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Arts and the Olympics/Dance and Athletics

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students study and perform dances with a dance specialist, while others photograph their movements. The resulting slides were used to help both these students and others explain dance and write creatively.
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Adventure To the Unknown----Shark Beneath the Reef

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use the internet to access background information for their slide presentation based on the story- Shark Beneath the Reef.
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Finding Your Feelings

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine different slides of artwork from different artists. They discuss how art can show feelings and emotions. They share their opinion of the artwork.
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Coefficient of Kinetic Friction and Surface Area

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate coefficient of friction with respect to surface area and applied force in contact with the sliding force.
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Titanic

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read the book "Polar, Titanic Bear" in a small group and determine the main idea in the book. They utilize KidPix to produce a slideshow about the book. They write and keyboard a caption for each slide. They present their...
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No Smoking Day

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explain how the charity No Smoking Day works to help smokers quit. They use information provided in the lesson to share about this important day. To know that they comprehend what the day is about, students have to create a...
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Integrating Technology Into the Curriculum

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders write an original fable that uses animals with human characteristics to teach a moral. They use Kid Pix software to illustrate their fable with a minimum of six slides. Students deliver a multimedia presentation.
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Capitol Trading Cards

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners view slide show, research and collect facts on items having to do with the Capitol Building, and use construction paper to design three illustrated trading cards in their own words using at least three facts related to Capitol...
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My Special Day

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore I Went to the Zoo, an online personal narrative presented in a slide show format. After viewing the photographs and reading the accompanying text, they will draw story ideas and write their own personal narratives.
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Fungal Viewing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students recognize slides of different fungi. They work in lab groups. Students view slides under the microscope, then draw and label the parts, magnification, and the organism. Students discuss similarities between some fungi and...
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Looking for Local Public Art

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars explore artwork in the local community. They increase their knowledge about their community. They create a slide show presentation with sounds, text and transitions.
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Dov Rosenberg Education Portfolio

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers view several slides bulleted to explain what each author, theorist and model means. They draw similarities between all the models. The execution to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is then webbed out.
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Agriculutre and Natural Resources Trends

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write the letters of the alphabet down the side of a piece of paper. They brainstorm words relating to agriculture that begin with each letter of the alphabet. Students discuss the slides from the PowerPoint presentation.
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Henry David Thoreau

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars explore the life and philosophy of Henry David Thoreau. Students watch a slide show on Henry David Thoreau. They visit a quiet, tranquil location and observe nature. After reading and discussing Thoreau's works, young...
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The Autobiography of a Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use digital cameras to document school experiences. Afterwards, they use computer software to manipulate their photos and write poetry, essays or biographies to compliment the pictures. Finally, students create an...
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How Did That Get in My Lunch?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view "The Danger Zone" to learn about food poisoning and the bacterial causes and prevention. Students look at slides, use a worksheet, "Microbial Bugs"and the internet to identify and learn about each bacterium.
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Skipping Through Numbers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify numbers 1-10 and place them in the correct order. They practice different locomotor movements and move out into the general space as directed (skip, hop, gallop, slide, etc.) and return with one card. They place the...
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Color Theory & Using Layers

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students practice layering colors while creating three distinct backgrounds using the educational software TealPaint in this High School Art and Technology lesson. A slideshow, a quiz, and a color PowerPoint Slide show are included.
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Eyes on South Dakota: Internet and Power Point Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research a historical person in South Dakota. They utilize online library networks to search articles, books, magazines, etc. Students create a PowerPoint slide about the historical person they have studied. They import...
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Feeding Paramecia

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students prepare a slide of Paramecium cultures and observe (through a microscope) the organism's thin transparent membrane and what happens as they "feed" them stained yeast cells. They sketch the path the ingested yeast takes as it...
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Daily Lesson Plan # 9

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars review materials covered in previous class. They continue the tutorial in the textbook "Creative HTML Design", chapter 4, pages 78-83. Students work with browser safe colors. They open the CD that came with their...
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Successful Deaf Leaders in Government

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a "Who's Who" compilation of local, state, national and international leaders that advocate, introduce legislation, and lobby for the deaf. They use internet research to create a catalog of biographies and then conduct a...
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Blood Vessels Lab

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this blood vessel learning exercise, students compare microscope slides of arteries, veins, and capillaries. This learning exercise has 43 fill in the blank questions.
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What Are You Doing?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners use current time indicators while learning to talk about on-going action. In these vocabulary lessons, students works with power point presentations, games, flashcards, worksheets and video slides.