2-Step Equations—A Balancing Act (8)
Topic: Solving 2-step equations, representation of steps to the solution in different forms. This lesson uses Hands-On-Equations (knowing the rules and basic usage of the manipulatives is a pre-requisite) to solve 2-step equations using concrete materials and pictorial representations. They will solve problems with their own sets of materials and “teach” the class a problem using manipulatives and the document camera. Students will then, in groups, draw pictures (representations of the manipulatives used) to show pictorial representations. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

3 R's - Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle , The (K)
Topic: Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle. This lesson will continue the discussion with kindergarten students on ways to help our earth. Our landfills are running out of space. We will define concepts of reducing, reusing, and recycling trash. Students will sort pictures of trash into these three categories through the use of various technology tools such as the interactive whiteboard, projector, and computer. Students have had prior experience sorting objects which will be necessary before they participate in the following activity. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

A2 + B2 = (Visualizing the Pythagorean Theorem) (8)
Topic: Pythagorean Theorem, right triangles, legs, and hypotenuse. In this lesson the students will explore the Pythagorean Theorem, its usefulness, and how to implement the theorem. They will construct a geometric model of the Pythagorean Theorem and use this model to perform a proof by dissection of the theorem to verify the validity of the formula. They will then use the formula to solve practical problems. It is assumed that students know how to solve a multi-step equation and use a formula to calculate the volume of a cone. This lesson incorporates videostreaming and the use of a document camera to enhance instruction. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Aba Who? (4 - 5)
Topic Social Studies, Civil War, abolitionists. The goal of this lesson is to have students use a video from United Streaming to help them better understand the term abolitionists. Students will also work through a website in order to put into perspective the role of an abolitionist. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Active Addition (PreK - 1)
This lesson deals with beginning addition skills. Students will be active participants in solving beginning addition problems. (Young students should have a firm understanding of the addition concept before moving to this Interactive Smartboard lesson.) (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Adopt an Element (6)
Topic: Periodic Table of Elements. In this lesson, students will explore the periodic table as an organizer of elements. Students will use a periodic table to find the symbol, atomic number, and atomic weight of elements. They will be assigned elements to research using websites bookmarked on the teacher’s portaportal page. Each student’s research will be presented in a PowerPoint presentation produced by that student. Students should have prior knowledge on how to make a PowerPoint. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Aesop’s Fables (3)
Topic: English, Aesop’s fables. Students will learn what a fable is and who Aesop is. In this lesson, students will learn about Aesop’s fables through a SmartBoard interactive whiteboard lesson. Students will learn the characteristics of a fable and will watch three short video clips that reinforce the concepts. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Affix This! (6 - 8)
Root word; Affix; Prefix; Suffix; Unfamiliar Word This lesson will introduce students to common affixes used in familiar words. They will also learn to identify unfamiliar words using common affixes with many root words. Students will view a short video to learn how to identify the meanings of unfamiliar words. Students will then analyze common root words in small groups to identify what changes are made to each root word once an affix is attached. Lastly, using the principles learned using the video and root trees, students will identify common roots, prefixes, and suffixes in an affix packet for homework. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

All About Me (1)
Topic: Word webs. The students will learn to use the program Kidspiration to create their own word webs. This program will enable students to generate ideas to share about themselves. Student partners will learn to take a digital picture of each other to enhance their “All About Me” word web. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/allabout.ppt (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

All Around Us (4)
Topic: Math – Area & Perimeter. The students will use art projects and video streaming to learn about area and perimeter. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

All Roads Lead to China (2)
Topic: Ancient China, Written Language, Inventions, Contributions of ancient China. This lesson will introduce students to the written language of China through a variety of video and web-based activities. Students will participate in hands-on activities that allow them to comprehend the complexity of the Chinese written language. Students will recognize how the invention of paper furthered the Chinese written language. At the completion of the lesson students will be able to recognize and use some simple Chinese characters. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

All We Need Is a Yellow Submarine! (3 - 5)
Topic: ocean life, pressure, salinity, temperature, science, oceans. This lesson will introduce students to the physical characteristics of the ocean through video and web sources. At the end of the lesson students will be able to explain differences in salinity, temperature, pressure, and life in the different levels of the ocean and how the ocean has been explored. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

American Civil War, The: Why Did the North Win? (4 - 6)
Topic: Civil War, Stonewall Jackson, Virginia battles. In this lesson students will watch video clips from United Streaming and gather data from the videos about the different resources, leadership, and strategies of the Union and Confederacy during the American Civil War. They will analyze that data and describe how the different leadership and strategies overcame differences in resources for a short while, but eventually the differences in resources commanded the final outcome of the war. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Ancient Mali: A Place with Lots of Gold. (3)
Topic Social Studies, Ancient Mali, Griots, Storytelling. This lesson on Griots is part of a thematic unit on Mali. The prerequisite skills the children need to know is how to retell a story. As a part of this lesson, the students will engage in learning activities involving writing a short story, song, or poem. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

And We Thought They Were Clean (3 - 4)
Topic: Health, personal hygiene A statistic from www.shroomery.org says that only 68% of the population washes their hands after using the bathroom. This lesson teaches students that their personal hygienic behavior affects the prevention and transmission of illnesses. Students will differentiate good and bad hand washing. Playing a simple hand toss ball game, students will see why proper hand washing is important. Students will be online answering questions about hand washing. Using all gathered information, students will create posters advertising proper hand washing. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Animal Adaptation (2)
Topic: animal needs. The students are able to identify the basic needs of all animals: air, food, oxygen, water and shelter. The students are able to name different biomes that are homes to animals. The students will identify ways in which animals adapt to the unique challenges of the biome it lives in. In this lesson the students will sort pictures of animals that prepare for changing seasons by hibernating or migrating. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Are You an Oceanographer? (5)
This lesson is designed to allow students to review concepts learned during an oceanography study. Students should have a prior knowledge of concepts such as the features of the ocean floor, movements of ocean water, layers and life within the ocean, and the interaction between humans and the ocean. Key words include geological characteristics of the ocean, physical characteristics of the ocean, including salinity & buoyancy, waves, tides, & currents, and geological characteristics of the ocean, including life forms & food webs. This lesson incorporates a teacher created PowerPoint. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Around and About (4)
Topic: perimeter, area. The students will use art projects, video clips, and the Internet to learn about perimeter and area. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

As the Color Turns… (11 - 12)
Topic: Acid/Base Indicators, Titration, Neutralization reactions. Technology includes: SMARTBoard with computer and LCD projector, Internet with class set of computers, PortaPortal, and Smartnotebook. Students will investigate indicators and perform a titration. The activities reinforce the concepts that indicators change color with response to pH and that neutralization reactions are based on exact molar relationships. Students have already studied acids, bases, pH and pOH prior to this lesson. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

At the Beginning! (K - 1)
Topic: Beginning Sounds. Students will be engaged in several different activities on beginning sounds including the use of technology. Students will be able to correctly say and put a picture from Kidspiration with the correct beginning sound for each letter of the alphabet. This lesson will be a follow up from introduction to beginning sounds. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Attractive Water (9 - 12)
Topic: water, atomic bonding, molecules. This lesson uses video to investigate the molecular and physical properties of water and why those properties make water essential for life. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

B's the Thing (K)
Topic: Phonemic awareness and letter identification. In this lesson the students will learn to identify the letter b and the sound of the letter. The students will watch a video clip using a computer with an Internet connection and an LCD projector. Hands-on activities will include finding the letter b in print, identifying objects that begin with the sound of the letter b and sorting and cutting out pictures that begin with the letter b. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Baby, You've Changed (K)
Topic: Living things change, human life cycle. This lesson is intended to show that humans change over time through the use of various technology tools (projector, computer, scanner, Kidspiration, interactive whiteboard, printer). Students will discover that people change as they go through the life cycle. Students should be familiar with plant life cycles (pumpkins, apples, flowers…). (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Back to the Future – Hidden Agenda (8)
Topic: advertising, bar graphs. The purpose of the lesson is to have students understand that media can hide products and services and try to persuade them to purchase something or do something. Students will look at typical advertisements for hidden persuading as well as a movie clip. They will take their video results and construct a bar graph. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Bacteria, Bacteria Everywhere! (7)
Topic: Life Science, classification of living things. In this lesson the students will explore how bacteria reproduce. They will view a PowerPoint presentation on the on the two types of reproduction found in bacteria, watch a video stream showing the types and then finish by having small groups model asexual reproduction (binary fission). A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/bacteria.ppt. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Bad Wolf/Good Wolf (4)
Topic: point of view, fairy tales. Stories have a narrator, one of the characters or someone outside the story. The storyteller’s point of view affects the story. Student groups will explore how point of view affects a story and write a rough/first draft of a fractured fairy tale. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Bar None (Graphing That Is!) (2)
Using a stations-approach, this lesson provides practice in surveying, using tally marks, completing and creating bar graphs. Students will complete and create bar graphs using the interactive Smart Board, interactive websites, and hands-on activities. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Bargain Shoppers! (7)
Topic: percentages. Students will reinforce skills in calculating a percent of a number by creating a receipt from a mock purchased outfit based on prices from the internet. First, students will identity the key parts of a receipt and check calculations on a sample receipt. Secondly, students will fill-in missing information on a receipt based on an outfit purchase. Lastly, prices for an outfit will be gathered from a website on the internet and a receipt will be created that incorporates a twenty percent discount on one item and Virginia state sales tax. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Basketball Fun: Ball Handling (2 - 5)
Topic Physical Education, basketball. This lesson will introduce the student to the intricacies of basketball ball handling. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Being a Square in Writing (2 - 5)
Topic: English, paragraph, topic sentence. Students will learn to develop an expository paragraph using the 4 square graphic organizer. In it, they will develop a topic sentence, three supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence while connecting all sentences with transitional elements. Students will eventually use this format in formulating and developing a five paragraph essay. The two PowerPoint presentations designed by the author for use with this lesson are at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/beingsquare1.ppt and beingsquare2.ppt (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Best Beak for the Job (3)
Topic: Science, animal/environment adaptation. This third grade lesson is part of the environments and living systems unit. It is about animals, specifically birds, and the different ways in which they adapt to their environment. Students will investigate and understand that physical and behavioral adaptations allow animals to survive. Students will need prerequisite knowledge of different types of environments including; desert, grasslands, rain forest, forest, and water environments. This lesson will introduce students to video streaming and includes Smart board activities. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Big Lady Liberty (1)
Topic: American symbols, the Statue of Liberty. Students will recognize The Statue of Liberty as an American symbol and understand the meaning behind this patriotic symbol by interacting with a web-based fast facts, re-creating several components of the statue to life-size, and watch a video about her history. Students will then draw and write using KidPix's or other drawing programs which will be used as a culminating piece. This lesson is part of a larger unit on American Symbols. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Bird Beaks and Feet: How Unique! (1)
Topic: Bird Adaptations. Bird beaks are designed for the food they eat. The beak and feet are adapted to a bird’s behavior and habitat. This lesson will help students understand how these bird body parts are suited to the bird’s lifestyle. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Born Free (1)
Topic: Patriotic Symbols. The purpose of this lesson is to have students identify patriotic symbols, including the American Flag, Bald Eagle, Washington Monument, Statue of Liberty, Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, and the White House. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Boy Named Sioux (and his family, too), A (2)
Topic: First Americans, focusing on the Sioux of the Plains In this lesson the students will learn about the homes, food, and natural resources used by the Sioux. It includes web applications and video streaming for enhancing the learning process. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Boys Will Be Boys (3)
Topic Language Arts, plot, summary, comparison. After seeing and hearing the book Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner, via a document camera and multimedia projector, students will complete a series of activities comparing its plot to that of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Building Blocks (5)
Topic: Science, matter, atoms, molecules. This lesson will provide students with the opportunity to explore and learn about atoms and molecules, the building blocks of matter. Students will observe ice melting, and view a video that gives information about the phases of matter. Students will create a writing assignment from the perspective of an ice cube. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Building Word Families (K)
Topic: word study, word families. Students will be introduced to word families though a video from Discovery Education and an activity utilizing a SMARTBoard. Skills will be reinforced through an online, interactive. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

By George, I Think We've Got It! (2)
Topic: George Washington. Students will learn the contributions made by George Washington. Students visit websites to determine if statements about Washington are true or false. After false statements are changed to true statements, students make a poster in a publishing program. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

By Sweet Chance (4)
This lesson will review probability terms such as likely, unlikely, equally likely, certain and impossible when predicting outcomes of activities. This lesson will further build on prior probability knowledge by emphasizing how to record probability data as a fraction. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

California Cows Won’t Dance the Fandango (10 - 12)
Topic: Laser printers. This session is designed to help students understand the six steps of the Laser printing process and the components of a Laser printer. This lesson uses a CD-ROM video of Michael Meyers that covers the six – steps of the Laser printing process and the components of a Laser printer. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/california.ppt. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Caught in a Web (1 - 3)
Topic: food chain. This lesson on the food chain is part of a thematic unit on Living Systems. Very little prerequisite knowledge is required for students to partake in this lesson, which meets Va. Science SOL 3.5. As a part of this lesson, students will engage in learning activities using the Internet and video. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Cause It's Effective! (3 - 5)
Topic: fiction, cause and effect. Students will use a United Streaming video segment to distinguish cause and effect. The students will create a circle story on a SmartBoard following the sequence of the book If You Give A Pig A Pancake. Lastly, students will create their own cause and effect chain using Kidspiration software. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Causes of the American Revolution (4 - 5)
Topic: U.S. History, American Revolution. Students will be learning about the causes of the American Revolution by using a cooperative learning activity in which each group becomes an expert about one cause before sharing it with an overhead transparency with the rest of the class. Then by working in Kidspiration, students will make a web about the causes of the American Revolution. After making the web, students will use Kidspiration to change the web into an outline. Comparing the two printed pages (the web and the outline), students can see how their web relates to their outline so that later they can use the outline rather than the web to write a short essay. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Caution...Plants Parts Ahead! (K - 2)
Topic: plant parts. This lesson reviews the parts and needs of a plant. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc05/caution.ppt. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Cell as Factories (5)
Topic Science, cells. This lesson introduces upper elementary students to the living cell. They will learn what the cell is, how it functions, and the role it plays in all living things. In addition, students will participate in a jigsaw activity to learn about the parts of cells. As a culminating activity, children will compare and contrast plant and animal cells using a Venn diagram. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Censorship Heats Up! (10)
Topic: Censorship, banned and challenged books. This lesson will prepare students for a brief writing assignment that is a lead-in for reading the book “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury. This lesson guides students through a computer-based exploration of the reasons why books are banned or challenged and enables them to look at which books are most frequently banned or challenged. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Choices! Choices! (3)
Topic: Social Studies, economics, opportunity cost, scarcity. Students will be given examples of economic choice and generate real life economic choices made by themselves, their families, and others in their community. Students have prior knowledge of the words scarce, resources, wants, needs, goods, and services. They should accurately use key vocabulary during the lesson. Technology used in this lesson presentation computer with projection device, United Streaming Video Clip. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Choose Wisely (3 - 4)
Topic: Health, Food Guide Pyramid, Food Groups, and Nutrition. In this lesson, students will use video, hands-on activities, and the internet to learn about the food guide pyramid and how to make healthy food choices. Students will use video to define the food guide pyramid, distinguish between food groups, and learn recommended daily servings. Students will use the internet, and magazines to produce their own food guide pyramid collages. Activities from the website www.dole5aday.com will be used to reinforce “choosing wisely.” Finally, student will record their food and beverage intake for a 24-hour period. Data will be used to help aid in evaluation of their diets and to summarize what improvements could be considered. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Chunking Vowels (K - 1)
Topic: phonics, short vowels. This lesson was designed to supplement the teaching of an early literacy phonics skill focusing on using and manipulating word chunks. Students will be comparing and contrasting the vowels within the chunks: -at, -it, and -ot. This is a culminating lesson meant to be used after learning these chunks in isolation. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Cinderella (3 - 5)
Topic: ESL, Cinderella, fairytales, story elements. The purpose of this lesson is to give students an understanding of story elements: character, setting, plot, and conclusion. This lesson provides opportunities for students to compare and contrast different versions of Cinderella using the SmartBoard. Students also have an opportunity write, publish, and share a version of Cinderella from their culture using the software, Storybook Weaver. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Circle Identification (K)
Topic: math, plane geometric figure In this lesson students will learn to recognize a plane geometric figure in their environment and how to form the shape. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Civilian Conservation Corps (6)
Topic: Civilian Conservation Corps, FDR’s New Deal, The Great Depression, American History. Unemployment during the Great Depression robbed many of the feeling of independence and self-worth. New Deal programs such as the CCC offered young men an opportunity to financially assist their families while participating in fulfilling work. Students will investigate the qualifications, goals, and impact the CCC had on their state and surrounding states by investigating the websites of select CCC alumni groups. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Cleared for Take-Off (2 - 5)
Topic: Forces of flight, lift Students will identify and define the forces of flight, especially lift, and relate the parts of an airplane to these forces as they participate in activities related to the flight video they watch. Each student will then construct, test and evaluate the flight of their own White Wings airplane using on-line resources from NASA. They will explain why it does or does not fly as desired and modify it as needed. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Cloudy with a Chance of Cumulus (2)
Topic: science, weather, clouds This lesson goes along with a weather unit. Students will learn to identify three cloud types, their characteristics, and the weather they produce using video streaming, an interactive notebook page, and the computer program Kidspiration. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Coiling the Day Away (3)
Topic: Native Americans, pottery. Students will learn the technique of coiling in order to create a clay pot using air-dry clay. They will be introduced to the coiling method by means of a Native American Artist. The students will create their own pot following step-by-step directions complete with visual images from the Web. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Come on, Come on, Come on, Let me Show yoou What it's All About! (3 - 4)
The objective of this lesson is to provide a high-interest, fun way to introduce using a dictionary. Students will put words in alphabetical order, locate words in sections of the dictionary, and use guide words to find correct pages. Students should have a grasp of the alphabet and putting words in ABC order. This lesson uses video clips that were downloaded from Discovery Education. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Come Sail Away (3)
Topic: oceans, continents. Students make a sailboat to sail across the world to the different oceans and continents. They view a PowerPoint presentation and label the oceans and continents on an outline map of the world. They practice locating the oceans and continents by beginning at a particular point and sailing to the next point using their ships. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/comesail.ppt (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Commas Rule! (3 - 5)
Topic: Commas, rules and usage. This fourth grade comma lesson introduces students to the rules of correct comma use through a SMARTBoard presentation and manipulation and serves to sharpen their written language development as they apply these rules to the editing of their writing and that of their peers. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Commercial Characters (9)
Characterization Research Oral Presentation The Odyssey. Students will take on the characteristics of a character from The Odyssey. They will research their selected character, learning how to use resource cards. Then, the students will create a commercial exhibiting their character’s personal traits. During this time, students will utilize digital video cameras, computer lab, video editing software and a multimedia projector for this lesson. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Conduction Junction--What’s Your Function? (4)
Topic: conductor, electricity, insulators. This is one science lesson on conductors and insulators in a unit on electricity. Hands on activities and technology are included in this lesson. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Connecting with Condensation (2 - 3)
Topic: Science, condensation This is one lesson on condensation. It is a part of a unit on the water cycle. It begins with a hands-on experience and includes a website. It is expected that students have already learned about evaporation. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Contraction Action (2 - 3)
Topic: contractions. This lesson is a follow up to previous lessons which have been taught on contractions. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Contractions- Don’t Forget the Noodle! (2)
This lesson engages children with hands-on activities, music, and video streaming to teach about contractions, how they are formed, and proper placement of an apostrophe. This lesson is the first of four weekly word study activities. Students will end the week with a spelling test on the contractions. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Convince Me! (8)
Topic: persuasive writing. A persuasive essay, like other modes of writing, involves planning. In this lesson, students use a graphic organizer designed to put their thoughts in a logical sequence. Students will also view a video segment to get an overview of writing a rough draft from their prewrite. The PowerPoint presentations designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/convinceme.ppt (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Count On It! (K - 1)
Topic: counting money. Students often struggle to learn to identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. This lesson uses videostreaming and the Internet to help students learn about money. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Count Those Pennies! (K - 1)
Topic: Math investigation, comparison, and problem solving. This lesson is intended to develop money skills with kindergarten or first grade students through the use of various technology tools (interactive whiteboard, computer, and data presenter). Students will identify the number of pennies equivalent to a nickel, dime and quarter.A Notebook file designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/countpennies.notebook. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Counting 1-10! (PreK)
Topic: counting, numbers, numerals This lesson uses computers, a media projector, the Internet and other hands on materials (dice, paper banana peels) to teach the concept of counting and matching numerals to a corresponding set of objects. Students will listen/watch a counting story on an Internet site. They will then practice counting objects and finding the numeral that matches the number of objects in a set through the use of two different Internet sites and a hands on game. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Counting with Clay (PreK - K)
Topic: numeracy, numeral sequence, and counting, 1:1 correspondence. This lesson will support the students understanding of numerals to 10, how they are formed, what they represent, and how they are related. After reading a counting book together, the students will create a class digital counting story using clay numerals and sets. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Countless Coffee (6)
Topic: The addition and subtraction of fraction with common denominators. This will be an introductory lesson where students will be exposed to the technology of videostreaming for the first time. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Creature Features (1)
Topic: animals, mammals. This lesson is a study of identifying mammals and their characteristics. Using video streaming, a field trip, special visitors and a web-based activity, students will identify the four characteristics of a mammal and some of the habitats in which they live. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Dancing Water (5)
Topic: earth, geysers. Students will take a virtual field trip to Yellowstone National Park by viewing a teacher prepared PowerPoint. Students will read science vocabulary pertaining to the changing earth, specifically geysers. By reading in the content area of science students will practice reading, writing and science. Technology will be used as a tool to teach these subjects. The PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc05/dancingwater.ppt (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Dandelion Daze: The Parts of a Flower (1)
Topic: Roots, stems, leaves, blossoms. Through multimedia applications and personal exploration students will discover the parts and functions of plants. This lesson uses a dandelion under a digital microscope to pique their interest by seeing something known in an unusual way. They will also learn a song that reinforces the names of the parts of the plant to label. Online video material is used to describe the functions of the parts of the plant. Students then plant their own seed. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Date That Lives in Infamy: Pearl Harbor and U.S. Entry in WWII, A (6 - 8)
Topic: WWII In this lesson students will study the series of events from Pearl Harbor to the United States Declaration of War on the Empire of Japan. This Lesson uses Audio tracks, Digital Images, and Video Streaming to enhance the students understanding of the events leading the United States to enter World War II as well as have a better understanding for the emotions that surrounded these events. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Day and Night (1)
Topic: day, night In this lesson students will be introduced to the concept of day and night. In this lesson, students will view a Unitedstreaming clip relating to day and night. Students will then complete an independent, self-guided website that leads them through the rotation of the earth around the sun. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Day in the Life of a Pumpkin, A (K)
Topic: plant growth. The children will discover how a pumpkin grows from a seed to a large orange pumpkin. We will read a story, view a videostream, interact with the Smart board, and complete a hand out on sequencing a pumpkin. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Days of Our Lives (K - 2)
Topic: Past - yesterday/long ago, Present - today/now On completion of this lesson students will understand the meaning of past and present and how it relates to them and to the world. Students will understand that there is more to time than just hours, minutes, and seconds. Students will learn that many things change over time (decade, generation, and century). Students will be able to understand that a time line puts events in order from past to present, and they will be able to read and create a time line. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Days of the Dead: A Mexican Celebration (8)
Topic: multiculturalism, art history, art production (drawing and collage). Students will be exposed to a celebration in Mexico called Days of the Dead which is often confused with our Halloween. The students will learn that the culture of the Mexican people is a meshing of the Catholic religion, of the Spanish settlers, and of the Native religious rituals and beliefs. It is this blending that evolved into the celebration of their ancestors who have died and gone to the afterlife (heaven). Days of the Dead is a time of celebrating their loved ones’ lives and a chance to commune with their spirits. The skeleton is not portrayed as scary or macabre like it is in Halloween traditions. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Describing Made Easy (3)
Topic: descriptive writing. With the use of the internet, students will move through a series of activities that will explain, show, and involve them in descriptive writing. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Describing Plants and Their Environments (2 - 5)
Topic: descriptive writing, plants, environments Forming a hypothesis. Students will observe plants and their environments by watching a video and exploring their school. They will use vivid vocabulary to write words and phrases to clearly describe the plants and their environments. Students will analyze this information to verbally hypothesize how environments affect what kinds of plants can grow in a specific location. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Developing Reading Fluency Through the Use of Technology (6 - 8)
Much research has been done about the importance of fluency in reading development. In his book The Fluent Reader (2003), Timothy Rasinski cites studies in which the skills of struggling readers were examined and found that reading fluency often lagged far behind other reading skills such as decoding and comprehension. The National Reading Panel has confirmed this finding and notes that reading fluency is a critical but often neglected component of reading instruction (www.nationalreadingpanel.org). Many of the research-proven methods focus on younger children, while older struggling readers need these techniques as well. This lesson uses technology such as music performance/voice recording software, PowerPoint, CD’s, iPods, and/or a teacher web site to develop fluency in struggling readers. Activities such as read-aloud, paired reading, and choral reading are incorporated into the current novel the class is reading, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Device Squad (6 - 8)
Topic: poetry. As an introduction to a poetry unit, students will become acquainted with the poetic devices often used by poets, as well as familiarize themselves with poetry terminology. The PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc05/devicesquad.ppt (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Digital Dewey (3)
Topic: Dewey Decimal System. Digital Dewey is designed to teach students to locate nonfiction materials in a library media center utilizing the Dewey Decimal System (DDS). It further teaches students how to use components of Microsoft WORD and the image library contained in this software. Students will use a variety of materials in the learning process. All students will view a portion of an Emmy Award winning video, take notes and be actively involved a book sort. Working as partners, students will use software to produce an image rich DDS poster for a particular category. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Digital Scavenger Hunt (7)
This lesson involves students participating in a project in which they gather digital photographs with a digital camera in a scavenger hunt format and then upload the photographs into a PowerPoint slide show. Students will view a sample PowerPoint projected on a whiteboard to get ideas for how to take effective photographs and construct an appropriate presentation. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Digital Shape Imaging (1)
Topic: shape recognition This lesson is designed to introduce and teach students about shapes. This lesson will not only teach them the basic shapes but also how to see shapes in other objects found around the room. This lesson will use digital cameras. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Dinner Is Over, Now What? (7 - 10)
Topic: The human digestive system. The activities presented in this lesson will enable students to trace food through the digestive system, and to become more familiar with how food is broken down chemically and mechanically. This lesson is intended to be a supportive activity for a nutrition unit. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

DNA (4 - 6)
Topic: Adding Fractions, Uncommon Denominators. This lesson introduces students to adding fractions by using online video and interactive web-based activities. Students complete a study guide during the video for future reference. At the completion of the lesson students determine amounts of ingredients needed to make trail mix for their team. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Do We Know the Dewey? You Bet We Do! (9)
In this lesson, students will learn about the DDC, the hierarchical classification system used to organize non-fiction print materials in the library media center. In addition to using interactive, pre-selected websites, students will complete a media center scavenger hunt to gain knowledge of the DDC. Once an understanding is achieved, students will create short infomercials to educate other library patrons on how to locate what they are looking for using the DDC. For this lesson, students should have a working knowledge of point-and-shoot cameras (Flip Cameras). (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Do We Really Need It? (K)
Topic: Wants and Needs. This lesson allows students to explore the differences between things that people want versus things that people need. Students will recognize all of the basic needs that we all must have in order to survive, and they will be given the opportunity to make choices based on this knowledge. This lesson incorporates the use of the SMARTBoard, multimedia projector, United Streaming video segments, Kidspiration software, and computers for students to access. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Do You Have Any Clues? (4 - 5)
Topic: scientific method. This lesson is designed to teach students about the steps of the scientific method. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Do You Have Change for a Dollar? (2)
Topic: money. This lesson will focus on identifying and counting coins up to $1.00. Through interacting with a video and using a digital camera, an interactive website, a computer, and a SmartBoard, the students will recognize, compare, and count a collection of coins. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Do You Know Russia Like I Know Russia? (9)
Topics: Russian geography, note-taking, economics. In this lesson, students will learn about the geography of Russia and how it has contributed to its economic difficulties. The lesson utilizes PowerPoint and streaming video. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Does Government Affect Me? (3)
Topic: history/social science, technology, government. Students will study government at work around us by taking a computer journey through an animated town. As students click around the website town, they will learn the many and varied services, laws, and goods provided by our government. Students will then assimilate the information they have learned to create a Government Service City of their own using Kidspiration Software. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Down & Dirty (3 - 1)
Topic: Soil Students will use technology to discover how soil forms and what can be found in soil. Students will be allowed to collect soil samples to observe different particles or “ingredients” found in soil. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Earth’s Biomes, The (7)
Topic: Life Science, Ecosystems and Biomes. In this lesson the students will explore Earth’s different Biomes (a group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms). Students will after a brief PowerPoint introduction on biomes and a review of ecosystems, work in heterogeneous cooperative learning group researching an assigned biome. Students will complete a Web Quest (located on Mrs. Nicholas’ Portaportal) using the mobile laptop lab. Their discoveries will be used in group produced PowerPoints that will be presented to the rest of the class by the group. It assumes that students have prior knowledge on how to create simple Powerpoint presentations as well as have prior experience using the mobile laptop lab.A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/earthsbiomes.ppt. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Earthmovers! (2 - 3)
Topic: erosion This unit about erosion is intended for use with 2nd and 3rd grade classes. It includes several hands-on activities, a PowerPoint, and a video to help students understand erosion and its effects on early. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc06/earthmovers.ppt. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Eating Bugs! (1)
Topic: life science, insects. This lesson is used to begin a science study about insects, spiders, worms, and isopods which covers a six weeks session. Students will discover how to determine which creatures are insects and what makes them different from other bugs. Students will use digital cameras to photograph their creations. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Eating Fractions (1 - 3)
Topic: fractions Students will be introduced to the meaning of a fraction, how to read a fraction,and why fractions are used in the real world. Fractions will be introduced through a video showing kids using fractions in a real world setting. Students will then apply what they have learned visually and auditorally from the video, with a “hands on” computer game by showing fractions using pizza slices. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Economics of Chocolate Chip Cookies (2)
Topic: Economic resources. This lesson introduces the three types of economic resources- human, capital, and natural. First, the teacher will utilize video clips from United Streaming to help students understand the types of resources. Students will then draw examples of each type of resource to make a class sort. Next, students will complete an individual resources sort using Kidspiration. Students will then make chocolate chip cookies and discuss what types of resources are needed to make the cookies. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Electoral College 101 (8)
Topic: Electoral College, winner-take-all system, popular vote. The process of electing our President and Vice President using the Electoral College system. This lesson is our introduction to the Executive Branch. Students will learn the difference between the popular election and the Electoral College process. Students will understand how electoral votes are determined and why a candidate can win the popular vote and lose the election. Students will also evaluate if the Electoral College Process should be changed. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Electrifying Circuits (4)
Topic: electricity, circuits. Electrifying Currents is designed to help students learn about electric circuits. Students will be able to explain what items are needed to make an electric circuit. They will also use interactive internet sites to predict and manipulate circuits. Next, students will be able to draw a diagram of an electric circuit. Finally, they will build an electric circuit and explain how the circuit works. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Energy: Up the Chain (3)
Topic: Science, food chain. Students will learn how energy from the sun passes through the food chain to become energy to power human activity. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Enough! Throw Taxes Overboard (4 - 5)
Topic: History, American Revolution, taxation. The students will examine the events leading to Virginia’s role in the American Revolution. Students will explore the taxes that were implemented, and then repealed, why the colonists were angry at England, and what they tried to do to resolve their differences. Students will write a short summary from clips (worksheet will be provided), identifying main idea and provide details to support main idea. Students will also identify the contributions made by George Washington, Samuel Adams, and John Adams. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Equal Rights for All? (8)
Topic Civil Rights Movement Students will be re-introduced to the Civil Rights movement. First, students will be introduced to the effects of segregation on American society through pictures set to music. Next, through a beginning simulation they will discuss their own reactions of their own class segregation. The students will then analyze the court case of Plessy v. Ferguson, which coined the term “separate but equal.” Lastly, they will tie together the important ideas/issues during this time by filling out a comprehensive diagram of the Civil Rights Era. This class is designed to review U.S. history from the past to the present in order to improve SOL test scores. It is assumed that each student as been introduced to this material in the 5th and 6th grades. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc07/equalrights.ppt. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Erosion: See the Land A-Shrinking (2 - 3)
Topic: Science, erosion. In this lesson, students will identify erosion, identify different types of agents that cause erosion, and explain the causes of erosion. Students will observe changes in soil through viewing a unitedstreaming video and hands on experiments. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Everyone’s Talking (PreK - 5)
Topic: articulation, oral placement, identification of target sound. The topic for this lesson is articulation. The students will learn what words contain their target speech sound and how to correctly produce those sounds. The goals of this lesson are for the children to identify their target sound, identify words that contain that sound, and to learn correct oral placement in order to produce the sound. Students will create a narrated video utilizing pictures that they have taken with a digital camera and uploaded into Photo Story. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Evolution: Changes Over Time (9 - 11)
Topics: Evolution, change and natural selection Evolution is a key concept for understanding biology. Evolution reveals the diversity of species and predicts changes. Students will describe the voyage of the Beagle, express the pattern Darwin observed among organisms of the Galapagos and recognize his contribution to science. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Exploring the Colosseum and Roman Entertainment (9 - 10)
In this lesson, students will gain a greater understanding of Roman engineering achievements through a study of the Colosseum. Students will then be confronted with the violent entertainment that took place at the Colosseum. Throughout the lesson, students will be challenged to assess Roman and American forms of entertainment. They will also be encouraged to consider their own forms of entertainment to determine how “Roman” they are. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Extreme Makeover: Math Classroom (6 - 8)
Topic: tessellations. Students will research Escher and tessellations on the Internet using a webquest. They will also create a tessellation using Microsoft Word. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Facing Our Diversity (2 - 3)
Topic: diversity, comparing/contrasting Students will compare and contrast each other to find out their similarities and differences. Students will use PDAs to draw a portrait of themselves. Prior to this lesson, students will have had experiences with the PDAs and the document camera. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Fairness of Fractions, The (1)
Topics: Fractions. During this lesson, students will represent fractions as parts of wholes. Students will, initially, be introduced to fractions through a document camera in which they will divide two different foods into fractions. Additionally, students will be given the opportunity to apply these skills in a SMARTBoard small group station in which students will generate the names of fractions pieces, as well as create fractions. While half of the students are working on the SMARTBoard, the other half of the class will be using the virtual manipulatives on the laptop computers to complete a worksheet. A Notebook file designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/fairness.notebook. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

FALL Into Fun (1)
Topic: seasons. Students will learn about the fall/autumn season. The purpose of this lesson is to be a technology and fun based way to learn about this season. Students will watch a video that tells about the fall/autumn season and shows great pictures of this time of year. Students will use word processing skills and write about fall. Also using computers they will create pictures of the season. At the end of this lesson, they will know more about this fun season. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Falling Colors (K)
Topic: fall, season. This is a study of seasons, which focuses on Fall. Using video-streaming, and a hands-on activity, students will learn to identify the characteristics of Fall. This lesson would be part of a unit on seasons. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Fancy, Flowers (5 - 7)
Topic: Life Science, Plant Kingdom. In this lesson the students will gain knowledge of the Plant Kingdom. Students will explore the complex life cycles of plants. Students will participate in an interactive activity of flower reproductive parts, process of pollination, and seed dispersal with use of a SMARTBoard and Internet. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Feast of Knowledge, A (1)
Topic: First Thanksgiving, compare/contrast. This is a two-day lesson that comes at the end of a unit of study on the first Thanksgiving. Its purpose is to be a “visual” learning tool to help master the material that has been covered in this unit of study, with some enrichment learning taking place also. The video used in these lessons is a historically accurate reenactment of the “harvest festival” celebrated by the pilgrims and serves as a wonderful “visual” to master learning. The students will have the opportunity to summarize what they have learned about the first , to extend what they have learned into some enrichment type activities, and to compare the first to the that we celebrate today. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Feed Me: How Plants Get Their Food (1 - 2)
Topic: plant needs. Students will explore how a plant makes food and the vital items it needs in order to accomplish this. This lesson is a part of a unit of plants. It is based on the prior knowledge that the children know the parts of a plant. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Fiction or Nonfiction: That Is the Question (6 - 8)
Topic: Fiction or Nonfiction. Students will activate their prior knowledge of fiction and nonfiction. The specific internal and external text structure of nonfiction will be examined and then culminated with a comparison matrix of the two types of genre. Technology will be incorporated into the lesson with use of the SMARTBoard, document camera, and computer. Students will receive whole group instruction as well as partner and individual assignments. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Fifth Grade Rocks (5)
Topic: rocks, igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic. This science unit will provide culminating activities in order to classify, name, and identify Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic rocks by analyzing characteristics of rock samples, identifying different rocks, and by locating information on the web. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Figurative Lingo (6 - 8)
Topic: figurative language of a simile. This lesson will introduce the concept of a simile. The student will be able to recognize and create their own simile. This lesson uses united streaming videos. Pre requisites: students should already know how to write an alliteration. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Flip Your Lid for Squid (5)
Overview Through squid dissection, students will examine some of the unique features, which have allowed squid to adapt and thrive in waters throughout the world. Students will locate and identify major external and internal features and organs of a squid. Students will understand and use basic dissection techniques and terms. One of the main objectives of this activity is to introduce students to dissection. Dissection is an important part of scientific discovery that can help us better understand how life works. It is important for students to see the role that dissection plays and develop a sense of responsibility and respect for the animal that they are using as a learning tool. (SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Flippin’ for Famous Americans (2)
This lesson will allow students to utilize their writing skills by formulating paragraphs that give information about famous Americans. It should be noted that prior to this activity, students will have spent one week learning about the six famous Americans. Therefore, this lesson will serve as a review or culminating activity. This lesson incorporates the use of a teacher computer and monitor, multimedia projector, point and shoot cameras (Flip), and video editing software (Microsoft Moviemaker). (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Flipping Out with Fluency!!! (6)
This lesson is a continuation of previous lessons focused on several fluency skills: expression, pronunciation (accuracy), pacing, and honoring punctuation. Students will be introduced to oral presentation skills in order to build upon their reading fluency. Students will use flip cameras on tripods to record themselves reading personal narratives. These videos will be downloaded onto the student shared server and the students will log in on laptops to observe, and take notes on their personal fluency skills. Students will fill out selfassessment rubrics in order to determine their personal strengths and weaknesses. These will be used as a type of formative assessment by the teacher. Students will have two more opportunities to record themselves in the following three weeks to track their personal improvement in their areas of weakness. A summative assessment by the teacher will follow the last recording. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Flying Eggs and Dishes (4)
Topic: inertia, motion, force, Sir Isaac Newton. The purpose of this lesson is to give students hands-on experience with Newton’s First Law of Motion--inertia. They will be able to describe the property in their own words and give examples of inertia in everyday life. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Flying High (1)
Topic: Benjamin Franklin, electricity The students will learn about the life of Benjamin Franklin as an inventor. The students will learn how electricity began through the experiment of Benjamin Franklin. The student will relate the past with their lives today. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Four by Fours (4 - 6)
Topic: quadrilaterals, plane figures, 2-dimensional shapes Students learn the names and characteristics of the different types of quadrilaterals. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Four War (9 - 10)
Topic: WWI, War, militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism. This lesson will introduce students to the causes of World War I. The students will learn that wars are not usually begun all of a sudden, but are caused by events sometimes decades in the making. Students will analyze and answer questions from video clips pertaining to the four main causes of World War I. Students will then work in small groups to apply what they have learned to situations they might encounter in their own lives. This is in hopes of connecting the information to themselves and making it more relevant. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Fraction Action (K - 1)
Topic: Fractions, halves, fourths/quarters. Fractions are hard enough to understand as an adult. By using Hershey bars and examples of other things that kids love, they will come to better understand the concept of fractions, how they are represented and how to show them through manipulatives. This lesson integrates video clips downloaded from Discovery Streaming. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Fraction Frenzy (4)
Topic: Math, fractions. During this lesson students will investigate relationships among fractions. Students will use Hershey Bars, and magnetic pizza pieces to compare equivalent fractions. First, in small groups students will use Hershey bars to create several fractions as I am reading The Hershey’s Fraction Book. Next they will watch a brief segment of the video Mathematical Eye. In which students will see how to create fractions that are equal in size. They will then apply what they learned by using the magnetic pizzas on the chalkboard and seeing how many equivalent fractions they can make out of 8 pieces. Finally, students will match equivalent fractions on the computer. The matching game they will use is called “Fraction Frenzy.” (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Friends and Fluency (3 - 5)
Topic: English, fluency, accuracy, rate. This lesson is part of the ongoing objective to develop fluency in reading. It is for use with upper elementary students and their primary reading buddies. Using the online program, Audacity, a voice recording and editing program, students will evaluate and improve upon their ability to read with accuracy and prosody as they prepare to share a friendship poem with their primary buddies. The friendship poem will be used for repeated readings in order to build fluency. Students will work with partners to record and evaluate repeated readings of their poem over a week’s time. They will provide constructive feedback to their partners on the key components of fluent reading in preparation for the culminating event on Friday when they will have the opportunity to share their poems with their buddies. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Frog Without a Pond, A (4)
Topic: Science, ecosystems, ecology. The term ecosystem is an “essential knowledge” vocabulary word in the Virginia 4th grade science Standard of Learning (SOL) curriculum framework. Because all of the other points of this SOL depend heavily on a solid understanding of what an ecosystem is, it is important to have a solid introduction to the unit. A very short video clip will be used to emphasize the parts of the definition and further student understanding. The PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc05/frog.ppt (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson) (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

FROG: Fun Research Our Goal (3 - 5)
Topic: Dewey Decimal System. During this lesson, students will be presented with the broad terms associated with the Dewey Decimal System and will form a basis of general knowledge for using the system to locate materials needed by the student from in the media center. The two PowerPoint presentations designed by the author for use with this lesson are at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc05/frog.ppt (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

From Smallest to Biggest (K)
Topic: spatial concepts of little/littler/littlest, big/bigger/biggest, small/smaller/smallest,large/larger/largest. The student will put a variety of objects in order from little to big and small to large. Students will place objects in diminishing size: small, smaller, smallest and in graduating size: big, bigger, biggest. This lesson uses hands-on activities and interactive websites (enhanced by the use of a SmartBoard). (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Fuel for Life (10)
Topic: Science, cellular respiration, glycolysis, alcoholic fermentation, lactic acid fermentation. This lesson is an introductory lesson into cellular respiration. Students will learn about energy in cells. How it is produced through glycolysis, alcoholic fermentation or lactic acid fermentation. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc05/fuel.ppt. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Fun with Fairytales! (2 - 3)
The students will be engaged in learning that fairy tales start with “Once Upon a Time,” contain magic in each story, include events that happen in 3’s, and end with “Happily Ever After.” Students will listen to “The Three Little Pigs” from a video clip from United Streaming, discuss the different characteristics of a fairy tale, and construct different fairy tales themselves. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Fun with the Sun! (3)
Topic: Solar Energy, Measurement, Science Investigation. This lesson is an introduction to energy. We look specifically at solar energy. The teacher will introduce background information about the sun using clips. Students will then become aware of the energy we get from the sun utilizing streaming clips. Students will then construct a hypothesis as to how they think the solar energy will affect a growing sunflower. Students will collect data over time and finally analyze their data to draw conclusions. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Genreflecting (4 - 5)
Topic: The Literature Genre of Historical Fiction The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the general concept of genres in literature and to focus specifically on the genre of historical fiction. This lesson provides the students with an initial exposure to the many genres of fictional literature and an opportunity to further explore the genre of historical fiction. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/genreflecting.ppt (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Geometry: It’s All in the Angle You Look at It! (3 - 5)
Topic: Geometry, Angles, Lines. This lesson reviews the geometry vocabulary students have already been exposed to and helps them make real world connections between what they’ve learned and objects outside of the classroom. The teacher will utilize videostreaming to share clips that show a variety of lines and angles in a city. The students will become aware of how geometry exists all around them and see how to create specific angles interactively. Internet access and individual computers for the students will be used to reinforce how to recognize and construct different types of angles and lines on a plane. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Get Along, Little Doggie (3)
Topic: People getting along with one another. The Character Counts Coalition presents six pillars of character in relation to values and morals. They are trustworthiness, respect, caring, fairness, responsibility, and citizenship. Caring is the pillar of character studied in this lesson. All students will view a portion of the video Kids for Character hosted by Tom Selleck. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Get Movin’ (1)
Topic: Force and motion. This lesson is intended to help students understand the concept of force and motion through the use of various technology tools (video and interactive whiteboard) and interactive activities. Students will discover that objects move in different directions and what causes these objects to move. A Notebook file designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/getmoving.notebook. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Get on Board the Tone Train (10)
Topic: Imagery, Word Choice, Tone In this lesson, through video and prose writing about the Holocaust, students will learn how images and word choice in literature affect the tone of writing. They will create and present imagery-rich, tone-appropriate poetry and an accompanying PowerPoint presentation. *Note: A lesson or review of figurative language should occur before this lesson. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Get Ready, Get Set, Grow! (1)
Topic: Life cycle of a plant, plant parts. This lesson explores the stages of a plant’s life, as well as, the importance of each part of a plant. The lesson will begin with a short video about plants. Students will then plant seeds and document the growth through digital photography. Each student will author individual picture books. (Prior knowledge assumed: Know/Want to know/ Learned, Think/Pair/ Share, digital camera, brainstorming process) (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Get the Picture? (6)
Topic: writing, editing, revising. Given simple, bland sentences, students will: brainstorm, write a rough draft, revise and edit, and then publish by creating “Show, Don’t Tell” sentences. Finally, students will create an imovie using these revised sentences with video images, pictures, or drawings. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Getting a Hold on Water (K)
Topic: states of water. The students will observe (directly and through video-streaming) water in the liquid and solid forms, will sort and classify examples of each form, and will produce a class booklet with digital pictures of each form. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Getting into Gear with Simple Machines! (1)
Topic: simple machines This lesson is to be used as a culminating lesson for a simple machine unit. Video streaming is included, as well as, an assessment activity. This lesson focuses on the six different types of simple machines. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Getting to the Root of It! (1)
Topic: Investigating Plants. This lesson is a study of the roots of a plant and their functions. Students at this point are already familiar with the parts of the plant. Using video streaming and hands-on activities, students will identify with and understand the functions of the roots and why they are important to the life of the plant. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Gimme Five (4 - 5)
Topic Social Studies, Virginia, regions. Students will work in cooperative groups to research individual regions of Virginia. After using the internet and books for researching, students will add important information to a community bulletin board. Students from each individual region will report important findings to the rest of the class. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Gimme Five (4 - 5)
Topic Social Studies, Virginia, regions. Students will work in cooperative groups to research individual regions of Virginia. After using the internet and books for researching, students will add important information to a community bulletin board. Students from each individual region will report important findings to the rest of the class. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Give Credit Where It's Due (7)
Topic: inventions and inventors. The purpose of the lesson is to give students the opportunity to use the Internet to investigate the history of the invention of machines and their inventors. Using the information gathered, students will use the computer to compose and print a visual display in the form of a poster displaying the information they have gathered about a specific machine. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Give Me Light or Give Me Death (4)
Topic Science, plants, photosynethesis. This lesson is designed to integrate technology and focus on the function of photosynthesis. Various technologies (Smartboard, laptop/projector, digital camera, document camera, microscope,and internet) will be used to lead the students through the investigation of photosynthesis. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Glorious Symbols for U.S.! (6 - 8)
Topic: United States symbols Newcomer English Language Learning (ELL) students will be exposed to United States symbols through the use of multi-media. Students will learn to identify, name, and describe the United States flag, the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, and the Bald Eagle. They will locate basic information on a website, record answers about the symbols, and compose some complete sentences describing the symbols. Students will read sentences aloud for the class. Students will have some previous experience writing basic English sentences. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Going “Cell”ular! (5 - 8)
Topic: cells, plant cells, animal cells. In this lesson the students will identify parts of cells, and compare and contrast the structure and function of animal and plant cells. The lesson integrates technology with life science in order to give the students a media rich experience (video, interactive whiteboard, Internet) and several opportunities for success in distinguishing the characteristics of animal cells from plant cells. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Going for the Wreath? (3)
Topic: Social Studies, Ancient Greece, Olympics. This lesson, as part of a unit on Ancient Greece, introduces the Ancient Olympic Games and their influence on modern sports. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Going Green Everyday (K)
This lesson is to teach your students to become a superhero for the Earth. The students will learn how to properly reduce, reuse, and recycle products such as: paper, plastics, aluminum, and glass. This lesson integrates the following medias: SMARTBoard and Discovery Video (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Going Round and Round with Decimals (4)
Topic Math, rounding decimals. This lesson is designed to increase student awareness of how to round numbers with decimals. By using various strategies, students will learn how decimal numbers round to the nearest whole, tenth, and hundredth. Decimal place value will be a previously learned strategy that students will use to obtain an accurate decimal rounding technique. A short video will give those auditory and visual learners additional assistance during the lesson. For those kinesthetic learners, a hands-on numbers flipchart (teacher created) will be used to further enhance the lesson. Note: This lesson uses worksheets specific to a Math textbook. Teacher may have to create or use system textbook. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Good Grief Charlie Brown (1)
Topic: goods and services, who uses them and ways to get them. This lesson will introduce primary students to goods and services. The students will learn the difference between them, who uses them and how we can obtain them. This lesson is part of a larger unit on economics. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Good Old Days, The (1)
Topic: past and present. This lesson explores the differences between everyday life in the past and the present. Students will develop an understanding of differences in their present lives versus the lives of people in the past. This lesson addresses Va. SOLs History 1.1, Economics 1.7 and 1.8, Science 1.7, Oral language 1.1 (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Goods and Services (2 - 3)
Topic: goods and services, economics The purpose for this lesson is to distinguish between goods and services in economics. The students will be actively learning by sorting pictures on the SmartBoard of goods and services. The student will also be taking notes during a video clip of goods and services, writing a definition of each, a description in their own words, and drawing pictures of each. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Google Up Greece (3)
This lesson complements the third grade study of Ancient Greece. The main focus is on ancient Greek contributions in architecture through the use of video streaming, a web activity and Google Sketch Up. (prerequisite: experience with Google Sketch Up) (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Got Energy? Got Power? (3 - 5)
Topic: Energy – renewable/non-renewable Students will learn about energy sources commonly used in the USA. They will learn about renewable and nonrenewable resources. They will learn some ways to conserve energy. The students will have hands on experience with solar, wind and water power. Students will view video clips from United streaming about the various energy sources.The students will use a digital camera to produce a PowerPoint slide show of energy sources and conservation ideas. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Grammar Parodies: Lit, Wit, and Writ (9)
Topic: Grammar, parody, creative writing. In this lesson, students will learn to understand parody while reviewing grammar concepts taught in ninth grade English by listening to parodied songs and watching music video parodies. Students will then create their own parodied songs to review grammar concepts using word processing and voice recording. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Graph It Up! (2 - 3)
Topic: Collecting Data and Graphing This lesson would be a follow up to previous lessons/knowledge on types of graphs and data gathering. Students should be comfortable with the types of graphs, circle, bar, and pictograph. The students will interview classmates and collect data on their favorite color. Upon completion of gathering their data, the students will create a graph reflecting their gathered data. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Graphing (5 - 7)
Topic: graphing data. This lesson focuses on graphing data (manipulated and responding variables) that has been previously collected during the introductory activity. A graphing website will be used to graph the data that has been collected. Any student can have success with this website. It is user friendly. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Great Graphing (3)
Topic: data collection, graphing. Students will be introduced to data collecting and graphing with a short interactive PowerPoint (from a provided website). Then students will collect data from classmates. Students will take the data and make a bar graph on the computer. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Grow Up! (K - 4)
This lesson uses an animated video clip of a seed germinating. Students will use the interactive whiteboard to predict the steps in the process of germination. They will draw their predictions on the interactive whiteboard on top of paused images from the video clip. Students will compare and contrast the growth and needs of a seed to animal growth and needs. Prior knowledge: parts of plants, how to use a Venn diagram. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Habits to Live By (K)
Topics: health, hygiene, rest, dental care, exercise, and nutrition. Students will learn about five healthy habits through the viewing of video clips. Students will brainstorm to come up with different habits. Students will sort healthy and unhealthy habits on the SMARTBoard. The students will each write and illustrate a page in a class book showing the five healthy habits. The class book will be made into a PowerPoint presentation to be put on the teacher’s school website. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Haikus for You (4)
Topic English, poetry, haikus The objective of this lesson is to provide a high interest, visual, and participatory lesson that teaches the students how to recognize and write haikus. Students will visit several websites, and they will interact with those sites through the use of an interactive whiteboard (Smartboard) to discover how many syllables and lines haikus contain. They will then write and share their own haikus using paint samples and a worksheet. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Hallmarkean Sonnets (9 - 12)
Topic: Math investigation, comparison, and problem solving. This lesson is intended to develop money skills with kindergarten or first grade students through the use of various technology tools (interactive whiteboard, computer, and data presenter). Students will identify the number of pennies equivalent to a nickel, dime and quarter. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Hazardous Humans (5)
Topic: ocean environment, oceans, science. The students will investigate the impact humans have had on the ocean environment. They will use the internet to research problems in the ocean environment and learn which government agencies have the power to make public policies affecting the ocean. Finally, they will generate solutions to the problems which they have identified and try to persuade others to comply with their solutions. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Heads and Tails (K)
This lesson will engage students in recognizing and sorting the quarter, dime, nickel and penny. This lesson incorporates the use of a teacher computer, presentation software, multimedia projector, and an internet website. The students will review the four coins by viewing presentation software and sort coins by playing an interactive game on the computer. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

HELP! Advertisers Have Convinced Me I Need This (7 - 8)
Topic: Language Arts, advertising, wants vs. needs. Using the SMARTBoard, computer, and video, students will be able to identify media driven wants. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Help! I Need Sunlight (K)
Topic: plant needs In this lesson, students will learn to identify the four things (water, sun, dirt, and space to grow) that plants need to survive. Students will learn this through viewing a United Streaming Video, examining a lima bean under a Document Camera, and through hands on science experiments. Students will create a science journal to chart progress of their experiments. Students will end by reading “What Do Plants Need?” (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Here’s Looking at You! Nocturnal Animals - Night Vision (3)
Topic: Nocturnal animals. In this lesson, students will compare/contrast how different nocturnal animals thrive in the nighttime environment. This lesson provides the students the opportunity to observe, question and discover the lives and specific characteristics of nocturnal animals from the mammals and reptiles. This lesson is one within a unit of study of nocturnal animals and the senses they use. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Hide and Seek (3)
Topic: Science, animal adaptation, camouflage, animal defenses. After viewing a videostream, students will discover the importance of animals using camouflage to defend themselves. They will be able to relate it directly to their own environment when they color their own animal to blend in with its surroundings. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Puppets!, The (2)
Topic: creative writing. Puppets as a storytelling too! Storytelling is as old as time, and puppets are just one way of relaying stories. There are many types of puppets, some of which are familiar, and some are not. All of these types of puppets serve the same purposes - to tell a story and to entertain. Through this lesson, students will make a puppet, view a marionette puppet show, read the book All the World Loves a Puppet, and work in small groups to produce their own puppet shows. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Home Sweet Home (4 - 5)
Topic: social studies, writing, Jamestown In this lesson students will learn about the daily life of the early Jamestown colonists, with a special focus on the various occupations available to the early settlers and on the essential role of the individual in helping the colony survive. With the use of a computer,the Internet, and videostreaming, students will create their own historical fiction by writing diary entries from the perspective of an early Jamestown colonist, using information they have gathered from video segments, primary and secondary source documents, historical fiction, and online simulation activities. As an extension of this lesson, students will publish their entries online and create Jamestown diary pod casts, which they can share with their friends and with the world. Students have already had a basic understanding of the Jamestown story through their social studies textbook. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Homonyms…Which Witch (2 - 4)
Topic: English, homonyms, homophones. This lesson allows students to explore the topic of homonyms. Discover words that sound alike, but, are spelled differently and have different meanings. Use content clues to determine which homonym is appropriate. Incorporates video clips and website games. Working knowledge of computers and navigating websites is necessary. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Hop into Learning (PreK - K)
Topic: life cycle of a frog. This lesson will teach the children about frogs, where they live, how they move and the changes that they go through to become adults. The students will interact with video clips and hands on activities. They will hear a story about frogs and get to observe real tadpoles and frogs in the classroom. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Hop or Fly? Tell Me How (K - 2)
Topic: life cycles. In this lesson, students will expand their knowledge about the butterfly and frog life cycles using SmartBoard technology. They will also use simple graphing to determine class preferences for being a butterfly or frog. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Hopping Into Life: A Frog Story (K)
Topic: animal life cycle (frogs) While focusing on frogs, this lesson will teach students that all animals go through a lifecycle, changing as they grow. They will learn to put into sequence the different stages in a frog’s lifecycle. Various technology tools will be used to engage the students including video streaming, Kidspiration software, and a SmartBoard. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc07/hopping.ppt. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Hot Air Balloon: Integer Arithmetic (6 - 9)
Topic: addition and subtraction of positive and negative integers. Students struggling to understand addition and especially, subtraction, of integers may need another concrete way of “seeing” it. This lesson depends upon some prior knowledge of integer arithmetic and helps the learner think about integer operations vertically in addition to horizontally (as on a number line). The PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson are at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/hotairballoon.ppt (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Hot and Cold News (4)
Topic Science, weather, thermometer. This activity is designed to help students become more interested in the weather by learning more about a meteorologist and what they do. The students will also understand about the use of the thermometer and know how to use it properly. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

How Animals Spend the Winter (2)
Topic: hibernation, physical adaptations. This is a lesson on hibernation. It is part of a larger unit entitled “How Animals Spend the Winter.” The larger unit is designed to teach students about animal behavior when winter approaches - animal have three basic ways to survive. They must either hibernate (or remain dormant), migrate, or adapt and stay active. This lesson is the first section of the larger unit. It uses video clips to explain hibernation and to identify animals that are hibernators. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

How Do I Get There From Here? (1 - 2)
Topic: Basic map skills. In this lesson children will be introduced to basic map skills, including using a compass rose and a map key. Students will learn the four cardinal directions and that maps use symbols, by watching a video and participating in a SMARTBoard activity. Based on the information that they obtain they will be able to create a map themselves. A Notebook file designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/howdoigetthere.notebook. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

How Do You Measure? (1)
Topic: Math nonstandard measurement In this lesson the students will learn how to measure using nonstandard measurement through viewing video segments and hands on activities. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

How Is Your Swing? (2)
Topic: Putting. Students will be introduced to the sport of golf. The focus of this lesson is on putting. Students will use the Smart board and the digital camera as teaching and self-assessment tools. A video designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/howis.wmv. Also, a PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/howis.ppt. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

How Many, How Much? (3)
Topic: singular and plural nouns. This activity will be a review of singular and plural nouns, the correct formation and spelling of them. The Smart Board will be utilized in this classroom activity. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

How Much Can I Buy? (2)
Topic: needs and wants. This lesson will encourage students to make economic choices between needs and wants. It helps students understand the value of money and how it is used. This is an interactive lesson using laptops, SmartBoard, and kidspiration templates. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

How Much Does That Cost? (4 - 6)
Topic: data collection, word problems, bar graphs Overview Working together, students will collect data about the cost of specific grocery items. Students will then use their collected data to complete given word problems and create a comparison bar graph. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

How Often Does It Rain in the Rainforest? (3)
Topic: Science, rainforest. Students will watch a video clip to learn about and understand the unique characteristics of the rainforest. They will also research the animals which live in the rainforest using the Enchanted Learning website. They will record the information in a flip book. This lesson is part of a series on animal habitats. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Human, Capital or Natural, Oh My! (2)
Topic: Economics, Human, Capital and Natural Resources. There are resources all around our students. In this introductory lesson to the three types of resources students will learn that everything we have comes from a resource, either a natural, capital, human or any combination. This lesson will provide real world connections for students to make as they continue their study of human, capital and natural resources. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Humidity, Relatively Speaking (9)
Topic: earth science, meteorology, weather, relative humidity, sling psychrometer. This lesson will introduce students to the concept of relative humidity, how to find relative humidity using a sling psychrometer and psychrometric table, and how relative humidity is related to temperature. Students will view a video clip about relative humidity and sling psychrometers. Then groups of students will determine the relative humidity of the classroom with a sling psychrometer and a psychrometric table. Students will then be given hypothetical temperature data students and will determine whether relative humidity will increase or decrease. Prerequisites are knowledge of temperature, humidity, dew point, water vapor, condensation, evaporation, and thermometers. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Hunting We Will Go, A (3 - 5)
Topic: Social Studies, Virginia History, First Americans. This lesson is the introduction to a unit on the three language groups of Virginia. This lesson will provide students with an understanding of how Native Americans first came to the New World. It will give them an opportunity to demonstrate knowledge of the early inhabitants of Virginia. Students will create circle maps, view video, and create a comic strip. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

I Don't Need That, But I Really Want It. (K)
This lesson is an introduction to identifying wants and needs of living things/people. During this lesson, the students will watch a video about wants and needs downloaded from Discovery Education. In addition to the video, the students will make a chart to sort pictures cut from a magazine into the appropriate columns labeled “wants” and “needs.” (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

I Know Who You Are! (6 - 8)
Topic: computers, safety on the information highway Overview The purpose of this lesson is to give students an understanding of the operation of various modes of communication within the “information highway”, advantages and disadvantages of using these modes, and how to protect themselves while interacting online. Students will view an online video and research web sites in order to obtain information about online communications. They will be divided into groups and each group will be given a topic on which to prepare two PowerPoint slides which will become a part of a class presentation. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

I See, You See, We See! (8)
Topic: life science, eye. The activities in this lesson will enable students to become familiar with the structure, function, and processes of the mammalian eye. Students will dissect a cow eye. This lesson utilizes materials taken from teacher kit of Physical Science, Virginia Edition. Holt, Rhinehart, Winston. 2004 (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

I Want to Grow Up to be Just Like My Mama! (K)
Topic: animal life cycles This lesson is designed to clarify students’ knowledge of the changes living things undergo as part of their cycle of life. There will be a special focus on the monarch butterfly. The lesson assumes that students have previously learned the distinguishing characteristics of insects and it focuses solely on their life cycle. Students will make predictions about the type of form the butterfly takes in each stage of the life cycle, as well as make a model of the life cycle by accurately evaluating and categorizing butterfly life cycle stage pictures according to established criteria for each stage. As a final experience, students will be able to create a model of a monarch butterfly at the stage of their own choosing in one of four art media: painting/drawing, collage, found object sculpture, or modeling clay. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

I Will Survive (4)
Topic: survival, needs, wants. As an introduction to Open Court’s 4th Unit, Survival, students will explore the meaning of survival. In this lesson, through the use of downloaded video clips and Inspiration, students will begin to understand the various ways in people survive when they are living in extreme conditions. They will also learn how to effectively use webs to brainstorm prior beginning the writing process. Prior to conducting this lesson, students should already have and understanding of how to use Inspiration. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

I’m Not Just a Period (3)
Topic: Math, decimals. This is an introductory lesson on decimals. You will need a subscription to Brainpop in order to teach this lesson. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

I’m Scared (2 - 5)
Topic: Identifying options for responding to fear. Students with mental retardation, autism, and/or multiple disabilities have difficulty identifying emotions and making appropriate behavioral choices in response to these emotions. In this lesson, through the use of audiostreaming, Boardmaker Program, MS PowerPoint software, the teacher’s computer, the interactive whiteboard, internet resources, and the multimedia projector, a picture social story is utilized to teach students appropriate behavioral choices to make in response to the emotion of fear or of feeling scared. The learning activities involved in this lesson are very concrete due to the nature of the disabilities the children possess. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Idioms (5 - 7)
Through the use of a web site quiz using a projector and computer, along with conventional use of paper and colored pencils, the students will be introduced to the concept of idioms and their meaning. The Language Arts skill of learning to use context clues will also be exercised. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

If I Could Spell It, I Wouldn’t Need a Dictionary! (2 - 3)
Topic: dictionary skills. This lesson introduces students to a student dictionary. The lesson includes an overview of a dictionary, parts of a word entry, and how to use alphabetical order to locate a word. The lesson utilizes both print and video components. Internet activities are provided in the activities extension. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

If You Plant It, They Will Come. (1 - 3)
The objective of this lesson is to provide the students with interactive and engaging activities allowing them to examine plants and their different parts. The class will have the opportunity to view the plant life cycle without having to go outside through the use of an interactive website. This site also aids the students in identifying and describing the parts of plants. The class will read Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens where the students will have opportunities to recall information and identify the parts of different plants. The content of this lesson briefly reviews the life cycle of a plant. This lesson also incorporates the use of websites used on an Interactive Whiteboard (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

In the Mode (4 - 5)
Topic: Data analysis, graphing This lesson will introduce students to basic concepts of statistics and data analysis through the use of a video clip and web-based activities. It provides practice with designing graphs and analyzing them for accuracy. At the completion of this lesson, students will be able to calculate the mean, median, mode, and range of data that they collected, and will create a bar graph that accurately reflects their findings. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Infinity and Beyond (6)
Topic: Solar System, Planets, Scale Models. Students will investigate the immensity of the sun’s family of planets, model the order of the planets, and become acquainted with their sizes and distances from the sun. They will view a videostream of solar system models, use interactive websites to calculate sizes of planets, and view solar system simulations. Students will also practice writing analogies and ratios, estimating, and measuring. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Instincts for Learning (3)
Topic: Life science, instincts, learned behavior, animal behavior. In this lesson students will use video and sorting to identify examples of learned behavior and instincts. They will identify the difference between instinct and learned behavior. Note: This lesson is part of a unit on animal behavioral adaptations. The students have already learned about the physical adaptations: camouflage and mimicry, and the behavioral adaptations: hibernation and migrations. Also, structural adaptations involving bird beaks and feet have been explored. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Integers Are Absolutely Valuable! (8)
Topic: Math, integers, absolute values, negative and positive numbers. Students will be introduced to (or review) the concepts of positive and negative numbers as well as absolute values. The PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc03/integers.ppt (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Introduction to Polyatomic Ions (11 - 12)
Topic: polyatomic ions. This lesson will introduce the common polyatomic ions that are required to be recognized by students for the SOL. Water quality test will be incorporated for students to gain valuable laboratory skills and on-site laboratory skills using traditional methods and probeware methods. Traditional laboratory and probeware methods are required to be understood by the students for the SOL. This lesson requires students to be outside of the classroom at a water source near the school. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Is It Raining Meatballs? (4)
Topic Science, weather. In this lesson students will watch a video from United Streaming and organize information to help better understand thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes and the destruction caused by these storms. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

It Takes Two (2 - 3)
Topic: compound words. In this lesson, the students will focus on the auditory and graphic components of compound words. Note: Consistent with current research, oral segmenting and blending parts of words as well as sounds within words is an important component to becoming a fluent reader and is part of elementary language arts SOLs. This lesson was written by a speech-language pathologist who collaborates with second and third grade teachers to support students with speech and language disabilities in the regular classroom. The lesson can be used with a small group or large groups of students. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

It's a Frog's Life! (1)
Topic: animal life cycle This lesson will teach the student about Amphibians/Frogs and their habitat, the pond. Students will learn characteristics about Amphibians/ the frog, and their life cycle. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc07/itsafrog.ppt. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

It's Just a Phase! (3)
Topic: Science, moon phases. This lesson is one part of a series of lessons on natural cycles. Prior to this lesson, the students would have participated in a Directed Listening Thinking Activity involving the children’s literature book, The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons. This lesson includes viewing a Unitedstreaming video segment, creating a moon phases flip book, and determining what the phase of the moon will be on the students’ 18th birthday utilizing a moon phases calendar website. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

It's That Simple, or Is It? (3)
Topic: simple and compound machines It will integrate technology in several ways to focus on the concept that compound machines are machines that we use in our daily life that are made up of two or more simple machines. Students will use a digital camera, projector, document camera, and an interactive smart board while investigating these machines. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

It’s Just a Phase (4)
Topic: Science, sun, earth, moon, moon phases. Students will be introduced to the relationship between the Sun, Earth and Moon and howthey move through space. Students will accurately identify and illustrate the phases of the moon. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Jacques Cartier Wants You! (3)
Topic: Social Studies, European Explorers, Jacques Cartier. This lesson provides students with basic knowledge regarding Jacques Cartier. Through the use of video streaming, students will be provided with the opportunity to identify the country and motivations behind Cartier’s voyages to the New World. Further, students will be provided with the knowledge of the areas in which Cartier explored. Students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge through the creation of a recruitment poster. Prior knowledge of Christopher Columbus and Juan Ponce de Leon is helpful, but not a requirement. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Jamestown: Who, What, When, Why, and How (4 - 5)
Topic: Note taking, use graphic organizer to review information The students will review the establishment of Jamestown through the use of video clips. The student will show an understanding of the first permanent English settlement through the use of a graphic organizer. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Japanese-American Internment: Fair or Unfair? (6)
Topic: Japanese-American Internment Camps during WWII. In this lesson the students will learn about the Japanese-American Internment Camps during World War II. Using video images and hands on materials the students will learn the facts surrounding this circumstance, as well as analyze and evaluate the situation. They will be asked to take both sides of the internment and create their own judgments concerning the relevance of this action and its effects on our country during World War II. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Journey North (1 - 2)
Topic: Arctic habitats. This lesson is one piece of a large unit of study entitled,” Arctic Regions”. In this lesson segment students identify Arctic animals and the habitats that make them distinctive. They also compare the physical characteristics and the climate of an Arctic habitat with other known habitats. Finished products can be viewed at our class website: http://staff.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/~cweaver/ (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Jump and Jivin' (6 - 8)
Topic: cardiovascular endurance, jumping rope. Jumping rope is an activity to increase cardiovascular endurance. Cardiovascular endurance is one of the five components of health. Students will practice previously learned skills, learn new jump rope skills, and combine them into a routine, using that as a means of assessing heart rates and determining target heart rates. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Keep It Simple, Simon! (3)
Topic: Science, simple machines. Prior to these lessons, the students would have studied forces and motion, as well as the concept of work. Students will investigate the six simple machines. Note: This lesson is textbook-specific but can be adapted to other texts. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Layer Upon Layer (4 - 6)
Topic: atmosphere. The atmosphere is divided into four main layers. It is thickest near the surface and thins out with height until it eventually merges with space. This lesson explores the layers of the atmosphere, and provides a review of the relationship of atmospheric pressure and altitude. This lesson is an interactive SmartBoard lesson that uses video and interactive learning activities. A Notebook file designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc07/layerupon.notebook. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Leap Frog (1 - 2)
Topic: Addition and subtraction with sums and differences to 15. Students will use a number line to practice counting forward and backward to find sums and differences. Students will explore different variations of a number line. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Learn the States (9 - 12)
Students will gain Political Geographical knowledge of the United States through application of Geographical games, using interactive game play on a computer with a projector. This activity can be used as an introductory lesson or as a review. It is recommended that a Smart board or Promethean Board be used, both for ease of use and easier student manipulation. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Let There Be Light (8)
Topic: science, light, electromagnetic spectrum. This lesson introduces light and the different types, strengths, and uses of the electromagnetic spectrum. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Let's Be Resourceful! (2)
Topic: resources-natural, human, capital. This lesson will introduce and discuss the three types of resources: Natural resources, Human resources, and Capital resources. Students will be shown a PowerPoint presentation that includes a definition of each kind of resource. Video Streaming will be used to give examples of each resource category. Students will make a brochure using Print Shop software; the brochure will give the definition of each kind of resource as well as examples. The PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson are at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc05/beresourceful.ppt (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Let's Buy a Car! (6 - 8)
Topic: mean, median, mode, and range, box and whisker plots. This lesson is intended to reinforce mean, median, mode and range concepts previously taught in class. It also provides students with a real world experience of applying math skills to purchasing a car. Students will use the Internet to research the purchase and payment of a used car. They will then take prices and calculate central tendencies (mean, median & mode). Using this calculated information, a box-and-whisker plot, as well as the book values found in Kelly’s Blue Book and Edmund’s, students would be able to make an informed decision about which car to purchase. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Let's Change Places! (2)
Topic: Math, place value Using a whole class approach, this lesson provides practice with reading place value and construction of models of place value using an interactive website, hands-on activities using base ten blocks, and hands-on construction using paper and pencil. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Let's Eat Plants (2)
Topic: plant parts. Plants have six main parts and we make use of them all. Students will learn that plants are made up of seeds, roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits. We make use of them all as a source of food. The teacher will help students become aware of how important plants are to us by having them interact through the use of a multi-media cart with projector, the Internet, a PowerPoint presentation, video streaming, music and worksheets. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/letseatplants.ppt. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Let's Get to the Root of It! (4 - 5)
Topic: Life Science – Plant Parts/Function. This lesson will reinforce plant parts and their functions through a variety of video and hands-on activities. At the completion of this lesson, students will be able to distinguish between stems, leaves, roots, flowers, and fruits, as well as be able to describe the function of each. Students will design a PowerPoint slide to demonstrate their knowledge of one particular plant part and its function. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/letsget.ppt (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Lewis and Clark's Animal Kingdom (3 - 5)
Topic: Lewis and Clark expedition, animals, descriptive writing. This lesson will introduce students to the animals Meriwether Lewis and William Clark encountered on their voyage of discovery across the western United States. Students will also identify the animals according to amphibian, bird, fish, mammal, or reptile, and write a description of their first “encounter” with the animal. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Lewis and Clark’s Incredible Adventure (2 - 3)
Topic: Historical fiction, Historical Figures, Exploration of the U.S. Historical fiction is a wonderful way to expose children to events in history in an engaging manner by presenting such events in the form of a narrative story. The text Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President is an example of historical fiction for students in the elementary grades. To prepare students to read this text and build background knowledge, a video from DiscoveryStreaming will be viewed. Presentation software will also be used to present vocabulary and concepts central to the text. Students will read the text, identify the characteristics of historical fiction, the components of the story based upon historical fact, and where the author has fictionalized the story. Students will also write a letter as if they were a member of Lewis and Clark’s expedition. (A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/lewisandclark.ppt.) (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Life in the Zones (4 - 5)
Topic: oceans, ocean life. This lesson is part of an upper elementary science unit on oceans and it is assumed that the students have completed lessons and have knowledge on the geological characteristics of the ocean. This lesson will demonstrate how life in the ocean varies based on the zone, or depth, in which they live. A marine food web will be explored with a strong emphasis on the importance of the smallest living organisms being the foundation for the marine food web. The relationships between biological characteristics and geological characteristics will be analyzed. Special Note: An earlier lesson titled “Mapping the Sea Floor” found in Ranger Rick’s NatureScope: Diving into Oceans (pg 12 & 13) is a perfect lesson to preclude this series of lessons entitled Life in the Zones. The students can refer to their student made graph of the ocean floor and build upon these geological features to analyze the ocean’s zones and what living organisms live in these zones. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Light! What a Great Idea! (4)
Topic: electricity, light bulbs. This lesson focuses on how an electric light bulb is made with students labeling the parts and the electrical path. The fluorescent bulb is compared to a light bulb showing likenesses and differences. Then students will look at a live cam of the oldest burning bulb and research to find out what historical events the bulb has lived through. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Lights, Cameras, French Adjectives (8 - 12)
Topic: French adjectives and sentence structure, group presentations. This lesson will introduce students to French Adjectives. This is done with the overall goal of over 100 French adjectives being analyzed and mastered by the students. They will be given the opportunity to learn through a variety of their senses as they create their own photos and presentations. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Listen! I Have a story to Tell! (6 - 8)
Topic: Writing. Storytelling has been a form of communication since our earliest ancestors. Technology has added a new twist to storytelling. In today’s lesson, we will be finding a creative way to introduce ourselves to our classmates. Students will study various forms of digital media and identify effective elements of how videos can be used to tell a story and educate their audience. Prior to today’s lesson, students should know how to operate a flip video camera. By integrating technology through the use of Flip Video cameras and computers, students will have the chance to produce his or her own compelling digital story and allow learning in a way that is unique and natural to that child. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Live or Let Die! (K)
Topic: wants and needs This lesson uses several video clips and various sorting activities to introduce and reinforce the concept of wants and needs. The lesson also moves into the language and reading curriculum to begin assessing basic wants and needs. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Looney Limericks (6)
Topic: Limericks, rhythm, rhyme, poetry. As an introduction to the poetry elements found in the sixth-grade reading SOLs, students will explore limericks in order to identify 4 elements, and then write their own limerick, demonstrating understanding of the 4 elements. The elements include rhyme and rhyme scheme, rhythm, stanzas, and accented syllables. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

M Is for Memorial Day (3)
Topic: Social Studies, Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day. This lesson introduces the students to the two holidays. The teacher will use videostreamed clips that tell details about the two holidays and why we celebrate them. The students will complete a graphic organizer to compare the two holidays. The culminating activity and assessment involves children completing a quick-write describing the similarities and differences between Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

M Is M-M-M Good!! (2 - 3)
Topic: Letter Identification, Letter Sound Discrimination, Letter Writing Letter Identification, Letter Sound Discrimination, Letter Writing. This lesson will help students learn to identify words that begin with the letter Mm. They will be able to reproduce the sound letter “m” makes and will practice writing it. The students will use an interactive website projected onto a SMARTBoard and will practice writing the letter on the SMARTBoard. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Mad About Measurement! (2)
Topic: measurement, ruler, inches This lesson introduces students to the topic of measuring. Students will learn that measuring means to compare two objects to each other, or it can mean comparing an object to a standard. Students will learn what a standard is, and they will practice using both nonstandard measurements and standard measurements with a ruler that measures in inches. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Mad about Money (K - 2)
This lesson provides the student with a cumulating review of the study of money. The lesson will reinforce the value of each coin, allow students to review which coin head goes with which coin tail, label both heads and tails for each coin, provide a review of sorting coins, count singular coin collections, and count mixed coin collections. This lesson incorporates the use of the SMARTBoard, multimedia projector, flip camera, websites and computers into instruction. Students should have previous knowledge and/or experience giving a presentation. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Made in China (2)
Topic: Ancient China Students will extend their understanding of magnets and their connection to Ancient China. Building on their knowledge of magnets, magnetic poles and magnetic transference students will make compasses. The instructor will facilitate their progress using the document camera. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Made of Money? (2 - 3)
Topic: counting money. In this lesson, students will understand the coins used in the United States and how much each coin is worth by using video from Discovery Learning. Students will have hands on experiences with counting coins to make twenty-five cents. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Magic Money (1)
Topic: money recognition. Recognition of coins and their respective values are the highlights of this lesson. Using a video adaptation of David Schartz’s book, If You Made a Million, (available through United Streaming) along with actual or play coins, first graders can visualize coin value and anticipated work necessary to earn money. The fictional magician who narrates the video poses a question to the children, “What would you do if you had a million dollars?” that naturally segues into a culminating writing activity. The students could use Kidspiration to graphically organize their thoughts prior to and during writing. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Magical Magnetism (2)
Topic: magnets, magnetism. This lesson will integrate technology to focus on the concept of magnetism. Using classroom investigation and technology (interactive website), students discover that some materials/objects attract while others repel. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Magical Moving Circles (5)
Topic: Computer Animation. The students will use Paint and PowerPoint programs to create and animate computer art (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Magnet Power (2)
Topic: force, magnets, attraction Force, magnets, attraction. This lesson helps children understand the force behind magnets and what they attract to. The students will be watching a Unitedstreaming video segment that teaches them what magnets attract to. Using the FPPF, method the students will be able to interact with the video and demonstrate what they understand by following along with the experiment on the video. The students will then get to practice what they have learned with an interactive web site displayed on the SmartBoard. They will test different materials and see if they can predict whether the items will attract to the magnet or not. This lesson should take place after the students have learned that a force is the push or the pull on an object. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Makin’ Waves (9 - 12)
Waves are an important part of our lives. A wave is defined as a means of transferring energy from one point to another, specifically as a disturbance that propagates through a medium. Sound and light are prime examples of different types of waves. In this lesson, the students will gain a greater understanding of waves by exploring basic wave behaviors and properties including damping, amplitude, speed, frequency and wavelength (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Making Cents of Money (K)
Topic: money, monetary values Children will explore money, money uses, and learn about money values. They will play games with money, and purchase items in a play store. Money will be introduced with an interactive video from Unitedstreaming followed by the opportunity to explore several child-friendly websites to reinforce the concepts. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Making Cents of Money (K - 2)
Topic: Recognition of coins, cent equivalences of coins, exchange of coins for purchases. This lesson is designed to guide children through the learning of coin identification, counting, and equivalencies. The students will interact with video clips, interactive web sites, and hands-on activities using real coins. The children will read and listen to stories about the use of money. Throughout the lesson, students will gain an understanding of the four coins, their values, and the exchange factor of American coins. Also, the students will be able to exchange coins for goods. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Making Cents Out of a Dollar (1)
Topic: money, counting change. In this lesson, students will investigate different coin combinations that equal one dollar. This lesson includes a video segment to introduce how many quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies equal one dollar. Students will then demonstrate different coin combinations equaling one dollar using a SmartBoard. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Making Waves (8)
Topic: Waves, wavelengths Students will model a compression (longitudinal) wave and diagram, label, and describe the basic components: wavelength, compression, rarefaction, amplitude and frequency. They will also determine the relationship between frequency and wavelength. It is assumed that students have already defined waves and the causes of them as well as being able to identify the two main types of waves.(See resources listed in Teacher Preparation within this lesson) (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Making Words (1)
Topic: long vowels Students will use interactive letters to make long /i/ words. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Mali: A Tale of the Lion King (3)
Topic: Mali, storytelling, folktales. This lesson introduces students to the oral storytelling tradition of Mali. The teacher will utilize videostreaming to share clips of stories that were told in the ancient culture of Mali and then passed down orally. Students will also learn the definition of a folktale and trickster tale, while learning why oral storytelling was important to the culture of Mali. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/mali.ppt (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Mammals, Mammals Everywhere (1)
Topic: Mammals. Students will learn about the animal classification of mammals. They will learn the characteristics that make an animal a mammal, list several mammals, make a mammal of their own, and research a mammal (where it lives, what it eats, and an interesting fact) to make a class book using Storybook Weaver software. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Mammals: Hair or There? (7)
Topic: mammals Overview: Characteristics of mammals: marine, carnivorous, and marsupials. In this lesson, students will discover three types of mammals, what they eat, and how they give birth. This is the last lesson in a unit on different types of mammals. It uses United Streaming video clips to supplement the lesson. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Map Symbols-What Does That Mean? (K)
Topic: Maps and map symbols. This lesson will be one of several in the unit about maps. Students will be introduced to the idea of symbols. Kindergartners will learn that symbols represent something without using words. With the use of a document camera, student will recognize symbols as well as learn how they are used on maps. Students will also draw symbols of familiar ideas. Digital cameras, a color printer and a scanner will be used by the children to make a symbol key for the school. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

May I Take Your Order? (6 - 8)
Topic: Order of Operations. In this lesson the students will investigate and apply algorithms to operations to find the values of expressions. Students will explore the concepts and rules of the computational process known as “Order of Operations” through videostreaming, the Internet, and various learning activities. It is assumed that students already know how to multiple, divide, add, subtract, and calculate exponents. They should also be familiar with numeric expressions. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

May the Force Be With You (3)
Topic: Science, force, motion and work. In this lesson students will investigate how force and motion affect work. Students will begin by identifying and describing what is work and what is not work. Students will also identify force as a push or a pull and give examples of pushing forces and pulling forces. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Me? An Author? (1 - 2)
Topic: writing sentences, simple writing composition. Students will use a video clip to review sentence organization. They will then use Kidspiration software to organize their thoughts and a word processor to write simple sentences and a simple story. (Students prior knowledge assumed: brainstorming process, idea webbing both with paper and pencil and with the Kidspiration software). (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Measurement: A Dog’s Best Friend (3 - 5)
Topic: Centimeter, measurement. This is a math lesson where students will practice estimating and measuring length to the nearest centimeter. Students will use a video segment from the Mathica’s Mathshop series to help the characters decide whether a coat will fit their friend. Students will then use a measuring tape and a website to apply and practice their measuring skills. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Melting Matter (2)
Topic: Science, Matter. Matter changes stages. This lesson focuses on matter changing from a solid to a liquid. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Message in a Bottle (5)
Topic: Science, Ocean Currents. In this lesson, the students will explore how ocean currents affect the mixing of ocean waters and navigation routes. Students will be using video to learn that ocean currents are caused by wind patterns and the differences in water densities (due to salinity and temperature differences). The students will use their knowledge of currents to backtrack their bottle’s journey from the place it was found to where a stranded family is waiting to be rescued. As a part of this lesson, students will be engaged in tracing the currents that carried their bottle using a current map projected from Mimio Notebook or other interactive whiteboard (i.e., SmartBoard). Prior to this lesson, students will need to have some experience with locating places on world maps and globes using latitude and longitude. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Method for the Madness (3)
Topic: scientific method. The 5 Steps of the Scientific Method: Problem, Hypothesis, Procedure, Observation, and Conclusion. The teacher will utilize videostreaming to share how real scientists from early man to the present incorporate the 5 steps of the Scientific Method to solve problems. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/method.ppt. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Metric Mania (6)
This lesson introduces students to the metric system by highlighting its popularity worldwide, its origins, and its ease of use. The vocabulary of the base units and the prefixes that correspond to powers of ten are introduced. Students should have already been exposed to the imperial system before doing this lesson as the two systems are compared. Video-streaming technology is used to enhance the lesson. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Mitten, Mitten, Who Is in the Mitten? (K)
Topic: Comparing literature. The children will listen to two different versions of The Mitten, an old Ukrainian folktale. They will then compare/contrast the two pieces of literature using a Venn Diagram. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Mixed Up Alphabet! (K)
Topic: alphabet, recognition and order. Learning to know and say the sounds and names of all of the alphabet letters takes lots of practice. Using an activity from the Lesson Activity Toolkit for SMARTBoard, we will be taking the letters of the alphabet and putting them in the correct order, being able to recognize them both as uppercase and lowercase letters, say the letter sound, give the correct letter name, and move it with their finger on the SMARTBoard into the correct alphabetic order. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Molecular Madness: How Electrons Arrange in Molecules (10 - 12)
Topics: chemical bonding, drawing structures, organic compounds, octet rule. This lesson uses video to focus students’ attention to the reason why nonmetals share electrons. This lesson specifically teaches students to draw Lewis structures interactively by using the SMART Board. The lesson is intended to be one in a series on molecular compounds. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees (9)
Topic: Check writing, banking basics, money management. In this lesson, students will develop a better understanding of the value of a dollar. They will learn basic principles in check writing and will convey this understanding through real-life check writing practice. This lesson integrates both Unitedstreaming video and internet websites. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees (9)
Topic: Check writing, banking basics, money management. In this lesson, students will develop a better understanding of the value of a dollar. They will learn basic principles in check writing and will convey this understanding through real-life check writing practice. This lesson integrates both Unitedstreaming video and internet websites. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Mornin' Sunshine! (1)
Topic: Science, the rotation of the earth on its axis results in night and day Using a variety of teaching strategies, visual, hands-on, and kinesthetic, the students will learn that the process of the Earth rotating on its axis is the cause of night and day. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Move Over Beethoven! (5)
Topic: Fine Arts, Music, composition. This lesson will review what a composer/composition is, then teach how to use the program “Finale Notepad”, and allow for students to create and share a computerized musical composition. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Move Over Frosty (PreK - K)
Topic: sequencing, ordinal positions. The students will participate in discussions, observations and activities on the construction of a snowperson to facilitate in the understanding of the sequence of events. They will interact with a video, an interactive web site, help construct a snowperson and observe the snowman throughout the day to see what happens to snow with a heat source. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Moving Dot, The (6 - 8)
Topic: Video animation/claymation, digital photography This lesson is an introduction to the use of digital photography and video editing software to create video animations. It is intended as an introductory lesson to clay animations so that the students will have a better understanding of how the number of digital photos and the timing of digital photos are used to create a animation. Prerequisites: The students should be familiar with presentation software and video editing software. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Mummy Tells All (2)
Topic: Contributions of ancient Egypt. Students will learn about ancient Egypt and the contributions that have influenced the present world in terms of architecture, inventions, the calendar, and written language. In this lesson, through the use of a presenter, websites, interactive whiteboard, students will explore ancient Egypt and how its contributions have influenced the present day world. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Mystery Bag, The (1)
This lesson allows students to apply their knowledge of animal characteristics and will serve as a review for prior instruction. Through the use of an interactive whiteboard, the students will sort and compile data, compare similarities and differences and use questioning strategies to solve the mystery of “What animal is in the bag?” This lesson also incorporates the use of a computer, a multimedia projector, and websites to reinforce the concepts (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Mystery Science (3)
Topic: Science, food chain. In this hands-on, science inquiry lesson students will apply their knowledge of food chains to identify sequences in feeding relationships. Students will dissect and analyze the contents of their “mystery objects” or owl pellet to discover the animal feeding relationships in a terrestrial food chain. This lesson utilizes a document camera for instructor modeling of the pellet dissection. This lesson requires prerequisite knowledge of simple food chains and an ability to work in cooperative learning groups. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Name That Coin (K - 1)
Topic: Math investigation, comparison, and problem solving. This lesson is intended to develop money skills with kindergarten or first grade students through the use of various technology tools (interactive whiteboard, computer, and projector). Students will compare and contrast pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Native Americans, First Adapters! (2 - 3)
Topic: Native Americans. This lesson explores three different Native American tribes with emphasis on ways that they adapted their lifestyles by using what was available in their environment. Students will experience video clip segments of the 3 different regions, and will demonstrate comprehension of how each group was different with the culminating sorting activity. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Natural Wonders with Lewis and Clark (5 - 6)
Topic: Lewis and Clark. Students will take on the inquiry mode of Lewis and Clark as they discover what is around them in their schoolyard habitat. Students will use the Internet to take an interactive Voyage of Discovery with similar scenarios to problem solve and challenges to conqueror. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Nature's Mud Pie (3)
Topic: Science, soil. Students will investigate the components of soil and write a recipe for “Nature’s Mud Pie.” The students will by discussing dessert recipes and learning the format for a recipe (list of ingredients and directions). During the lesson, students will view a videostream to learn the natural process by which soil is formed and write a “recipe” for soil. Following the lesson, students will make edible “dirt”. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Needs Feed, Wants Do Not (K)
Topic: needs, wants This lesson is intended to help students determine the importance of items through the use of various technology tools (interactive whiteboard, computer, projector, document camera). Students will discover the difference between needs and wants in their lives through group discussion, sorting, and creating a class book. A PowerPoint presentations designed by the author for use with this lesson are locate at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc07/needsfeed1.ppt and needfeed2.ppt. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Nothing But the Truth (4)
Topic: research Students will research a statement about an animal to determine the truth of that statement. They will use the library and Internet resources to gather their information and produce a paragraph in support of their findings. Students will use a word processing program to produce a short report with an inserted image. These reports will be bound into a book for the library. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Nouns All Around (1 - 3)
Topic: nouns. This activity will introduce the primary age student to a world full of nouns. By taking a hands-on, personal approach, the student will be able to identify nouns in the world and categorize them according to words that name a person, place, or thing. Through the use of video in the classroom, the first through third grade child will see and hear the usage of nouns orally and in print. The student will be able to use this knowledge and apply it to an activity completed when using KidPix on the computer. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

O, Say Can You See: (4 - 5)
Topic Music History, “The Star-Spangled Banner”. This lesson introduces the famous American song that was written by Francis Scott Key after witnessing the Battle of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. The students will learn of the events surrounding Mr. Key leading up to the battle as well as the meaning of patriotism. They will also learn the first verse of the song. Map skills will be used to show the location of Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC. Note: Second portion of the lesson plan uses a specific piece of software: “Liberty for All: A musical Journey – Volume 2: Westward Expansion-Industrial Revolution” cd rom, obtainable from Music Educators National Conference (www.menc.org) If this is not available, an optional activity is presented. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Odysseus – Epic Hero (9)
The Odyssey – character development and conflict. After reading The Odyssey, students will examine the character of Odysseus as an epic hero while drawing conclusions about the obstacles and decisions that lead to Odysseus’ eventual return to his wife, Penelope, and homeland of Ithaca. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Oh Baby, You Move Me! (4)
Topic: Inertia, Motion, Force, Sir Isaac Newton. The purpose of this lesson is to give students hands-on experience with Newton’s First Law of Motion--inertia. They will be able to describe the property in their own words and give examples of inertia in everyday life. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Oh Boy! What a Joy! (1 - 2)
Topic: word study. This lesson deals with the sound of /oi/ spelled by oi and oy. Students will learn there are two ways to write the /oi/ sound and will be able to read words containing the /oi/ sound. Students will also work on reading fluency and word sorting with /oi/ words. The students will watch video streaming and use the internet to access material for the /oi/ skill. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be? (2 - 3)
Topic: science, states of matter. The students will learn and be able to identify the three different states of matter, by using various hands-on activities, watching video-streaming clips, and creating an attribute game using digital camera photographs . (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be? (2)
Topic: Matter, three states of matter: solids, liquids and gases. The students will engage in technology enhanced activities which will serve to stimulate higher level thinking skills involving the basic definition of matter as well as the three stages of matter (solid, liquid and gas). The students will discover that everything is composed of matter, and that matter comes in three different “forms” or states; solids, liquids and gases. Students will interact through group discussion, a streaming video, an interactive website, hands on activities, including a word sort and digital photography. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Oh No! There Are X's on BOTH SIDES! (8 - Adult)
Topic: linear equations. The purpose of this lesson is to extend the students’ knowledge of solving multiple step equations to solving equations with variables on both sides. Students will be able to solve a variety of equations including fractions and the distributive property. Students should have had experience with solving multiple step equations with fractions and the distributive property components. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/variables.ppt (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave (4 - 7)
Topic: ecosystems, consumers, producers, decomposers. Students in this lesson will collect data on consumers, producers, and decomposers from a forest in their own biome to help them begin to understand the roles each of these organisms plays in a balanced ecosystem. Activities will include the creation of a master list of over 100 organisms from the forest, web- and book-based research to find information on organisms, and a whole class activity to connect our organisms in a 3 dimensional food web. This activity is a readiness activity for a unit on ecosystems (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Oh, Natural? (3 - 5)
Topic: Virginia Natural Resources. This lesson will introduce students to natural resources in Virginia. Students will sort natural resources into four main groups and identify man-made resources and products made with the natural resources. Students will identify and sort pictures using a SMARTBoard. At the completion of the lesson, students will be able to distinguish between minerals/ore, soil/land, water, and forests/timber resources. Students will explain how people use these resources and process them into man-made resources and products they can use. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Oh, To Be a Pharaoh! (2)
Topic: Egypt, King Tut. Tutankhamen lived for a mere 18 years yet reigned over ancient Egypt for nine of them. Students will investigate an internet site that reveals the thousands of artifacts that were either used by the young king or placed in his four-room burial tomb to be carried with him to the next life. This lesson will be used as an introduction to a unit of study on ancient Egypt. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

On the Move: Animals that Migrate (2 - 3)
Topic: migration, adaptation, seasons, birds, mammals. This lesson can be used to instruct students about animals that migrate, including the reasons why they migrate and the dangers of migration. Students will hear a story, watch a video segment and participate in research about migration. As a culminating activity, the students will go to the computer lab and play a migration game on the National Zoo Migratory Bird Center website. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Once Upon A Time (K)
Topic: fairy tales and storytelling Students will retell fairy tales and sequence the events in order through dramatic play. Students will identify the beginning, middle, and end of familiar fairy tales. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

One Cell of a Good Time (5 - 7)
This lesson incorporates the use of video clips that are streamed and/or downloaded from the Internet and interactive software to introduce students to animal and plant cells and their major parts and functions. Students will first construct edible cell models which will enable them to view and identify a cell’s essential structures. At the lessons end, students will be able to draw, label, and describe the internal cell structures and functions of plant and animal cell. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

One Trait, Two Traits, Dominant Trait, Recessive Trait (7 - 12)
Topic: genetics, Gregor Mendel. This lesson deals with genetic crosses, dominant and recessive genes, and Punnett squares. Before doing this lesson, students should have a background of Gregor Mendel and the experiments he did with pea plants. Students should know the following terms: genetics, traits, heredity, dominant, recessive, hybrid, and allele. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

One World, Many Cultures (6 - 8)
Topic: cultures, tolerance. In this lesson, a culturally diverse class of students will begin a unit on culture, including its material and non-material components. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Opportunity Cost: Choices and Challenges (3)
Topic: Social studies, economics, opportunity cost. This economics lesson teaches third grade students about the economic term, opportunity cost, and its relationship to economic choice. Students will understand that when they use resources to satisfy their needs and wants, they must make choices. Those choices result in other choices given up, or opportunity costs. At this point in the economics unit, students should understand the concepts of needs and wants and be able to define economic terms such as goods, services, natural, capital and human resources. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Order of Things, The (1 - 2)
Topic: story sequence Students will learn story sequence with respect to beginning, middle, and end. They will learn the terms problem and solution. Students will begin by solving a puzzle with 1 wrong piece to begin a discussion about how things have order, including stories. Activities will include watching a short story video that will pause periodically so that the different parts of a story can be illustrated. Students will participate in Internet games about story sequence and end the lesson with an assessment of writing a short story beginning, middle, and end with a problem that is solved. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Original Survivors, The: Jamestown (4 - 5)
Topic: Jamestown. This lesson will introduce the students to the reasons that the Jamestown settlers chose the location they did for their settlement and the hardships they endured from the site they chose and how they survived to be our first English settlement. Students will learn about the Virginia Company of London and why they chose to send people to this new land. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Our Days Are Numbered (2)
Topic: math, using a calendar In this lesson students will review information that they already know –the purpose of a calendar, the days of a week, and months in a year, by viewing a video on calendars. Then students will interactively make a class calendar on the whiteboard or SmartBoard to learn how to find specific dates in the past, present, and future. After students make their own calendars and answer questions about it, they will follow up with a review of the lesson on the video. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Painting with Words: Adjectives (2 - 3)
Topic: Adjectives, Grammar, Art. This lesson will help students understand that descriptive adjectives are used by all of us in our everyday lives to help explain and create. Using a PowerPoint to spotlight famous works of art, students will brainstorm adjectives to describe these paintings. Then after viewing a video from Discovery Education, students will create their own work of art and write a descriptive paragraph to be shared with families. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc06/paintingwith.ppt. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Panda Pounds (4)
Topic: Math, decimals, addition, subtraction. Students will have already added and subtracted numbers with decimals to the hundredth’s place. Using real-life data found on the Smithsonian National Zoo web site, they will collect, analyze, evaluate and synthesize information about baby panda Tai Shan’s growth and development over the course of his first year. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Parts, Parts, Everywhere (1)
Topic: parts of a plant In this lesson, students learn about plant parts (roots, stem, leaves, flower, fruit and seeds). Through the use of video streaming, an interactive notebook page, and Kidpix Studio, students will become familiar with plants. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Pathogens—Do You Mean Path-of-germs? (6)
Topic: Pathogens. The class will observe pictures, sort information, and create projects to enhance understanding about each pathogens – bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa and rickettsia. A Notebook file designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/pathogens.notebook. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Patricia Polacco’s Pysanky Eggs (1)
Topic: author study, story elements. This lesson will introduce students to the author Patricia Polacco through three of her books, a video interview with her, a decorated Ukrainian egg (pysanky) craft project, and visiting a pysanky web site. At the completion of the lesson students will know how an author gets ideas for their books. Students will also be able to identify main characters, setting, theme, main ideas, make predictions about content and relate what they have read to previous experiences. The students will be able to identify plot, characters and setting for an event or experience in their lives. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Patriot Pals (4 - 5)
Topic: Revolutionary War, Virginia patriots. This lesson will take students back in time to Virginia so that they might become acquainted with 5 famous Virginia patriots. Students will specifically research the following Virginia patriots: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, James Madison, and George Mason. Students will work together in small groups to determine the role each patriot played in forming a new nation and prepare a Power Point presentation of their discoveries about the patriots. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Phase In, Phase Out (3 - 5)
Topic: Science, Moon Phases. In this lesson students will be engaged in learning about the eight moon phases. Students will identify and describe each of the eight moon phases. With the use of the interactive white board, the Internet, and PowerPoint, students will explore the moon phases.A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/phase.ppt. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Phases of the Moon (6)
This lesson focuses on the causes and sequence of the phases of the moon. Students will experience, through lab activity, the factors that cause the phases (sun, moon, and earth) and how the positions of each contribute to the process. Students will examine the process through streamed videos that are downloaded, PowerPoint presentation, and hands-on exploration and documentation of the phenomena (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

PHAT - PHYLA (7)
Topic: Life Science, classifying animal phyla. In this lesson the students will explore the classification of the animal phyla and be able to give characteristics and examples from each of the phyla. They will research the animal phyla using Internet, Video streaming, and ITV Resources. Note: Students need to be familiar with the 6 kingdoms of classification.A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/phat-phyla.ppt. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Physical Features of the United States (9 - 12)
Students will gain Geographical knowledge of the United States through application of Geographical games through interactive game play using a computer and projector. This activity can be used as an introductory lesson or as a review. It is recommended that a Smart board or Promethean Board be used, both for ease of use and easier student manipulation. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words!, A (5)
Topic: Interviewing and writing processes, Digital cameras, Internet research, Presentation software, Media production skills. This lesson reviews the research process using interviews, web based research, and presentation software. Students will research their own county school websites to see example staff pages, and then they will create a webpage, which contains facts and a picture about a local school staff person. At least five facts will be placed on each page obtained from the interview the student will conduct. The pages will be hyperlinked to the staff page on the local school website. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Picture Spring (1)
Topic: Spring, descriptive words, writing on one topic. This lesson integrates use of the video streaming and a digital camera to teach students about the season spring. Students will learn what happens in spring to the weather, plants, animals, and people by watching a video streaming clip, observing sign of spring outside at their school, adding descriptive words to a chart, and then finally writing their own story to describe spring. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Picture This (3 - 5)
Topic: Fine Arts, visual, photomontage. In this lesson, students will use a digital camera to take pictures of their group members making different facial expressions. Images will be printed off the computer and each student will make a photomontage of an invented face similar to the concept of building “Mr. Potato Head”! A photomontage is a collection of images that have been arranged in a certain order to express an idea or emotion. Students will describe their invented face in a written prompt. Classmates will read prompts from the document camera to determine which image matches what description. Finished projects will be displayed in school hallway or local library for community members to view. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Picture This! (1)
Topic: Pictographs, Graphing. In this lesson, students will continue their exploration of different types of graphs. This lesson is a follow-up to a previous introduction to graphs where students studied bar graphs and developed a basic understanding of the purpose of graphs. In this lesson, students will view a unitedstreaming clip relating to pictographs. They will then use the knowledge learned in this clip to practice interpreting and creating pictographs through online websites. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Picturesque Plants (4)
Topic: plants, technology, PowerPoint, art. In this media rich lesson, the students will first explore the main parts of a plant by identifying each part on a painted masterpiece. After watching streaming videos which briefly describe each part, the learners will create a PowerPoint presentation which contains photos taken by the students of the various structures found on actual plants. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Plant Growth in Fast Forward (1)
Topic: plant parts, plant needs. In this lesson, the students will observe the life cycles of different types of plants and discuss the parts of a plant. They will watch several videos of plants and then they will create their slideshow of a plant lifecycle using KidPix. Their slideshows will include all necessary plant parts and they will be expected to identify all parts. The students will then share their completed projects with the rest of the class. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Plant in Need, A (1)
Topic: Science, Plant Needs, Plants. Overview This lesson provides practice in identifying the needs of plants (food, air, water, light, and a place to grow). This lesson uses the interactive smart board, literature, an interactive website, and video streaming to aid in student understanding of the needs of plants. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Plant Life (K)
This activity will allow the students to learn about plant life. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Plant's Circle of Life, A (1 - 3)
Topic: Plant Life Cycle. The students will discuss living and nonliving things and the life cycle of plants. Classroom investigation and technology (digital camera, video, Elmo, stereoscope) will be used to enhance their understanding of plant concepts. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Plantiful Helpers (2)
This is a lesson on how plants help to slow down or prevent soil erosion. The students will have prior knowledge about the basics of the weathering/erosion process and parts of a plant. It includes the use of a video segment found on the web and an experiment with dirt. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Plants (2)
Topic: plant parts Students will continue their study of plants. In this lesson students will move from seed making flowers to the parts of the plant and their importance to a plants survival. Students will need to learn the parts, roots, stem leaf and flower and why each part of the plant is important. Students will make their own flower from construction paper; label the parts and their jobs. Students will view a live plant and a plant video. (note: Students should have planted a plant earlier in the unit to this lesson). (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Plants Have Needs Too! (1)
Topic: Plants, three things they need to grow (air, water, sunlight). In this lesson, students will learn what plants need to grow. They will begin the lesson with a video clip from Unitedstreaming. Then they will do a hands-on activity with a plant where they will take away one of the three things plants need to grow. Using a SMARTBoard, the students will predict which plant is going to be the healthiest after three weeks. They will watch their plant for the three weeks, monitoring it once a week by drawing a picture of it and describing what is happening to it. They will also have the chance to go to www.starfall.com to play a game about planting and taking care of flowers. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Plants Parts (1)
Topic: plant parts This lesson introduces the stem, roots and leaves of a plant and the jobs each part does for the plant by viewing real plants brought into the classroom. Video clips from United Streaming show plants in their natural environments and break the plant down to show the parts doing their separate jobs. Technology includes SmartBoard and digital cameras to capture and identify real examples of the different plant parts. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Podful of Energy,A (4)
Topic: Science, energy, forms of energy. In this lesson, the students will be engaged in learning about the forms of energy. Students listen to video clips on forms of energy and complete interactive note pages. Students collaboratively take pictures of each form of energy and write scripts for a podcast. With the use of an interactive whiteboard, a digital camera, the Internet, Garageband software, and videostreaming, the students will learn about the different forms of energy. This lesson follows 2 mini-lessons on the use of digital cameras and how to make a podcast. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Poetry with Pizzazz (1)
Topic: poetry and rhyming. Students will participate in learning activities using an interactive website on the SMARTBoard to develop their ability to recognize and write rhyming words. Students will write an innovation on a poem including two pairs of rhyming words within a teacher provided format. Students will publish their poems using word processing software. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Poetry Writing… Way Cool! (6 - 8)
Topic: Ballad (poetry). In this lesson students will listen to, read, analyze, and comprehend several ballads. First, the students will be exposed to different songs that tell a story, i.e. ballads. They will compare and contrast the songs using a Venn diagram. Next, the students will learn attributes of a ballad and plot the elements of narrative poetry for a specific ballad onto a graphic organizer. Third, the students will return to the original songs, compare/contrast them, and identify the elements of a narrative poetry. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc07/poetrywriting.ppt. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Polar Bear Heroes (K)
Topic: Natural Resources, Conservation, Recycling and Reusing. This lesson is intended to make the kindergarten students aware that there is a limit to the natural resources on Earth. They will discover that what they do on a daily basis affects not only how fast the resources are used, but that the consequence of our actions is related to other life as well (polar bears). (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Polliwog to Frog (K - 2)
This lesson integrates video clips as well as hands-on activities to teach students about the frog life cycle. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Poly Pollination (4)
Topic: Science, pollination, flowering plants. Students will watch a video describing the relationship between flowers and their pollinators and complete a comparison matrix of different types of flowers and how they get themselves pollinated. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Polygon Preview (7)
Topic: Polygons This lesson is designed to enhance and clarify students understanding of characteristics of polygons. Students will be able to define related terms and identify polygons. The lesson assumes students are familiar with shapes such as circles, triangles, squares and rectangles. Students should be comfortable using Microsoft Word. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Polygons (7)
In this lesson students are introduced to six different geometric figures. Students will integrate a computer and digital camera to see shapes in their world and be able to identify six (particular) polygons. This unit will take what students are learning in the classroom to real world applications. Previously students would have been introduced to quadrilaterals and classification of those figures, as well as the difference between regular and irregular polygons. This geometry lesson would then flow into determining if geometric figures are similar and writing proportions to express the relationship between geometric figures. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Pondering Puzzling Patterns (3)
Topic: math, color and number patterns. This lesson introduces the concept of recognizing different patterns with respect to color and number through virtual manipulation. Students will interact with a document camera and manipulatives and also with the Internet through a website to explore different types of patterns using a SMARTBoard. Some familiarity with basic patterns is assumed. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Power of a Dream, The (K)
Topic: Martin Luther King Jr. Students will learn about the life and times of Martin Luther King through the use of video streaming. Students will view examples of the prejudices that Martin experienced while growing up in Atlanta, Georgia along with his speeches. The students will develop a digital picture storybook highlighting Martin’s struggle for civil rights. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Precipitation (3)
Topic: Science, weather, precipitation, water cycle. In this lesson students will use video, simulation, and hands-on activities in order to understand how precipitation occurs. They will conduct an experiment in which they will create rain. Students will also use interactive web sites to manipulate all the parts of the water cycle. Upon the conclusion of this lesson, students will create a water cycle wheel of their own. Prerequisite skills: an understanding of the water cycle in general and of the fact that precipitation is but 1 step in the cycle. Condensation and evaporation are the other 2 parts. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Pride of a Lion, The (2 - 3)
Topic: life science, physical adaptations, habitat. In this lesson students will develop an awareness of the life needs of lions. They will also discover what physical adaptations lions have that make them successful in their habitat. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Princess and the Pea, The (2 - 3)
Topic: characteristics of fairy tales. This lesson uses the SMARTBoard, mp3 players and a downloadable story to review / reinforce characteristics of fairy tales. The students will be able to sort characteristics of fairy tales, listen to, speak about, write about and read about fairy tales. The students will also be able to read for details. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Probability Possibilities! (4)
Topic Math, probability. In this lesson, the students will be engaged in learning about probability using visual aides and tactile learning experiences. Students will watch video segments that show probabilities using the terminology: likely, unlikely, certain, and impossible. The students will then create their own definitions and scenarios using the vocabulary from above and demonstrate their knowledge by making probability booklets and homework practice. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Productive Plants (1)
Topic: Scientific Investigation, Observation, Plant Parts. In this lesson, through the use of a document camera, students will explore and identify the parts of plants and the job each part does for the plant. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Progressive Movement, The (11)
Topic: The Gilded Age, The Progressive Movement, labor unions, child labor, sweatshops, corruption, democracy. Students will have prepared for this lesson by learning the background of the westward movement and immigration. They will then view slides of the Triangle Waist Factory fire and discuss the images that they see leading into the Urban Transformation clip of the video, The Industrial Revolution. Exposure to these slides and videos will provide students with the knowledge necessary to allow them to put themselves in the roles of poor immigrants struggling to survive in the economy and conditions of the early 1900’s. Students will need to know where they start and where they want to be, then using their knowledge of the era, plan how to move out of poverty and into middle class. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Proud To Be Me! (3 - 4)
Topic: Character Education-Pride/Self-Esteem Overview In this lesson, students will give examples of how they have pride in themselves. Using the ITV Series Looking From the Inside Out #2, “Pride” and The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown, the students will develop ways to promote their self-esteem by composing a class book (PowerPoint presentation) on the most important things about themselves. The students will use the digital camera to take pictures of each other and insert them into the PowerPoint presentation. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

PSA Project (6)
Topic: writing, PSA, health. In this lesson students will develop a Public Safety Announcement using iMovie. They will work cooperatively to research their chosen topic, write a script, create a storyboard, and use a digital camera to create their images, and then edit the project with iMovie. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Public Service Announcements: Good Advice Without a Price (7)
Topic: Advertisement, PSA, persuasive technique, audience In this lesson students will distinguish between public service announcements and advertisements, define the term “public service announcement,” and create the script for a short PSA. Students are already familiar with advertisements and persuasive techniques. This lesson uses video streaming viewed on an LCD projector. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Pull Apart Plants (4 - 5)
Topic: plants, plant parts. This lesson will have students interact and identify plant parts. The students will use media and live plants to identify the parts and explain their functions. The media will enhance the student’s ability to gain a better understanding of how the parts of a plant work together, so that the plant can function. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Pull Together! (3)
Topic: Science, pulleys and other simple machines. This lesson will introduce students to pulleys, one of the six simple machines. Students will use interactive notetaking with the Smartboard notebook. Students will also explore with K’nex as they develop their own pulleys. Prior knowledge: students have already studied inclined planes, levers, wheels and axles, screws, and wedges. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Putting Things in Order (5)
Topic: five kingdoms, classification. Students will categorize living things into five kingdoms. They will analyze the similarities and differences between the kingdoms with a graphic organizer. They will view examples of the living things and take a video quiz through United Streaming. Specific websites will be used in the introduction of the lesson to enable the students to gather initial information about the five kingdoms. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

R U 2 Cool 2 Fool? (8)
Topic: media, advertising, propaganda. Students will become more aware citizens and consumers by exploring techniques that advertisers use to analyze their likes and dislikes, to influence their buying patterns, and to influence their opinions, both positively and negatively, on important issues. Students will take an on-line Media Literacy Quiz, then view two on-line video segments that explore how advertisers analyze the teen population to exploit what is popular in their advertising. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

R.U.S. Are You Safe? (K - 3)
Topic: Internet safety Young children need to be taught not only the appropriate usage of the Internet but also safety issues as they approach Internet usage to be able to have an awareness and knowledge of the “world” that they are entering. By using a combination of activities from various websites in Internet safety for children this lesson is an introduction to Internet safety. This lesson can be the beginning of many other presentations to enhance and expand this concept. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc07/rus.ppt. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Rendezvous with the Past (4 - 5)
Topic: colonial life. This lesson will introduce students to the daily life of a child living in Colonial Virginia. The students will compare their lives in the 21st century to the life of a child living in the 1700s. Students will interact with an internet website and graphic organizers. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Revolutionizing Taxes (4 - 5)
Topic: Social Studies, Declaration of Independence, British Taxes. This lesson is designed to create a simulated taxation without representation situation to help students understand the feelings that lead to the Declaration of Independence. Students participate in an unfair tax collection activity followed by a video clip explaining what was included in the Declaration of Independence and why Thomas Jefferson was the author. Students will create letters, poems, newspaper articles, or a sample Declaration of Independence from the perspective of Thomas Jefferson, the King, a loyalist, or a patriot. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Rhyme Time (1)
Topic: word families –op and -ip. This lesson on rhyming words is part of an ongoing study of rhyming words and word families. The students already understand rhyming words and word families. This lesson is introducing the word family –op and -ip. As part of this lesson, students will engage in learning activities that use videostreamed clips and the computer. They will also be involved in a hands-on activity in which they manipulate letter tiles to spell different words. Then the students will write (in Microsoft word) and illustrate a sentence using at least three words from our new word family. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Rock: v. 1.01 (6)
Topic: introduction to technology, problem solving. What is technology? The students will learn that technology is a combination of people, ideas, and tools to solve problems. Students will watch one clip of Stone Age people using primitive tools and two clips of Native Americans. They will then work cooperatively to write and produce a short commercial advertising a rock and its possible uses in solving problems. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Rocks: What Are They? (5)
Topic: Science, rocks and minerals. This lesson is a part of a larger unit on the Changing Earth. Fifth graders need to know the three types of rock groups, how the rock cycle works, and how this relates to the Earth and its changes. Students will need to know how the three rock groups were formed. They should be aware of some of the differences in rocks and how to use a key to identify rocks. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Round n’ Round We Go (7 - 8)
Topic: Transformation – Rotation. This lesson is designed to introduce the ideas and concepts of center of rotation & rotational symmetry when rotating a figure. Various technologies and programs (whiteboard, LCD projector, document camera, Geometer’s Sketchpad) will be used to lead the students through investigations in order to discover a pattern in the changes of coordinate points when an object is rotated counterclockwise or clockwise 90°, 180°, and 270°. This lesson is designed to use for only rotations with 7th graders or as a review of Transformations for 7th Advanced and 8th graders. Prior knowledge of reflections and translations are needed to use the “Transformation Review”. Prior knowledge of reflections, translations, and dilations are needed in order to use the “Transformation Sort.” A Notebook file designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/round.notebook. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Running for Your Life (4 - 5)
Topic: The Civil War, Harriet Tubman and The Underground Railroad. Students will identify significant events leading to the Civil War, with a main focus in this lesson on “The Underground Railroad” and how slaves fought to escape their owners. The students will view segments from Discovery Streaming, and complete a virtual tour online in order to make connections to the past. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Sally Seed Grows Up (2)
Topic: Plant life cycles In this lesson, through the use of video, interactive whiteboard, and a worksheet, students will identify the stages in the life cycle of a plant, put these stages in proper sequence, and state the importance of seeds, flowers, and fruit. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Salute to U.S. Symbols (1)
This lesson will use Brainpop Jr. website to explore and discuss symbols, particularly U.S. Symbols on the. Students will brainstorm U.S. symbols and discuss their importance with the class, in writing, and with partners. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Sassy Sequencing (K - 1)
Topic: story structure, story elements For children to understand and develop the concept of a story, the story needs to be in the correct order. In this lesson, students will interact with a videostream and story to discover that events in stories follow a certain sequence. Students will be able to identify first, next, and last. They will learn this sequence by acting out a story and then placing the story into a PowerPoint presentation to be burned to disc to share with the school and community. Teachers using this lesson should have exposed their students to various versions of The Little Red Hen prior to introducing this lesson. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Season It Up! (3 - 5)
Topic: seasons Overview Our lesson focuses on the relationship between the Earth and Sun in relation to the seasons. This lesson will introduce students to what causes seasons through a variety of video and web-based activities. At the completion of the lesson students will be able to describe and model how the tilt of the Earth’s axis affects the angle of the sun’s rays, thereby causing seasons. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Seed Has Needs, A (2 - 3)
Topic: Seed Parts. This lesson will integrate technology to focus on the concept that seeds have three parts: the seed coat or covering; the germ or embryo; and the cotyledon or stored food. Using classroom investigation and technological tools (microscopes, digital cameras, interactive SmartBoard, computer, and projector) the students will explore parts of a seed and determine what seeds need to grow (water, warmth, air, and stored food). (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Seeds Go Round and Round (K - 1)
Topic: Science, Life Cycle of a pumpkin. The students will learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin. The teacher will utilize a video clip from United Streaming that will help the children to sequence pictures and describe the life cycle of a pumpkin. The students will explore a pumpkin. They will describe a pumpkin inside and out. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Sense in Sequencing, The (K - 1)
Topic: sequencing stories (first, next, last). Stories have to be in the right order for them to make sense. Students will interact with a videostream and a story to discover that events in stories follow a sequence of first, next, next, and last. They will then act out a story and do a hands-on activity on the SMARTBoard as they learn about sequencing. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Setting and Characterization in Dickens' A Christmas Carol (7)
Topic: A Christmas Carol. This lesson is desigend to provide a brief introduction to Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Students will explore prior knowlege of the story's setting (19th century London), respond to images depicting the time period, and discuss the issues raised in "Stave One" of the story, "Marley's Ghost." It is meant to be part of a larger study of 19th-century England and "A Christmas Carol." (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Setting the Story Straight! (1 - 5)
Topic: plot, character, setting, climax The purpose of this lesson is to give students an understanding of plot and climax and to enable them to pick out the characters and setting of the story. This lesson provides students with an opportunity to focus on the structure of a story as they identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/SVTC_03/settingthestory.ppt. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Sexual Harassment Is Never OK (9 - 12)
Topic: Sexual Harassment in School and in the Workplace. This lesson uses video and the Internet to focus the student’s attention on the definition of sexual harassment and the types of harassment. The lesson also addresses how to deal with sexual harassment and the rights of victims. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Shake, Rattle and Roll (9)
Topic: Earthquakes, fault, seismic waves, stress, focus, and epicenter. Students will be introduced to the origin and nature of earthquakes. Plate tectonics (taught in previous lessons) will be reviewed for background knowledge. Through journal writing, videostreamed clips, and a webquest students will gain a better understanding of earthquakes by utilizing technology within the lesson. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Shake, Rattle, and Roll (6)
Topic: probability Overview The objective of this lesson is for students to determine the difference between actual and experimental probability. This is a lesson designed for the one-computer classroom. Students will view probability experiments as well as conduct experiments on their own to see the difference between experimental probability and theoretical probability. The PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc05/shake.ppt (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Shape Search (1)
Topic: Plane Geometric Figures, Observation. This lesson is intended to review the four basic plane geometric figures (triangle, square, rectangle, and circle) that students have already studied, and to allow students to identify these shapes in the world around them. This lesson incorporates various technology tools, multimedia projector, United Streaming video segments, and digital cameras. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Shapes Galore (2 - 4)
Topic: geometry, plane and solid shapes. The student will compare and contrast various solid geometric shapes by utilizing knowledge of plane shapes, faces, corners and edges. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Shaping Up! (3)
In this third grade lesson, students are introduced to the construction vocabulary for plane figures (points, lines, line segments, rays, and the three types of angles: acute, obtuse, and right.). Students will apply their understanding of these terms by constructing plane figures with a hands-on geoboard and bands and a SMARTBoard (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Shaping Up! (3)
In this third grade lesson, students are introduced to the construction vocabulary for plane figures (points, lines, line segments, rays, and the three types of angles: acute, obtuse, and right.). Students will apply their understanding of these terms by constructing plane figures with a hands-on geoboard and bands and a SMARTBoard (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Show Me the Money (K)
Topic: money recognition. This lesson is intended to support students with recognition of a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter and identifying the value of each coin. It is intended to be an introductory lesson for a unit on money. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc06/showme.ppt. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Show Me the Money! (2)
Topic: Money identification. This unit will help students identify and count money. Second Grade students have a difficult time counting mixed coin combinations. In this lesson, through the use of video, websites, and money manipulatives, the students will learn to identify, count and compare a collection of pennies, dimes, and quarters. The students will also learn the importance of having money skills in real world situations. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Show Me, Don’t Tell Me (6 - 8)
Topic: This lesson will teach the elements of description as it is used in persuasive writing. Students will begin the lesson by identifying adjectives and adverbs in travel brochures. They will then write adjectives that describe pictures of exotic places. Following this, students will view a video of a travel destination — South Africa. Students will then be responsible for creating descriptive travel brochures to persuade their classmates to visit that destination. Prior Knowledge: This lesson assumes that students have prior knowledge of adjectives and adverbs and their use and use of computer word processing or publishing programs (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Signs of Spring (1)
Topic: spring This lesson reviews the signs of spring by reading a book together using a document camera, generating lists, working in groups on a worksheet, and creating a picture following a simple rubric. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Silk Road, The (6 - 9)
Topic: Silk Road, Marco Polo, international trade. Students will learn how the Silk Road became an important conduit for trade and the exchange of ideas by watching video clips, reading two short articles and exploring two interactive maps online, and matching ideas and objects with their countries of origin. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Silly Sentences (1 - 2)
This lesson will engage students to identify and write the two basic parts of a sentence. This lesson incorporates the use of a teacher computer, multimedia projector, document camera, Airliner, and presentation software (SMART Notebook software). (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Similar or Different, Animal and Plant Cells? (5)
Students will examine animal and plants cells through a microscope connected to a document camera, as well as identify and label the different cell parts in animal and plants cells during an interactive white board activity. At the end of the lesson students will compare and contrast animal and plant cells by creating a Venn Diagram using software such as (Kidspiration). Students will be able to classify cells according to the characteristics of animal and plant cells. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Simple Machine Hunt (3)
Topic: simple machines, lever, wheel and axle, pulley. This lesson introduces three types of simple machines and their uses to elementary students. It introduces the lever, the wheel and axle, and the pulley, but does not cover the inclined plane, screw, or wedge. The teacher will utilize video from United Streaming to share clips that will help students describe simple machines and identify the three types of simple machines. Students will also interact with a SmartBoard to sort real-life examples of simple machines. Students will go on a Simple Machine Hunt with a digital camera to find examples of simple machines in the school environment. These images will be used to create texts describing simple machines. The PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc05/simplemachine.ppt (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Simple or Not? (3)
Topic: Science, simple machines Overview This lesson will introduce students to the six types of simple machines. Students will use a webquest to complete an internet scavenge hunt and an on-line quiz. Students will also make and present their own simple machine. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Singing America (9 - 12)
The purpose of this poetry lesson is to introduce the causes and characteristics of the Harlem Renaissance and poetry of that time and offer students opportunity to write personal poems reflecting their own heritage and identity as American citizens. Students will have already read poetry of Walt Whitman, including his "I Hear America Singing." The lesson will utilize video clips that were videostreamed and downloaded for instruction, as well as flip cameras to record students' recitations that will be used in an iMovie presentation. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Sky Is Falling, The--Seasonal Changes and Forms of Precipitation (K - 1)
Topic: water, seasonal changes. Students will learn about the four seasons. They will identify things associated with the seasons and the forms of precipitation in each season. Students will view videostreams and complete activities during the video. Students will make a collage or poster to show the four seasons and write about it. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Smooth Sale-ing (8 - 12)
Topic: Personal Finance, discount, sale items. This lesson will introduce students to the concept of sale prices and how to calculate them. Specific topics will include: introducing students to sales prices, how to figure out the amount taken off of a specific item, and the process used to identify the total price of an item that has been purchased on sale. Students should have prior knowledge about how to change a percent to a decimal. This lesson is designed for use with special education students in a self-contained setting, but can be modified for students in the general education classroom. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

So What's Your Purpose (4 - 5)
Topic: reading for a purpose. Why is it important to establish a purpose for reading? The answer to this question will become clear to students through this lesson. Students will be given different secret purposes for reading the same selection and highlighting pertinent information. Using the document camera (ELMO) and highlighted clues, students will determine the various purposes for reading, understand that different information is important relative to their purpose, and practice applying this reading strategy. Note: this lesson has a section that is textbook-specific to Scott Foresman Social Studies: Virginia but can be adapted to other material. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

So You Want To Be Another Aesop! (3 - 6)
Topic: fables. This lesson will introduce students to the essential elements of a fable. Upon completion of the lesson, the students will demonstrate their understanding of the essential elements by composing a personal fable. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

So, You Want a Job! (4 - 5)
Topic: Early Colonial Occupations This lesson will take students back in time in Virginia’s history. They will become better acquainted with Colonial American trades and compare them with occupations today. Students will research websites to acquire information for their chosen occupation. Once the student(s) have gathered the needed information they will prepare a written report and present it to the class. Students will use the computer and Internet to research their chosen trade. They will also have the opportunity to videostream, use an overhead projector, and multimedia projector to present their reports. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Solving the Decimal Mystery (4 - 8)
Topic: Ordering and Comparing Decimals. The purpose of this lesson is to give students an understanding of various methods used to compare and order decimals. This lesson will give students the opportunity to order and compare decimals in hands-on activities along with online lessons and will provide students with strategies to do so. Prerequisite topic: decimal place value, fractions. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/SVTC_03/solvingthedecimal.ppt (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Sound Advice (5 - 8)
Topic: Physical Science, energy, waves, and sound. Through the use of video streaming and laboratory investigation, students will gain an understanding of longitudinal waves and their application to sound production and travel, and build on an existing knowledge of wavelength, frequency, and amplitude. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Space Between, The (6 - 8)
Topic: Volume of rectangular prisms and cylinders. This lesson will provide an interactive experience in which the students will connect the formulas for calculating the volumes of cylinders and prisms to prior knowledge using video streaming segments. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Spinner, Spinner, Where Will You Stop? (K - 2)
Topic: Collecting Data, Constructing Bar Graphs, Interpreting Data. Through the interaction with a spinner, which is displayed on a SMARTBoard, the students will learn how to collect data using a tally chart. They will then construct a bar graph that has a title and axis labeled. After constructing the bar graph they will be able to answer questions about that data. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Spreadsheet Cell Location (8 - 12)
Topic: spreadsheet, formula, cell, cell location, computer, business, invoice, and variable. A real life practice (invoicing) is used to show students what happens when you enter routine math problems into a spreadsheet rather than using cell location. Cell location is similar to using a variable in formulas. They can change the value of the variable and the calculation automatically happens. Students will already have the knowledge of computer operations and basic use of spreadsheet software. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Spreadsheet Sweets (6 - 8)
Topic: spreadsheet, math, technology. The purpose of this lesson is to give students an understanding of how an Excel Spreadsheet can be used as a statistical and graphing tool. The students should already be familiar with the concepts of mean, median, mode and range. A unique aspect of this lesson plan is that it can be readily adapted to many other math and science concepts and activities. This lesson plan could also be expanded to include teaching the concepts of mean, median, mode and range if necessary. The PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc03/spreadsheet.ppt. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Spring Surprises (K)
Topic: Signs of Spring. In this lesson, the students will learn about the signs of spring. They will learn about the changes that occur in nature and how those changes affect people and animals. This lesson includes the use of a video segment from Unitedstreaming to introduce the season of spring. As a culminating activity, students will use a digital camera to take photographs of signs of spring. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Sprinting to Victory (3 - 4)
This lesson is part of a track and field unit. The focus of the lesson is on ideal sprinting form. Flip cameras, movie maker, internet video clips, and computers are used for learning, applying knowledge, and assessing learning of three components of sprinting form. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Stairways to Metaphors (7)
Topic: metaphors in poetry, imagery. Upon completion of this lesson the student will have read and identified a poem. The students will write a poem creating their own extended metaphor with in it. Internet access and a document camera are necessary for this lesson. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

States of Matter (K)
We will do an experiment with ice, water, and steam. We will watch a United Streaming video titled Phase Changes and Water: Liquid, Solid, and Gas. Students will demonstrate their learning through the solid, liquid, gas picture sort. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Sticks and Stones May Break Our Bones: Native American Museum (4 - 5)
Topic: Native Americans, artifacts. Following this lesson, students will create ten artifacts which they will organize and relate to the Native American culture assigned. Students will design a museum display which categorizes the ten artifacts into usage groups and interprets the use of each object in the culture’s daily life. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

STOP: This Cop Is After You! (3)
Topic: writing, proofreading, editing. Students will use technology to proofread and edit different types of writing samples. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Story of a King, The (3)
Topic: Social Studies, Language Arts, Technology, biography, research, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights. Using a video clip of the popular children’s book, Martin’s Big Words, students will investigate the life and contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Next, student research teams will visit prescreened websites to find additional facts and harvest digitized images of the life of Dr. King. Using PowerPoint software, a photo biography of Dr. King will be created, combining the findings of all student research teams. Note: prior student experience with PowerPoint will help keep this lesson within the suggested time allotment. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea (3 - 5)
Topic: Language Arts, comprehension, creative writing, geography. Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea is a collection of unusual postcards that details the cross country journey of two brothers. Students have the opportunity to learn about Stringbean’s and Fred’s adventure through the postcards they send back home. This lesson involves identification of creative writing styles and techniques, reading comprehension skills, and the opportunity to create and write postcards about a real or fictional destination. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Stripes of the Food Pyramid, The (3 - 5)
Topic: Food Guide Pyramid. Students have a variety of foods to pick from each day. This lesson is intended to familiarize them with the sections of the Food Guide Pyramid and what foods are in each section using a video downloaded from United Streaming. It also has a brief segment on why each section is a different size. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Stripes, Spots, Sharp Claws, Oh My! (3)
Topic Science, animal adaptations. In this lesson, children investigate how an animal’s specific physical adaptations help it survive by meeting its basic needs in its natural habitat. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Sumday Comics (2 - 4)
Topic: English, summary, story elements. In this lesson, students will read an online fairy tale. Students will then summarize the fairy tale using a graphic organizer. Students will conclude the unit by transferring their summaries to a comic strip that conveys the main ideas of the story. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Superstars of America! (1)
Topic: famous Americans, national symbols. This lesson is designed to guide students through a review of Famous Americans and National Symbols as a unit culmination. Using videostreaming and a PowerPoint presentation, students will identify Famous Americans (George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington Carver) and their contributions to American history. They will identify national symbols and, if relevant, the location of the symbols. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/superstars.ppt. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Survival Of The Fittest (3)
Topic: Habitats, adaptations, and survival The purpose of this lesson is to give the students the opportunity to discover how an animal’s habitat and its adaptations allow for survival. This lesson will focus on providing information to the students regarding how survival of a species is dependent upon several factors, including its habitat and its adaptations (both physical and behavioral). (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Survival of the Fittest (3)
Topic Science, adaptation, camouflage, instinct, environment. This lesson will introduce students to how animals survive in their environment by the use of adaptations. Students will understand that physical and behavioral adaptations are necessary characteristics for survival in an environment. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Survival Suitcase (3)
Topic: Ancient Mali, Daily Life in Mali This lesson is designed to enhance and clarify students understanding of the country of Mali. It should be used as a culminating activity since it assumes that students have had a brief overview of the major topics associated with this country and with the basic needs of human beings. Students will use this knowledge in addition to observation skills (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Survivor: Jamestown (4)
Topic: Social Studies, Virginia History, Jamestown. The purpose of this lesson is to give students an understanding of the problems that plagued the first permanent settlement in America, to consider how colonists dealt with these problems and to explore possible solutions to the problems. Students will view a video clip about the founding of Jamestown, play an interactive computer game in which they make decisions about the Jamestown colony, trying to achieve better outcomes than the original colony, and then create a poster with their own rules for the colony. The rules should offer some solutions to the colony’s problems. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Suspense in Claymation (5)
Topic: Language Arts, predicting. Students will listen to a section of a story/novel and use prediction skills to create a claymation project to indicate what they think will happen next. Prior to the lesson, students should be familiar with claymation project activities; taking digital pictures, editing those pictures, and creating videos/imovies. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Sweatin’ through the American Industrial Revolution (4 - 7)
Topic: History, Industrial Revolution. The focus of this lesson is on the social changes that occurred in the United States in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s during the American Industrial Revolution. Students will use a variety of resources to gain insight into the changes that affected peoples’ lives. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Sweet Potatoes, Soybeans, & Peanuts—Who? (1)
Topic: George Washington Carver. The students will see a PowerPoint presentation projected onto a SmartBoard to learn about this famous American plant scientist and the three main plants that he studied and found many uses for during his life time, while getting to see a real sweet potato, soybean plant, and peanut plant. Students will use the Kidspiration software and a word processor to sound out and write the names of the three plants on a George Washington Carver template that I created for the Social Studies file. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/sweetpotatoes.ppt (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Swimming in Fluency (2)
This lesson will engage students in understanding and applying the skills that fluent readers use while listening to a teacher read aloud. This lesson incorporates the use of a teacher computer, multimedia projector, video streaming and Microsoft Media Player. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Symbols Everywhere (4 - 5)
Topic: Fine Arts, music, symbols. Students will discover and define various music symbols by analyzing a piece of music. They will learn their function as related to the performance of a familiar piece of music. The internet, a document camera, and an ipod will be used for this lesson. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Symmetry (5)
Topic: Math, line and point symmetry. Overview The objective of this lesson is to have students learn about symmetry. At the end of the lesson, students will apply what they have learned to create a symmetric picture of themselves. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Tell Me Why? (3)
Topic: English, “Pourquoi” tales. “Pourquoi” is a French word for “why”. It is a genre of stories that explains why or how an animal, plant, or natural object looks or acts the way it does, as well as the passing of cultural values, or teaching lessons about caring for the earth. Cultures from all around the world have asked “how” and “why” and the answers to these questions have created “pourquoi” stories. The activities in these lessons are intended to make up the last genre of traditional literature introduced and studied within a three to four week unit. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Telling Time (K - 1)
Students will write, draw, and move hands on clocks to tell time to the hour. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Ten Rights Can’t Be Wrong! (5)
Topic: U.S. Constitution, U.S. History, Bill of Rights. In this lesson students will understand the difficulty faced by the founding fathers in writing the constitution. They will also identify the first ten amendments and create a Bill of Rights for their classroom. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

That’s Full of Resources! (2 - 5)
Topic: World’s Resources. This lesson on the world’s resources is a part of a unit on economics. Students should have prerequisite knowledge of the terms: producer, consumer, goods, and services, which meets Virginia SOL 3.7. As a part of this lesson, student will engage in activities using video clips and the interactive whiteboard (i.e., SMARTBoard) Students will also bring in items from to home to examine more closely in relationship to the world’s resources. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

That’s Not Fair! (1)
Topic: Money, value of a penny, nickel, dime and quarter and their equivalencies. The students will review making fair trades with money. This lesson takes place after the students know all of the values of the coins and have practiced making trades between coins of equal value. The students will view a United Streaming video clip about coin trades and assess if the trades are fair or not fair. The students will also play a game in cooperative groups where they will make fair and not fair trades with coin values. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

That’s NOT Fair! (4)
In this lesson students will identify equivalent fractions and create equivalent fractions using hands-on fraction manipulatives with document camera. This lesson is aligned with Va. Math Standard 4.2b. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

The Dirt on Soil (3)
This lesson incorporates the use of hands-on activities, video streaming, and an Internet site to help students learn about soil. They will discover the main components in soil, be able to describe the properties of each component, and draw conclusions about why soil is a natural resource that should be conserved (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

The Greatest Hitter of All Time (8)
Students will reinforce skills in interpreting real-life data in a variety of representations in order to select the best hitter statistically in baseball history. Students will need to gather data from the Internet, calculate several measures of central tendency, and create graphs to justify their decision. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

The Greatest Hitter of All Time (8)
Students will reinforce skills in interpreting real-life data in a variety of representations in order to select the best hitter statistically in baseball history. Students will need to gather data from the Internet, calculate several measures of central tendency, and create graphs to justify their decision. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

The Greatest Hitter of All Time (8)
Students will reinforce skills in interpreting real-life data in a variety of representations in order to select the best hitter statistically in baseball history. Students will need to gather data from the Internet, calculate several measures of central tendency, and create graphs to justify their decision. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

The Profound Parabola (10 - 12)
Topic: Mathematics, Algebra II, conic sections, parabolas. This lesson will introduce students to parabolas, their uses in architecture, effects on sound waves, and their equations and graphs, through video clips and hands-on activities. Given the equation of a parabola, students will be able to determine the directrix and find the focus points. Given the height and length of an arch, students will determine the focus point and the equation of the graph. Prerequisites: Students should be familiar with completing the square and graphing by using transformations. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Theorem for Real Life: By Pythagoras, A (9 - 12)
Topic: Pythagorean Theorem, mathematics, geometry. This lesson teaches the Pythagorean Theorem. The theorem will be explored and then applied to other right triangle problems. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

There Ought to be A LAW! (4 - 6)
Topic: bill, law, government. The purpose of this lesson is to provide students with an understanding of how a bill becomes a law and what role citizens and government play in the process. The lesson will give students an opportunity to “role play” taking an idea through to signing into law. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

There's No Place Like Home (4 - 5)
Topic: Virginia Studies, Jamestown, cultural landscape. Video streaming will be used to support student analyses of the interactions of environmental conditions, materials and English ideas on the construction of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement. Students will contrast Jamestown’s cultural landscape to the structures in their hometown. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

They Call It Stormy Monday (4)
Topic: weather, hurricanes, tornadoes. This lesson is part of a larger study unit on weather, and will reinforce material previously covered. The unit covers both weather phenomena (fronts, clouds, and storms) and measurement with appropriate equipment (air pressure-barometer, wind speed-anemometer, rainfall-rain gauge, and temperature-thermometer). (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

They Melt In Your Mouth, Not on Your Keyboard! (5)
Topic: Technology, Math, graphing, data analysis. This lesson incorporates the use of several mediums to explore graphing and analysis of data. The students will use the internet and Microsoft Office to research, create and present their data. The students will also explore mathematical concepts such as range, mean, median and mode and discuss how they are important when analyzing data. The PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc05/theymelt.ppt (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

They Rode Into History (3 - 5)
Topic: Paul Revere, Jack Jouett, Revolutionary War Overview Paul Revere and Jack Jouett rode into history in order to warn of approaching British forces intent on crippling American resistance. Students will have an opportunity to explore these two heroic feats and determine for themselves the significance of their deeds by exploring web sites on the internet and view streaming videos using United Streaming. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land (4)
In this lesson, students will research, describe, and create a physical model of one of the five geographic regions of Virginia, using the Virginia Trekkers website, a 3-column graphic organizer, and hands on activities. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

This Makes Sense (K)
Topic: 5 Senses. This lesson introduces kindergarten students to the five senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Students will view video clips of each sense, participate in “sense centers” using apples, and utilize a SMARTBoard to identify words that are associated with each of the “sense centers”. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Three Steps to Story Structure (1)
Topic: Story structure: beginning, middle, end. The purpose of this lesson is to help students recognize key features of the beginning, middle and ending parts of a simple story. Using familiar stories, students will be able to identify pictures that illustrate the story problem, attempts to solve the problem and the solution as belonging to the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Students will use video media, an Elmo, and participate in a hands-on activity utilizing MS Word and Clip Art. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Tick Tock the Hour's Up (K)
Topic: time to the hour. The students will be learning how to tell time to the hour using an analog clock. Reviewing first what they have previously learned about measuring tools (rulers, scales, thermometer, and calendar) leading to the question what does a clock measure? This question will lead to the video clip and the introduction to the clock. Later, they will have the hands-on clock to demonstrate their knowledge with. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Tickle the Brain Without the Pain (3 - 12)
Topic: SOL Review using PowerPoint. Want an exciting, unique, long lasting, hands-on way to review the VA SOLs? Well, by making their own PowerPoint presentations, students will “tickle the brain without the pain.” (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Ties that Bind (8)
Topic: chemical bonds. This lesson introduces 8th grade students to the concept of chemical bonds. Students will be able to explain the differences between an atom and an ion, as well as describe how covalent and ionic bonds form. Students will investigate the various energy levels involved in chemical bonding as well as what makes an element stable. Students will identify the properties of ionic and molecular compounds. Using this information, students will test the ability of various substances to conduct electricity in order to determine the nature of their bonds. Prerequisite skills: Concepts of the Periodic Table of Elements. This lesson uses material from Science Explorer Physical Science Unit 1 Resources pg.117-119 “Shedding Light on Chemical Bonds”: Prentice Hall, Needham, MA 2001. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Time for Kindergarten (K)
Topic: Measurement tool (clock), telling time (hour). The children will explore why time is important to everyone. We will learn about our daily schedules and how time is an important factor in deciding the majority of our activities. Through the use of on line video resources and a digital camera, we will learn how to tell time by the hour using both an analog and digital clock. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

To Eat or Not to Eat? That Is the Question (K - 2)
Topic: Earth Science, plants, scientific investigation. This lesson is designed to build upon students’ previous knowledge of plants in their environment. The lesson is an introduction to plant parts and specifically focuses on stems, leaves, and roots. Students will use this knowledge to investigate edible and non-edible plant parts. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

To Fly or Not To Fly (2 - 3)
Topic: life sciences, birds, physical adaptations. The focus of this lesson is to explore the characteristics of birds that enable them to fly when compared to other organisms. These characteristics are their wings, their light bones, strong chest muscles, feathers, and light heads due to the lack of teeth. A video entitled Take A Look I, #7, Flight will be used as the main instructional component of the lesson. Higher order thinking skills will be incorporated with an introductory game “Twenty Questions” and a culminating graphic organizer. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

To Run or Not to Run (4 - 5)
Topic: sentences - complete, run-on, fragment Overview This lesson will reinforce the concepts of a complete sentence, a run on sentence and a sentence fragment. This lesson will use UnitedStreaming and a complete sentence PowerPoint. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Tobacco, Taxes, and T-Rex A Colonial Web Activity (4 - 5)
Topic: Colonial Life, trades, holiday customs Overview Completing an internet activity, students will collect information about colonial life in order to describe the lifestyle, customs, work environment, and social morays of the time period and compare and contrast them to the modern world in which they live. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Tomb, Sweet Tomb (2)
Topic: Artifacts from Ancient Egypt. This lesson is one part of a five part series taught during the week about life in ancient Egypt. Students will learn how artifacts have helped archaeologists learn more about the ancient Egyptian civilization and their spiritual belief in the after-life. Students will take on the role of an archaeologist and dig for artifacts, listen to a story about digging for clues, watch a segment of a video about the purpose of pyramids and the artifacts discovered in them, and contribute to an artifact box with a sentence explaining why they would contribute that particular item. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Tracking it Down in the Library (3)
Topic: English, math, Dewey Decimal System, call numbers. This set of lessons is designed to teach students to locate books in the library media center by call numbers. Students need to alphabetize and understand decimal numbers in order to accomplish this task. An ITV video clip is used to model the process and explanation of call numbers is reviewed with a SmartBoard activity. Students then do a hands-on practice. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Tri, Tri, Tri-Angles (5)
Topic: triangles, classification. Students will classify triangles as acute, obtuse, or right and use a digital camera to take pictures of examples. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Triangles Are Special Too (9 - 12)
Topic: Geometry, triangles, special triangles, right triangles, special right triangles, 45– 45–90, 30–60–90. This lesson teaches the special properties of 45-45-90 and 30-60-90 triangles. The relationships of the sides will be explored and then used to solve triangle problems. Students need to have learned how to divide a rational number by a radical and rationalize the denominator in advance of this lesson. The lesson uses videosteaming, SMARTBoard, and a computer with projector. If SMARTBoard software is not available for you, a worksheet is attached that provides the same information as the SMARTBoard presentation. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Truth About Plot, The--What a Story! (6)
Topic: short story elements. Knowing the elements of a short story or novel is essential to student reading comprehension and understanding. In this lesson, the necessary vocabulary for narrative structure is combined with technology to provide a multi-sensory approach to learning. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/truth.ppt (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Truth and Nothing But the Truth, Abe, The (1)
Topic: famous Americans, Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. Children will learn how the famous American grew in the 1800’s and what led him to become a leader. Through videostreaming and Kidspiration 2 software, children will learn about his life in a log cabin, education, and famous nickname. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Tsunami…Harbor Wave! (2 - 5)
Topic: tsunamis Overview The entire world has been affected by the devastating tsunami that struck south Asia on December 26, 2004. Students will learn about the physical causes of tsunamis, the aftermath left by the December 26 tsunami, and the needs of the tsunami survivors. Students will view video clips from United Streaming that will help them comprehend the causes of tsunamis, view a tsunami as it hits land, and the aftermath of a tsunami hit. Students will interact with a website which will further explain the causes of a tsunami as well as help them to determine which organization bests serves the needs of the tsunami survivors in south Asia, and what the school community can do to assist these survivors. Students will organize the causes of tsunamis and the needs of the tsunami survivors using a KWL chart and two column notes. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Twinkle, Twinkle Freedom’s Torch (1)
Topic: national symbols, Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is an important national symbol. This lesson is part of a unit on important symbols of the United States of America. This lesson focuses on the Statue of Liberty. The students will take part in a virtual tour of the statue on an interactive website. This is one lesson done in a unit of study on national symbols. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Ultimate Frisbee (7)
In this lesson students will learn the basic throw (backhand) and catch (sandwich) involved in Ultimate Frisbee. Students will video each other during practice time using flip cameras for self evaluation (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Vietnam War and American Society, The (11)
Topic: Vietnam War, American social history, protest. In this lesson, students will examine the effects of the Vietnam War on American society in the 1960s and 1970s through discussion, viewing streaming video clips, and completing an online webquest. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

View From Above,A (K)
Topic: Geography, Map skills. The students will learn basic map concepts and mapmaking skills through the use of books, video, SmartBoard, and the digital camera. As a point of reference, children should be familiar with the story Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin prior to this lesson. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Visit to Flatlands, A (5)
Topic: Math, geometry, three-dimensional figure. This lesson is focused on helping those students who cannot readily identify a three-dimensional cube when it is shown on a two-dimensional surface. This is a required skill in order for fifth grade students to show mastery of Math SOL 5.16. The Marco Polo website allows the student to rotate the cube, add color to the faces and to highlight the edges and vertices. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Vivid Verbs! (2 - 3)
Topic: English, verbs, nouns. This lesson will help children understand what a verb is and what its purpose is in a sentence. At this point, students have already learned about nouns. Through the integration of the Smart Board, students will learn to distinguish between nouns and verbs in sentences. They will also explain why both are needed in a sentence. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Vote for Me, A, Susan B. (2 - 3)
Topic: Social Studies, Susan B. Anthony. This lesson is used to review an important woman in history that fought for the rights of women, especially their right to vote. The students will go on an interesting webquest adventure looking for information about Susan B. Anthony. The students then use the information to write a biography about her. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Walking in a Modern Day Immigrant’s Shoes (3 - 5)
Comparing and contrasting the lives of fictional character(s) found in the realistic fiction story Angel Child, Dragon Child to recent immigrants to the U.S. after viewing the digital story “Coming to Houston.” (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Walking in a Modern Day Immigrant’s Shoes (3 - 5)
Comparing and contrasting the lives of fictional character(s) found in the realistic fiction story Angel Child, Dragon Child to recent immigrants to the U.S. after viewing the digital story “Coming to Houston.” (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Walking on Water (6)
Surface tension. The cohesive forces between liquid molecules are responsible for this phenomenon. In this lesson, students will investigate the unique characteristics and properties of water. They will begin their lesson by watching a Discovery Streaming video clip, then conduct a scientific investigation and predict how many paper clips it will take to make an already full glass of water over flow. They will test and present their finding on a poster board. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

War Is Over – Now What?, The (4 - 6)
Topic: History, Social Studies, Civil War, Reconstruction. This is an introductory lesson to Reconstruction. Students will view a i-movie (or PowerPoint slideshow) of primary sources and complete graphic organizers to develop and express their opinions about life for blacks and poor whites in the South after the Civil War. Students will 1) evaluate life in the south after the Civil War, and 2) write a request for government response. (government response can be used as a point of comparison and judgment of actual government response to blacks and poor whites in the postbellum south.) (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Water, Water Everywhere (3)
Topic: Science, the Water Cycle. By using the internet and United Streaming, the students will view video and gain a better understanding of the water cycle and each part that is included within. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Water, Water Everywhere (K - 1)
Topic: Three states of water. The object of this lesson is to provide opportunities for students to recognize water in any of its three states. Students will view short videostream sequences to identify the three states of water. Students will divide into groups to play a matching card game to practice recognizing the different states of water. An activity sheet in which students name the correct state of water under the appropriate pictures may be used as an assessment. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

We're All Alike...We're All Different (1 - 2)
Topic: multicultural education. In this lesson, students will view a video that focuses on the value of appreciating one’s culture. Students will respectfully identify, compare, and discuss cultural similarities and differences. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

We’re Spinning,But We’re Not Getting Dizzy! (1)
Topic: Rotation of Earth, day and night, Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems. This lesson is intended to help students understand the concept of rotating and that day and night result from the Earth rotating. This lesson integrates the use of a computer (Internet and PowerPoint), interactive whiteboard, and a projector. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/werespinning.ppt. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Weather or Not (3 - 8)
Topic: weather. This lesson introduces ESL (English as a Second Language) students to common weather phenomena in the U.S., including seasons, precipitation, and extreme weather. The teacher will use news clips and photos from websites to help demonstrate extreme weather. Students and teacher will use Inspiration software to develop graphic organizers demonstrating the weather concepts they learn. Students will also find parallels with weather in their own countries of origin, using Venn diagrams (also using Inspiration software), and make an oral presentation. If necessary, they will interview parents, grandparents, or other older members of their cultural community to gather data (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Weather Watchers (4)
Topic: Science, meteorology, predicting the weather. The purpose of this lesson is to teach students how to predict the weather based on the movements of warm and cold fronts. Students view video, analyze pictures in a PowerPoint presentation, and complete guide sheets tracking the movements of fronts. Predictions will be made about the weather that occurs as a result of these fronts. Students should already have an understanding of the water cycle as well as evaporation and condensation prior to this lesson. The PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc05/weatherwatchers.ppt (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Welcome to Camp Quadrilateral! (6)
Topic: distinguish and identify different shapes. This lesson is designed to review familiar shapes such as triangles, squares, and rectangles. Students will be introduced to new shapes such as parallelograms, trapezoids, and rhombi. Students will be able to distinguish and identify the different characteristics of the shapes and to classify/group them according to these characteristics. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What a First Grader Wants and Needs (1)
Topic: Needs and wants The children will understand the difference between needs and wants through a series of lessons. The first activity will be the story Bunny Money where saving money for wants and spending money on needs and wants will be discussed. Second the children will watch a PowerPoint presentation using embedded movie clips from United Streaming. Finally, the children will demonstrate their knowledge of the difference between needs and wants using a template for sorting on Kidspiration 2. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc0y/whatafirst.ppt. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What About the Weather? (4)
Topic: Science, weather, thermometer. Knowing tomorrow’s weather today is becoming increasingly important in today’s world and more easily accessed. This lesson will introduce the students to the thermometers and meteorology. It will focus on measuring the temperature and the predictions the weather person makes. It uses streaming video, spreadsheet software, and thermometers to help students understand the importance and accuracy of weather predictions. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What Am I ? (1)
Topic: Animal Classification Students will become familiar with the 6 classifications of animals and the characteristics of each classification. Teacher will use unitedstreaming to familiarize students with the different classifications. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What Am I Worth? (1 - 2)
Topic: coin recognition. In this lesson students will recognize coins and their values. The teacher will use videostreaming to aid in understanding this value concept more clearly. Students will use an interactive whiteboard to sort coins into designated amounts. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/whatami.ppt (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What Are the Chances? (6 - 8)
Students will use interactive websites as well as concrete manipulatives to develop an understanding of theoretical and experimental probability. They will also discuss the probability of independent events. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What Are the Chances…? (7)
Topic: probability and theoretical probability This lesson will introduce students to the concepts experimental probability and theoretical probability. Students will collect data and compare the expected outcome to the actual outcome. Prerequisites: Students should be familiar with the term probability and should know how to write ratios and convert those ratios to percents and decimals. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What Are You Eating Today? (K - 2)
Topic: Classroom management, lunch count, graphing. Teachers, tired of morning paperwork? Tired of trying to be heard above the children’s first socialization for the day? Well, let the children do the paperwork, yes, the children! In this lesson, students learn and use basic computer skills to enter their daily attendance and lunch and ice cream choices. They create a bar graph of their data and interpret the results. This instructional activity can be used as a classroom management tool to allow the teacher to spend more time with students and less time on paperwork . (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What Came First, the Plant or the Seed? (2)
Topic: plants, seeds, plant life cycle. This lesson will integrate technology to focus on the structures of dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous seeds and explore the concept that a flowering plant goes through orderly changes in its life and that changes occur in cycles. Students will be given the opportunity to examine a small selection of seeds. Students will discover that seeds are not all the same through classroom observations and using various technological tools (video, computer, computer microscope, and projector). (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What Came First? – Primary Sources (4)
What is a primary source and how is it used? These are the questions which will be answered in this lesson. Students will view a website and clips from a video program to help them explain and define for themselves what a “primary source” is and how it can be used. For the purposes of this lesson, a basic definition of a “primary source” would be a document or artifact from the past. (2003 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What Do You Know About Pandas? (4)
Topic: English, nonfiction, research. This lesson was designed in an effort to demonstrate student mastery of SOL 4.6(b,c) for Reading Grade 4 to be submitted as evidence for the Virginia Grade Level Alternative). The lesson focuses on basic facts about Giant Pandas. The students will learn how to do research on a topic using different media, from books, through encyclopedias to the internet to try to find the answers of the questions on a study guide. After that they will summarize their findings into a picture book, whose pictures will allow them to fill the pages with different contents they have previously learned about. Since they will all be looking for information at the same time on different media resources, on their very own, the class will end up with a variety of creative books that can be further used as student silent reading material. Note: A subscription to Reading: A-Z is suggested but the lesson can be done without it. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What Do You Mean, I'm President? (6)
Topic: decision-making, perceptions, presidential campaigns. Decision-making capabilities and public perception of candidates are key concepts in American Presidential campaigns. The students will learn the importance of decision making in daily life and how decisions they make lead to the perceptions others have of them. In addition they will become familiar with presidential campaigns and political cartoons. Students will apply the concepts by completing simulations from bookmarked web resources. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/whatdo.ppt (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What Is a Dictator? (7)
Topic: U.S. History: Causes of World War II In this lesson, students will learn how the rise of dictators contributed to World War II. Using videostreaming and the internet, students will learn about Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo. Their discoveries will also be used to answer the question, “What is a Dictator?” (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What Is Your Symbol? Adinkra Symbols and African Culture (K - 5)
What symbol best describes you? In this lesson students will locate Ghana on a map of Africa and discover the rich cultural history of the Ashanti/Asante people and how they came to use Adinkra symbols. Students will learn to value their individuality and develop symbols patterned after the Adinkra stamps and learn to make their own symbols. We will read Anansi The Spider, a tale from the Ashanti, by Gerald McDermott and go on an art expedition, which allows students to use traditional Adinkra stamps and use their imaginations to help cultivate their own symbol. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What Kind of “Bug” Is Buggin’ You? (7)
Topic: Insect and arachnid class characteristics. In this lesson the students will discover the differences between insects and arachnids. They will explore what different “bugs” look like and then identify the individual characteristics of the insect and arachnid classes. The students will determine which class different “bugs” belong to, move the picture into the correct category on an interactive whiteboard, and justify their answers by showing the insect or arachnid characteristics on the actual picture. Students should be familiar with the arthropod phylum and its general characteristics as well as the four arthropod classes: insect, arachnid, crustacean, and myriapod (combination of diplopoda and chilopods classes). (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What Kind of Quadrilateral Am I? (5)
Topic: geometry. In this geometry activity, students explore and discover the properties of 3 quadrilaterals- square, rhombus, and trapezoid. The shapes in this lesson are having an “identity crisis” and students must help the shapes understand themselves. Using a SmartBoard with an interactive website students analyze the components of each shape to identify each shape by its attributes. This interaction is designed to make each shape memorable so that students can transfer their knowledge when the shapes are slid, flipped, or turn from the original model. This lesson serves to augment the “Investigations 2: Triangles and Quadrilaterals” in the Picturing Polygons unit of the Investigations math series but is useful for any geometry unit for fifth grade. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What on Earth Is Earth Day? (K - 1)
Topic: Earth Day Earth Day is a holiday celebrated each April. It is a special day in which children learn about our planet, its natural resources, and how to take care of it. This lesson is meant to introduce children to the holiday and help them to gain a better understanding of the purpose of the celebration. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What Wetlands? (6)
Topic: wetlands. Students will be able to identify the three types of wetlands; bogs, swamps, and marshes from watching videostreaming clips. They will also create their own definitions and be able to compare and contrast the three types of wetlands using SMARTBoard software. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What's Down There? Exploring the Ocean Floor (5)
Topic: Science, oceans, ocean floor. This lesson is used to introduce students to the landscape of the ocean floor. After viewing video clips about the different parts of the ocean floor, students will use data to graph a model of the ocean floor and write a reporter script describing each part. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What's It Worth? (2)
Topic: Two-digit place value. This lesson shows students how to identify the place value of a two-digit numeral by using numeration models. This lesson is part of a unit on place-value. Prior to teaching this lesson, students should have practiced grouping beans into groups of ten and then glued them on popsicle sticks to represent a ten. The students should also be familiar with a tens and ones place value work mat to practice regrouping ones into groups of ten. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What's the Purpose? (3 - 6)
Topic: fairy tales. In this lesson students will be exposed to a variety of classic fairy tales and their variations, looking specifically at author’s purpose and changes in motifs. Students will be reading them as well as viewing them, noting the similarities and differences between the classical versions and variations. They will also be compiling a list of motifs found within the tales. Students will then be using an interactive website to create Venn-diagrams focusing on the motifs in their chosen fairy tales. As a culminating activity students will be writing their own variation of a fairy tale, changing one or more motifs. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What's With That Moon? (3 - 4)
Topic: moon phases. This lesson will introduce students to the movement of the moon around earth and the corresponding phases of the moon. This will be achieved through video and web-based activities. By completion of the lesson, students will be able to distinguish among all eight moon phases: new moon, waxing crescent, waxing quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, waning quarter, waning crescent, and new moon. Students will explain how the position of the earth, moon, and sun create each part of the moon phase. Finally, students will be able to create a flow chart of moon phases in which they will illustrate and label the moon phases. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What’s for Dinner? (7)
Topic: Sales Tax, Calculating Percents, Changing Decimals to Percents. Students will reinforce skills in calculating a percent of a number by creating a restaurant receipt from a “mock” dinner based on prices from the internet. First, students will identify key parts of a bill and check calculations on a sample restaurant bill. Secondly, students will fill-in missing information on a bill, based on a dinner purchase. Lastly, dinner for two will be “ordered” from a website on the internet and a bill will be created that incorporates a 15 percent tip and Virginia’s state sales tax. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What’s My Color? (5)
Topic: Science, Colors of the Rainbow. In this lesson students will be engaged in learning about light waves and how they form the colors of the visible spectrum. The students will observe and listen to short video clips, while interactively taking notes. Students will investigate the wavelengths of each color and based on the order that they appear in the rainbow. At the end of the lessons, students will be able to draw conclusions through experimentation as to how the visible spectrum is formed. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What’s That You Say? – Believe It Or Not on the Internet (9 - 12)
Topic: critical thinking, website evaluation, technology. Many students rely on information they have located on the Internet for school assignments and may never even look at any other sources. With the huge amount of information found and the lack of any standards for publishing on the web, students need to realize that this information must be evaluated before they accept what they find at face value. On completion of this lesson, students will be able to create an evaluation instrument to gauge the usefulness, accuracy, and reliability of information located on a website. The PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/whatsthat.ppt (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What’s the Matter? (6 - 8)
Topic: Physical Science: Matter. This lesson will focus on vocabulary used in defining the structure of matter. These key terms are atom, element, compound, and molecule. The students will learn the difference between these terms and how they are related to each other. The lesson will incorporate Discovery-streaming videos to describe each term as well as a PowerPoint Jeopardy game to apply what they have learned. Prerequisite knowledge: The students should already be familiar with the four terms: atom, element, compound, and molecule. This is meant to be a refresher of the terminology. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/what'sthematter.ppt. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What’s the MATTER? (1)
This lesson focuses on the three states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases. The concepts of creating mixtures and reactions will be the secondary focus. This lesson is the third in a series of lessons about matter. To this point, the students have been introduced to the properties of and the classification of matter. Today’s lesson will be a hands-on demonstration of the reaction caused when a solid (baking soda) and a liquid (vinegar) are mixed together. The reaction yields a gas. The students will view video segments downloaded from United Streaming to cultivate their understanding of the subject. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What’s the Point (3)
Topic: Language Arts, Author’s Purpose. This lesson examines different purposes authors use when writing. The teacher will utilize videostreaming clips, poetry website, and flip cameras to help students understand the author’s purpose of writing to entertain, inform, or persuade the reader. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What’s the Point! (2 - 4)
Students will be engaged in an interactive review of where to put punctuation and capital letters in a friendly letter to make complete sentences. This lesson is designed to be a review of how to punctuate a sentence and where capital letters need to be. Students should be able to correctly put punctuation and capital letters in a paragraph by the end. Students will be participating in using the internet and a designated website along with the interactive white board and then their own computer. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What’s the Point! (2 - 4)
Students will be engaged in an interactive review of where to put punctuation and capital letters in a friendly letter to make complete sentences. This lesson is designed to be a review of how to punctuate a sentence and where capital letters need to be. Students should be able to correctly put punctuation and capital letters in a paragraph by the end. Students will be participating in using the internet and a designated website along with the interactive white board and then their own computer. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What’s the Truth, George? (1)
Topic: famous Americans, George Washington. George Washington was our first president. His honest character and hardworking attitude distinguished him as a leader and a good president for our country. Video streaming short clips will help children understand and remember important facts and myths about George Washington as well as helping them understand the importance of telling the truth. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What’s Up? (4)
Topic: Science, weather, clouds. This lesson is designed to increase student awareness of the different types of clouds. Students, through the use of the internet, will see different pictures of clouds that will stimulate their imagination. Then the lesson continues through the use of video streaming. Assessment will be through the use of graphic organizers. This lesson can be followed-up with a collaborative project using digital cameras by having students post their daily cloud findings and compare them with other classes in other parts of the United States. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

What’s Your Future? (8)
This lesson will have students complete an online career interest inventory in the computer lab. Students will research various careers based on the results of the inventory. This lesson will use PowerPoint to give students tips on how to most wisely utilize their time in middle and high school to prepare for their future. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Wheels, Axles and Gears (3)
Students will continue to learn about the simple machine: wheel and axle and will be introduced to a special type of wheel and axle called a gear. Students have been learning about each of the 6 simple machines. In an ongoing weekly computer lab lesson, students are exposed to all six simple machines through www.edheads.com which allows the students to manipulate and use all six simple machines in real world situations. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

When I Grow Up (7)
Topic: Career Exploration. The purpose of this project is for students to explore post school opportunities to plan a course of action to reach the identified post school goals. We have been looking at the student’s IEP (Individual Education Plan used for students in Special Education.) Transition Plan. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

When I Grow Up I Want to Be.... (PreK)
Topic: community helpers This is the last lesson of our World of Work unit. The children have been studying about community helpers. We have also invited parents to share with us about what they do at work. In this lesson, the children will choose a specific job they want to do when they grow up. They will then dress up in that role and a friend will take their picture for our class book entitled, “When I Grow Up.” (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Where Do You Draw the Line? (5 - 6)
Topic: U.S. geographic regions, the Coastal Plain. The objective of this lesson is to provide a high interest, visual lesson that will actively engage students in learning the features of the Coastal Plain region of the U.S. Students will review the meaning of the term “geographic region” and use what they already know about geographic regions of Virginia. They will view a video of the variety of geographic features of the Coastal Plain. Students will view maps and images that illustrate the characteristics of the Coastal Plain region. Students will retrieve images of the region’s features that the teacher has collected in an image file and then will create a power point that includes two images that represent the Coastal Plain region and a list of phrases that describe its geographic characteristics. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Where Does Your Favorite Little Pig Live? (K)
Topic: maps Prior to this activity, students will have learned about a community and what they can find in a community. In this activity, students will recall their prior knowledge of communities to help them make a map of the three little pigs’ community. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Where in the World Are the Shapes? (K)
Topic: shapes, colors. This lesson allows students to explore and create shapes, sizes and colors. This lesson incorporates the use of the multimedia projector, Microsoft Paint, individual computers for students to access and a color printer. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Where in the World Are You? (1)
Topic: maps. Through viewing the video Math Monsters: Mapping, students will get a “bird’s eye view” of the Math Monsters’ town. They will gain an understanding of the role of and importance of a map legend, cardinal directions, and compass rose. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Where Oh Where Can It Be? (K - 1)
Topic: Geometry and Geography. This lesson will focus on vocabulary words that are used to describe the proximity of objects and people in space. The students will use these words to compare and contrast the location of people, animals, and objects in the environment. Through the following activities the students will demonstrate and describe the meaning of the words as well as develop an understanding of spatial reasoning. This lesson integrates video clips. Students need the prerequisite skill on how to use Kid Pix program. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Where Would You Rather Live? (3 - 5)
Topic: Sun, Moon, and Earth. In this lesson, students will complete an interactive Comparison Matrix to compare and contrast the sun, moon, and Earth. Students will participate in Internet research. Then they will create and produce a mini-commercial using Flip Video technology. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/wherewould.ppt (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Where, Oh Where Is My Winter Wear? (K - 1)
Topic: weather changes. This lesson will help students understand that when the weather changes, so do people’s clothing and recreation activities. Video streaming will be used to help introduce winter weather in Virginia. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Which Comes First: The Butterfly or the Egg? (K)
Topic: butterfly life cycle, chrysalis, egg. During this lesson students will investigate and become familiar with the butterfly life cycle using books, pictures, and multimedia technology. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Which Site Is #1? (9 - 12)
Topic: research, website evaluation, bias. In this lesson, students will learn to evaluate websites for content, bias, and usability. Based on the results of their evaluations, student will learn to decide which site is best for their needs. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Which? What Kind of? How Many? (3)
Topic: English, adjectives, descriptive writing. The purpose of this lesson is to help students discover what an adjective is and its importance in the writing process. Students will view a power point and describe what they see. This will be followed by a class discussion. The second viewing of the power point will be much more descriptive. The PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc05/whichwhat.ppt (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Who Are You? (2 - 3)
Topic: Famous Americans. Students will match objects to the famous Americans that they represent. Students will match objects based upon the contributions of each famous American. (Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Helen Keller, and Susan B. Anthony). This lesson serves as a review of famous Americans prior to the SOL testing. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Who Cut the Tile? (8)
Students will determine the surface area (internal and external) of a house blueprint. Students will then redecorate a room/s in the house, by adding a ceramic tile floor. With a limited budget, the students will be forced to make aesthetic choices among tiles available at two home improvement websites, incorporating decisions about requisite tools and constituent, construction materials. Students will present to whole class their decisions for the new floor and the budgetary compromises they needed to make. Concept Based Lesson: Theme- Form versus Function; Aesthetics; Architecture as marriage of geometry and engineering. Specific curricular thread: Geometry- Calculation of Surface Area for multiple shaped rooms in house mock-up. Use of budget to make aesthetic decisions regarding ceramic tile choices, purchase of constituent, construction materials, and tools to complete virtual floor construction. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Who Eats What? (3)
Topic: Science, food chains, producer, consumer, herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, decomposer. In this lesson, students will create food chains using three different websites and Kidspiration software. This should be used as a culminating activity for a food chain unit or as a review for 4th grade. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Who Is Paying for This? (7)
Government provides public goods and services that individuals acting alone could not provide efficiently. The purpose of this lesson is to provide students with required information for CE SOL 11B. Students will complete a variety of activities in this technology rich lesson. A video clip from a Discoverystreaming and a PowerPoint presentation will be used. Through the use of discussion, hands on practice, videos, a foldable, and small group work, the students will be able to answer the following questions: • What are public goods and services? • How do governments produce public goods and services? (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Who Were the Native Americans? (2)
Topic: Native Americans This is an introductory lesson as part of a three week Native American Unit. Through viewing a United Streaming Native American video clip, students will begin to explore Native American life, with a focus on the Powhatan Indians that lived in the Eastern Woodlands. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Who's Your Hero? (2)
Topic: famous Americans. The students will participate in discussion and activities to learn the importance of courage and admirable character traits found in the six Famous Americans. This lesson uses a PowerPoint presentation, websites, video-streaming and the computer lab. This lesson is a good culmination activity for a unit on famous Americans. A PowerPoint presentation designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc04/whosyourhero.ppt. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Who’s Talkin’ Trash? (3 - 5)
Topic: Science, recycling. Students will learn about waste management and how trash is collected and discarded. Students will use a graphic organizer to take notes to use when designing a poster to display creating awareness of how we can dispose of trash more effectively and efficiently. Students will use a variety of print sources as well as the Brain POP website to gather information. Note: This lesson requires a subscription to Brain Pop. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Whose Life Is it Anyway? (4 - 5)
Students will learn about the resources that influenced everyday life in colonial Virginia by watching several video clips. They will record information on this topic and then use it to draw conclusions and make comparisons between colonial life and their own life by completing a graphic organizer. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Whose Line Is it Anyway? (3 - 4)
Topic: Geometry; Parallel and Perpendicular Lines. During this lesson students will investigate the relationships of and among parallel and perpendicular lines. They will utilize their classroom and materials in the classroom to determine in their own minds what a line is and what parallel and perpendicular lines could be comprised of. They will attempt to create perpendicular and parallel lines utilizing straws or pipe cleaners. This will occur while watching the Discovery Streaming video Math’s Mansion: Learn Your Lines on the SMARTBoard also utilizing the multimedia projector. They will be assessed at various points throughout the movie ending with a final assessment where they create a project with the materials provided and label the appropriate set of lines. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Why so Glum Chum? An Introduction to the American Revolution (6)
This is the opening lesson of the American Revolution Unit. The students will use interactive software to discover the reasons why the colonists were unhappy with Great Britain’s policies. They will compose a speech that a colonist would have given to rally support of others. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Why the Spark Grew to the Great War (9)
Topics: World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, digital report . In this lesson, students will investigate the causes of World War I through writing, narrating, and creating a short audiovisual presentation using PhotoStory3. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Why Your Students Will Love Clay (7 - 9)
Topic: Clay animation; photography; video production; story writing (myths). In this lesson students will write a short composition, design characters using clay and produce a clay animation to illustrate the text. Students will use their English As An Additional Language skills to write a narrative text (myth) and read it aloud to the class. They will use their technology skills to take digital photos and create an animated clip using PowerPoint software. (2007 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

William Who? (9)
Topic: William Shakespeare, Globe Theater, drama. In this lesson, students are briefly introduced to William Shakespeare and his Globe Theater before they try an impromptu performance of one scene from one play. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner (3 - 5)
Students will explore probability with this introductory lesson. This mini-lesson will follow a full lesson on fractions and precede a lesson on recording probability as a fraction. Students will engage with interactive whiteboard and laptops. (2009 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Wire We Doing This? (4 - 5)
Topic: Science, series and parallel circuits. This lesson uses an interactive whiteboard to review open, closed, series, and parallel circuits. A Notebook file designed by the author for use with this lesson is at www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf_svtc08/wire.notebook. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Wonderful Surprise (6 - 8)
Topic: writing process. The Writing Process incorporates six steps: prewrite, rough draft, editing and revising, final copy, presentation, and assessment. In this lesson, students write a narrative using the complete writing process. The teacher will model each step of this with original writing. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Woodland Homes (2)
Topic: Native Americans, Woodland Indians, Powhatan Indian, wigwams, natural resources. This lesson is part of a three week unit on Native Americans and introduces the concept that the Powhatan Indians of the Eastern Woodland tribes used natural resources found in their area for shelter, food, and clothing. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Would You Like to Dansker? (10)
Topic: Shakespeare, Hamlet. Following previous discussion of Shakespeare’s background, language, and use of iambic pentameter, we will begin reading/watching the play. In this lesson, we will read/watch and discuss Hamlet – Prince of Denmark Act I, Scene i. Students will follow along with the text as we view the video, and we will pause and refer to the text to clarify, discuss, and complete the Study Guide. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Writing on the Bay (6 - 8)
Topic: poetry, creative writing. Students will write an expressive poem about the Chesapeake Bay and watershed. They will view a streamed video to learn and answer questions about the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. They will brainstorm, write a rough draft, peer edit, revise and publish their poems. Students will use a word processing program to publish their poems. For the purpose of this lesson it is assumed that the students do not need instruction on word processing and using the Internet. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Writing on the Wall, The (2 - 3)
Topic: Egypt, China, hieroglyphics, Chinese characters. Students will identify and describe hieroglyphics and Chinese characters. They will compare/ contrast ancient forms of writing after viewing samples and video clips of each. (2004 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Yikes, There’s an “-ug” in My Mug! (K)
Topic: Word families, rhyming words. Students will be introduced to rhyming words and word families. This lesson includes the use of a video stream segment to assess word family understanding. Students will use their knowledge of word families to correctly rhyme using the Internet and a SmartBoard on www.Starfall.com. This lesson is to be used in the later part of the school year once letter recognition and letter sounds have been mastered. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

You Are What You Eat (K - 2)
Topic: Nutrition. This lesson presents healthy food choices beginning with a fun and entertaining video series featuring a talking apple. Students are then introduced to the USDA Food Guide Pyramid, construct their own Pyramids, and then make a class book pertaining to healthy food choices, the five food groups or appropriate servings. Many interactive website resources are included, as well and a comprehensive listing of teacher resources and a student book list. Cross-curricular activities are included in core curriculum areas. (SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

You Could Whistle While You Work (4 - 8)
Topic: career exploration. After taking a field trip to the Technical Center where there are educational/training programs for fifteen varied career programs, the students will use an interest inventory tool found on the web, to assist them in matching their interests to possible career choices. They will become familiar with some of the terminology used in career exploration including a career classification system called "career clusters". Using the SMARTBoard™, students will demonstrate their understanding of the career classification by organizing the eighteen programs offered at the Technical Center into career clusters/groups/areas. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

You Make Me Sick! (4 - 7)
Topic: Infectious Disease. The main focus of this lesson is to teach children to cover their nose and mouth when they cough/sneeze and to understand the importance of hand washing in the prevention of infectious diseases. Powerpoint presentation, videos and activites are use to learn about four types of germs, teach how easily germs are spread through contact and the proper technique for washing hands and reviews concepts taught and demonstrate a scientifically controlled experiment that proves how proper hand washing helps prevent the spread of disease. The idea for this lesson came from an article from Science Scope maagazine. (2008 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

You’re Not My Mother! (2)
Topic: Life cycles, metamorphosis, similarity to parent at birth. In this lesson, students will learn about different life cycles. They will view United Streaming video clips of frogs and dogs. They will view an animated slide show of the monarch life cycle and then put the parts in order using SMARTBoard or classroom computers. Building on this knowledge, the student will then use an interactive website to create the life cycle of the frog and the human. In a culminating activity, the children will sort animals that are similar to parent at birth and those that are not. (2006 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Your Fabulous Five! (K)
Topic: science, five senses In this lesson students will learn how they can use their five senses to explore and learn about the world around them. With the use of video streamed resources, Kidspiration, and hands on learning stations, students will explore their five senses. This is the culminating lesson for the unit on the five senses that was two weeks in length. (2005 SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)

Zac the Rat (K - 1)
Topic: word families, rhyming. Read Zac the Rat and compare –an and –at word families. This lesson is designed for the at-risk kindergarten and/or at-risk first grade students. The students will be able to distinguish between two word families through involvement with an interactive website projected onto the SMART Board. The students will be able to read a story using short “a” word strategies. (SVTC NTTI Participant Lesson)