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Hey, Hey, What Do You Say . . . Let's Make a PSA
Public service announcements (PSAs) educate citizens about issues that are difficult to deal with: homelessness, pollution, teen pregnancy, and alcoholism. Students from Gardiner Area High School in Gardiner, Maine create PSAs to give citizens information about these issues so they can think about them and take positive action. |
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Grade Level(s):
High School (9-12)
Subject(s):
Health and Medicine
Social Studies - General
Type: Lesson Idea
Author: Rob Munzing
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The Canterbury digiTales Project
Students from The Harper School in San Jose, California demonstrate an increased understanding of the dynamics of literary point of view as it applies to Chaucer's use of narrative in The Canterbury Tales. They create an original pilgrim and a corresponding "digiTale," a digital movie based on their character, which provides another medium to express a complete narrative beyond paper and pencil. |
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Grade Level(s):
High School (9-12)
Subject(s):
English - Language Arts
Type: Lesson Idea
Author: Marc Hufnagl
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Stories of the American Experience
Students from Century High School in Bismarck, ND interview veteran in their community and retell their American experience. This project empowers students to study, record, and bring history to life, making a solid connection between living history and communication skills. It also offers a way to bridge the generation gap and provides a service to the community. |
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Grade Level(s):
High School (9-12)
Subject(s):
Social Studies - United States History
English - Language Arts
Type: Lesson Idea
Author: Mary Palmer
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(Virtual) Poetry Slam
The passion and intensity of a student's poetry is captured in live performances. These Granada High School students from Livermore, California bring their poetry to life by using iMovie to record their performances and then iDVD to share them on a DVD. |
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Grade Level(s):
High School (9-12)
Subject(s):
English - Language Arts
Type: Lesson Idea
Author: Jerome Burg
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Elements Commercials
In this project, student at the Lincoln Magnet School in Springfield, Illinois use a digital camcorder and iMovie to create a commercial about an element explaining important properties of that element which they learned through their own research. |
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Grade Level(s):
Middle School (6-8)
Subject(s):
Science - Physical Science
Type: Lesson Idea
Author: Karen Thompson
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Living Yesterday's History Today
Sharing what they learned about Colonial Williamsburg, eighth graders from Webb City, Missouri, portray historical American characters in an iMovie. |
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Grade Level(s):
Middle School (6-8)
Subject(s):
Social Studies - United States History
Type: Lesson Idea
Author: David Wallace
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Measuring Speed With iMovie
Being able to take accurate measurements and record data are important science skills. In this project, classmates from Grapevine, Texas videotape each other running, walking, throwing a ball, or completing a similar activity, and use iMovie to compute the speed. |
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Grade Level(s):
Middle School (6-8)
High School (9-12)
Subject(s):
Mathematics - Arithmetic
Science - Physical Science
Type: Lesson Idea
Author: Steve Pandolfo
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Fluency in Foreign Language Using iMovie
What better way to analyze one's fluency in a language than to create a movie speaking in that language and then have the class translate the dialogue? St. George's Schools in Memphis, Tennessee, have their Spanish classes participate in this exercise. |
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Grade Level(s):
Middle School (6-8)
High School (9-12)
Subject(s):
Languages
Type: Lesson Idea
Author: Julene Reed
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Flight of the Painted Ladies
Understanding the life cycle of animals is an important part of science. In this project, a class from Webb City, Missouri witnesses and documents the 14-day life cycle of the painted lady butterfly. |
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Grade Level(s):
Middle School (6-8)
High School (9-12)
Subject(s):
Science - Life Science
Type: Lesson Idea
Author: David Wallace
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Anti-Smoking Jingle or Rap
After a health class discussion about tobacco and the problems associated with smoking, students in Onalaska, Wisconsin, create public service "raps" to discourage smoking. |
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Grade Level(s):
High School (9-12)
Middle School (6-8)
Primary (K-3)
Subject(s):
Health and Medicine
Type: Lesson Idea
Author: Eric Thompson
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QTVR in the Classroom with "The Geo-Literacy Project"
QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) is a powerful tool that allows viewers to see full 360 degrees of a given location; the next best thing to being there. I envision a day where students and others can view the entire Oregon Trail by visiting a series of "Geo-Literacy" web sites created by the students who live along the actual trail. Image teaching geology, ecology, writing with a purpose, information text reading and writing, US history, state history and local history by having a powerful resource available to you at the click of a mouse! Learn how we started our own project and how you can initiate one your own community! |
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Grade Level(s):
Primary (K-3)
Intermediate (4-6)
Middle School (6-8)
High School (9-12)
Higher Education
Adult
Subject(s):
Science - Earth Science
Social Studies - Geography/Travel
English - Language Arts
Science - Life Science
Type: Teaching and Learning
Author: Eva La Mar
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Web Design for the Real World: The Miami-Dade Public Schools Web Academy
This exhibit depicts how Miami-Dade County Public Schools, working with Apple Computer's Web Communication and Design curriculum, created a Web Design Academy. High school students and teachers describe their experiences, as they learn not only how to design web pages, but how to work with actual clients. |
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Grade Level(s):
Subject(s):
Computers & Computer Science
Type: Technology Showcase
Author: Racquel Skolnik-Palmese
rocky@earthlink.net
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Renaissance: Rebirth to Revolution
This exhibit features a quarter long sixth grade thematic unit at Lincoln Magnet School. The students' culminating research project is presented at a Renaissance Faire by portraying the characters and events from that time period. |
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Grade Level(s):
Middle School (6-8)
Subject(s):
Social Studies - World History
Type: Teaching and Learning
Author: Karen Thompson
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The Underground Railroad: A New Deal Art Project Digital Story
This exhibit presents a multimedia project that focuses on public murals sponsored by Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. The murals are essentially painted stories that help students learn to identify, extract, and re-tell the story in digital format, a Digital Story. |
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Grade Level(s):
High School (9-12)
Subject(s):
Social Studies - United States History
Type: Teaching and Learning
Author: Matthew R. Fidler
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Geometry in Architecture: Students Design Schools
Eeva Reeder developed and implemented an architecture assignment for her Mountlake Terrace High School geometry students in which they design a school and consult with local experts - an example of project-based learning and assessment at their best. |
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Grade Level(s):
High School (9-12)
Subject(s):
Education
Mathematics - Geometry
Type: Teaching and Learning
Author: Milton Chen
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Student Leadership
This exhibit focuses on how state competitions in multimedia, Web design, and video projects for student leaders throughout Kansas are changing the way students learn and the way teachers teach. |
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Grade Level(s):
Intermediate (4-6)
Middle School (6-8)
Subject(s):
Education
Computers & Computer Science
Type: Teaching and Learning
Author: Melissa Brown & Jayne James
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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
In this four week unit, students in ninth grade Biology use a variety of research methods (text book reading, web-site investigation, hands-on specimens, role-playing, and group work) to discover the natural history of the gray wolf. |
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Grade Level(s):
High School (9-12)
Subject(s):
Science - Life Science
Type: Teaching and Learning
Author: Wayne Hewitt & Patty Smith
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Science as a Catalyst for Life-Long Learning
This Exhibit highlights a "hands-on" method of teaching that allows students to model work performed by professionals in a biotechnology laboratory. Using QuickTime virtual reality, you can watch as students conduct a science experiment that demonstrates the relationship between fungus and disease. |
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Grade Level(s):
High School (9-12)
Higher Education
Subject(s):
Science - General Topics
Science - Life Science
Type: Teaching and Learning
Author: Stefanie A. Saccoman
Jill Adler-Moore
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Race Rocks
Students and staff at the Lester Pearson College of the Pacific share their environmental education program live from Race Rocks Island with three 24/7 QuickTime streams where your students can conduct observational research as they find sea lions, Eagles, and other wild life on the island and under the waters surrounding it. Many links to a variety of educational resources on this sensitive preserved ecological area are provided. |
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Grade Level(s):
Intermediate (4-6)
High School (9-12)
Higher Education
Adult
Subject(s):
Social Studies - Geography/Travel
Science - Life Science
Type: Virtual Field Trip
Author: Garry Fletcher
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Core Democratic Values LIVE
This unit is a cross-grade level activity between senior government students and fifth grade social studies students. Teams of students create desktop movies depicting the concept of each one of the core democratic values and the relationship of that value to their own lives. |
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Grade Level(s):
Primary (K-3)
Intermediate (4-6)
Middle School (6-8)
High School (9-12)
Subject(s):
Social Studies - Government/Political Science
English - Language Arts
Type: Teaching and Learning
Author: Gabriella Meyers
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