| High School |
English Language Arts, Mathematics, Special Ed, Technology Media |
Money, Internet |
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| "You're an Adult Now!" WebQuest |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetusa/jcole/cole.htm |
| Students have difficulty managing their money. As adults, they will have to effectively allocate their limited resources within the typical wants and needs of everyday life. The students are given a scenario where they are adults with a yearly salary of $31,500. They start out thinking that they are doing fairly well, until they have to find a place to live that is within their budget. |
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| High School |
English Language Arts, Social Studies |
Literature, Writing, Global History |
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| 1984 by George Orwell: Fact or Fantasy? |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/pmaslow/orwell.htm |
| In his classic book, 1984, George Orwell includes specific methods and behaviors used by those who controlled Oceania that are based on history, as well as others he created himself. Students do research to show that the methods and behaviors Orwell depicted are based on the behavior of other dictators. |
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| High School |
English Language Arts |
Performing Arts, Literature, Writing, American History, Community Culture |
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| A Crucible WebQuest: You Can't Handle the Truth |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/sscragg/crucible.htm |
| This unit is based on Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible. The lessons are truly student pages that have links to web resources. There are additional pages for teachers who are planning a unit, such as writing assignments, examples of work, web pages designed by students, and a hotlist of relevant websites. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Business Careers, English Language Arts, Health Phys Ed, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Journalism, Internet, Media Literacy, Visual Arts |
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| A Day in the Life of... |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/solano/ |
| This unit uses multi-disciplinary work to help students learn more about the professional world of sports medicine. Students conduct online research on sports medicine, contact professionals in the field, craft interview questions, engage in online discourse with these professionals, and create a brochure using information obtained from these interviews.
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| Middle School , High School |
Business Careers, English Language Arts, Health Phys Ed, Science, Technology Media |
Journalism, Writing, Biology, Email |
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| A Day in the Life of... |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/solano |
| This unit uses multi-disciplinary work to help students learn more about the professional world of sports medicine. Students conduct online research on sports medicine, contact professionals in the field, craft interview questions, engage in online discourse with these professionals, and create a brochure using information obtained from these interviews. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts |
Art History, Crafts, Writing, Global History |
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| A Mask for All Seasons |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/llangsner/mask.htm |
| Students create plaster craft masks to depict the four seasons. By navigating various Web sites, they learn about Renaissance artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo and his "Season" series of floral faces. The students create symbolism in their masks through the use of collage materials.
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| High School |
English Language Arts, Mathematics, Technology Media |
Writing, Geometry, Internet, Software Programs |
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| A New Slant on Math: The Leaning Tower of Pisa |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/fianni/pisa.htm |
The Leaning Tower of Pisa will help a wide range of students that have different learning styles. It is quite amazing how much mathematics can be related to an old falling tower. Italian students, art students, and business students are going to fall in love with the idea of planning a trip, studying the history of the tower, and the fascinating physics that is involved in a falling, but not falling tower.
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| Elementary |
English Language Arts, Social Studies |
Literature, Reading Literacy, Writing, Community Culture |
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| A Peaceful Place is Powerful for the Mind |
| http://bostonteachnet.org/jones/jones.htm |
| Students who follow paths to peace can build powerful places for themselves and their peers. By using real-life situations, they develop self-esteem, self-control, respect for the rights of others, and a sense of responsibility. This approach also encourages students to settle grievances and conflicts through oral and written communication without resorting to confrontation. |
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| High School |
English Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Non Fiction, Writing, American History, Community Culture, Internet |
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| A Trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/jvitulano/baseball.htm |
| This program is designed to teach high school students some of the rudimentary research skills needed to find information using the World Wide Web. The goal of the research is to garner information about the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The various writing skills include the following elements of the writing process: free-writing, drafting, sharing, editing, and publishing. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts |
Crafts, Sculpture, Literature, Community Culture |
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| A Venetian Carnival |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/cposer/venetianfp.htm |
| This unit will expand the students' knowledge of Edgar Allan Poe and his story "The Cask of Amontillado." It will also introduce them to the global celebration of the carnival season. The Internet allows students to travel to these carnivals to experience them firsthand. |
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| Middle School |
English Language Arts |
Writing |
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| A Walk in Someone Else's Shoes |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/powertolearn/mcdonald.htm |
| Students utilize the Internet to harvest facts related to their topic on the plight of those less fortunate, and use an electronic worksheet for collection and to cite sources. They harvest appropriate graphics as well and the information and graphics are used to create a PowerPoint project for class presentation. |
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| High School |
English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Writing, Internet, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| About Me |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/landerson/aboutme.htm |
| About Me is a beginning HTML program for a wide range of students in both age and ability. It encourages students to develop their English and technology skills by having them write about themselves--their family, their home and neighborhood, their interests and hobbies, their education, and their future plans. The end product is first shared with classmates and can then put on a website that the students create. When the students see their work on the Internet, it increases their motivation to create a quality product.
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| Elementary |
English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Writing, American History, Geography Habitats, Internet, Software Programs |
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| Age of Exploration: A Class Timeline |
| http://teachnet-lab.org/santab2003/tnetarchive/martha/martha_explorers_04/sb_explorer_mm_cover.htm |
| Students select an explorer who explored North America. They use the Internet to research the explorer, use an online timeline generator to create their own explorer timeline, and then work in groups to make posters that are displayed on a classroom timeline. |
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| Elementary, Middle School |
English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Non Fiction, Writing, Community Culture, Software Programs |
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| All About Me, a Research & Writing Unit |
| http://teachnet-lab.org/santab2003/tnetarchive/wright/allaboutme/sballabout.htm |
| With the power of the Internet, students are able to become detectives locating amazing information about their own ancestors. Students develop stronger writing skills through the writing process, use technology as a tool for research, writing and presenting, and develop a new appreciation for who they are, and where they come from. |
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| High School |
English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Writing, Digital Media, Internet, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| All About My School |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/landerson/myschool.htm |
| Students construct a website with several links to pages they create. The site weaves logo titles, photos, animation, and textured backgrounds created and edited in PhotoShop into pages created using Dreamweaver software. The project also includes a large amount of writing integrated into the artful web pages. |
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| High School |
English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Journalism, Non Fiction, Writing, Community Culture, Digital Media, Internet, Media Literacy, Software Programs |
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| All the News Too Fit for Print |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/sscragg/news.htm |
| Students learn the basics of journalism: doing research, writing a headline and a lead, news judgment, interview skills, objectivity, and avoiding plagiarism. They complete activities to practice these skills, and then put the skills to use by producing their own publication. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Science |
Graphic Arts, Reading Literacy, Astronomy |
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| An Alphabet Journey Through Space |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/sarago/sarago.htm |
| Students were asked to compile a list of space vocabulary words. They then researched the meaning of each word using Internet resources and designed a page for each letter of the alphabet, which included the meaning and related graphics which they imported from various Web sites. |
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| High School |
English Language Arts |
Literature, Community Culture, Global History |
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| An Incredible Journey: Exploring Brave New Worlds |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/janka/janka.htm |
| This project is designed to work in concert with Aldous Huxley's dystopic novel, Brave New World. This project provides students with the opportunity to express and explore what they have learned from Huxley's novel, their research, and their reflection on their own lives through the form of a research/literature-based creative writing assignment. |
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| High School |
English Language Arts, Health Phys Ed, Science |
Literature, Poetry Creative Writing, Writing, Biology |
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| An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Disease |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetusa/jkent/disease.htm |
| Students explore the historical aspects of disease and discuss both fiction and non-fiction accounts of disease, including The Microbe Hunters, The Hot Zone, The Andromeda Strain, Tuesdays with Morrie, and A Parcel of Patterns. They write a series of children's books about microbes and other disease-causing organisms, the immune system, antibiotics, and scientists (such as Louis Pasteur and Jonas Salk) who have made important contributions to the struggle against disease. |
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| Middle School |
English Language Arts, Mathematics, Technology Media |
Writing, Numbers Statistics, Software Programs |
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| And the Survey Says... |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/everywhere/profiles/fonseca.htm |
| And the Survey Says is a technology unit that introduces students to surveys. After visiting a website and answering some questions about surveys, students will utilize several application programs to create & type a survey sheet, survey 30 classmates, tally the results, graph the results using Excel, and create a presentation to present the survey results.
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| Elementary |
English Language Arts, Social Studies |
Literature, Non Fiction, Global History |
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| Anne Frank WebQuest |
| http://www.teachnet.ie/stpats2004/annefrank52103170/introduction.html |
| deally, the class doing this webquest would have some prior knowledge of Anne Frank and WWII, for example, a class who are reading/have read the diary or are looking at the history of WWII in class. Most of the tasks involve interaction and group work. |
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| Elementary |
English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science |
Arithmetic |
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| Apples "A-Peel" to Me |
| http://www.teachnet-lab.org/miami/2004/garcia.htm |
| Plant seeds of learning with this "a-peel-ing" compilation of enriching cross-curricular activities. Students will be involved in activities that will get to the "core" of estimation, sorting, and graphing. "Apple-icious" activities will help students understand the seasonal changes of an apple tree and how apples develop from seed to fruit. Students will take a trip to the orchard and make a map of the orchard. Top off your apple unit with a tasty snack that's healthful and "apple-lutely" scrumptious. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Painting, Sculpture, Reading Literacy, Writing, Internet, Visual Arts |
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| Artful Installations: 3D Constructions |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/llangsner/installations.htm |
| In this project, through a fun and focused environment, students use problem-solving skills, communication, and a diversity of tasks to create a three-dimensional version of a two-dimensional painting. Through the Internet, they visit the art collection of famous museums, and at www.vangoghmuseum.nl they access information on van Gogh and view a multimedia presentation of his most important works. |
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| Elementary |
English Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Literature, Writing, American History, Internet, Software Programs |
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| Arthur Meets the President |
| http://www.teachnet-lab.org/miami/2004/sardinas2.htm |
| Students get to join Arthur as he ventures out to meet the President of the United States while exploring and finding out interesting facts about our nation's capital Washington, D.C. This unit combines language arts and social studies as well as technology. |
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| High School |
English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Literature, Poetry Creative Writing, Writing, Internet |
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| Arthur Miller: All My Sons |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/bwu/millerprofile.htm |
| The purpose of this unit is to familiarize students with Arthur Miller, author of the play All My Sons, and to introduce them to the major elements used in drama. All My Sons provides students with a total online learning experience that takes full advantage of the Internet. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Crafts, Community Culture, Software Programs, Video, Visual Arts |
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| Artists Act Against Homelessness |
| http://bostonteachnet.org/troxell_lamothe_syms/sigproj.htm |
| Homelessness in the big city. Do young people see it as a curse or a cause to be addressed? Three high school classes, in the fields of visual arts and instructional technology, vow to do something. Determined that their messages will be seen and heard, students produce and exhibit a web site, videos, and graphic arts confirming that artists can successfully act against homelessness.
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Writing, Digital Media, Internet, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Ask the Oracle (About China) |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/oracle.htm |
| This project draws upon your students' imaginations, and dares them to define their own learning experiences. They are immersed in a fantasy world, based on history, wandering upon an oracle bone in the Forbidden City in search of answers to their questions about China. Their virtual oracle bone becomes a metaphor for the World Wide Web, a powerful medium for finding information, inspiring creative writing, and learning about other cultures.
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| High School |
English Language Arts, ESL, Social Studies |
Literature, American History, Community Culture, Global History |
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| Assimilation in America |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/gersh/gersh.htm |
| Throughout the semester, students read the novel The Joy Luck Club. Students had the opportunity to research the history of immigration in the United States, including specific individuals and the problems they faced during their assimilation process. |
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| Middle School |
English Language Arts |
Literature, Poetry Creative Writing, Reading Literacy, Writing |
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| Author Contract |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/bauer/ |
| This unit allows students to research a favorite author using the Internet. The unit challenges students to read four books by the same author, examine issues of style and craft, and examines recurring themes in an author's work. Students are also required to write an imitation of their author, mimicking their particular style. As a culminating project, students create their own web page which explores their particular author. |
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| Middle School |
English Language Arts |
Literature, Poetry Creative Writing, Reading Literacy, Writing |
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| Author in the Spotlight |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/eberkowitz/author.htm |
| Author in the Spotlight is designed to promote literacy involvement for middle school/high school students by addressing most of the New York State English Language Arts Standards. It is a thorough examination of the works of a specific author or poet. After reading several novels or poems by one author, a good reader is able to compare and contrast characters, settings, plots, themes, and genres; examine the author's writing style and purpose in each novel; and discover things about the author's life that may shed light on his/her work. |
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| Elementary |
English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Literature, Reading Literacy, Email, Internet |
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| Author of the Week |
| http://teachnet-lab.org/santab2003/tnetarchive/hansen/stacey_authors/sb_stacy_author_cover.htm |
| The purpose of this project is to get young children excited about reading by letting them take the same book (of their choice) home each night to focus on it for one whole week! The project exposes students to a large number of books by the same author, which provides an opportunity for an in-depth study and appreciation of each author |
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| Elementary , Middle School |
English Language Arts |
Reading Literacy, Writing |
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| Authors and Letters |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/P_Lit-Authors-Letters/home.htm |
| This project is designed to support pupils in their work relating to the Year 3 narrative. This unit is designed in three phases, to be covered in three weeks. |
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| Elementary |
English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Reading Literacy, Writing, Internet, Software Programs |
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