The Alien Teacher is Lori H. Miller.

I was born and raised in south Georgia, and am a country gal at heart.

I am the Technology Teacher at Wacona Elementary School in Waycross, Georgia. I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education from Valdosta State University. I am pursuing my Master's Degree in Education with a focus on Integrating Technology in the Classroom.

I have three children:  Jonathan, Amber, and Caitlin.

I love aliens, Star Trek, and science fiction. I especially love bad science fiction movies. I also enjoy reading. Two of my favorite authors are Terry Pratchett and Lynn Kurland. I like listening to music, playing with my cats, writing, collecting Arensbak trolls (I have over 70), watching old musicals, and working with computers.

When I have time, I like to write short stories and poetry. I also participate in a number of Star Trek sims. If you'd like to read my writings, feel free.

I'm a very amateur genealogist, and have collected a bit of information about my family tree, including the Claytons, Hales, Howells, and Mays of the southeast Georgia area. To see what I've found so far, visit my genealogy site.

I love to make Web pages, and am constantly improving my skills and learning how to do more. I am webmaster for a number of sites, including my elementary school's site, a Star Trek PBeM site, the Ware County Golden Gator Band site, and my high school alumni site.

I am known as the Alien Teacher because my computer lab is decorated with aliens. The students love it and refuse to let me use any other kind of decorations. It also helps that the students speculate on whether I'm really an alien and if I can use special powers to see what they're up to. :)

Surprisingly, there are a lot of alien-themed lesson ideas online. Here are some of my favorites.

Alien Lesson Plan Ideas

• Alien Fever - Alien projects were planned school-wide, Ideas included ecosystems and how they affect life forms, reading science fiction, creating aliens, an alien parade, and creating alien t-shirt logos.
  http://www.carolina.com/bag_of_tricks/alien_fever.asp
• Invent an Alien - An entire alien fair was planned. Students had to choose a location as the alien's home, and then design the alien, being sure that it was adapted to live in the environment. Projects were judged (similar to science fair projects).
  http://www.msss.mb.ca/alien/index.html
• Alien Hangman - A new variation on an old game. Includes downloadable files for students to play the game.
  http://tre.ngfl.gov.uk/server.php?request=cmVzb3VyY2UuZnVsbHZpZXc=&resourceId=11553
• What would an alien look like? - Lesson plan guides students through determining what an alien might look like, and what an alien would need to survive.
  http://www.goamazing.com/content.asp?id=699
• Exploring the Unknown:  Alien Landscape - Resources to plan science lessons and guide students through learning about landscapes, measurement activities, sensory activities, and more.
  http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth/resources/teacher.html
• Alien Poem - Have students write their own poems based on the main idea in this very cute one.
  http://www.alysion.org/ryan/poems/ALIEN.htm
• Alien Creatures - Students are given "aliens" and must work in groups to classify them.
  http://www.muncie.k12.in.us/planetweb/alien_creatures.htm
• An Alien is Here - Students fill out an online form with descriptions of things they would show aliens.
  http://www.dositey.com/language/readwrite/alienf.htm?pgrade=k2
• An Appetite for Alien Adjectives - Lesson plan that guides students through describing foods, and then writing friendly letters to aliens about these foods.
  http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/BuilderV03/LPTools/LPShared/lpdisplay.asp?LPID=13235
• Chemistry:  Aliens - Students classify aliens based on traits (for middle or high school).
  http://www.unit5.org/christjs/11alienlab.doc
• Alien Being Puzzle - An online form for students to complete, making estimations of alien spacecraft size (for upper grades or middle/high school).
  http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/astro/problem.1.html
• Dancing Aliens
  http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/subject/ict/software/soft-aliens.htm
• Alien Abductions - An online listening and comprehension activity for students to complete.
  http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~eli/teachers/activities/alien/
• Understanding:  Extraterrestrials - From Discovery School, a list of resources and activities for teachers and students.
  http://discoveryschools.com.au/guides/aliens/overview.html
• The Aliens Have Landed - School-wide celebration during which "aliens" visited to celebrate the achievement of a school-wide accelerated reader goal.
  http://dwe.vail.k12.az.us/pages/showcase/scrapbook.html
• Friendly Alien - An art and creative writing activity completed by third grade students. Includes pictures of the projects.
  http://pinecrestschools.com/northridge/classroom/03-04projects/alien/aliens.htm
• Alien Slide Show - Students use a digital camera, scan pictures, share files, and do creative writing activities to complete alien slide shows.
  http://www.williston.k12.nd.us/projects/Alienslideshow.htm
• Dinner with Aliens - A videotaped news story about aliens coming to dinner. Very cute idea!
  http://www.lewiston.k12.me.us/~dletourneau/classroom/
• Aliens on Tour - Students design clothing and dwellings for aliens based on the aliens' needs.
  http://kie.berkeley.edu/KIE/curriculum/curriculumlibrary.html
• GEMS Aliens Juice Bar Game - Students must serve aliens drinks with the correct pH. They learn about acids and bases.
  http://scienceview.berkeley.edu/showcase/flash/juicebar.html
• Alien Bodies - Science based lesson for older students to design alien bodies, taking into account nutritional needs, body systems, etc.
  http://www.bjbarton.com/cgi-bin/links/Explorer.pl?ID=1950
• Persuade the Aliens! - Students must write persuasive essays to convince aliens to adopt some custom they've observed on earth.
  http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/02/lp255-05.shtml
• Alien Invaders! - Students use a printable book to solve math word problems.
  http://www.teachercreated.com/lessons/010810pm.shtml
• Extraterrestrials - A DiscoverySchool lesson plan that includes critical thinking skills questions.
  http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/extraterrestrials/
• Alien Youngsters/Sandwiches - A simple word problem for students to solve. They must figure out how many sandwiches it will take to feed a certain number of alien youngsters, and prove how they came up with their answers.
  http://www.idahoptv.org/ntti/nttilessons/lessons2001/beadit1.html

If you have other alien activity ideas, please let me know!