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return to subject listingEducator's Reference Desk of Lesson Plans - Information Institute of Syracuse
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K to 12tag(s): resources (87), substitutes (27)
In the Classroom
Some of the lesson plans are actually units designed for a week or more of study. The site allows for printer-friendly versions of the plans to make printing them a neat option. When you need quick plans for the substitute--or if you are a substitute-- this site is a must-have.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Panoramas.dk
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K to 12tag(s): images (270), landforms (38), virtual field trips (80)
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Use a projector--or better yet, an interactive whiteboard--to take students atop the Eiffel Tower, to the high Sierras, or aboard a Mars explorer. Allow student to navigate on the whiteboard. Nte that Shift and Ctrl keys alow you to zoom, as well. Be sure to click at the top of the 3D view to Read More about the image. These tours will make landforms real, culture come alive, and science a visual art form. As you introduce terms and place, use images! You could even use a tour as a writing prompt for poetry or descriptive writing. Include the link on your teacher web page for students to "tour the world" outside of class or feature one location a week to broaden class horizons on a classroom desktop.Comments
What a GREAT idea! Thank you. I found one with mountain biking and vistas. I'll put it up early in the period and come back to it in the end and have them write their exit cards about it. Then I will revisit it in a week or two when we start talking about metaphorical language.Shirley, CA, Grades: 6 - 12
I plan to use this as a way to start the school year with my sixth grade G/T kids. I will display a panorama on an interactive whiteboard-- one of mountains with peaks and valleys. I will ask, "Why would I show you this and say that this is our classroom this year?" The students will write down an idea on a slip of paper, guessing why I might use this as an introduction to my class. They will most likely introduce all of the classroom conduct and learning environment issues that I want to touch upon that first day: peaks and valleys during the year, some rugged terrain, studying mountains and geography, some amazing views (everyone's opinions), and more. It will also get them thinking in analogies and allow me to see how quickly some of them do this and how literal others are.Thinking, PA, Grades: 5 - 10
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Idea Box - Group 23 Solutions
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K to 3In the Classroom
Make this site available to parents and students from your teacher web page for vacation periods and birthday party ideas. Your students and parents will thank you! You may find that some of the craft ideas fit in well with classroom themes, as well.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SIKids - Sports Illustrated for Kids &CNN
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3 to 8In the Classroom
Share this site on your teacher web page or classroom desktop for fast student access to sport statistics and a way to submit creative works. Use sports statistics for math practice and to teach graphing or data organization skills. Use the sports stories as non-fiction examples for reading comprehension. Share a Top Story on your interactive whiteboard as you ask students to highlight parts of speech, cause-effect words, main idea, and more. Suddenly your students will actually READ!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Soaring High With Kites - everythingesl.net
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1 to 6tag(s): poetry (188), vocabulary (235)
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Plan a kite day in the fall or spring and use all or part of these plans to learn new words, build kites, and even fly them before you write about them. This would be a terrific activity to include parents at school year's end.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Art Presentations - Free Club Web
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K to 8This site includes advertising.
tag(s): air (106), ceramics (2), impressionism (5), van gogh (8)
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Try these ready-to-go PowerPoint presentations on an interactive whiteboard or projector in your classroom. Some may also be well-suited for individual students to run on a single classroom computer for individua; exploration. There are games, resources and a lot of information.The site includes a disclaimer asking to be notified if users find any unauthorized, copyrighted material. TeachersFirst recommends that you NOT download copies but instead use them online, just in case.
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AIRNow Air Quality Index - EPA/OAQPS
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1 to 5tag(s): air (106), environment (238)
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Print out the AQ posters and post one in the classroom each day so students remain informed about that day's air quality. Share the AQI Game Show on an interactive whiteboard as a review after the class has learned about air quality.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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A. Pintura: Art Detective - Educational Web Adventures
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4 to 8tag(s): perspective (11), picasso (4), renaissance (32), van gogh (8)
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This website includes a link for teacher resources. There is also a printable worksheet(and answer key) that can be used to assess your students' knowledge and understanding of the activity. So get your interactive whiteboard pr projector ready - and turn your classroom into detective headquarters!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Art Access - Art Institute of Chicago
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K to 12In the Classroom
Take a few minutes to explore the art of a continent, country, or time period you introduce through social studies or literature. Include this site on your teacher web page as you study these related topics to students and parents can access it outside of class even if you do not have enough time to devote a full lesson. The images are not very large, so viewing on individual computers or using a projector that has a zoom function would help you share with a class. Teachers will like the creativity of some of the "family" activities and may want to use them at school or suggest them in a newsletter or on your web page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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A Painting a Day - Duane Keiser
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4 to 12In the Classroom
Share the site on a projector or interactive whiteboard as you introduce painting techniques or art elements. Look for common themes or techniques in his work. If you have an interactive whiteboard, students can even "draw" on top of the works to show what they see or analyze movement, shape, and line. As a class, you may want to comment back to the artist. If you do this together as a teacher-controlled entry, you can protect student safety on the Internet while participating in dialog with the artist, a real-world "expert."Videos use YouTube and may be blocked on your school network. Test the site at school before counting on it for a lesson plan! If you are able to show the "Ice Cream" video, your students will really SEE painting in progress with kid-friendly subject matter!
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L. (Lucy) M. (Maud) Montgomery - Petri Liukkonen
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4 to 10tag(s): authors (103)
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A good teacher resource to add information about the author to your repertoire. Include it on your eacher web page as a resource for students doing author study.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Celebrate Mother's Day in a New Way - Education World
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K to 12tag(s): mothers day (9), sociology (22), statistics (114)
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If you are looking for some new ideas to use in your classroom, check out these lessons. They are ready to go, highly creative topics, and most importantly - FREE.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Story Corps - NPR
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3 to 12tag(s): digital storytelling (142), podcasts (72)
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Use this site to reconnect your students with those of other generations and geographic locations. Turn up your speakers and listen to some examples in your classroom. You can even use the story collection site as a model to start your own oral history project for your class or the entire school. You may not want to actually place your recording on the NPR site but instead house them locally in your school or community web site. As major events occur in your community, such as an anniversary or the opening of a new school, engage your students in documenting the event. The general interview guides offer useful interview techniques for school newspapers or news broadcasts, as well.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Washington State Learning Learning Standards & Instructional Materials - Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
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K to 12tag(s): OER (43), racism (76), Special Needs (53)
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Bookmark this excellent site to use as a resource for finding and developing lessons and sharing with your peers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Art Education Association
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K to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Native Tech: Native American Technology and Art - Tara Prindle
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3 to 12In the Classroom
Give students a scavenger hunt to learn the basics about the culture you are studying, then allow them to try some of the interactive games, ass based on the content of the site. This would be a great way to build background knowledge while studying American history or literature that deals with Native Americans.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kids Activities from A Celebration of Souls: Day of the Dead - Burke Museum
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1 to 8tag(s): spanish (104)
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Include these activities with your class to promote multicultural understanding. You could also share the ideas with parents to do at home with their children.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Every Stock Photo - everystockphoto.com
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K to 12tag(s): copyright (40), images (270), photography (131)
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Use photos from this site in your PowerPoint shows, web page, blog, etc, but be sure to stop and mention where you found them and the thinking/reading you did to be sure you were in compliance with the rights granted. If you suggest the site for student use, model this process on a projector or interactive whiteboard. Then hold students accountable for demonstrating that they have done the same (make it a part of your project rubric). These concepts of copyright are challenging for young students (below about grade 4. You may want to "collect" some photos for their use and save them locally for them to choose from until they are ready to understand the more difficult rights issues.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Captioner - Big Huge Labs
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4 to 12tag(s): comics and cartoons (54), communication (136), images (270), photography (131)
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Locate and upload digital image files or an URL for specific images. Navigate the tools of Captioner by following the simple directions. Monitor the "appropriateness" of images available on Flickr/the web. You might want to specify a tag or collection to work from for some classes. Upload your own set of digital images to Flickr ahead of time. Share also by downloading image to your desktop.Create a captioned sequence to explain a major concept, such as mitosis or narrative patterns. You could also have students create campaign ads, posters of important people, etc. Have an object explain a concept from its point of view (solar panel tells about itself), have a famous person explain his invention or accomplishment, show what a non-verbal creature or object, such as a cell, is thinking.
Check out the Big Huge Labs educator account. Easily pre-register students to avoid creating logins, view and download their creations, and view the site advertisement free. You will find information about the Educator Account here.
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Instructables
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4 to 12tag(s): gifted (64)
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Note: for safety reasons, it is best for the teacher to set up the free account and upload the directions, if you are posting student work. no one under 13 is allowed to post on the site. To prevent endless surfing through many how-to's, you can send students directly to specific directions by copy/pasting the address for that exact item into your class handout or onto your teacher web page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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