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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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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

The Water Cycle and Flash

The 6th grade Science students used Flash to create a model that showed how the water cycle works. Students used several of the drawing tools to create the background for the project. Later, they constructed motion tweens to animate the different symbols that represented the water vapor and the rain. Finally they exported the swf file and dropped it into their teacher's drop box. The lesson took three and a half class periods to complete.