In this alternative to the traditional book report, students report on their novel choices using Facebook-like pages.
Book Report Alternative: Getting Acquainted with Farcebook
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Glogging About Natural Disasters
5 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
After researching various natural disasters, students share their findings with each other using glogs, or through poster presentations.
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Sharing Information about Careers with Infographics
6 - 9
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Students research careers of their own choosing. Then using Piktochart, students create their own infographics to illustrate their research.
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Learning about Clouds with Haikus
4 - 6
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Using a mobile app or Interactive activity, students write haikus describing various types of clouds that they have studied.
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Greetings from the Biomes of the World
6 - 8
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
To share their research on biomes, students use iPads to create postcards from all over the world.
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Getting Graphic with Alternative Energy Sources
7 - 12
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
After researching alternative sources of energy, students create online comic books to present their information.
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A Blast from the Past with Nuclear Chemistry
11 - 12
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
After researching the history and basic facts of a nuclear chemistry topic, students utilize the Web 2.0 tool Timetoast to create an electronic timeline that they use to present their research to the class.
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Trading Information about Minerals Through Trading Cards
6 - 8
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Using the free Trading Cards Mobile App, students create trading cards to share properties of various minerals with their classmates and connect the use of minerals to their own lives.
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Poppin' Fun with Physical and Chemical Changes
6 - 9
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| Standard Lesson
Students will enjoy learning about physical and chemical changes as they turn their own photos into a narrated video using the iPad app SonicPics to illustrate (and eat) their results from a popcorn lab.
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Teaching with Zooming Slideshows through Prezi
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6 - 12
Strategy Guide
Through Prezi, a web application, students create "zooming" presentations for various purposes, such as presenting research, defending an opinion, or sharing a digital story.
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Bringing Lessons to Life with Animoto
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5 - 12
Strategy Guide
Using Animoto, a free Web 2.0 tool, students can develop short digital videos that include music, photos, video clips, and text as well as share their creations electronically.
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Technology and Copyright Law: A "Futurespective"
6 - 8
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Students research and report on instances of how copyright laws have adapted to encompass new technologies. They write articles predicting copyright issues that may arise with new and future technologies.
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Exploring Careers Using the Internet
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
Doctors, astrophysicists, and daycare providers are only some of the careers that will be explored in this lesson in which students research careers and publish occupational summaries about them.
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Critical Literacy in Action: Multimodal Texts on Global Warming
6 - 8
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Students will really warm up to this lesson about global warming as they study multimedia materials and use a variety of comprehension strategies.
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Hoax or No Hoax? Strategies for Online Comprehension and Evaluation
9 - 12
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Are your students easily fooled? You'll find out in this lesson in which students carefully and critically examine hoax websites to determine their validity.
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Astronomy Poetry: Combining Poetry With the Content Areas
6 - 8
Lesson Plan
| Unit
Students' responses to this lesson will be out of this world after they've researched astronomy to write poetry and compile a poetry book.
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Create a Great Future: STEM Career Research Using Close Reading
6 - 12
Lesson Plan
| Minilesson
What if students could see the relevance of their school curriculum to real-world, interesting, STEM-related careers? Let's help them create a great future!
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Bringing Economic Vocabulary to Life Through Video Posters
2 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Minilesson
Imagine if vocabulary could come alive with the click of a button! Students create video posters to demonstrate knowledge of new economics vocabulary.
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Resumes and Cover Letters for High School Students
9 - 12
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| Unit
High school students are taught how to use resumes and cover letters to highlight their skills and make them stand out, whether applying to college or for a job.
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Alaska Native Stories: Using Narrative to Introduce Expository Text
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Tradition and technology come together in this lesson in which students learn about Alaskan animals through Native American tales and their own online research.