Technology+Lesson+Plans+For+Educators

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 * General Technology:**
 * [|Online Search Techniques: 6 Keys to Success]**
 * [|Literary scavenger hunt]**


 * Physical education **
 * • || [|Research the Olympic Games and a host city] ||

[|Research acid rain levels in our state] Students will learn the definition of acid rain, research pH levels of rainwater for their state, collect data from their community, and investigate the causes of and solutions for acid rain.
 * Science:**

[|Charting the effects of earthquakes on buildings] In this lesson, students get the opportunity to simulate earthquakes of different magnitudes online and see how they affect buildings that they have constructed. Students will choose the magnitude and location of the earthquake, run the simulation, and then examine the earthquake-proofing construction for their building. They will chart their simulated data in Microsoft Office Excel

[|Track your family's water usage] The following lesson may fit well in an environmental education unit on conservation. During this lesson, students will examine the amount of water their family uses on a typical Saturday, record the information in a Microsoft Office Excel template, and analyze and compare their water usage to that of others in the class.

[|Lesson plan: Investigating annual daylight patterns] In this lesson, students will learn about a natural factor affecting their everyday lives: daylight. First, they will collect data on sunrise and sunset in their hometown, create a Microsoft Office Excel chart to help them understand the data pattern, and offer a hypothesis about why the amount of daylight varies over the year.
 * • || [|Calculate your carbon footprint] ||
 * • || [|Compare the topography of Earth and Mars] ||
 * • || [|Create a timeline of famous scientific experiments] ||
 * • || [|Discover the science of archaeology] ||
 * • || [|Explore the stars with WorldWide Telescope] ||
 * • || [|How frequent seismic activity affects societies] ||
 * • || [|Investigating annual daylight patterns] ||
 * • || [|Meteorologist for a day] ||

[|Building a paper bridge: An introduction to problem solving] This activity allows the student to explore problem solving strategies while working with a partner. This activity (building a paper bridge), requires students to question word definition and the application of those definitions. Through problem solving strategies, students discover the need for applying math skills. [|Graph figures from equations] In this lesson, students learn basic coordinate geometry by graphing figures from equations and writing the equations of graphed figures. [|Graph related linear inequalities] In this lesson, students learn what linear (two-variable) inequalities are, how to pair them, how to graph the pairs using a computer, how to hand-sketch them, and how to locate a point in the solution space. [|Create and analyze rectangular patterns] In this lesson, students analyze and create rectangular patterns of squares. [|Graph Dynamic Linear Equations] In this lesson, students learn how dynamic linear equations in algebra work by graphing them using Microsoft Math.
 * Math:**
 * • || [|Calculate your carbon footprint] ||
 * • || [|Calculating profits from selling lemonade] ||
 * • || [|Create and analyze rectangular patterns] ||
 * • || [|Investigating annual daylight patterns] ||
 * • || [|Meteorologist for a day] ||
 * • || [|Research acid rain in our state] ||
 * • || [|Understanding money and current currency exchange] ||
 * • || [|Using graphs to investigate candy color distribution] ||

[|Design, administer, and analyze a generation gap survey] Students get a real life lesson in sociology as they formulate a hypothesis about the attitudinal differences between generations, test their hypothesis with a survey, chart their findings, and present their answers to the class.
 * Social Studies:**


 * • || [|Create a family history totem pole] ||
 * • || [|Create a timeline of famous scientific experiments] ||
 * • || [|Create a timeline of President Obama's life] ||
 * • || [|Develop and publish a story] ||
 * • || [|Discover the science of archaeology] ||
 * • || [|Exploring point of view through aerial photography] ||
 * • || [|Giants of the century] ||
 * • || [|Jazz in American history and culture] ||
 * • || [|Making and reading maps in the 21st century] ||
 * • || [|Plan and hold a globalization summit] ||
 * • || [|Plan and take a virtual international field trip] ||
 * • || [|Research the history and culture behind a favorite family recipe] ||
 * • || [|Research the Olympic Games and a host city] ||
 * • || [|Research world landmarks to create global calendar] ||
 * • || [|The story of Sacagawea's son Pomp] ||
 * • || [|Track the life of a legislative bill] ||
 * • || [|Understanding money and current currency exchange] ||


 * **•** || **Geography:** ||
 * • || [|Compare the topography of Earth and Mars] ||
 * • || [|Exploring point of view through aerial photography] ||
 * • || [|Giants of the century] ||
 * • || [|Making and reading maps in the 21st century] ||
 * • || [|Plan and hold a globalization summit] ||
 * • || [|Plan and take a road trip through your state] ||
 * • || [|Plan and take a virtual international field trip] ||
 * • || [|The story of Sacagawea's son Pomp] ||


 * Language Arts **
 * • || [|Create a timeline of President Obama's life] ||
 * • || [|Develop and publish a story] ||
 * • || [|Discover the science of archaeology] ||
 * • || [|Examining character traits through character mapping] ||
 * • || [|Exploring point of view through aerial photography] ||
 * • || [|Giants of the century] ||
 * • || [|How frequent seismic activity affects societies] ||
 * • || [|Literary scavenger hunt] ||
 * • || [|Making and reading maps in the 21st century] ||
 * • || [|Plan and hold a globalization summit] ||
 * • || [|Plan and take a road trip through your state] ||
 * • || [|Plan and take a virtual international field trip] ||
 * • || [|Research the history and culture behind a favorite family recipe] ||
 * • || [|Research world landmarks to create global calendar] ||
 * • || [|Use synonyms to make your writing vivid] ||
 * • || [|Using graphs to investigate candy color distribution] ||