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The objective of our blog is to share information about how we integrate our technology curriculum into the subject area curriculum. The foundation of this effort is the methodology of team teaching the lessons with the Middle School subject area teachers. Each post describes a particular lesson, the software used, some of the skills that were targeted, and the number of days that were spent in the lab.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Lightning, Garage Band and Flash

The 8th grade Science students used Flash to create a model that explained how lightning is formed. Students used movie clips with masks to create the lightning graphic. They also used Action Script to create interactive buttons. They recorded their voices in Garage Band, which they later exported as mp3s, to narrate the model. This lesson took four class periods to finish.