Curated OER
Wish You Were Here
Students work in small groups to research information about planets in the solar system. They create picture postcards from space, drawing images they imagine they would see while traveling to a planet. They then write personal messages...
Curated OER
Winter Moves
Students discuss the effects of downhill motion on the body, and discern how the human eye perceives motion by studying Edward Muybridge's photography. They observe seasonal changes and identify elements related to the winter months in...
Curated OER
Why Live Near Water?
Students explore why communities settle in locations where land and water meet. They create three-dimensional models to demonstrate their understanding of the numerous needs water serves. They then analyze the importance of water to...
Curated OER
Who's Hooting?
Pupils in a special education class examine the nocturnal animals in their local area. Individually, they use the internet to research owls and share it with the class. To end the lesson, they use construction paper to make a...
Curated OER
When Everything Old is New Again
Students imagine what it would be like if today's animals became dinosaurs, or the ancient creatures reappeared to roam the earth. They invent a dinosaur of the future. What might a futuristic triceratops look like? Students are taught...
Curated OER
Whirling Word Blends
Recognizing consonant sounds and word blends are the focus of this lesson. Students recognize common consonant sounds that are word blends. They create a learning game to help them identify words that contain specific word blends.
Curated OER
Whirl Your Word Wheelie Lesson Plan
Have your class create a word recognition wheelie. They choose a letter, and brainstorm several words that begin with that letter. They make a wheelie by writing the words and drawing pictures on a circular piece of cardboard which is...
Curated OER
What's Left?
Students work together to choose a favorite food that can be divided. Using construction paper, they draw a picture of the food and take turns erasing it to determine how much of it is left. They must include all equations, fractions and...
Curated OER
What's Growing? Lesson Plan
Students study the life cycle of plants by growing a seed in a paper cup. They record observations of the changes they see. When the plant sprouts, they plant it in soil in a paper cup. Next, they continue to draw and date their...
Curated OER
What's for Lunch Around the World?
Students gain an understanding of different cultures by conducting research about international school lunches. They devise a method to visually present their information and then fabricate their presentation and share it with their...
Curated OER
What's Deep in the Ocean?
Students examine the role of an oceanographer in trying to explore the ocean. Using wax paper, they divide it up to show the sunlight, twilight and midnight zones. To end the lesson, they identify the types of plants and animals that are...
Curated OER
What's Below the Earth's Surface?
Learners identify the geological layers of the Earth. They graphically depict each layer's characteristics. Students label and develop a color key for their exhibit. They create a down-to-Earth 3-D display with Erasable Markers.
Curated OER
Whale Watchers
Students research physical characteristics and ocean habitats of common species of whale. They create artwork illustrating characteristics of a particular species of whale using a crayon resist technique. Students identify different...
Curated OER
Whale Scale
Students estimate relative size and scale of humans, animals, and objects. They verify their estimations through research and measurement and then draw themselves in proportion to other creatures, both larger and smaller, in a selected...
Curated OER
Welcome to Atlantis!
Young scholars imagine they have discovered the ruins of the spectacular lost city-nation of Atlantis during a submarine voyage. They merge legend and facts that they discover in books and videos. They then experiment with art techniques...
Curated OER
Welcome! With a Hawaiian Lei
Learners explore Hawaiian customs and tropical flowers used to make leis. They adapt one colorful Hawaiian tradition to their classroom or school. Students create colorful paper leis with which to welcome classroom guests. They are told...
Curated OER
Weather Quilt
Students observe weather conditions, record them in their journals for a week, and understand how weather affects their lives. They then represent how weather affects the way they play and live on a quilt square and document their study...
Curated OER
Weather or Not...
Students observe many different types of weather conditions, they become aware of variations in sunlight, clouds, wind, and forms of moisture. They discover the techniques, brush strokes, and colors that artists such as Charles...
Curated OER
Weather of Your Dreams
Students explore different types of weather and its effects on the environment. They imagine unusual types of weather conditions that could fulfill their dreams. Students represent themselves and their dreamy weather in a creative...
Curated OER
Water is Essential to Life
Learners increase their knowledge of why clean water resources are essential to the survival of plants, animals, and people. They deomonstrate their understanding of the role of water for sustaining life by creating an original board game.
Curated OER
Volunteer Coupon Packets
Students brainstorm a list of things they can do to help people in their community or at school. Using construction paper, they design and create a coupon book to give to others for them to use when they need help. To end the lesson,...
Curated OER
Up & Away
Students research where balloons go when they fly away, the consequences of their escape, and suggest alternative possibilities for preventing balloon escapes in real life. They identify humorous stories and discuss the qualities that...
Curated OER
Very Voracious Animal Voices
Students draw a picture of an original animal and then write a poem with words that begin only with the same first letter as the animal. Individually, they must decide how it might sound, where it lives and eats. To end the lesson plan,...
Curated OER
Underwater Explorer
Learners read and respond to science fiction literature, such as that written by Jules Verne. They research characteristics of deep-sea environments and use this information to design an underwater exploration apparatus. in addition,...