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Read Like Sonic the Hedgehog

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate the benefits of rereading books to increase reading fluency and comprehension in this lesson plan. They practice saying site words orally as quickly as they can. They then work with a partner reading a story...
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Health: Protecting the Community

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the roles of health and safety workers. The lesson includes reading and research about the health services offered and how they have changed over the years. Once they choose habits a health worker would endorse,...
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Eggs of the World (World Egg Day)

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students celebrate World Egg Day. In this egg-decorating lesson, students research egg traditions from other countries and then use their findings to decorate an egg in the tradition of the country they studied.
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Searching the Internet Beginners

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore how to research on the Internet. For this Internet research lesson, students research the Internet directories and answer questions about using Google. Learners complete an evaluation sheet of the activity.
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Water Gardening

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study the details to watering a garden. In this water resource lesson, students visit several websites and watch a PowerPoint about watering a garden.
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Migration During the Great Depression: Living History

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students interview immigrants of Central Florida and photograph them to learn their oral history and life stories. In this immigration lesson plan, students discover where people come from, and write about the life story of this person.
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Religious Dissent

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students perform a readers theater about Anne Hutchinson and her religious dissent. In this religious dissent lesson plan, students re-enact her trial through the reader's theater.
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Using Similes, Synonyms, and Antonyms

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Children study similes, synonyms, and antonyms and identify examples in the book Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood. They write short stories about themselves using antonyms, synonyms, and comparisons of themselves to animals. They draw...
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Gifts from the Hopi

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars examine the gifts a community of long ago can give the community of today in terms of artistic, economic and spiritual areas. Using the Internet, they conduct searches to find information about kachina masks and pottery....
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Dr. Seuss Diaries

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners find a Dr. Seuss quote or saying from a selected book and relate it to their own life experience by using the quote in a short story. They choose a Dr. Seuss book from a pre-selected group or from the school library. Students...
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Soil Testing and Measurement

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students prepare their garden plot. In this gardening lesson, students use the Internet or book on plants to make sure the plants they have selected will be able to grow in their garden. The students assess and mark out the garden...
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That's Not Fair!

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students complete an art project with either great or mediocre supplies and discuss how fair it was that they got the supplies they got. In this fairness lesson plan, students are given supplies by their teacher and discuss how unfair it...
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Teaching Tolerance: That's Not Fair!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study unequal resources and their effects on education. In this educational disparities instructional activity, students participate in a coloring activity with quality and low-quality resources. Students then discuss the...
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What Is Electricity?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners investigate vocabulary words associated with electricity.  For this electrical lesson, students utilize the Internet to research what electricity is and how it works.  Learners create an actual circuit in class using a...
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Protecting Man's Best Friend

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students read about how dogs help people. In this language arts lesson, students select a topic and create a presentation about dogs. Students choose the type of presentation to create.
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Jane Goodall

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils read about Jane Goodall and complete discussion questions after they read about her. In this Jane Goodall lesson plan, students discuss questions as a group or write answers individually.
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How To Start Your Own Book Club: Artichoke's Heart

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students read the book Artichoke's Heart and complete discussion questions about it. In this Artichoke's Heart lesson plan, students discuss the book with the class in a book club format.
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Save the Bay!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore environmental protection by creating a presentation in class. In this Chesapeake Bay lesson, students discuss the current threats from human beings towards the delicate balance of life near the bay. Young scholars...
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The Numbers in Nonfiction

For Teachers 4th - 7th
This library media PowerPoint introduces the system of nonfiction call numbers. Each slide includes information on what numbers go with each subject, along with colorful illustrations.
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Preparing and Making a Presentation

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students make a presentation and know the various types of presentations. In this presentation lesson, students answer questions about presentations and then create their own presentation following the set of standards given.
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Music Technology

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students use their practice book to complete their piano lessons. They examine the history of music and complete pages in a workbook. They create their own music by using the computer.
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Stick Your Neck Out

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students research stories of teens who care using a website embedded in the activity.  In this character education activity, students read about students who performed philanthropic acts and discuss the projects that most influenced...
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Stain Glass

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Students study the history of stain glass. In this stain glass lesson, students select an art period and research the use of glass during that time. Students create a picture presentation of stained glass pictures from their town....
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Project H.O.P.E. (Highlighting Opportunities for Potential Employment)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars explore career paths by creating a job scrapbook.  In this employment lesson, students discuss what types of skills employers look for in the job market.  Young scholars decide on a career they would like to...

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