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Title: |
Making History Through Protest |
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English Language Arts,History-Social Science,Technology |
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11,12 |
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Description: |
In the first lesson, students will be introduced to the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, and be asked to discuss whether non-violent resistance has played a part in American history through the ages. Individually or in pairs, students will then investigate any of seven particular historical, social movements through Internet browsing. With information gained, students will build a 10-slide Keynote presentation complete with illustrations and transitions to enhance their project. Each Keynote, upon completion, will be presented to the class.
In a second lesson, students will be presented with information regarding the 19-month takeover of Alcatraz Island by Native Americans. They will discuss this historical event and receive instructions on what materials they may use to gain more information during the field trip to the island.
After the tour of Alcatraz, students will use any materials and information collected or obtained from their tour to design and c... |
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Title: |
Fun Educational Apps |
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English Language Arts,Technology |
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Grade: |
8 |
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Description: |
The goal of the app design class is to use the design-thinking process to create an educational and fun app. Students will learn the basics of the app industry, the fundamental skills involved in designing an app, and how to pitch an app. Students will design an app using Balsamiq, create a pitch using Powerpoint, and will present their pitch and app.... |
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Title: |
Geometry Media presentations |
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Mathematics,Arts,English Language Arts,technology |
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Grade: |
6 |
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Description: |
The students work in teams to create a multimedia project to demonstrate their understanding of geometric concepts. This project can be the application of angles or the volume or a sphere or data sets. The students must complete an indivdual essay to submit at the conclusion of the project but the majority of the work is as a small team collecting and cataloging data and putting it into a presentation of their creation.... |
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Title: |
Non-fiction Keynote Presentations |
| Subject: |
Science,English Language Arts,Technology |
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Grade: |
2 |
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Description: |
In second grade we do many genre studies. For example, we study realistic fiction, mysteries, folktales and fables, biographies and non-fiction texts. This past month, students have been reading through different non-fiction texts and studying text structure and organization. Students learned how to determine the organization of the text and the main ideas. They used photos, captions and text to identify and retell the main idea and details of the non-fiction text they were reading. Students then learned how to create Keynote presentations discussing all of the important facts they learned in their non-fiction text. They learned how to use the inspector to make changes to their project and how to make it look professional. They also learned what is too much information on each slide.... |
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Title: |
Presidential Speeches |
| Subject: |
English Language Arts,technology |
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Grade: |
1 |
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Description: |
Students write "If I were president" write. The students took a picture of their writing with our class iPad 2 and read off the iPad while they gave their speech in front of the green screen. I created a folder of patriotic pictures for them to use as Later I showed them how to put the video together with the backgrounds. We used our class iPad and laptop to do all this. ... |
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Title: |
Font Changing |
| Subject: |
Technology |
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Grade: |
K |
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Description: |
Students will learn how to type their name, highlight it, change the font and learn how to change the font size.... |
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Title: |
Calendar in Pages |
| Subject: |
Mathematics,technology |
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Grade: |
1 |
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Description: |
Students make a calendar in pages. They fill in important information on their calendar and decorate with monthly themes images.... |
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Title: |
Calendar in Pages |
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Mathematics,technology |
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Grade: |
1 |
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Description: |
Students make a calendar in pages. They fill in important information ont her calendar and decorate with monthly themes images.... |
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Title: |
Calendar in Pages |
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Mathematics,technology |
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Grade: |
1 |
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Description: |
Students make a calendar in pages. They fill in important information ont her calendar and decorate with monthly themes images.... |
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Title: |
Learning to Blog |
| Subject: |
English Language Arts,Technology |
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Grade: |
2 |
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Description: |
Students will be asked to blog on our class social studies website. This lesson serves as a scaffold to help the students learn how to blog. The importance of planning and editing written work and writing for a "global audience" will be discussed.... |
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Title: |
STEM Slam |
| Subject: |
Mathematics,Science,technology,engineering |
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Grade: |
6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
STEM Slam is a video competition project that encourages students to create zany video demonstrations of creative uses for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills in daily life. The videos can be posted online and people should be encouraged to vote for their favorites. Students start by selectinga topic, concept, or process they learned in a STEM related class. They will think critically about a unique application of this in daily life. Students can work individually or in cooperative groups to make an entertaining, short video applying their STEM concept in real life. Public, online voting is encouraged.... |
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Title: |
Cost-Benefit of Solid Waste (Day 9,10) |
| Subject: |
Science,Sustainability Education,Technology |
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Grade: |
5,6,7,8 |
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Description: |
This is a 20 day, integrated, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) unit focused on teaching middle school students the importance of creating sustainable communities and how to do so. The Science component is focused primarily on developing critical thinking skills on sustainability concepts and the impact of human activities on the environment.... |
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Title: |
Ecological Footprint Survey (Day 2) |
| Subject: |
Science,Sustainability Education,Technology |
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Grade: |
5,6,7,8 |
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Description: |
This is a 20 day, integrated, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) unit focused on teaching middle school students the importance of creating sustainable communities and how to do so. The Science component is focused primarily on developing critical thinking skills on sustainability concepts and the impact of human activities on the environment.... |
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Title: |
Antique Roadshow of American History |
| Subject: |
Arts,English Language Arts,History-Social Science,technology |
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Grade: |
5 |
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Description: |
Have an amazing navigational tool from the 15th century hanging around your attic? How about a tool used by a forefather from the 1700's colonial America? Bring it on down to the Antique roadshow. Have an appraiser check it out, give the history of the item, and estimate its value. Be prepared to know your own history though, the appraisers want to know the history behind how you obtained the object and what you know about it! ... |
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Title: |
Getting to Know you Graphs |
| Subject: |
Mathematics,Technology |
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Grade: |
3 |
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Description: |
Class gets to know each other by coming up with good questions they would like to know about each other. Teams of two pick a question to survey the rest of the class. They create a graph about the information. Then present their finding via class presentiontation or podcast in Garage Band. ... |
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Title: |
College PowerPoint Project |
| Subject: |
English Language Arts,Technology |
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Grade: |
5,6 |
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Description: |
This project will open students’ eyes about the possibilities and realities of going to college after high school. The research gathered will help students gain a concrete understanding of what the college application process requires and of what is required of them now in terms of developing long-term goals. ... |
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Title: |
Learn Geometric Shapes |
| Subject: |
Mathematics,Technology |
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Grade: |
3 |
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Description: |
Students will learn and reinforce math vocabulary and their knowledge of geometric shapes while learning presentation software (PowerPoint, Keynote, Presentation).... |
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Title: |
Computer Time |
| Subject: |
Technology |
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Grade: |
3 |
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Description: |
Students will use Power Point media and Document Reader to show vocabulary words. ... |
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