Learners explore print making. In this art and print making lesson, students listen to biographical information about Leonardo da Vinci, then define "mirror image" as a technique used by this artist. Learners cut out magazine pictures...

Here is an app version of a powerful tool that allows you and your students to have one place where you can capture, organize, and share items in multiple media formats.  The different uses for this app are as varied as your ideas...

Students discover how art auctions have become competitive after reading an article from The New York Times. Students voice their opinions about specific examples of modern art and create trading cards based on their research of...

Students research the Internet to collect data about the US Presidents. They use the data that they collect along with available technology to produce trading cards and brochures using keyboarding skills, text boxes, acquiring photos,...

Young scholars create a "Sports Card Self-Portrait" using the student as model and the sport of their choice as the subject. They use the examples of early baseball cards from the Library of Congress online exhibition "Baseball Cards...

Young scholars use a computer program to research an animal and practice taking notes. In this animal research instructional activity, students use PebbleGo database to research their animal and take notes. Young scholars then make an...

Students develop baseball cards with information about their classmates. They interview each other and take a picture for the cards. They share their cards with others in the room.

Young scholars discuss jobs in which have impacted their lives directly. They create appreciation cards for a person who they believe needs appreciation. They give their cards to that person and share their reaction with the class.

Take your class on a nature walk around the school and have children assume the role of "Plant Hunter" as they go. The goal is to explore the different parts of a plant. They return to the classroom to discuss the parts that they saw and...

Examine ratios and proportions in several real-world scenarios. Children will calculate unit rates, work with proportions and percentages as they plan a party, purchase produce, and take a tally. This lesson plan recommends five...

Seventh graders discuss weather. In this meteorology lesson, 7th graders view a movie on weather and take a quiz. They work in groups to make weather tools for a class weather station. 

You can use these basic instructions to create a book using the accordion fold. This project can be used alongside nearly any other instructional activity. Have kids fold a book to create a science journal, chapter-by-chapter book...

Middle schoolers build a three-dimensional 12-pointed star as a geometric exercise. The shape is quite-difficult to construct. Luckily there is an excellent template that learners cut out, then use to make their pyramid. The second part...

What's in a name? Pupils use the Scratch code blocks to animate letters in a name. They learn about events, sequencing, and loops in computer science by taking part in the project.

Sixth graders examine the Scientific Method and define their topic of interest. Students familiarize themselves with how to utilize their resources and create note cards. Students create their written report and display of their...

Learners study vocabulary based on chemistry terms by creating flash cards.  For this scientific vocabulary lesson, students utilize a chemistry word or phrase to create a card which uses the term, describes it in the student's...

In this literature lesson plan, learners read the Jeff Brown book Flat Stanley and collaborate to create claymation characters from the story. Students create a claymation video and discuss using word cards during hte movie.

Learners explore sight and hearing. For this senses lesson, students read Brown Bear Brown Bear, discuss how eyes are used for sight, and chart the eye color of the learners in the class. Students discuss how hearing is important, take a...

The use of box scores from baseball games is the foundation of this math instructional activity. Organize your class into groups of four, and give identical box scores from a baseball game that was just played. Have them create word...

Students explore language arts by participating in a word fluency activity. In this irregular word lesson, students discuss the sounds that are made from different words as they read them from flash cards. Students shuffle the flash...

Young scholars explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students visit a retirement home with their classmates. Young scholars deliver cards and plants to the residents there.

Young scholars listen, clap, compose and identify various rhythms.  In this rhythm lesson, students practice rhythm with rhythm cards.  Young scholars become familiar with stick notation. Students glue Popsicle sticks to...

Students create a project about a famous Biologist in order to appreciate the humanity of the people involved in doing science. They create scientist biography "cards" roughly modeled after baseball cards or create a scrapbook of a...

Students examine the different branches of the primate family tree. They create fact cards about various species of non-human primates and then write fictional skits about interactions among the different primates.