Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Biodynamic Farming: A Systems and Global Engineering Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is an excellent project where students investigate biodynamic farming techniques. They then collaborate with students from around the world to design an aquaponics system for cultivating fish and plants that can be used in an...
Rubric
Buck Institute

Buck Institute for Education: Collaboration Rubric (Ccss Aligned)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 6-12 in being effective collaborators in a project, and it can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is noted. It is clear,...
Rubric
Buck Institute

Buck Institute for Education: 6 12 Collaboration Rubric (Non Ccss)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 6-12 in being effective collaborators in a project, and it can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is not noted. It is clear,...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Speaking and Listening: Collaborative Conversations

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learners will partner read The Kite, by Alma Flor Ada. Then work together in small collaborative groups to describe the character of the mother, the children, or the kitten. Included in this lesson are video demonstrations, printable...
Article
Other

Unboxed: Collaboration, Critique and Classroom Culture

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Create a classroom where students collaborate with others, recognize improvement in their work, and help each other strive to work harder.
Handout
University of Wisconsin

National Institute for Science Education: Doing Cl

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How do you start building collaborative learning structures into your coursework? Authors provide some practical considerations to make this learning style work for you.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Independent Lens: What's Your Calling?: Educator Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This educator guide is designed for young adults on the verge of making important life decisions, defining who they are, and determining how to achieve their hopes and dreams. Short film modules and highly customizable lesson plans allow...
Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Independent Lens: The Calling: Film Discussion Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This discussion guide is designed as a tool to facilitate dialogue, and deepen understanding of the complex issues in The Calling, a film that follows seven young Muslims, Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Jews on a dramatic...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Back to School Bingo

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Let's play Bingo! Ask students to walk around the room and find a classmate for each fun fact on the board. As they find friends that match the facts, have students mark the box with their initials or a check.
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: My Sound Is the Best! [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, young scholars will use music as an impetus for stating and supporting opinions. They will compose an opinion poster based on a narrative about a train using percussion instruments. This will involve group...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Memory Lane Fitness Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
With this activity, students get a brain and body workout! Students work in pairs as the teacher calls out physical tasks such as high fives and tunnel tens. As the teacher is calling out these partner exercises, students must listen...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Waddle Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This instructional activity connects literacy, creativity and movement! Learners act out different animals in the book "Waddle" as the teacher reads aloud. Students listen carefully for the animal name and the verb describing how that...
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wqed Education Programs: Clifford the Big Red Dog Programming

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This collection of resources has been designed to help teach character development and social-emotional skills to children ages four to seven. Each lesson follows a similar format, in which children can watch (watch video), read (read a...
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Life's Little Lessons: Friendship

For Students Pre-K - K
Just like Daniel Tiger and Miss Elaina, the children in your classroom are still learning how to be a friend, how to compromise, and how to work together to solve a problem. By seeing how Daniel Tiger and Miss Elaina work out their...
Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Activity Starters: Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Activity Starters: Hero Elementary

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Hero Elementary.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Activity Starters: Cyberchase

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Cyberchase.
Lesson Plan
Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Sample Guided Reading Lesson [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This text on the topic of Women's Rights from Scholastic has been reformatted into a guided reading lesson where students can see annotated examples of active reading, stop at logical places in the text to answer discussion questions,...
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Creating Podcasts With Your Students

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Creating podcasts in the classroom has many educational benefits, including strengthening skills in research, writing, and collaboration - and podcasting is easy to do. This article walks you through the steps of preproduction,...
Website
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Co Vis: Learning Through Collaborative Visualization

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A community of students, teachers, and researchers working to improve science education. Rather than depend on the teaching of facts, they seek to reproduce the question-centered, collaborative practices of scientists, using advanced...
Article
Other

Curriculum Rationale

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Why are the arts important in education? This article explains why arts education is important to helping develop 21st century skills in todays students.
Lesson Plan
Other

What Makes an "Amazing" Fable Captivating?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students become the authors, producers and actors in their own multimedia fables, after they study fable characteristics for this lesson.
Website
Other

The Dream Flag Project

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This creative and collaborative project is centered around the poetry of Langston Hughes, and incorporates art, multi-cultural ideas, and student performance. The site is full of examples, information, lessons and explanation.
Professional Doc
Other

Tech4 Learning: Recipes4 Success

For Teachers 9th - 10th
If you're interested in developing project-based learning for your class, Tech4Learning provides tools for facilitating those projects and instruction in how to create and manage them. Free resources available, as well as resources by...