
Students practice basic workplace skills. In this school-to-job transition lesson plan, students participate in 4 activities that require them to take assessments in work readiness.
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WWW, Part 3: The Future
Students explore a variety of Internet sites provided to provide tools to speed up their net experiences. The lesson was originally written for librarians with little or no net experiences.
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The Ladder of Life
Students explain the concepts of what DNA is and where it is located in a cell, identify the two types of molecules that make up the rungs of a DNA molecule and identify the two types of Purine and Pyrimidine molecules
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Exploring Optical Movement in Art
Students describe, represent and analyze patterns and relationships using shapes. They create simple geometric patterns. They demonstrate increasing technical ability and skill to complete visual arts assignments.