Browsing for lesson plans that have students utilize digital cameras, I discovered this site:
http://www.pics4learning.com/lessonplans.php
Included are numerous lesson plans for Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies. Although the site is primarily a resource for copy-right friendly images for educational uses, this section does feature lesson plans that entail the use of a digital camera. Some of the interesting examples that I found are, for Language Arts, the "All About Me" lesson, which has students create a presentation (the lesson is based on Power Point) by taking photos of themselves and their friends and creating a digital biography out of the photos. The Science lesson "All About Bats" explores bats and includes a humorous and creative lesson that has students manipulate an image of a bat by putting the head of their pet, or any other animal on the bat. Also included in this section is the great idea of photographing the different stages of a caterpillar's metamorphosis into a butterfly. The math lessons were somewhat lacking, most of them requiring merely the manipulation of an image. For example, students would take a picture and break it down into 4/12 or 1/3 in the "Fun with Fractions" lesson. The lesson "A is for Area, B is for Billion" has students create a math dictionary by photographing imagery that coincides with or helps them remember the meanings of various math vocabulary. A Social Studies lesson that might incorporate the use of a digital camera is "Holidays Around the World" lesson. If possible, students within the class can photograph holidays around their house, the types of foods eaten and capture the kind of images that would reflect this holiday - e.g. a picture of a Menorah to represent Hanukkah. Worth checking out to stimulate some ideas!
http://www.pics4learning.com/lessonplans.php
Included are numerous lesson plans for Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies. Although the site is primarily a resource for copy-right friendly images for educational uses, this section does feature lesson plans that entail the use of a digital camera. Some of the interesting examples that I found are, for Language Arts, the "All About Me" lesson, which has students create a presentation (the lesson is based on Power Point) by taking photos of themselves and their friends and creating a digital biography out of the photos. The Science lesson "All About Bats" explores bats and includes a humorous and creative lesson that has students manipulate an image of a bat by putting the head of their pet, or any other animal on the bat. Also included in this section is the great idea of photographing the different stages of a caterpillar's metamorphosis into a butterfly. The math lessons were somewhat lacking, most of them requiring merely the manipulation of an image. For example, students would take a picture and break it down into 4/12 or 1/3 in the "Fun with Fractions" lesson. The lesson "A is for Area, B is for Billion" has students create a math dictionary by photographing imagery that coincides with or helps them remember the meanings of various math vocabulary. A Social Studies lesson that might incorporate the use of a digital camera is "Holidays Around the World" lesson. If possible, students within the class can photograph holidays around their house, the types of foods eaten and capture the kind of images that would reflect this holiday - e.g. a picture of a Menorah to represent Hanukkah. Worth checking out to stimulate some ideas!
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